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Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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    #7862
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    Mr Benevolent wrote: »
    Very normal, not sure what you're complaining about.

    It's essentially a glass of tap water with a splash of cheapo Miwadi.


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    #7863
    Vojera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭Vojera


    Mr Benevolent wrote: »
    Very normal, not sure what you're complaining about.

    What sort of establishments do you drink in? Plenty if places don't charge at all for miwadi and I've never been charged more than €1.


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    #7864
    tombozo
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭tombozo


    Worked in a bar/restaurant years ago. The owner was unbelievably stingy. One day he asked me for a toothpic. Later he walks behind the bar using the toothpic & when finished put it back into the toothpic holder! Needless to say I upended the container into the bin & took out new ones. Gross!


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    #7865
    tinkerbell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,423 ✭✭✭tinkerbell


    tombozo wrote: »
    Worked in a bar/restaurant years ago. The owner was unbelievably stingy. One day he asked me for a toothpic. Later he walks behind the bar using the toothpic & when finished put it back into the toothpic holder! Needless to say I upended the container into the bin & took out new ones. Gross!

    That's not just gross, that's a serious health and safety issue and he should have been reported.


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    #7866
    LoonyLovegood
    Registered Users Posts: 6,068 ✭✭✭LoonyLovegood


    My friend's story, not mine. She was sharing a flat with another girl, who started dating a fella around the November (it was a college lease). He stayed over every night from the end of November till the lease was up, and didn't pay a cent towards rent or electricity, despite that he was using it all there.


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    #7867
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    upandcumming wrote: »
    She left the childer?
    She did. They were 9 and 10 and fast asleep. She was gone five minutes and surprise surprise they were still fast asleep and unharmed when she got back.


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    #7868
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    snubbleste wrote: »
    I know - a babysitter going to a bar.
    It was a hotel so the bar comes with the establishment ;)


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    #7869
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    Mr Benevolent wrote: »
    Very normal, not sure what you're complaining about.
    Very normal where? I've never been charged €2.40 for MiWadi and as someone else said, a lot of places give it for free. I wouldn't expect it for free but neither would I pay such a ridiculous amount.


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    #7870
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    Paddy Cow wrote: »
    She did. They were 9 and 10 and fast asleep. She was gone five minutes and surprise surprise they were still fast asleep and unharmed when she got back.

    If she did that with my kids, she wouldn't be getting any more Miwadi money from me. I'd be livid


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    #7871
    humbert
    Registered Users Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    oldyouth wrote: »
    If she did that with my kids, she wouldn't be getting any more Miwadi money from me. I'd be livid
    That's pretty stingy alright.


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    #7872
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    oldyouth wrote: »
    If she did that with my kids, she wouldn't be getting any more Miwadi money from me. I'd be livid

    She wouldn't be getting any more calls from the hotel for babysitting if she did that to me.


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    #7873
    Cd_doe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Cd_doe


    In the hotel I own I charge stupid babysitters 2.70 for miwadi.... Stupid eejit for paying it!

    I don't think she is the most reliable babysitter... Leaves the kids unattended to go pay a fortune for miwadi...


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    #7874
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    oldyouth wrote: »
    If she did that with my kids, she wouldn't be getting any more Miwadi money from me. I'd be livid
    RainyDay wrote: »
    She wouldn't be getting any more calls from the hotel for babysitting if she did that to me.
    LOL over reaction much. Did ye miss the part where it was the owner who charged her for the MiWadi. He was well aware that she was babysitting and the kids were in no danger.


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    #7875
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    Paddy Cow wrote: »
    LOL over reaction much. Did ye miss the part where it was the owner who charged her for the MiWadi. He was well aware that she was babysitting and the kids were in no danger.

    Miwadigate has been forgotten about. It has been replaced by the total, total irresponsibility of your sister


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    #7876
    Mr_Spaceman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭Mr_Spaceman


    "Miwadigate"

    :pac:


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    #7877
    Cd_doe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Cd_doe


    Paddy Cow wrote: »
    LOL over reaction much. Did ye miss the part where it was the owner who charged her for the MiWadi. He was well aware that she was babysitting and the kids were in no danger.

    I think he was extremely stingy anyway... He wouldn't even make a phonecall to social services in relation to the abandoned kids


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    #7878
    tara73
    Registered Users Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭tara73


    wtf is miwadi?????


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    #7879
    Darren 83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭Darren 83


    My sister went away on a holiday came back with a 2010 calender for my daughter said it was 4.99, strange thing is she went to the same place in 2010?


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    #7880
    Pandora2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Pandora2


    tara73 wrote: »
    wtf is miwadi?????

    It's not Yourwadi....it's Miwadi!! :)


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    #7881
    Mr_Spaceman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭Mr_Spaceman


    When do we get Miwadigate - the sequel?

    Hurry up!


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    #7882
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    miamee wrote: »
    It's essentially a glass of tap water with a splash of cheapo Miwadi.

    The €2.40 for MiWadi essentially covers all the overheads a hotel has btw. The majority of the mark-up in a hotel is made in the beverages department because it needs to be. €2.40 covers the wages of the staff who served you, the person who cleans up after, the cost of the seats she was sitting in and so on etc.

    Why do you think hotels charge €3 for a coke that costs €.30 to buy in? It's needed to cover the massive overheads hotels have.

    Also she chose to pay the €2.40, wasn't forced on her to buy it. If she didn't like the price she doesn't buy it.


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    #7883
    kowloon
    Registered Users Posts: 13,463 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Don't hotel rooms have their own tea/coffee facilities these days? I might be a little bit wary if the babysitter hit the minibar though.


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    #7884
    Mr_Spaceman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭Mr_Spaceman


    kowloon wrote: »
    Don't hotel rooms have their own tea/coffee facilities these days? I might be a little bit wary if the babysitter hit the minibar though.

    Indeed they do (or should do).

    However, they don't have Miwadi.


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    #7885
    Martyn1989
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Martyn1989


    Mr_Spaceman wrote: »
    Indeed they do (or should do).

    However, they don't have Miwadi.

    But they have tap water, she made her choice, why does the fact she was babysitting come into it, she's not employed by the hotel


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    #7886
    Mr_Spaceman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭Mr_Spaceman


    Martyn1989 wrote: »
    But they have tap water, she made her choice, why does the fact she was babysitting come into it, she's not employed by the hotel

    And a fine choice she made too. Miwadi hits the spot where mere tap water doesn't.

    But hey, at €2.40 for a rather pricey Irish-made thirst-quencher the babysitter certainly isn't a frugalista.


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    #7887
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    For the last time, GET WITH THE STINGE.


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    #7888
    Martyn1989
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Martyn1989


    Bipolar Joe wrote: »
    For the last time, GET WITH THE STINGE.

    No you get with the stinge, this is a thread for stinge and discussion, you should lie on the floor for an hour


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    #7889
    ElvisChrist6
    Registered Users Posts: 595 ✭✭✭ElvisChrist6


    Mr_Spaceman wrote: »
    And a fine choice she made too. Miwadi hits the spot where mere tap water doesn't.

    But hey, at €2.40 for a rather pricey Irish-made thirst-quencher the babysitter certainly isn't a frugalista.



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    #7890
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Way too many d1ckheads in this thread sometimes. Kids were fast asleep and the girl ran down for a drink - big fooking deal. I'm sure she locked the door after her. Also €2.40 for a pint of Miwadi is not stingey, it's downright extortionate!


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    #7891
    Kat1170
    Registered Users Posts: 3,623 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Way too many d1ckheads in this thread sometimes. Kids were fast asleep and the girl ran down for a drink - big fooking deal. I'm sure she locked the door after her. Also €2.40 for a pint of Miwadi is not stingey, it's downright extortionate!

    I'd say a certain McCann family just might disagree with you ;)


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