Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

ProudDUB

cuana wrote: »

My brother in law is the meanest person I have ever met.......... seriously unreal

So my sister! decides to get married a number of us head over they kindly offered for us to stay in there house which was great we arrived in we were given a list of jobs to do.......... ok we're happy to oblige but our first week of the holiday was a working holiday and I mean did we work!! from painting, gardening, to carpentry any family member with a skill was put to use - FREE LABOR by the time they were married we were exhausted having spent the week running around & the night before wedding putting up decorations before wedding! The thing that upset me was the fact that we worked extremely hard to get there in the first place, spent a fortune to get over, gifted them generously & ended up saving them a small fortune in maintenance of there home ehhhhh we were on holiday!!

Seriously stingy with the full stops there bud. Makes it very hard to read.

Anyway, if that was me, I'd have told the brother in law that I was on my holidays and to eff off if he expected me to be an unpaid labourer for him. If you had agreed ahead of time that you'd do odd jobs for him, in exchange for a free bed, fair enough. But to just hand someone a hammer and say get to work as soon as they get off the plane, that is very bad form.

GAAman

My friends are still laughing about this.

I was in tesco's the other day and was in a horrible mood, it seemed like the universe decided to get every knob faced twat to descend on the store for a twat convention. People walking right in front of me without looking, parking in an aisle beside another trolley so as to block the whole feckin thing. The mongo's who stop beside you and basically invade your personal space so as to see what you have in your hand, as the thought you might get something they wont kills them.

But the worst, and I mean worst is the old couple. Now this couple were well dressed and had a trolley full of shopping. They were in the freezer section blocking things up as a tesco produce trolley was on the other side, I have to stand there waiting while they debate between two bags of frozen chips.

Yep frozen chips, not world peace, or the greenhouse effect, frozen bleedin chips. And what pray tell was the debate about? The chips he wanted were FOUR F*CKIN PENCE dearer than the ones she wanted. I lost it grabbed 10p from my pocket and shoved my way past slamming the 10p coin on their bag and shouted "THERE YOU GO NOW LET THE MAN HAVE HIS F*CKIN CHIPS!!"

:mad:

Eathrin

Darren 83 wrote: »

Also she takes the toilet roll from the local town centre.

I hate this. She's stingy but that's also just downright scummy :mad:

BeerSteakBirds

Eathrin wrote: »

I hate this. She's stingy but that's also just downright scummy :mad:

Damn right it's scummy. She could have at least given the jacks roll as a Birthday Present !

montyrebel

GAAman wrote: »

My friends are still laughing about this.

I was in tesco's the other day and was in a horrible mood, it seemed like the universe decided to get every knob faced twat to descend on the store for a twat convention. People walking right in front of me without looking, parking in an aisle beside another trolley so as to block the whole feckin thing. The mongo's who stop beside you and basically invade your personal space so as to see what you have in your hand, as the thought you might get something they wont kills them.

But the worst, and I mean worst is the old couple. Now this couple were well dressed and had a trolley full of shopping. They were in the freezer section blocking things up as a tesco produce trolley was on the other side, I have to stand there waiting while they debate between two bags of frozen chips.

Yep frozen chips, not world peace, or the greenhouse effect, frozen bleedin chips. And what pray tell was the debate about? The chips he wanted were FOUR F*CKIN PENCE dearer than the ones she wanted. I lost it grabbed 10p from my pocket and shoved my way past slamming the 10p coin on their bag and shouted "THERE YOU GO NOW LET THE MAN HAVE HIS F*CKIN CHIPS!!"

:mad:

I bet you 10p you didnt :P

billy2012

montyrebel wrote: »

I bet you 10p you didnt :P

LOL!! I was thinking exactly the same thing. She prob wanted to do it, or suddenly thought of it afterwards but I doubt it actually happened.

lkionm

billy2012 wrote: »

LOL!! I was thinking exactly the same thing. She prob wanted to do it, or suddenly thought of it afterwards but I doubt it actually happened.

It is on the internet, it happened.

jca

lkionm wrote: »

It is on the internet, it happened.

Ha Ha...:D:D:D

sunflower27

GAAman wrote: »

"THERE YOU GO NOW LET THE MAN HAVE HIS F*CKIN CHIPS!!"

:mad:

You didn't really do that, did you? Be honest now.:pac:

Edit: Just saw someone beat me to it.

EoghanIRL

lkionm wrote: »

It is on the internet, it happened.

Seems legit.

Hank Scorpio

A friend of my dads has been visiting him for years, usually every Sunday night. He comes in, turns on the light and grabs the Sunday paper my Dad had previously bought that morning and puts his feet up on the chair. Then he`ll open a single can of cheap lager that he bought in Aldi or Lidl and sip on it for a good two hours. He even has the cheek to change the tv station if my Dad is watching something else. It used to my Dads beer he drank until he stopped giving it to him.

On top of that he's always asking me to download videos for him, or check Car auctions and print out the lists, never got a euro off him for doing it, the worst part is after doing it he'd barely say thanks. He never gave us a penny as kids for our confirmation, christmas etc. My Dad lose's it with him every so often and he won't show around for a month or two, he hasn't shown up for around 7 now, that being the longest, he changed the channel during the all Ireland highlights show and my Dad lost it.

This lad is loaded, parents are Dead and left him loads of land and works in a really well paid job. He doesn't even have a TV in his house and never lets anyone inside, how my Dad put up with him is beyond me.

Ignorant and pure stingy, it baffles my mind why some people are like that. Like where do they get that trait from, their Parents? Fcuk knows

OldNotWIse

billy2012 wrote: »

LOL!! I was thinking exactly the same thing. She prob wanted to do it, or suddenly thought of it afterwards but I doubt it actually happened.

me too lol, I was also thinking, if someone spoke to my elderly parents like that I'd swing for them

Ri_Nollaig

OldNotWIse wrote: »

me too lol, I was also thinking, if someone spoke to my elderly parents like that I'd swing for them

irony?

RainyDay

nuxxx wrote: »

A friend of my dads has been visiting him for years, usually every Sunday night. He comes in, turns on the light and grabs the Sunday paper my Dad had previously bought that morning and puts his feet up on the chair. Then he`ll open a single can of cheap lager that he bought in Aldi or Lidl and sip on it for a good two hours. He even has the cheek to change the tv station if my Dad is watching something else. It used to my Dads beer he drank until he stopped giving it to him.

On top of that he's always asking me to download videos for him, or check Car auctions and print out the lists, never got a euro off him for doing it, the worst part is after doing it he'd barely say thanks. He never gave us a penny as kids for our confirmation, christmas etc. My Dad lose's it with him every so often and he won't show around for a month or two, he hasn't shown up for around 7 now, that being the longest, he changed the channel during the all Ireland highlights show and my Dad lost it.

This lad is loaded, parents are Dead and left him loads of land and works in a really well paid job. He doesn't even have a TV in his house and never lets anyone inside, how my Dad put up with him is beyond me.

Ignorant and pure stingy, it baffles my mind why some people are like that. Like where do they get that trait from, their Parents? Fcuk knows

While he does indeed sound stingy, he also sounds lonely. There is a huge problem with mental health for many older men in Ireland, and loneliness is a big root cause. Maybe you can find a way to address the stinginess while encouraging them to continue to socialise.

OldNotWIse

Ri_Nollaig wrote: »

irony?

How?

retalivity

YoungNotFoolish?

Birneybau

OldNotWIse wrote: »

me too lol, I was also thinking, if someone spoke to my elderly parents like that I'd swing for them

Ri_Nollaig wrote: »

irony?

OldNotWIse wrote: »

How?

You doubt the guys tale of thrusting 2 euro towards the old couple yet say that if someone did it to your folks, you would swing for them.

2 internet hard men is basically where the irony comes in.

OldNotWIse

Darren 83 wrote: »

My sister is the worse , still waiting on my birthday present that was 4 months ago she always does it.

Also she takes the toilet roll from the local town centre.

My friend did that to me last year and I was baffled. Not because she didn't get me a present but she came to the pub where we were having birthday drinks and said, "I made you a hamper but left it in the car and I am too lazy to go and get it now" - and I never saw said hamper after that!

OldNotWIse

Birneybau wrote: »

You doubt the guys tale of thrusting 2 euro towards the old couple yet say that if someone did it to your folks, you would swing for them.

2 internet hard men is basically where the irony comes in.

Oh ok. Fair enough. Only I'm not boasting about something I have (supposedly) done, just stating what I imagine I would do. It's not like I am trying to prove I did anything so whats the point lying?

Also, I'm a woman and I'm not "hard" - I cry when I see sad movies and stray dogs

Birneybau

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Oh ok. Fair enough. Only I'm not boasting about something I have (supposedly) done, just stating what I imagine I would do. It's not like I am trying to prove I did anything so whats the point lying?

Also, I'm a woman and I'm not "hard" - I cry when I see sad movies and stray dogs

So did Hitler

OldNotWIse

Birneybau wrote: »

So did Hitler

I am unsure of the appropriate response...

JP85

My sister is pretty stingy, when i used to live at home we could fit 3 cars in the garden my dads car was parked straight in and my sisters and mothers car at an angle, so in order for my mother to get her car out my dad would usually move my sisters car and then drive it back into its spot, but one day my sister went nuts at my parents as the amount of petrol that is being used in her car because of this arrangement (like moved about 5 meters plus this only ever happened like once a wee), ill never forget the look on my dads face when she said that.

I also remember when my mother was saying that the electricty bill was pretty high, so my sister perks up and says (at the time we only had a desktop computer) we have to stop turning on and off the computer as this is eating up the electricity and only use the main lights in the house unless we had to.....She also met her match when she met her boyfriend who was boasting at a family party about having bought €0.60 steaks earlier that day

Awake&Unafraid

Birneybau wrote: »

You doubt the guys tale of thrusting 2 euro towards the old couple yet say that if someone did it to your folks, you would swing for them.

2 internet hard men is basically where the irony comes in.

I was under the impression the irony was due to the username being oldnotwise?

OldNotWIse

Awake&Unafraid wrote: »

I was under the impression the irony was due to the username being oldnotwise?

how does that work?

OldNotWIse

JP85 wrote: »

My sister is pretty stingy, when i used to live at home we could fit 3 cars in the garden my dads car was parked straight in and my sisters and mothers car at an angle, so in order for my mother to get her car out my dad would usually move my sisters car and then drive it back into its spot, but one day my sister went nuts at my parents as the amount of petrol that is being used in her car because of this arrangement (like moved about 5 meters plus this only ever happened like once a wee), ill never forget the look on my dads face when she said that.

I also remember when my mother was saying that the electricty bill was pretty high, so my sister perks up and says (at the time we only had a desktop computer) we have to stop turning on and off the computer as this is eating up the electricity and only use the main lights in the house unless we had to.....She also met her match when she met her boyfriend who was boasting at a family party about having bought €0.60 steaks earlier that day

And we have the audacity to be shocked when horse meat winds up in our food hahaha

Angron

OldNotWIse wrote: »

My friend did that to me last year and I was baffled. Not because she didn't get me a present but she came to the pub where we were having birthday drinks and said, "I made you a hamper but left it in the car and I am too lazy to go and get it now" - and I never saw said hamper after that!

Sure I've been waiting for an 18th birthday present from one of my friends for 3 years :pac:

danslevent

Angron wrote: »

Sure I've been waiting for an 18th birthday present from one of my friends for 3 years :pac:

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Yeah, same! For about a year after any time I saw drunk they would go on about "That present...blah blah". I wouldn't even bring it up but they would always mention it and it just got steadily more and more awkward...

jca

Angron wrote: »

Sure I've been waiting for an 18th birthday present from one of my friends for 3 years :pac:

Sure you can get it for your 21st now:pac::pac:

Mocha Joe

It seems to me like more and more bus drivers aren't printing off the change on receipts when you pay 5c, 15c more or whatever. I regularly pay 5c more due to not having correct change. I ask for it everytime. Is this stingy?



I imagine one of the first responses will be "Get a Leap card".

evolutionqy7

Mocha Joe wrote: »

It seems to me like more and more bus drivers aren't printing off the change on receipts when you pay 5c, 15c more or whatever. I regularly pay 5c more due to not having correct change. I ask for it everytime. Is this stingy?



I imagine one of the first responses will be "Get a Leap card".

People still use change on the bus? Do you actually tell the driver how much you put in? As far as I could see they just look at it and count it by eye, not always correct. So if you don't tell then, how are they meant to know I always get mine without asking, but then again I got a leap card a long long time ago.