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Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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    #9482
    OhHiMark
    Registered Users Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭OhHiMark


    cloud493 wrote: »
    Ham and cheese toastie, their not great

    Whose not great?


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    #9483
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    0ph0rce0 wrote: »
    Not Christmas but got a card off my Grandad there for my 30th Birthday, YAY Happy Birthday to me.

    Anyhoo, the man has 13 houses all over the world, Just under €5 Million in the bank because he sold his Golf Magazine and €100k cars hanging out his hole.

    I don't want nothing off the chap and none of the family will get nout off him anyway.

    But a Fiver in the card. €5 stinkin euro.

    Stingy CúNT

    Sounds like you do want something off him.


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    #9484
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    OhHiMark wrote: »
    Whose not great?

    The goose


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    #9485
    0ph0rce0
    Registered Users Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭0ph0rce0


    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    Sounds like you do want something off him.

    No, Gave the fiver away


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    #9486
    Aidric
    Registered Users Posts: 13,590 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    0ph0rce0 wrote: »
    Not Christmas but got a card off my Grandad there for my 30th Birthday, YAY Happy Birthday to me.

    Anyhoo, the man has 13 houses all over the world, Just under €5 Million in the bank because he sold his Golf Magazine and €100k cars hanging out his hole.

    I don't want nothing off the chap and none of the family will get nout off him anyway.

    But a Fiver in the card. €5 stinkin euro.

    Stingy CúNT

    Valuable lesson imo.


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    #9487
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    sullivlo wrote: »
    I have lots of stories but I'm being stingy with them for now. But the post about the wrapping paper reminded me of this gem (from yesterday)

    We have visitors for Christmas. Yeay etc etc etc. They arrived one arm as long as the other, no gifts purchased for anyone in my house, no offer of buying anything for the house / dinner / anything (we are having other guests for dinner who offered to pay for the turkey but when we said no insisted on buying some wine for dinner). It's not that the guests don't have money - they spent a clean fortune on gifts for each other. They just have very long pockets and short hands when it comes to certain things.

    (Btw I'm not expecting them to pay / offer money / buy presents - if they offered I would thank them for their offer but say they are guests!)

    If we go to visit their house (abroad) we buy at least the makings of a few nights dinner when we're there or wine and beer so they're not too out of pocket for hosting us.

    Anywho. On Monday we were in town. I was helping them with Christmas shopping for their kids (long story). When we were in the queue to pay I grabbed two rolls of wrapping paper to bring home and stood to pay. Our guest grabbed the paper and said she would pay, save time etc. Great, fantastic, plenty of paper. Yesterday we were about to start wrapping the presents and I picked up a roll of the paper and was told "that's ours, can you not go buy some?"

    They leave Friday. I bet they'll bring the paper with them.

    Ah come on now, you're letting them away with this, they've called you on your stinginess with the paper (wrongly of course) hit them back .... Harder!


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    #9488
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    I know a fella who once bought his kids batteries with a note on them saying toys not included...


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    #9489
    Electric Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭Electric Sheep


    0ph0rce0 wrote: »
    Not Christmas but got a card off my Grandad there for my 30th Birthday, YAY Happy Birthday to me.

    Anyhoo, the man has 13 houses all over the world, Just under €5 Million in the bank because he sold his Golf Magazine and €100k cars hanging out his hole.

    I don't want nothing off the chap and none of the family will get nout off him anyway.

    But a Fiver in the card. €5 stinkin euro.

    Stingy CúNT
    You are 30, not a schoolboy...do you seriously expect relatives to gift you money for your birthday?


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    #9490
    fathead82
    Registered Users Posts: 286 ✭✭fathead82


    One of my friends is going out with a very stingy girl,a few months ago we were all at another friends house to meet up before we went to a concert.
    Stingyhole came in without any drink so I offered her a can of cider.as she was picking the can off the table,someone else offered her a glass of wine,she said she would rather a glass of wine instead & put the can of cider into her handbag!
    Its not like shes a broke student,shes 31 & has a well paying job.


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    #9491
    dundalkfc10
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,719 ✭✭✭dundalkfc10


    rabwaygal wrote: »
    Maybe 1 per year. More people would move to different departments. No card/money for them.

    Shamelessly stingy

    I wouldnt give anyone from work any money at all unless I liked them or socialized with them outside of work


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    #9492
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    ^ Me either, but if I wasn't giving money I'd not sign the card.


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    #9493
    Sirsok
    Registered Users Posts: 2,797 ✭✭✭Sirsok


    Moved back home for awhile before, payed rent to the parents and such but one thing that really grinded my gears is when my dad said that I must start contributing to the sky sports bill, both being united fans I said he all ready has is it so why should I pay for something he has on top of everythin else I contribute to. So he cancels the whole package and we end up watchin sky sports news for most of the matches together.

    Maybe I should of contributing and it was stingy on my behalf Or maybe he was being stingy for requesting me to pay for a facility he had and would use a hell of a lot more then me( he would watch every game of most sports).

    I ended up spending more having to go pub to watch a and then I would spill run the bill for 3 months.

    Since I moved he has hot it back in


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    #9494
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Sirsok wrote: »
    Moved back home for awhile before, payed rent to the parents and such but one thing that really grinded my gears is when my dad said that I must start contributing to the sky sports bill, both being united fans I said he all ready has is it so why should I pay for something he has on top of everythin else I contribute to. So he cancels the whole package and we end up watchin sky sports news for most of the matches together.

    Maybe I should of contributing and it was stingy on my behalf Or maybe he was being stingy for requesting me to pay for a facility he had and would use a hell of a lot more then me( he would watch every game of most sports).

    I ended up spending more having to go pub to watch a and then I would spill run the bill for 3 months.

    Since I moved he has hot it back in

    Like father, like son.


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    #9495
    batman88
    Site Banned Posts: 91 ✭✭batman88


    Sirsok wrote: »
    Moved back home for awhile before, payed rent to the parents and such but one thing that really grinded my gears is when my dad said that I must start contributing to the sky sports bill, both being united fans I said he all ready has is it so why should I pay for something he has on top of everythin else I contribute to. So he cancels the whole package and we end up watchin sky sports news for most of the matches together.

    Maybe I should of contributing and it was stingy on my behalf Or maybe he was being stingy for requesting me to pay for a facility he had and would use a hell of a lot more then me( he would watch every game of most sports).

    I ended up spending more having to go pub to watch a and then I would spill run the bill for 3 months.

    Since I moved he has hot it back in

    Stream the games for free to piss him off next time ur back at the house.


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    #9496
    TheBully
    Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭TheBully


    Instead of just putting 50 diesel into the car my friend goes to 5 petrol statins and puts in €10.05 in each one and hands over a tenor!


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    #9497
    rawn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭rawn


    TheBully wrote: »
    Instead of just putting 50 diesel into the car my friend goes to 5 petrol statins and puts in €10.05 in each one and hands over a tenor!

    No, he doesn't...


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    #9498
    TheBully
    Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭TheBully


    rawn wrote: »
    No, he doesn't...

    He certainly does! I used yo travel the odd time sith him between sligo and ballina in the middle of winter, he wouldnt turn the heat on at all or go over 60mph to save on diesel


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    #9499
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    TheBully wrote: »
    Instead of just putting 50 diesel into the car my friend goes to 5 petrol statins and puts in €10.05 in each one and hands over a tenor!

    And spends the extra 5c worth going to each petrol station. What a dummy.


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    #9500
    hatchets mcgovern
    Site Banned Posts: 50 ✭✭hatchets mcgovern


    TheBully wrote: »
    Instead of just putting 50 diesel into the car my friend goes to 5 petrol statins and puts in €10.05 in each one and hands over a tenor!

    What a waste of time! For one, fifty in total will last longer. And that extra five cent is nothing. Tell you're friend hatchets said he is a chump.


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    #9501
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    One of my friends invited a cousin she barely sees to her wedding after her parents kicked up a fuss.

    He showed up with his girlfriend (he wasn't given a +1, his invitation clearly apologised and explained they were trying to keep the numbers down) AND the girlfriends two children. To avoid drama on the day, they didn't say anything but they were fuming.

    When she opened her wedding present, it was a knife sharpener - a manual one. And it was used.


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    #9502
    civis_liberalis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭civis_liberalis


    TheBully wrote: »
    Instead of just putting 50 diesel into the car my friend goes to 5 petrol statins and puts in €10.05 in each one and hands over a tenor!

    Surely hiring or convincing a singer to accompany you to get petrol is more hassle and expense that it is worth.


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    #9503
    fastrac
    Registered Users Posts: 718 ✭✭✭fastrac


    Organising a family get together and charging people who turn up for your time ,phonecalls etc. Nobody asked her to do it.


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    #9504
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    civis_liberalis wrote: »
    Surely hiring or convincing a singer to accompany you to get petrol is more hassle and expense that it is worth.
    Still, you won't stuck out in this cold weather waiting like an eejit for the guy to notice you and turn on the pump if you've got Paul Potts banging them out beside you on the forecourt.


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    #9505
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    But he would have handed Paul Potts over at the first garage so would have nobody for the others.
    He would be better off bringing One Direction and he could dump one of them in each place.


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    #9506
    hatchets mcgovern
    Site Banned Posts: 50 ✭✭hatchets mcgovern


    thesandeman wrote: »
    But he would have handed Paul Potts over at the first garage so would have nobody for the others.
    He would be better off bringing One Direction and he could dump one of them in each place.

    what in the name of moses are you talking about


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    #9507
    MurdyWurdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭MurdyWurdy


    hatchets mcgovern wrote: »
    what in the name of moses are you talking about

    The poster said tenor as in a male singer, as opposed to a tenner which is the generally accepted spelling meaning a ten euro note.


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    #9508
    hatchets mcgovern
    Site Banned Posts: 50 ✭✭hatchets mcgovern


    MurdyWurdy wrote: »
    The poster said tenor as in a male singer, as opposed to a tenner which is the generally accepted spelling meaning a ten euro note.

    Are you serious :rolleyes:


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    #9509
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    hatchets mcgovern wrote: »
    Are you serious :rolleyes:
    tenor
    ˈtɛnə/Submit
    noun
    noun: tenor; plural noun: tenors
    1.
    a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
    "the Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings"
    a singer with a tenor voice.
    a part written for a tenor voice.
    "several members of the party had been able to put in the tenor and the bass"
    2.
    an instrument, especially a saxophone, trombone, tuba, or viol, of the second or third lowest pitch in its family.
    "a tenor sax"
    the largest and deepest bell of a ring or set.
    noun: tenor bell; plural noun: tenor bells
    Origin

    tenner
    ˈtɛnə/Submit
    nounBRIT.informal
    noun: tenner; plural noun: tenners
    1.
    a ten-pound note.

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    I'm going to go with yes, so...


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    #9510
    hatchets mcgovern
    Site Banned Posts: 50 ✭✭hatchets mcgovern


    Billy86 wrote: »
    tenor
    ˈtɛnə/Submit
    noun
    noun: tenor; plural noun: tenors
    1.
    a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
    "the Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings"
    a singer with a tenor voice.
    a part written for a tenor voice.
    "several members of the party had been able to put in the tenor and the bass"
    2.
    an instrument, especially a saxophone, trombone, tuba, or viol, of the second or third lowest pitch in its family.
    "a tenor sax"
    the largest and deepest bell of a ring or set.
    noun: tenor bell; plural noun: tenor bells
    Origin

    tenner
    ˈtɛnə/Submit
    nounBRIT.informal
    noun: tenner; plural noun: tenners
    1.
    a ten-pound note.

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    I'm going to go with yes, so...

    another sad act reply


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    #9511
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    Hatchets McGovern ain't messing about, the English language don't got no chance!


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