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Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do
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Again, who is the mean one? The builder who came looking for what he was due, or your mother, who tried to stiff him for a measly two euros?My mam paid a builder who'd done the garden for her last week - adding in building supplies etc came to 1302 euro- she paid him cash in notes and had no change- yesterday he knocked into the house for the 2 euro. My mam is having a field day giving out about it.
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Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »She should have said that was for the cups of tea she made for him.
Sicken his hole - ask him for an itemised VAT receipt and mention that you'll be claiming it on expenses - then he'll have to declare it - all over a poxy €2.
(anyone who want to argue with me that the builder declared the €1300 cash in hand job can go and jump) 0 -
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My mam paid a builder who'd done the garden for her last week - adding in building supplies etc came to 1302 euro- she paid him cash in notes and had no change- yesterday he knocked into the house for the 2 euro. My mam is having a field day giving out about it.
I remember actually, I was on the bus from Gatwick to Oxford, a 2 hour bus ride that costs £27 single. A man (Italian/Spanish) got on and handed him a £50 note. The bus driver told him he didn't take anything that large and asked him had he anything smaller. The man started counting up his change, which came to £26. Another foreigner had gotten on before so the bus driver asked the man did he know him. He said he didn't. Bus driver asked him to go and ask him for that other pound and wouldn't let him on until he had it. I was actually surprised by it because in Ireland we get away with that sort of stuff surprisingly often and if you were on a bus paying €27, and honestly didn't have the change then I would hope they'd still let you on. It's kindness
PS: I am fully aware that paying £27 for a 2 hour bus ride is ridiculous but that doesn't make me stingy
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I remember actually, I was on the bus from Gatwick to Oxford, a 2 hour bus ride that costs £27 single. A man (Italian/Spanish) got on and handed him a £50 note. The bus driver told him he didn't take anything that large and asked him had he anything smaller. The man started counting up his change, which came to £26. Another foreigner had gotten on before so the bus driver asked the man did he know him. He said he didn't. Bus driver asked him to go and ask him for that other pound and wouldn't let him on until he had it. I was actually surprised by it because in Ireland we get away with that sort of stuff surprisingly often and if you were on a bus paying €27, and honestly didn't have the change then I would hope they'd still let you on. It's kindness
PS: I am fully aware that paying £27 for a 2 hour bus ride is ridiculous but that doesn't make me stingy
Not sure whats stingy here? the bus driver doesnt set the fares and maybe they would lose their job if they let someone away with a part of the fare anyway. How many one pounds would you think they would allow for before they realise its not worth their while going to work???
They usually state exact change and I haven't heard of many being let off with even the odd bit of change short, let alone a pounds worth (€1.25)
Not out of the ordinary to ask if he knew the other person, maybe a bit to ask them to get the other pound off anyone.
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More of a rip-off than stingy. I had to change a bulb in my stairwell but the bulb was about 15foot high. I put a notice on a handyman site looking for quotes and a few days later got one back from a guy to say he'd change it for me for 50e.
I took great delight in telling him I asked a lad working on a building site very close by to do it for me. He brought an extended ladder up and did it for me in all of 2minutes.
And yes, of course I put out
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sunflower27 wrote: »More of a rip-off than stingy. I had to change a bulb in my stairwell but the bulb was about 15foot high. I put a notice on a handyman site looking for quotes and a few days later got one back from a guy to say he'd change it for me for 50e.
I took great delight in telling him I asked a lad working on a building site very close by to do it for me. He brought an extended ladder up and did it for me in all of 2minutes.
And yes, of course I put out
well if that bulb goes my number is 08......
€50 is fairly steep alright0 -
Am I right so in saying that you had sex with a man for >50 euros? You're undercutting the competition in the back streets of Dublin at that rate!sunflower27 wrote: »
And yes, of course I put out 0 -
sunflower27 wrote: »More of a rip-off than stingy. I had to change a bulb in my stairwell but the bulb was about 15foot high. I put a notice on a handyman site looking for quotes and a few days later got one back from a guy to say he'd change it for me for 50e.
I took great delight in telling him I asked a lad working on a building site very close by to do it for me. He brought an extended ladder up and did it for me in all of 2minutes.
And yes, of course I put out
Not sure I follow here. You put up an ad on a handyman website looking for someone to change a bulb?
Meanwhile you got a youngfella to do it?
So some dude replies to your ad (messing I presume), quoting you a joke price because he thought your ad was a joke ad?
Is that it? And what did you "put out"? Was there a fire or something?0 -
sunflower27 wrote: »He extended up and did it for me in all of 2minutes.
And yes, of course I put out
FYP and I cudda done it in 30 seconds flat.0 -
I put the ad on a serious site that gets quotes for handymen and emails you back. I heard nothing for two days, so asked a young lad nearby to do it for me and he did it in a matter of minutes.
I didn't realise I had got a reply to my ad until I received a phone call the next day from some guy saying he would put it up for me for 50e.
I was joking about putting out!!!:rolleyes: Like I'd actually admit to that (if it were true)
Oh, and in case anyone was wondering, I supplied the new bulb :P0 -
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Expert in the pricing of that area are ya?;)Monty Burnz wrote: »Am I right so in saying that you had sex with a man for >50 euros? You're undercutting the competition in the back streets of Dublin at that rate!
Superman fast....FYP and I cudda done it in 30 seconds flat.Superman was flying around Metropolis looking for trouble when he spotted Wonder Woman apparently sunbathing nude on top of a building.
"Well," he thought to himself, "I’m so fast I bet I could fly down there and nail her before she even knew what hit her." So he undid his yellow belt, lowered his red shorts, flew down, did his thing and soared off into the Metropolitan sky. Wonder Woman lay stunned. "What was that?" she asked,
"I don’t know," groaned the Invisible Man, "but my ass sure is sore now." 0 -
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sunflower27 wrote: »I didn't realise I had got a reply to my ad until I received a phone call the next day from some guy saying he would put it up for me for 50e.
And he wanted you to wait in for him all day Tuesday and then he'd never show up?
In fairness to the man, by the time he transported himself and his ladder there and back and you factor in a bit of labour, it was probably costing him a few quid, but 50? 20 would be steep. I wouldn't say it was a joke quote but he probably wasn't too bothered if you accepted. If you said yes, it was a handy few bob for him. If you said no, he needn't bother his arse.0 -
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ButtersSuki wrote: »This morning I filled the car with diesel at a petrol station I haven't used before. I put €40.01 in. At this point I should probably admit I have a thing about filling it exactly to end in .00 - OCD related I'm sure - but this morning I overran to the tune of 1cent. I always keep change in the car for parking etc. so I searched amongst the coins and found a 2cent coin. I handed over €40.02 to the attendant who promptly announced that he would keep the extra cent for all those people who don't pay the cent that they over-run! I asked for my change and he asked me was I serious. I responded that I was and he tutted and gave it back to me, upon which I put it in the poor box. I thought he was about to explode when I did that!
On a slightly related note, I think it's much better to put a certain number of litres in rather than a certain number of euro's worth. That way:
1. I know how far I'll be able to drive before filling up again where filling to the euro means the distance gets shorter every time the price goes up. I know now that 40 litres gets me about 420-430 miles.
2. I can see exactly the mileage the car is getting if I take a note of the odometer each time the fuel light comes on and then fill up a fixed amount.
3. I can keep a track of which stations are the cheapest over time because I always buy it on my credit card and can go back through the transactions. Because the amount of litres is always fixed I can work out how much it was per litre.
The only benefit to filling up to the euro is if you're paying cash you don't have to fumble for change but since I'm buying it on the credit card it makes no difference.
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