Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

sunflower27

pebbles21 wrote: »

My daughter was baby-sitting for this very wealthy couple,the child she was minding was 7 years old and wanted a chocolate eclair that was in the fridge,so gave it to him

Later that night the couple come home, and the father let out an almighty roar and demanded as to whereabouts of his cream cake

She told him she gave it to his son and she was told she had no right to give away any of his possessions and deducted the price of the cake from the €20 babysitting fee

That dude has issues. wow.

magnumbud

sunflower27 wrote: »

OOOOOh, I just remembered one.

Going back to the early 90s and mu first boyfriend was looking to sell his car. He was asking $13,000 for it but after not getting any offers, he said he was going to drop the price to $12,500. Fair enough.

A few weekends later, we visited my mum who said she wanted a car and how much was his (she was basically doing him a massive favour as he was my bf and was aware he had been trying to sell it).

He told her $13,000. I flipped out and said it is $12,500 but my mum said she would pay the going rate.

Suffice to say, when I got him on his own, all hell broke loose. We did not last long after that (had been together 2.5 years).... stingy fecker.

My mum did not have much money, and he was aware of that, which to me made it all the worse. He had a good-paying job too.

He is probably still the same....

wow thats bad.

sunflower27

magnumbud wrote: »

wow thats bad.

Yep... sure was.

Can't believe I forgot that one. Even thinking of it now sends me into a mini rage

KTBFFH

my mate recently asked a girl from a different school to his debs. He made her pay for her ticket and refused to buy her a present, made her get a lift to his house which is about an hour away, made her pay for the bus to the debs and then he wouldnt even talk to her there. She knew no one as she wasn't local so she sat in the corner most of the night.

Millicent

KTBFFH wrote: »

my mate recently asked a girl from a different school to his debs. He made her pay for her ticket and refused to buy her a present, made her get a lift to his house which is about an hour away, made her pay for the bus to the debs and then he wouldnt even talk to her there. She knew no one as she wasn't local so she sat in the corner most of the night.

In fairness, it's hard to know whether your friend is stingy or just a dickhead.

toodleytoo

KTBFFH wrote: »

my mate recently asked a girl from a different school to his debs. He made her pay for her ticket and refused to buy her a present, made her get a lift to his house which is about an hour away, made her pay for the bus to the debs and then he wouldnt even talk to her there. She knew no one as she wasn't local so she sat in the corner most of the night.

That's both being stingy and being a complete dick!

latenia

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.

Reminds me of my local shop doing their utmost to avoid giving away the free fizzy cola lollies (5p worth) when they used to have the lucky number 7 on the inside of the wrapper. "Oh we don't do that here." (When the offer was plastered all over the display box.) "The full number and circle around it have to be visible." (When there was a tiny bit missing at the edge from printing.) Etc
No wonder my 6 year old self grew up into such a bitter misanthrope...

KTBFFH

Millicent wrote: »

In fairness, it's hard to know whether your friend is stingy or just a dickhead.

I'm beginning to think that myself. He knows this girl for two years and he told us he was never going to talk to her after the debs. We all thought he was joking but he wasn't. It's not just that tough.
If we are on a night out he always gets free drink from someone. He will join in on rounds and always seems to vanish when it's his turn to pay.

KTBFFH

toodleytoo wrote: »

That's both being stingy and being a complete dick!

I was trying to stick to the stingy part... but if you want I can tell you the part of him being a dick that night.
He had all the lads told she was going to go the whole way with him that night. She said she wanted to do it at the end of the night back at his house but he wouldn't let her stay. I'm so glad I wont be in school with him anymore and will be going to a different college than him now. God help the people who have to stay with him

Paddy Cow

Myself and a friend got an apartment together recently. When we moved in the fridge was one of those tiny yokes, about the size of a washing machine with the freezer taking up a load of space inside. I had some extra money so decided to buy a new, proper fridge. I didn't expect her to contribute towards the fridge since it was me who wanted to buy it and whenever we move out I will take it with me but I thought she would have offered to pay the €20 delivery fee, seeing as how she would be using the fridge as well. She didn't.

Dunnes were doing a special offer where you could get a crate of 18 cans of diet coke for €6.50. She bought 1 and I got two. Hers was in the fridge and mine was still on the counter, unopened. She said to me a couple of days later "you'll have to replace those cans you took". I was like "what cans?". "The cans of diet coke" she said. "I've only a few left and I didn't drink them all". I was actually shocked. First of all, I didn't touch her diet coke as I was so busy at work I had barely spent any time in the apartment and second of all, as I pointed out to her, she had being drinking Bacardi and used up a load of cans that night and the next day she was hungover so was drinking it like water.

I couldn't believe it. I had spent over €300 on a fridge that she was quite happy to use but not contribute towards, yet here she was cribbing about about a couple of cans of diet coke (even if I had drank them) that cost her .36c per can :eek::rolleyes:

Ficheall

Paddy Cow wrote: »

she was cribbing about about a couple of cans of diet coke (even if I had drank them) that cost her .36c per can :eek::rolleyes:

.36c is pretty cheap, even if coke is horrible tack.

maringo

KTBFFH wrote: »

my mate recently asked a girl from a different school to his debs. He made her pay for her ticket and refused to buy her a present, made her get a lift to his house which is about an hour away, made her pay for the bus to the debs and then he wouldnt even talk to her there. She knew no one as she wasn't local so she sat in the corner most of the night.

A total cretin

admiralofthefleet

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Myself and a friend got an apartment together recently. When we moved in the fridge was one of those tiny yokes, about the size of a washing machine with the freezer taking up a load of space inside. I had some extra money so decided to buy a new, proper fridge. I didn't expect her to contribute towards the fridge since it was me who wanted to buy it and whenever we move out I will take it with me but I thought she would have offered to pay the €20 delivery fee, seeing as how she would be using the fridge as well. She didn't.

Dunnes were doing a special offer where you could get a crate of 18 cans of diet coke for €6.50. She bought 1 and I got two. Hers was in the fridge and mine was still on the counter, unopened. She said to me a couple of days later "you'll have to replace those cans you took". I was like "what cans?". "The cans of diet coke" she said. "I've only a few left and I didn't drink them all". I was actually shocked. First of all, I didn't touch her diet coke as I was so busy at work I had barely spent any time in the apartment and second of all, as I pointed out to her, she had being drinking Bacardi and used up a load of cans that night and the next day she was hungover so was drinking it like water.

I couldn't believe it. I had spent over €300 on a fridge that she was quite happy to use but not contribute towards, yet here she was cribbing about about a couple of cans of diet coke (even if I had drank them) that cost her .36c per can :eek::rolleyes:

you should chare her rent for the space she uses in your fridge

flutered

a mum and her kids have to take bread and milk each time the visit he parents, who are rather wealthy btw.

Halfpan

A few years ago, our class went out to celebrate graduating from secondary school. Myself and 6 others decided to do rounds and when it came to the turn of the last lad to buy the drinks he had left the place before any of us mention it to him. So he bagged himself 6 free drinks out of it.

Motorist

Halfpan wrote: »

A few years ago, our class went out to celebrate graduating from secondary school. Myself and 6 others decided to do rounds and when it came to the turn of the last lad to buy the drinks he had left the place before any of us mention it to him. So he bagged himself 6 free drinks out of it.

Let it be a learning experience. You'll find one of those stingy chancers in almost every group you socialise with for the rest of your life.

Kolido

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

you should chare her rent for the space she uses in your fridge

She would then probably try to charge him rent for the space the fridge takes up in the apartment.

leonidas83

Halfpan wrote: »

A few years ago, our class went out to celebrate graduating from secondary school. Myself and 6 others decided to do rounds and when it came to the turn of the last lad to buy the drinks he had left the place before any of us mention it to him. So he bagged himself 6 free drinks out of it.

Rounds is a common thing tbh, im not big into them for this reason, if its with a family member or close mate then fair enough but if its with a group of acquaintances they can piss off

Halfpan

Motorist wrote: »

Let it be a learning experience. You'll find one of those stingy chancers in almost every group you socialise with for the rest of your life.

leonidas83 wrote: »

Rounds is a common thing tbh, im not big into them for this reason, if its with a family member or close mate then fair enough but if its with a group of acquaintances they can piss off

Yeah definitely a learning experience. It was probably quite naive to get into rounds with so many people in fairness. These days I wouldn't be big into rounds anyway.

Cienciano

sunflower27 wrote: »

OOOOOh, I just remembered one.

Going back to the early 90s and mu first boyfriend was looking to sell his car. He was asking $13,000 for it but after not getting any offers, he said he was going to drop the price to $12,500. Fair enough.

A few weekends later, we visited my mum who said she wanted a car and how much was his (she was basically doing him a massive favour as he was my bf and was aware he had been trying to sell it).

He told her $13,000. I flipped out and said it is $12,500 but my mum said she would pay the going rate.

Suffice to say, when I got him on his own, all hell broke loose. We did not last long after that (had been together 2.5 years).... stingy fecker.

My mum did not have much money, and he was aware of that, which to me made it all the worse. He had a good-paying job too.

He is probably still the same....

I want to punch him. What a knob.

Kathnora

I once heard of a wedding present being given to Mary and Tom from Anne and Pat. When Mary opened the gift she found a card right at the very bottom of the box that said "To Anne and Pat" !!!

Paddy Cow

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

you should chare her rent for the space she uses in your fridge

LOL she's really tight. She won't leave her milk on the door of the fridge. Instead she leaves it in the plastic container at the bottom of the fridge. This is so that I don't confuse my milk (which is left on the door of the fridge) with hers. God forbid I would accidently use her milk to make a cup of tea instead of mine (which I will admit to doing) :rolleyes:

I was friends with her for years before moving in with her and there was never any signs. She always got her round and never had a problem with sharing. I don't know where this comes from but it is making me see her in a different light. We both smoke (I know it's a terrible habit but anyways) yesterday, we were going for a smoke on the balcony. I picked up my box of cigarettes off the table and said "Are you coming for a smoke?".

She couldn't find her box so I said "Sure have one of these"(we smoke the same brand). She willingly took the cigarette out of my hand and it was only when I went to put my hand into my jacket pocket to get my lighter I realised my packet of cigarettes was in there and I was offering her her own cigarettes. I lol'd and thought she would too but she told me that I could put it back later. WTF? When it was my cigarettes, it was okay to share but when it was hers, I was accountable? I am ashamed to say that to keep the peace, later I gave her back a cigarette

Motorist

Paddy Cow wrote: »

LOL she's really tight. She won't leave her milk on the door of the fridge. Instead she leaves it in the plastic container at the bottom of the fridge. This is so that I don't confuse my milk (which is left on the door of the fridge) with hers. God forbid I would accidently use her milk to make a cup of tea instead of mine (which I will admit to doing) :rolleyes:

I was friends with her for years before moving in with her and there was never any signs. She always got her round and never had a problem with sharing. I don't know where this comes from but it is making me see her in a different light. We both smoke (I know it's a terrible habit but anyways) yesterday, we were going for a smoke on the balcony. I picked up my box of cigarettes off the table and said "Are you coming for a smoke?".

She couldn't find her box so I said "Sure have one of these"(we smoke the same brand). She willingly took the cigarette out of my hand and it was only when I went to put my hand into my jacket pocket to get my lighter I realised my packet of cigarettes was in there and I was offering her her own cigarettes. I lol'd and thought she would too but she told me that I could put it back later. WTF? When it was my cigarettes, it was okay to share but when it was hers, I was accountable? I am ashamed to say that to keep the peace, later I gave her back a cigarette

You need to get out of there as soon as possible before your testosterone levels fall to an irrecoverable level.

admiralofthefleet

Paddy Cow wrote: »

LOL she's really tight. She won't leave her milk on the door of the fridge. Instead she leaves it in the plastic container at the bottom of the fridge. This is so that I don't confuse my milk (which is left on the door of the fridge) with hers. God forbid I would accidently use her milk to make a cup of tea instead of mine (which I will admit to doing) :rolleyes:

I was friends with her for years before moving in with her and there was never any signs. She always got her round and never had a problem with sharing. I don't know where this comes from but it is making me see her in a different light. We both smoke (I know it's a terrible habit but anyways) yesterday, we were going for a smoke on the balcony. I picked up my box of cigarettes off the table and said "Are you coming for a smoke?".

She couldn't find her box so I said "Sure have one of these"(we smoke the same brand). She willingly took the cigarette out of my hand and it was only when I went to put my hand into my jacket pocket to get my lighter I realised my packet of cigarettes was in there and I was offering her her own cigarettes. I lol'd and thought she would too but she told me that I could put it back later. WTF? When it was my cigarettes, it was okay to share but when it was hers, I was accountable? I am ashamed to say that to keep the peace, later I gave her back a cigarette

you need to pull her up on every little thing from now on

sligojoek

Great thread folks.

Shortly after meeting my OH, we went out for a meal and a few jars with five other couples. They were all friends of hers but I had only met one or two of them before. When the grub was finished and we got the bill, it worked out at about 75 quid per couple. It was decided that each couple would give in 80 and give the surplus to the two girls that looked after us very well during the meal. We threw the cash on the table and one of the lads (Dinny) said he had to go for a piss and he'd pay the bill on the way. I watched him and saw him trousering the loot and paying with his visa. I mentioned this to my OH's sister and she lost it. When Dinny came back from the jacks, she had found out from the manager that he hadn't tipped the staff. We embarrassed him into giving a 45 tip instead of the origional 30.

The fokker had the last laugh. Later that night his brother told me that Dinny had recently set up a building supply company and he'd be claiming back the vat as client entertainment expenses.

Paddy Cow

Motorist wrote: »

You need to get out of there as soon as possible before your testosterone levels fall to an irrecoverable level.

I'd be more worried about my oestrogen levels dropping when I'm on my dirty week of shame and snapping at her out of proportion.

Annasopra

Heard this story about this family who charged their au pair 20 euro every time she had a hot shower.

Paddy Cow

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

you need to pull her up on every little thing from now on

I see your point but in every other way she is a good friend. Everyone has their good and bad points and this is a side to her I've never seen before. For all her petty scabbiness, it'll do her no good in the long run. She earns more than me but always seems to have less money than me.

In a couple of years I will have saved up enough to get onto the property ladder (and I know that owning a house isn't the B all and end all) but it has to be better than applying to the property maagement company when I want to change the colour of the walls from that depressing light-yellow that landlords insist on painting every property with because it's "easier to clean".

Thwip!

mango salsa wrote: »

Heard this story about this family who charged their au pair 20 euro every time she had a hot shower.

Really? on top of all the money they would get from the dvd? that's really stingy














:pac:

Cuddlesworth

Paddy Cow wrote: »

In a couple of years I will have saved up enough to get onto the property ladder (and I know that owning a house isn't the B all and end all) but it has to be better than applying to the property maagement company when I want to change the colour of the walls from that depressing light-yellow that landlords insist on painting every property with because it's "easier to clean".

Its called Magnolia and nobody forced you to rent the place.

As somebody who has rented for nearly ten years with friends, drop your housemate at the end of the lease. Living with a tight arse is a world of hurt.

Also don't be so pushed to put that ball and chain that is a long term mortgage around your neck. In these modern times, we all find ourselves going trough a variety of jobs and careers up until our mid thirty's and early forties. Being locked to one location effects your ability to adapt to changing work conditions.

If you can afford to save for a house, keep saving. With proper investment a large sum of money only generates more cash. Rather then the common misconception that a house does the same.