Stingiest things thread(op for R&R access)

John T Carroll

arayess wrote: »

you just had to add in the vegetarian bit.

You cant beat a balanced diet, for years and years I used to love bringing a sandwich with some lovely fatty bacon covered im mustard to work but I also used to munch a few slices of raw turnip and the odd carrot or two, I have yet to contact myxomatosis.

byte

Hollister11 wrote: »

One of my "mates" called me stingy because I always bring my lunch to college.

I do it because I'd rather save the money, my own food is healthier and I'm a vegetarian so it's harder to get nice food.

So, am I stingy ?

Only if you're stealing your fruit and veg from a neighbour's vegetable patch and orchard, or from a skip behind Tesco!

The Highwayman

sligojoek wrote: »

Don't turn them on these days without making sure they're not frozen to the windscreen. Back in the big freeze I turned mine on one morning and the blades got left behind while the metal bits scraped up and down the windscreen leaving arcs that are still visible today driving into sunlight and oncoming headlights.

Mod-Advocating illegal activity is against boards rules.

Dan Jaman

Hollister11 wrote: »

One of my "mates" called me stingy because I always bring my lunch to college.

I do it because I'd rather save the money, my own food is healthier and I'm a vegetarian so it's harder to get nice food.

So, am I stingy ?

Nothing stingy about that; it's perfectly normal behaviour for a lot of people at work, too. The cumulative cost of eating a bought lunch every day is frightening, at the end of the year, when you realise what you could have bought with the money.

Billy86

Over a 50 week work year, bringing in your own lunch at the average cost of €2 a day, vs eating out at €7 a day (and that's a lower estimate) saves about €1,250. There's a lot you could do with that money.

Plus there's the added advantage of having what you want and not what's in stock, getting your full lunch off instead of spending 10+ minutes walking to/from the place and queuing, the saved spending of keeping away from a shot (if you're like me when it comes to impulsive buys near the till!) and the fact that if you get a bout of that b*stard mid-morning starvation that sometimes pops up around 10-11am I find, you've got a sandwich or whatnot to take a quick bite of right there.

I don't get around to it as much as I would like, but bringing your own lunches to me just makes too much sense (time permitting).

Hollister11

My lunch is either a sand which and fruits or pasta salad and fruits. I buy a cup of tea from college most days which is €1.30 but that's it.

I don't like buying pizzas, or big rolls for lunch

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arayess wrote: »

you just had to add in the vegetarian bit.

I know right, imagine mentioning one of his reasons for bringing in lunch while explaining his reasons for bringing in lunch :rolleyes:

blackwave

One of my friends is notoriously tight with money. One time that sticks with me for him being stingy was when we were back in college he went out one Thursday night with us, which was grand. Anyway come Friday morning, he wakes up and is hungry to get some grub out of the shop before he goes home for the weekend. He goes to each of rooms asking for a lend of a fiver, one of the lads asks him is he broke after last night. He replies no, it's just that he has €50 in his wallet and he doesn't want to break it :rolleyes:

Another thing he does, is if he is going somewhere with his GF, he won't drive his car but he will drive her car so he doesn't waste his petrol.

Kolido

blackwave wrote: »

One of my friends is notoriously tight with money. One time that sticks with me for him being stingy was when we were back in college he went out one Thursday night with us, which was grand. Anyway come Friday morning, he wakes up and is hungry to get some grub out of the shop before he goes home for the weekend. He goes to each of rooms asking for a lend of a fiver, one of the lads asks him is he broke after last night. He replies no, it's just that he has €50 in his wallet and he doesn't want to break it :rolleyes:

Another thing he does, is if he is going somewhere with his GF, he won't drive his car but he will drive her car so he doesn't waste his petrol.

Would he not fill her tank afterwards?

arayess

Amanda Screeching Housewife wrote: »

I know right, imagine mentioning one of his reasons for bringing in lunch while explaining his reasons for bringing in lunch :rolleyes:

oh i know the cheek of it
you'd swear I made a glib remark for a cheap laugh or likes.....oh wait.....:pac::pac:

Frynge

Sweet ****ing Lord, a few days ago I asked the brother in law who lives with us to pay a part of the water bill and now he isn't flushing the toilet.

topmanamillion

When we were children my aunt would visit and she'd bring a box of sweets -usually Roses or quality streets.
Well there was 4 of us so we'd tuck in until we'd hear her say "leave some of those, they have to do another house"
The "other house" was my cousins.
Same woman is not short a few bob by any stretch of the imagination.

hardCopy

blackwave wrote: »

One of my friends is notoriously tight with money. One time that sticks with me for him being stingy was when we were back in college he went out one Thursday night with us, which was grand. Anyway come Friday morning, he wakes up and is hungry to get some grub out of the shop before he goes home for the weekend. He goes to each of rooms asking for a lend of a fiver, one of the lads asks him is he broke after last night. He replies no, it's just that he has €50 in his wallet and he doesn't want to break it :rolleyes:

Another thing he does, is if he is going somewhere with his GF, he won't drive his car but he will drive her car so he doesn't waste his petrol.

Kolido wrote: »

Would he not fill her tank afterwards?

My sister-in-law's ex asked her to reimburse his petrol costs after he drove her to A&E!

When they broke up and he didn't have her to cover his rent he went on to live in his van in the car park of his workplace.

Spanish Eyes

Over the past few weeks I have seen two neighbours deposit bags of household rubbish in the council bins.

They were so blatant about it. Too mean to get a bin, and it's not legal to do it either. Grinds my feckin gears.

And yes, you have guessed it, they are the ones with the huge extension, attic conversion and 161 SUV. Jeez. I hate that kind of thing.

The only saving grace is they are not fly tipping.

TitianGerm

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Over the past few weeks I have seen two neighbours deposit bags of household rubbish in the council bins.

They were so blatant about it. Too mean to get a bin, and it's not legal to do it either. Grinds my feckin gears.

And yes, you have guessed it, they are the ones with the huge extension, attic conversion and 161 SUV. Jeez. I hate that kind of thing.

The only saving grace is they are not fly tipping.

Report them to the council.

rawn

Recently heard about a friends in-laws.

Rich, pretty much millionaire rich. They own lot of land scattered here and there, including 40 acres of woodland because "Well, I always wanted to own some woodland".

They have never given so much as a birthday card to anyone inside or outside their family. No birthday presents. They travel but never bring home so much as a stick of rock for the grandkid never mind anyone else. They visit family from time to time for a few nights. They don't put their hands int their pockets once, in fact the daughter and her wife bring them to the theater, feed them, get in their favourite wine etc, without them paying for anything, but if any of the kids and their partners visit them in their own house they don't even offer a glass of water.

The meanness boggles my mind, it's such an unattractive state.

Ken.

rawn wrote: »

Recently heard about a friends in-laws.

Rich, pretty much millionaire rich. They own lot of land scattered here and there, including 40 acres of woodland because "Well, I always wanted to own some woodland".

They have never given so much as a birthday card to anyone inside or outside their family. No birthday presents. They travel but never bring home so much as a stick of rock for the grandkid never mind anyone else. They visit family from time to time for a few nights. They don't put their hands int their pockets once, in fact the daughter and her wife bring them to the theater, feed them, get in their favourite wine etc, without them paying for anything, but if any of the kids and their partners visit them in their own house they don't even offer a glass of water.

The meanness boggles my mind, it's such an unattractive state.

Well at least the children seem to be breaking with tradition.

rawn

ken wrote: »

Well at least the children seem to be breaking with tradition.

Yes she says all 5 of their kids are the exact opposite of their parents, luckily.

konman

I once got an order for a half ham sandwhich. seriously thought it was a wind up at the time.

talking_walnut

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Over the past few weeks I have seen two neighbours deposit bags of household rubbish in the council bins.

They were so blatant about it. Too mean to get a bin, and it's not legal to do it either. Grinds my feckin gears.

And yes, you have guessed it, they are the ones with the huge extension, attic conversion and 161 SUV. Jeez. I hate that kind of thing.

The only saving grace is they are not fly tipping.

It gets worse. A lot of Councils remove public bins they find people dumping household rubbish in!

scdublin

When people take cakes/buns at a charity event and don't put any money in the charity box. Saw a few people do this before...scabby b*stards.

osarusan

Saw a family (parents and kids) tuck into one of those sample trays of food in superValu a while ago.

This was some cheeses and some crackers, and there was some kind of chutney or similar paste/spread as well.

Now, I'll take a sample myself (and more often than not won't buy the product) but these 4 just laid into it like it was a buffet. Wife was calling the others over to dig in.

whiskeyman

osarusan wrote: »

Saw a family (parents and kids) tuck into one of those sample trays of food in superValu a while ago.

This was some cheeses and some crackers, and there was some kind of chutney or similar paste/spread as well.

Now, I'll take a sample myself (and more often than not won't buy the product) but these 4 just laid into it like it was a buffet. Wife was calling the others over to dig in.

Ah, 'Tasting Thursdays'.
Back in the old days (80's!) the old Superquinn used to have all the tasting stands up on a Thursday night for late night shopping.
Many families would bring all the clan to do their shopping and get fed too!

dee_mc

konman wrote: »

I once got an order for a half ham sandwhich. seriously thought it was a wind up at the time.

My boss is a multimillionaire; he orders half a sandwich, and allegedly once ordered half a coffee. As they'd say around here 'sure that's how he has it'

gormdubhgorm

Deleted User wrote: »

An ex-friend of mine who I posted about in the old thread called around to my house the other day. Haven't spoke to him in a number of months a d last time it was nothing more than a quick hello when I saw him in the pub. He showed up at my door unannounced at around 11 am and from his help you'd swear we were best of friends.

Not wanting to be a dick and curious as to what exactly he wanted I told him to come in. I had hoped that he'd finally realised what a dick he'd been to myself and a number of others and wanted to say sorry. Offered him a cup of tea and started chatting about what we were up to in life. He spoke about how tough times were and how he was putting all his money into a play he wanted to stage. Informed me that it "was spectacular and numerous play writes had called it exceptional" having read his past work I knew that he was lieing as his work is generally a rip off of a dozen really famous works. He asked me if I was interested in donating some money to help get the pay up and running, "anything, even a fiver would be appreciate". Told him I wasn't interested and he made that face kids do when told they can't have something.

He tried to give me a poorly done pitch about why it was an investment but all I wanted was for him to leave. I told him that I had to shower and get ready as I'd plans and he suggested he make himself a sandwich while I went to shower. A polite but firm "no" put that to an end and I hurried him out of the house. As he was leaving he asked where all the stuff he'd left was and could he collect it. I reminded him that he'd asked that before a few months back and I got rid of all his stuff. "Oh I know, I mean my other stuff".

I asked what stuff he meant and his answer made my week. "I left food in the fridge". I was a bit taken aback and asked what food. He looked at me and with a straight face said "a jar of mayonnaise, cheese slices, some sausages and pasta sauce. If its bit there and you used it you can pay me back. It's only fair". I assumed he was joking but after about 30 seconds of him explaining how legally it was his property and he was entitled to it I realised that he was serious and fully expected to be given his food back.

I honestly had no idea if I should laugh or cry though his angry demands for his property back has me in stitches. He kept repeating, "my food or the money". He just stood there repeating it so I told him to hang on and went into my room and emptied a few dozen 1cent coins from the bottle I have full of them. Went back to him and showed him the money asking was it enough. He said it would have to do and as he did i flung them into the air before closing the door on him. For almost 2 hours he was on his hands and knees searching through the grass for every last cent he could find. It was the most pathetic thing I have ever seen and when I told a few mutual friends they told me that his "begging" was a weekly occurance and the night before he'd told a friend that they owed him a can if Dutch Gold as he'd left two half cans at theirs on two seperate occasions.

This whole post would make a good play!

Dial Hard

A few years ago when I was back living at home a friend of mine called over. She noticed my folks weren't around and asked where they were. "Portugal", says I. "Is this not, like, their fifth trip away this year?" says she and I was like "Yeah, fourth or fifth I think".

She paused for a sec and then went "Does it not drive you mad that they're spending all your inheritance?"

And that, folks, is the stingiest thing I've ever heard.

Birneybau

Slightly tenuous but the sense of entitlement from this one:

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/22/my-parents-in-law-have-gone-back-on-a-promise-to-give-us-their-house

Edited version below.

We are a lovely and mostly happy family of four renting a smallish two-bed flat with no garden in London. Last summer we were supposed to move to the Midlands, into my in-laws’ home. They had agreed we could move into their three-bed house and that we would rent them somewhere smaller in the area...

I’m writing because I am angry. And getting angrier. We struggle in this poky flat while every day these people who haven’t worked a day in the last 10 years swim around in space and a garden they don’t need. They don’t socialise. We desperately want to own our own house and start building a future and a legacy for our children...

They had a golden chance to help us, and they chose not to. I am angry at them, and ultimately I am angry at myself for believing in such an impossible dream.

Squall Leonhart

Dial Hard wrote: »

A few years ago when I was back living at home a friend of mine called over. She noticed my folks weren't around and asked where they were. "Portugal", says I. "Is this not, like, their fifth trip away this year?" says she and I was like "Yeah, fourth or fifth I think".

She paused for a sec and then went "Does it not drive you mad that they're spending all your inheritance?"

And that, folks, is the stingiest thing I've ever heard.

My own parents were on a holiday on a Spanish island, met an English couple while having a few pints one night, and they asked my parents were they on a ski trip too. My parents were confused... huh? Ski trip? It's 30 degrees and we're at the beach. The English couple laughed, a SKI trip! Spending the Kids Inheritance trip!

arayess

Birneybau wrote: »

Slightly tenuous but the sense of entitlement from this one:

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/22/my-parents-in-law-have-gone-back-on-a-promise-to-give-us-their-house

Edited version below.

well they did lie to her.
I'm not say she isn't entitled - but nothing boils my piss than people like her in-laws who promise to do something and then back out.

terrible idea anyway doing anything of that sort with family

kylith

arayess wrote: »

well they did lie to her.
I'm not say she isn't entitled - but nothing boils my piss than people like her in-laws who promise to do something and then back out.

terrible idea anyway doing anything of that sort with family

They didn't lie to her, they changed their minds. And frankly I can't say I'd blame them; she sounds like a horrible person.