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Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do
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crapmanjoe wrote: »You were obviously in the Carlsberg village - I remember that miserable down pour and how all the tents got destroyed (was nice and warm in our campervan
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Cant belive he wanted to go back for that shocking breakfast - i was barely able to eat it most mornings)
Yup Carlsberg it was, it really was miserable. :mad:
Next day we had no place to stay but through wifi we found a double room in a hotel 10 mins away for €26 each for the first night. Yer man and my friend went in and i stayed outside so that we could get 2 people in and i'd be the unofficial 3rd guest (in fairness we had no other option). After checking us in he said there was no room available for tomorrow night (match night), he proposed we get up at mid-day, put our luggage in storage, party all night, collect luggage at 7am and wait in train station until our train (1pm). Sounds like an ordeal but it was a plan i accepted reluctantly.
Next morning at 12 noon, the phone rang. I jumped out of bed to answer it. It was reception asking us whether we wanted to leave, or stay another night(!). Another night WAS available but for a little bit extra (€7 each)! I told the lads of the price, yer man in an tired state tried to raise himself outta bed and say "No, No we'll be grand, we'll sleep in the train station". I turned back to phone and said "We'll take it, i'll be down right now to settle."
We slept until 3pm, showered! Went to Italy game, returned at 4am, woke up at 11am and made our train at 1pm fully rested. €30 well spent. in fairness to the guy he paid up what he owed straight away no hassle, no asking. i just suppose we felt differently about a price to be paid for comfort and time saving.0 -
podgemonster wrote: »crapmanjoe wrote: »You were obviously in the Carlsberg village - I remember that miserable down pour and how all the tents got destroyed (was nice and warm in our campervan )
Cant belive he wanted to go back for that shocking breakfast - i was barely able to eat it most mornings)
Yup Carlsberg it was, it really was miserable. :mad:
Next day we had no place to stay but through wifi we found a double room in a hotel 10 mins away for €26 each for the first night. Yer man and my friend went in and i stayed outside so that we could get 2 people in and i'd be the unofficial 3rd guest (in fairness we had no other option). After checking us in he said there was no room available for tomorrow night (match night), he proposed we get up at mid-day, put our luggage in storage, party all night, collect luggage at 7am and wait in train station until our train (1pm). Sounds like an ordeal but it was a plan i accepted reluctantly.
Next morning at 12 noon, the phone rang. I jumped out of bed to answer it. It was reception asking us whether we wanted to leave, or stay another night(!). Another night WAS available but for a little bit extra (€7 each)! I told the lads of the price, yer man in an tired state tried to raise himself outta bed and say "No, No we'll be grand, we'll sleep in the train station". I turned back to phone and said "We'll take it, i'll be down right now to settle."
We slept until 3pm, showered! Went to Italy game, returned at 4am, woke up at 11am and made our train at 1pm fully rested. €30 well spent. in fairness to the guy he paid up what he owed straight away no hassle, no asking. i just suppose we felt differently about a price to be paid for comfort and time saving.
Id understand sleeping at the train station if your train was at 6am or something but seeping at the station when your train isn't till obe pm sounds like hell.0 -
I slept in an airport once instead of paying for a hotel, but to be fair me and my friend were 21 and had just spent all our money at a festival. We couldn't afford to get a hotel room and eat, so we chose food and a few games of cards with a load of Belfast lads who had decided to do the same thing
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charlietheminxx wrote: »I slept in an airport once instead of paying for a hotel, but to be fair me and my friend were 21 and had just spent all our money at a festival. We couldn't afford to get a hotel room and eat, so we chose food and a few games of cards with a load of Belfast lads who had decided to do the same thing
I did that once, though I was about 40. I'd been to Brighton for the day, but enjoyed myself too much — I couldn't tear myself away from a fantastic live gig in a pub, and missed the train I needed to catch. Didn't want to spend just £30 for a B&B so got the train to Gatwick and hung around there.0 -
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Voice of the Ages wrote: »Selling those 5p crisps for 10p in some shop up the road from me. Not necessarily stingy, just daylight robbery.
I demand my 5p back.
I remember when Fives came back in bigger packs saying I remember those! And the new packs are bigger!!
Turns out they were now 25p
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