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Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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    #8492
    HansHolzel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 996 ✭✭✭HansHolzel


    Cd_doe wrote: »
    Out of curiosity, what is a good amount to give as a gift for a wedding?

    Not going off topic - am wondering what is stingy, what is ok and what is generous...

    I was speaking to a lad one day who was complaining that he "didn't make much" from his wedding

    €100 per head is the norm in this part of the country (deep south).


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    #8493
    rawn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭rawn


    HansHolzel wrote: »
    Pique and rawn: there's a meeting of stingy minds there if there ever was one.

    How so? Expecting your guests to foot the bill for your special day is the height of stinge. Imagine throwing a lavish birthday party for yourself and expecting each guest to pay for it. Not just pay for it, but pay extra so you can enjoy a holiday afterwards! I have no problem buying the bride and groom a lavish present, but I shouldn't be obliged to write them a fat cheque.


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    #8494
    HansHolzel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 996 ✭✭✭HansHolzel


    Look, in the wise words of the postman, "A wedding invitation is worse than a f&8!ing summons", but, unlike you and your comrade, I still don't begrudge the bride and groom €100 a head and anyone who bitterly resents coughing up shouldn't be there.


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    #8495
    Dartz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,373 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Just watched someone dig through 2 weeks worth of wet Rubbish over a 6 Euro eFlow fine - to find the receipt that proved the toll had been paid.

    ....yuk.


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    #8496
    Yawns
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,255 ✭✭✭Yawns


    Dartz wrote: »
    Just watched someone dig through 2 weeks worth of wet Rubbish over a 6 Euro eFlow fine - to find the receipt that proved the toll had been paid.

    ....yuk.

    Prob more to do with the fact that they charge almost €50 per journey through the toll if they claim you haven't paid the fine or the first notice which never arrives.

    I've had this happen 3 times to me in the last 2 years. I go through the toll bridge and make a return so it costs me €6. I pay before 8 the next day. Usually paid on that day. About 6 weeks later I get a "2nd Notice" stating I didn't pay the toll nor the late charge. I never get a first notice. I don't throw my receipt out tho. Usually put them in the ash tray as I had heard about this carry on before.


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    #8497
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    sReq | uTeK wrote: »
    partake in their big day and get a nice meal out of it.

    Weddings cost a lot for guests to attend even before the gift, I don't know why you'd go to the bother just to get a "free" bogstandard wedding meal. Can't believe people think wedding guests have this mentality. You'll pay for that meal a few times over in attending the thing!


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    #8498
    starling
    Registered Users Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭starling


    April O Neill wrote: »
    Weddings cost a lot for guests to attend even before the gift, I don't know why you'd go to the bother just to get a "free" bogstandard wedding meal. Can't believe people think wedding guests have this mentality. You'll pay for that meal a few times over in attending the thing!

    I went to a friends hen do which was a meal and then on to a nightclub. I'm a vegetarian so I ordered the only vegetarian main, which was pasta in a tomato sauce. I don't drink either so I had a glass of 7up. Everyone else was eating steak and drinking fancy cocktails. That meal cost me €70. And that was just the f**kin hen party.


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    #8499
    DjangoMc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭DjangoMc


    Pique wrote: »
    So you go and pay for your meal ? That's the point of a wedding invitation now is it, to make up the numbers and ensure the bride and groom aren't too awfully inconvenienced by the financial aspect of it?
    Bollocks. If you want to invite people, make sure you can pay for them. They're not obliged to hand over a cheque to cover the cost of the plates.
    The fact is, at a wedding of 150+, the couple will probably spend no significant time with anyone but their closest friends and family. The rest is generally for show and inconsequential to them apart from maybe being able to say they had a huge wedding or to reciprocate inviting Mary ad Mick who invited your parents to their daughters wedding.
    Besides, a cheque will disappear into the hole of a bank account and will only be recorded in a notebook somewhere. A nice gift Even if it's something cheap but thoughtful) is something that can be related to the guest in 5, 10 or 20 years down the line and bring back memories of the day.

    Which would you rather?

    I recently got married...We preferred cash, only because we had everything we needed (pots, pans, knifes, etc EVERYTHING) But we still got a few gifts and they are fab!
    The whole Inviting loads is still going on. My older brother is only getting married coz he is flat broke and they are inviting loads, supposedly over 200 (i'm strictly not invited coz I got married before him)

    I would have been happy with a card! I just wanted people I loved there. But doing the opposite to what the brides & groom asked...stingy!


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    #8500
    maguic24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭maguic24


    DjangoMc wrote: »
    I recently got married...We preferred cash, only because we had everything we needed (pots, pans, knifes, etc EVERYTHING) But we still got a few gifts and they are fab!
    The whole Inviting loads is still going on. My older brother is only getting married coz he is flat broke and they are inviting loads, supposedly over 200 (i'm strictly not invited coz I got married before him)

    I would have been happy with a card! I just wanted people I loved there. But doing the opposite to what the brides & groom asked...stingy!

    The fudge??


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    #8501
    lazygal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    DjangoMc wrote: »
    (i'm strictly not invited coz I got married before him)

    This......is particularly mad, no?!?!


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    #8502
    clairefontaine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭clairefontaine


    starling wrote: »
    I went to a friends hen do which was a meal and then on to a nightclub. I'm a vegetarian so I ordered the only vegetarian main, which was pasta in a tomato sauce. I don't drink either so I had a glass of 7up. Everyone else was eating steak and drinking fancy cocktails. That meal cost me €70. And that was just the f**kin hen party.

    That is just so so wrong.

    Why did you have to pay E70?


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    #8503
    DjangoMc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭DjangoMc


    maguic24 wrote: »
    The fudge??
    lazygal wrote: »
    This......is particularly mad, no?!?!

    Yeah he is a bit touched really! His wife to be is a very jealous person and stingy to boot. Stingy McStingerson should be their name.


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    #8504
    lazygal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    DjangoMc wrote: »
    Yeah he is a bit touched really! His wife to be is a very jealous person and stingy to boot. Stingy McStingerson should be their name.

    I kind of thought family were first on the guest list, well close family like siblings/parents anyway, unless there was a good reason not to ask them. Who cares who got married when anyway? You might be better off out of this one.


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    #8505
    DjangoMc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭DjangoMc


    Exactly....so I'm going on my honeymoon and they get married while we're on that.
    But not to get off topic...they are only getting married to get money! They will only do something for someone if they are getting something out of it.

    Very stingy!


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    #8506
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    DjangoMc wrote: »
    Exactly....so I'm going on my honeymoon and they get married while we're on that.
    But not to get off topic...they are only getting married to get money! They will only do something for someone if they are getting something out of it.

    Very stingy!


    I hope everyone turns up and nobody gives them anything :)


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    #8507
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,812 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    I had my wedding at the end of April. It was a small wedding (about 30 people) and that was enough for me to do the rounds and make sure our closest friends and family were good. We all had a good time and the laughing never stopped.
    That for me is worth more than a 100e note which then gets pissed away on pure horse ****.
    Yes we made some money out of the wedding (its obvious) and that money was stuck straight into a savings account.
    Luckily I know how hard it is to earn that money so the last thing I want to do is spend it on ****e I don't need so I'd rather put it away in the case we will be stuck in the future.
    For someone to get married just to make a profit isn't going to have a happy married life I think... it's sad really.


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    #8508
    DjangoMc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭DjangoMc


    bear1, agree with everything you said. Its about sharing a great day with great people. Now we had 110 people, but I have a HUGE family. But we did what we wanted, we invited who we wanted to be there. I won't lie, we made some money to, but some of that is going to putting younger bro through college next month.

    But your last line sums it up entirely!

    Stingy people are just horrible people.


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    #8509
    jaxdasher
    Registered Users Posts: 779 ✭✭✭jaxdasher


    My mate told me about this one guy. She was was waiting in line at her local pizza place and this fella just got his pizza. He then asked the person at the till if he pays the delivery charge, would the delivery person drive him home. Needless to say he was laughed out of the shop.


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    #8510
    Means Of Escape
    Registered Users Posts: 1,897 ✭✭✭Means Of Escape


    Knew a guy whose wallet always looked empty but if he wanted to buy something for himself whatever way he used his fingers to root in the pockets of the wallet a twenty spot would always appear.
    He wouldn't spend Christmas.


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    #8511
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    Probably the opposite of stingy but it is one of the most lazy things I have seen. Instead of doing the dishes my housemate put them in the bin.


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    #8512
    bren2001
    Registered Users Posts: 6,627 ✭✭✭bren2001


    shruikan2553 wrote: »
    Probably the opposite of stingy but it is one of the most lazy things I have seen. Instead of doing the dishes my housemate put them in the bin.

    Over the course of a year, is buying a dishwasher not cheaper (I know you still have to run the thing)....


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    #8513
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,812 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    but some of that is going to putting younger bro through college next month

    Very honorable thing you are doing there DjangoMc.

    You get married not for the money but to start your new life as lets say a grown man. Go make your own money, buy your own house, buy your own car and do the same things our parents did.
    So if someone said to me that they are looking at making a profit I too would either get them something useful or return the money that it cost to provide the meal.


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    #8514
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    jaxdasher wrote: »
    My mate told me about this one guy. She was was waiting in line at her local pizza place and this fella just got his pizza. He then asked the person at the till if he pays the delivery charge, would the delivery person drive him home. Needless to say he was laughed out of the shop.

    That's not stingy, just lazy. Well, I suppose it is stingy, cheaper than a taxi. :)


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    #8515
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,812 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Instead of doing the dishes my housemate put them in the bin

    I'm curious... who has to pay to replace the dishes?


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    #8516
    Corvo Attano
    Registered Users Posts: 8,446 ✭✭✭Corvo Attano


    Instead of doing the dishes my housemate put them in the bin.

    This has to end up being mad expensive unless he has a way of getting new ones for free.


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    #8517
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,812 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    This has to end up being mad expensive unless he has a way of getting new ones for free.

    Sounds like a right bloody spanner... surely a word with him/her would be in order? along the lines of WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?


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    #8518
    Corvo Attano
    Registered Users Posts: 8,446 ✭✭✭Corvo Attano


    Clip around the ear more like. What kind of carry on is that?


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    #8519
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,812 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Out the feckin door me thinks... seriously weird disorder this lad must have.
    On a side note, a few friends of mine had a place next to UL when they were there and let some lad stay with them for a while... hed lick his plate after he was finished and put it back in the cupboard :eek:


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    #8520
    Corvo Attano
    Registered Users Posts: 8,446 ✭✭✭Corvo Attano


    bear1 wrote: »
    hed lick his plate after he was finished and put it back in the cupboard :eek:

    Thats just... eeewwwww.


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    #8521
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    bear1 wrote: »
    I'm curious... who has to pay to replace the dishes?

    Yeah, this most certainly doesn't belong in this thread, as it's the opposite of stingy, it's positively spendthrift! :pac:


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