Stingiest things thread(op for R&R access)

irish_goat

2lazytogetup wrote: »

i learned my stinge lesson. i didnt want to pay 2 euro cloakroom nightclub fee so i handed in my coat as a lost coat. come 3am go to pick up my coat by explaining i had lost my coat and if someone handed it in. told that i couldnt and given a number to ring. number rang out during the week. came back a couple of weeks later early in the night to see if they would be more amenable to me looking for my coat. never got it back, but still save the 2 euro.

I worked in a nightclub years ago and any cloakroom items unclaimed after a week or so were put in a bag and staff were allowed to help themselves. Any leftovers were sent to charity. I took the odd jacket if it was pissing rain and I'd forgotten my own but I know some who filled half their wardrobe with the freebies. :pac:

Snails pace

Yyhhuuu wrote: »

My friend who is very well off with a few properties rented out ( no mortgages mind you) including her own home and the granny flat. So not short of a few Bob. Mad for money but tight as a ducks arse. Her cat was knocked down by a car. She rang the DSPCA to say a STRAY cat was knocked down. They came out and took it to the vet and paid large vets bill. She then phoned them up to "adopt" her cat back.

I thought it was a masterstroke in stinge!

That was quick thinking out of her

AlphabetCards

Cork Lass wrote: »

AlphabetCards wrote: »

I work late evenings, and I look in the vending machines when I'm hungry for a bit of chocolate. I only ever put the money in when it looks like they have packed it badly, and that I'll get two for one. Had a great one last week, two twirls and two small bags of haribo. Bring the stinge hate!

Thats not stinge - that's theft.

lol, do you reckon?

AlphabetCards

Katgurl wrote: »

He let her off one or two month's rent (so probably one) not a few. He didn't do this out of kindness, he did it because it made business sense. His losses would have been far greater getting a new tenant in not to mention the reputation he would have earned. Giving a freebie would be a terrible idea to such self entitled muppets, they'd be dropping in forever to take advantage.

You and I have no idea how much free rent they got.

I think I'll have to reconsider how charitable I am in future tbh, if this is the prevailing opinion. It's nice to be nice, but for people to treat charity in such a cold and transactional way leaves me feeling a bit empty. To have a kind gesture like that ignored would leave me feeling ill at ease.

Claw Hammer

AlphabetCards wrote: »

You and I have no idea how much free rent they got.

I think I'll have to reconsider how charitable I am in future tbh, if this is the prevailing opinion. It's nice to be nice, but for people to treat charity in such a cold and transactional way leaves me feeling a bit empty. To have a kind gesture like that ignored would leave me feeling ill at ease.

It was not charity, it was business!

the_pen_turner

Claw Hammer wrote: »

It was not charity, it was business!

Your forgetting the third option. Do nothing and stay collecting the money.
The land lord is stingy wanting a freebie but the tenant is ungrateful as well. A thank you wouldn't go amiss

OhHiMark

AlphabetCards wrote: »

You and I have no idea how much free rent they got.

I think I'll have to reconsider how charitable I am in future tbh, if this is the prevailing opinion. It's nice to be nice, but for people to treat charity in such a cold and transactional way leaves me feeling a bit empty. To have a kind gesture like that ignored would leave me feeling ill at ease.

That seems like you don't give to charity to help people, you do it so that they'll be grateful to you.

Tacitus Kilgore

OhHiMark wrote: »

That seems like you don't give to charity to help people, you do it so that they'll be grateful to you.

Just like the type who live streams themselves handing a homeless person a coffee or a sandwich, I mean - did you even do a good deed if you don't show it to the world for social media kudos?

AlphabetCards

OhHiMark wrote: »

That seems like you don't give to charity to help people, you do it so that they'll be grateful to you.

I like to be selective in who I give my charity to. Why give anything to the ungrateful, when I can give it to someone who might acknowledge the kindness somehow, with even a nice card?

Dodge

AlphabetCards wrote: »

You and I have no idea how much free rent they got.

I think I'll have to reconsider how charitable I am in future tbh, if this is the prevailing opinion. It's nice to be nice, but for people to treat charity in such a cold and transactional way leaves me feeling a bit empty. To have a kind gesture like that ignored would leave me feeling ill at ease.

You need to get a grip. The man who owns ‘a few’ units on a main street wasn’t being charitable. He was be a good businessman. He now has a full paying tenant (remember he was getting paid most months when the operator literally could not open)

It’s his wife and daughter that feel aggrieved because they didn’t get their nails done for free. Clearly wealthy people looking for handouts from struggling businesses and its them you feel sorry for?

AlphabetCards

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Just like the type who live streams themselves handing a homeless person a coffee or a sandwich, I mean - did you even do a good deed if you don't show it to the world for social media kudos?

Two very, very different issues here. Expecting some sort of acknowledgement from someone you helped out is very different to live blogging handing free stuff to the homeless. Lets not be facetious here.

Tacitus Kilgore

AlphabetCards wrote: »

Two very, very different issues here. Expecting some sort of acknowledgement from someone you helped out is very different to live blogging handing free stuff to the homeless. Lets not be facetious here.

Well, you didn't really help them then if you're expecting a quid pro quo did you? :pac:

I don't need to be facetious, you're making an egit of yourself all by yourself :pac:

AlphabetCards

Not really, I know that if someone was kind enough to help me out like that, I'd make some effort to thank them. It seems not many people here feel the same. Good to know!

Fionn1952

AlphabetCards wrote: »

Not really, I know that if someone was kind enough to help me out like that, I'd make some effort to thank them. It seems not many people here feel the same. Good to know!

How many generations of their family would you feel obliged to thank?

Should your great grandkids still be offering free services to their great grandkids to show your deep familial gratitude as well?

Tacitus Kilgore

AlphabetCards wrote: »

Not really, I know that if someone was kind enough to help me out like that, I'd make some effort to thank them. It seems not many people here feel the same. Good to know!

I agree with you, it's very nice to both thank, and be thanked when someone gives you a dig out - but don't you see where everyone else is coming from regarding your posts -

You openly state that you help people out with the expectation of getting something in return rather than just helping them out and then being happy if there's a thank you/ something in return, but not to be put out if there isn't - as you were being charitable.

If you're treating charity as a transaction, it's not charity

Claw Hammer

AlphabetCards wrote: »

I like to be selective in who I give my charity to. Why give anything to the ungrateful, when I can give it to someone who might acknowledge the kindness somehow, with even a nice card?

Who say anyone was ungrateful? It wasn't the landlord who went into the shop. It was his relations who were trying to guilt a struggling businesswoman into giving a freebie. If I was the landlord I would not expect a tenant to be thanking my relations for anything I might have done.

OhHiMark

AlphabetCards wrote: »

I like to be selective in who I give my charity to. Why give anything to the ungrateful, when I can give it to someone who might acknowledge the kindness somehow, with even a nice card?

Sure it would be nice to help the starving, but if they can't even afford a card what's the point?

Ten of Swords

Let's move on from the manicure post please, it was 2 days ago

Capt'n Midnight

Back when people used code words to save on the number of words used in telegram messages.


In 1887 a wool dealer named Frank Primrose send a coded telegraph message to his agent saying he had purchased 500,000 pounds of wool. "I Have Bought" was the code word BAY. The fumble-fingered telegrapher accidentally sent the words BUY, which means (surprise surprise) "buy". Morse for "A" is dot-dash, while "U" is dot-dot-dash. Very easy to make a mistake. The agent got the incorrect message and duly purchased 500,000 pounds of wool. Primrose lost $20,000 (about $270,000 in 2010 dollars).

He sued the telegraph company, but unfortunately he had failed to pay the two cents extra for the message to be verified.

So the court awarded him a refund of $1.15, the cost of the message.

antimatterx

My younger brother is an awful stinge when it comes to buying stuff you need for living. For example, he hacks that are about to rip, you can see his foot in them, he won't buy new ones for himself. What he has started to do is wear mine (I bought a lot of good socks about a year back). I've asked him to stop, he keeps taking them from the dryer. When I suggested that he should buy his own, the response I got was "That would be a waste of money"

He also wont buy thing for the house. He's quite happy to eat any food I buy for myself, or he shouts at people for finishing something. If I have the last of the Milk or something he tries-to fight with me because "that was for him". You're 22, and not contributing anything mate, it's not for you.

Tilden Katz

antimatterx wrote: »

My younger brother is an awful stinge when it comes to buying stuff you need for living. For example, he hacks that are about to rip, you can see his foot in them, he won't buy new ones for himself. What he has started to do is wear mine (I bought a lot of good socks about a year back). I've asked him to stop, he keeps taking them from the dryer. When I suggested that he should buy his own, the response I got was "That would be a waste of money"

He also wont buy thing for the house. He's quite happy to eat any food I buy for myself, or he shouts at people for finishing something. If I have the last of the Milk or something he tries-to fight with me because "that was for him". You're 22, and not contributing anything mate, it's not for you.

You need to put your foot down there. Habitually taking your socks is unacceptable. Like, I’ve lent socks to people who are stuck for some reason but that’s it.

Bob Harris

antimatterx wrote: »

My younger brother is an awful stinge when it comes to buying stuff you need for living. For example, he hacks that are about to rip, you can see his foot in them, he won't buy new ones for himself. What he has started to do is wear mine (I bought a lot of good socks about a year back). I've asked him to stop, he keeps taking them from the dryer. When I suggested that he should buy his own, the response I got was "That would be a waste of money"

I hope it's on his feet he's wearing the socks not not using them as wa...you get the idea!

antimatterx

antimatterx wrote: »

My younger brother is an awful stinge when it comes to buying stuff you need for living. For example, he hacks that are about to rip, you can see his foot in them, he won't buy new ones for himself. What he has started to do is wear mine (I bought a lot of good socks about a year back). I've asked him to stop, he keeps taking them from the dryer. When I suggested that he should buy his own, the response I got was "That would be a waste of money"

He also wont buy thing for the house. He's quite happy to eat any food I buy for myself, or he shouts at people for finishing something. If I have the last of the Milk or something he tries-to fight with me because "that was for him". You're 22, and not contributing anything mate, it's not for you.

Maybe you're the stingy one for not changing the friggin' locks on the front door!

denashpot

I'm on page 270 from the first thread. Some of the stories are unbelievable. Worse one so far has got to be the sick in the snackbox and someone still eats it. :eek:

Quazzie

Not sure if this is stinge or just a greedy or poor kid.

When we were in secondary school, the local youthclub which was located half way between two schools used to serve lunches. It was essentially just our local chipper serving takeaway food for about half the normal price. The options were sausage and chips, or a junior box (chicken). The junior box was by far the most popular option, even though it was 50p dearer. There used to be one kid who came in and would buy the sausage and chips for £1.50 and then would proceed to go around sucking the bones of everyone else's chicken when they were finished. So when we were finished eating our chicken he would take the bones and clean every single tiny bit of chicken off them. He'd do this for maybe the bones of 6 or 7 people around him, even if he didn't know them. Definitely the weirdest thing I've seen anytime do

arctictree

Neighbour of mine put an ad on done deal selling small square bales of hay for 3 euro each. Normally people with horses would ring up and buy maybe 20 bales or so. Anyway, this lad rings up, says he wants to buy some and arranged to meet. My friend had to take some time off work to meet him. Yer man arrives down from Dublin in a new BMW. Then says he only wants half a bale for €1.50 and would my friend mind cutting one in half. It's for his guinea pig!

johndaman66

Not absolutely stingy but was slightly bemused the a few days ago when I seen a chap putting €20 unleaded into a 18 reg Porsche Panamera. I regularly see €60k plus crossovers with bald tyres, sometimes with the wire showing through.

Capt'n Midnight

johndaman66 wrote: »

Not absolutely stingy but was slightly bemused the a few days ago when I seen a chap putting €20 unleaded into a 18 reg Porsche Panamera.

If joyriders take it they won't get far.;)

I've heard of taxi drivers doing it for that reason.

Dodge

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

If joyriders take it they won't get far.;)

I've heard of taxi drivers doing it for that reason.

It’s more likely so they can chance their arm telling a punter “sorry I’ve to pull in for petrol now” and leave the meter running

(It’s happened me twice in about 20 years worth of taxis and hasn’t in about 10-12 and it still annoys me - told them no way both times)

pgj2015

Dodge wrote: »

It’s more likely so they can chance their arm telling a punter “sorry I’ve to pull in for petrol now” and leave the meter running

(It’s happened me twice in about 20 years worth of taxis and hasn’t in about 10-12 and it still annoys me - told them no way both times)

You can pause the meter you know? I doubt they would leave it running to go get petrol.

Kat1170

pgj2015 wrote: »

You can pause the meter you know? I doubt they would leave it running to go get petrol.

Some of them wouldn't pause it when they stop to let their mother's funeral cortege Pas by

pgj2015

Kat1170 wrote: »

Some of them wouldn't pause it when they stop to let their mother's funeral cortege Pas by

Then you need to ask them to pause it,if they refuse, tell them you will report them to the NTA. simple. Most are sound and will pause it, even sometimes when they don't have to. Like if you stop at a shop or off licence.

Dodge

pgj2015 wrote: »

Then you need to ask them to pause it,if they refuse, tell them you will report them to the NTA. simple. Most are sound and will pause it, even sometimes when they don't have to. Like if you stop at a shop or off licence.

Most wouldn’t ask to stop for petrol. As I said it happened twice. Either way I said no.

And I’d have no problem with the meter running if I ask for a stop. In fact I’d be astonished if any taxi did stop

Off topic of course…

Capt'n Midnight

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

https://twitter.com/DuckettsDeuce/status/1411091403271069696?s=19

From the US presidents thread.

pgj2015

Dodge wrote: »

Most wouldn’t ask to stop for petrol. As I said it happened twice. Either way I said no.

And I’d have no problem with the meter running if I ask for a stop. In fact I’d be astonished if any taxi did stop

Off topic of course…

what if the car runs out of petrol on the way to wherever you are going?

Dodge

pgj2015 wrote: »

what if the car runs out of petrol on the way to wherever you are going?

I’m not arguing strawman here but I’d have no sympathy for a taxi man who let that happen

Claw Hammer

johndaman66 wrote: »

Not absolutely stingy but was slightly bemused the a few days ago when I seen a chap putting €20 unleaded into a 18 reg Porsche Panamera. I regularly see €60k plus crossovers with bald tyres, sometimes with the wire showing through.

Some do it to get to a cheaper place a few miles away. There is a considerable variation in price between different outlets.

Gamergurll

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

From the US presidents thread.

Could it be a thing where they get so many cheques they just file everything together to be cashed, not checking silly amounts like 13cents and discarding them, we don't know obviously but I find that so hard to believe, stingy or not it wouldn't be worth the effort (though I know that's what the whole thread is about

893bet

Gamergurll wrote: »

Could it be a thing where they get so many cheques they just file everything together to be cashed, not checking silly amounts like 13cents and discarding them, we don't know obviously but I find that so hard to believe, stingy or not it wouldn't be worth the effort (though I know that's what the whole thread is about

Does anyone really believe Trump knew anything about that cheque?

I suspect he doesn’t open his own post. Or drop down the bank......

OhHiMark

That newspaper or whatever it was went to the trouble of making a company and sending out cheques to celebrities to try to get a story out of someone cashing it for a small amount. I'm about as far from a Trump supporter as you can get but he's not the one who comes out of that looking petty.

pgj2015

Dodge wrote: »

I’m not arguing strawman here but I’d have no sympathy for a taxi man who let that happen

ok, you might not have any sympathy for him/her but you might miss your appointment/meeting etc so it will be you who will suffer.

California Dreamer

FFS! Enough of the petrol in a taxi ****e. More stinge stories!

The J Stands for Jay

893bet wrote: »

Does anyone really believe Trump knew anything about that cheque?

I suspect he doesn’t open his own post. Or drop down the bank......

He has a limited ability to read, so I doubt he opens or even looks at his own post

893bet

The J Stands for Jay wrote: »

He has a limited ability to read, so I doubt he opens or even looks at his own post

He seems to have done ok all the same.

johndaman66

Claw Hammer wrote: »

Some do it to get to a cheaper place a few miles away. There is a considerable variation in price between different outlets.

I know, I would on occasion do that myself but I'm driving a run of the mill 2011 Toyota. That said I'd likely only do it if the filling station I was in seemed to be lacing on a hefty premium per litre.
Each to their own and all that but it doesn't quite sit right in my book that someone who can afford a car with a list price of €129k upwards would be doing that (or maybe that's the thing - can they afford the car if that's their attitude).

The nearest filling station out the road may (may not) be a cent or 2 maximum cheaper and he would have had a right long spin in the direction he seemed to be going before he would get it any cheaper. Not that he knew that and it is going away from the point I was aiming to get across.

johndaman66

pgj2015 wrote: »

ok, you might not have any sympathy for him/her but you might miss your appointment/meeting etc so it will be you who will suffer.

In my book any so called professional that allows a situation like that to happen when they have a fare paying passenger on board should not be driving a taxi. Only exception I might overlook would be where a considerable distance needs to be covered as in well in excess of 50km which realistically would not happen too often for a taxi driver and if it did chances are it may often be pre-booked so he would know what he needs to before he picks up his fare.

AndrewJRenko

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117588727#Comment_117588727

Indeed, okay for someone who started out with his bare wits and a mere $7 million of racist slumlord Daddy's funds.

lisasimpson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117159419#Comment_117159419

Christ girl get over it the entitlment. That salon owner still had to pay insurance cost while closed, feed and home herself and possible dependants. Then on top of that would have had to throw out a lot of products that had been opened but not had gone off in the meantime as they werent getting used. Not to mention all the extra expense of all the covid safety procedures thats needed to be implemented on reopening like not been able to reuse the same nail files etc anymore. Can you not see through the fact everyone here are telling you that you are the one in the wrong here

lisasimpson

Actually so called "influencers" or insta huns are some of the biggest stingest going. This whole craic of anyone know or recommend where i could get X and a few days later they come on o the people from such a company sent me this. Like if you need something look it up on google like the rest of us plebs

Some people whenever they have to actual pay for something they make sure they let you know...a bit like vegans

robindch

StingeyStory:

A few years back, a cantankerous elderly relative, let's call her CER, demanded to have lunch in at a Dublin cafe, where a middle-aged family relative works as a waitress. We arrive along, our relly catches us on the way in and on the way to our choice of table, she asks us how we are, asks after a few family friends, lets us know the specials, grabs the menus, preps the table, checks we're fine and leaves us to make our choices. A few minutes later, she arrives back and asks me, as frequent flier there, what we'll be having:

"I'll have the soup, lad here will have the toast and mushrooms, and what'll you have CER?"

"Think I'll have the soup as well. But first, a question, relly."

"Yes?"

"See here the soup here on the lunch menu is five euro fifty and listed as served with toast?"

"Yes, that's right. We bake the wholemeal brown bread here each morning, and the soup comes with two freshly-toasted slices".

"Ok, but I see on page four of the menu, you have two slices of wholemeal toast down at three euro?"

"Yep, that's right. Toast and butter. Same bread. You should like it.".

"Grand, I'll have the soup without the toast and I'll pay you two euro fifty".