Weird interaction at the bank

Summary

I was at the bank the other day trying to open my first credit card (was going for the chase freedom rise) and we got to a point where the dude who was helping me asked me how much my annual income was. I make minimum wage at the moment and I told him that along with my annual. he told me that it was a bit too low to be considered for the card and then told me I could instead put my parent's combined income instead as my own income. I have never heard of this being a thing and so I just told

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