Stingiest things thread(op for R&R access)

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osarusan

Hollister11 wrote: »

Possibly posted before.

I have a mate who is so stingy, by this time it was stingy and robbery.

A group of us were out drinking. We weren't doing round, buy I have him money to get me a pint when he was buying his. He ordered got his pints. A different bar tender took the order, and after he got his pints, he was waiting to pay. When asked if he paid, he said no. Brought the pints back, told us what happened and kept my money. He's rational being and I quite 'I like money,'

So not only could I not pay the pub for my pint, the ****er had his previous two pints paid for.

I don't understand this.

He went to the bar and came back with pints...but you got none?

He just left the bar without paying, but kept your money and didn't give you a pint?

NufcNavan

osarusan wrote: »

I don't understand this.

He went to the bar and came back with pints...but you got none?

He just left the bar without paying, but kept your money and didn't give you a pint?

No he got his pint but kept the tenner. With the pints being 'free' he had enough money to get himself another two pints with the tenner. That's how I read it anyway.

Still a knobend and shouldn't have been let away with it.

partyguinness

Ray Palmer wrote: »

I worked with this Indian guy and he was both stingy and mean.

On Fridays somebody would usually buy a cake or biscuits. He was always first in to get some. He never bought anything for about a year. Then when Indian won some cricket thing he announced very loudly that he had brought in cake and announced how glorious India was. He came around to everyone's desk showing them the cake, one measly cake that was the cheapest in the shop that people stopped getting after everybody said how horrible it was and we always bought two cakes so there was enough.

Anyway the company was folded and I thought I would never see him again. He kept ringing me anytime he needed something or was looking for a job. We were contractors but I could never recommend him for work as he was very disruptive and terrible at his work. Anyway one day he calls me and says he wants some tax advice about setting up a company. I reluctantly agreed.

Meet him in the pub and I buy the first round. He proceeds to ask me about some obvious illegal tax dodges and I keep telling him they are illegal. He had just got citizenship so that was why he could now have a company of his own rather than an umbrella company. So I pointed out to him that one of the first things he was trying to do with his citizenship was to commit tax fraud and that was at a very basic level not nice and ethically reprehensible. He always went on about his religion which was some form of Christianity close to being a Methodist. So I simply said it was stealing and against his religious views. So I had finished my pint and he was 1/2 way through and I went to the toilet. Came back and he had a fresh pint. He had downed his pint and then got a new one. Asked did he not order me a pint and he said he didn't know I wanted one. Great I think I can go and not listen to him anymore. So I starting putting on my coat to leave and he insists he still has questions. I tell him he needs to talk to an accountant as he won't listen to what I am saying. Tells me they are too expensive and sure I can tell him any way. So I get trapped for half an hour.. Still going on about very very obvious illegal methods to evade tax. Eventually I leave.

Anyway he rings me a few months later to say I was wrong and all his schemes were fine. Asked did he talk to an accountant and he tells me he just spoke to friends. Tell him again that he needs an accountant and at least once for his final accounts. He effectively told me I was an idiot for paying taxes. So I rang the tax office explained exactly what cons he was doing along with his friends names doing the same.

A few months later he contacts me to say the tax office are after him because his friends were wrong and he is serious trouble. I tell him go to an accountant and they can sort it out. He keeps going on about the price so I leave it. A few months later he is slapped with a huge fine and has to pay a specialist accountant to sort the mess out. Now don't worry too much as he comes from a very very wealthy family. The thing is he had to go to his father and beg for help. His father was livid as he was obviously spending his money really recklessly on things his father didn't approve of. He owed revenue €50k.

I do work for a lot of people with Indian backgrounds (in the UK) and I hear all sort of stories about the 'relaxed' attitude toward tax and laws in India- it would make Michael Lowry and Charles Haughey blush.

In fact, I am often asked to certify official Indian government papers as I am told other Indians will not believe it unless it is certified in the UK which is deemed respectable. There is a fundamental disregard for Indian official papers as the officials are bribed.

Capt'n Midnight

partyguinness wrote: »

I do work for a lot of people with Indian backgrounds (in the UK) and I hear all sort of stories about the 'relaxed' attitude toward tax and laws in India

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37933233

There have been chaotic scenes outside banks in India, two days after 500 ($7) and 1,000 rupee notes were withdrawn as part of anti-corruption measures.
...
The two notes accounted for about 85% of the cash in circulation.
...
Government guidelines say it is possible to exchange up to 4,000 rupees per day up to 24 November - anything over this will be subject to tax laws.

If you have these notes they are now worthless unless you lodge them in a bank and you need ID to do that.

The USA could do similar seeing as how many notes are held abroad.

Rebelkell

Many years ago I was at a friends 21st old friends I had been very close too but had fallen out with as a teenager. Was invited to their 21st they were twins so was delighted . Was a great night got on great with them.At the end of the night another friend came up too me and asked to borrow 5 bucks from me as the bar was about to close. I explained I only had a fiver left for a taxi home and nothing else. He said his buddy had gone to the jacks and it was his round so he would buy  the pints and when his friend came back he would return the cash I went to go hoe and of course he goes oh it turns out my buddy has no money. Luckily another buddy was driving and gave me a lift home but I still hold it against him and tell people the story

OhHiMark

Rebelkell wrote: »

Many years ago I was at a friends 21st old friends I had been very close too but had fallen out with as a teenager. Was invited to their 21st they were twins so was delighted . Was a great night got on great with them.At the end of the night another friend came up too me and asked to borrow 5 bucks from me as the bar was about to close. I explained I only had a fiver left for a taxi home and nothing else. He said his buddy had gone to the jacks and it was his round so he would buy  the pints and when his friend came back he would return the cash I went to go hoe and of course he goes oh it turns out my buddy has no money. Luckily another buddy was driving and gave me a lift home but I still hold it against him and tell people the story

"Oh Christ he's going to tell the story about the fiver again. It was 14 years ago you'd think he'd have let it go by now"

AndyBoBandy

The good old days when a fiver got you home in a taxi, .....from anywhere to anywhere

Stingy taxi drivers not using 1st gear to save on the daysul!!

Hollister11

Pyr0 wrote: »

And you just left it at that?

What more could I of done.

OhHiMark

Hollister11 wrote: »

What more could I of done.

Asked for your money back.

5rtytry56

An American tourist couple in a Dublin City centre shop taking up all the single staff time by chatting. I won't specify the type of shop.
I come into the shop and see the pair talking away to him. I wait around 5 minutes then remembered an errand I needed to do. I leave.
I come back 15 minutes later to the shop window
The same pair are still babbling away to him I can see.

This is how they spend their Irish holiday.

Boulevardier

I have a friend with a bit of a mean streak. One evening in a restaurant I finished my glass of tap-water and asked her to pour a little of the water in her (untouched) glass in to mine. She refused.

Does this win the prize?

Spanish Eyes

Now I know it's to save money, but when I saw taxi drivers "coast" their cars on a rank, well that really gets me goat!

What I mean is, they take the handbrake off and push the dam thing up the queue instead of firing up the engine.

But maybe that saves them a fortune!

And then again, it's a long time since I had to wait at a rank or even take a taxi anywhere, and the above experience may have been when the price of juice was astronomical or something.

Still.... it seemed like a lot of work for a metre or two (no... not a meter lol).

4ensic15

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Now I know it's to save money, but when I saw taxi drivers "coast" their cars on a rank, well that really gets me goat!

What I mean is, they take the handbrake off and push the dam thing up the queue instead of firing up the engine.

But maybe that saves them a fortune!

And then again, it's a long time since I had to wait at a rank or even take a taxi anywhere, and the above experience may have been when the price of juice was astronomical or something.

Still.... it seemed like a lot of work for a metre or two (no... not a meter lol).

It is a sensible thing to do. Saves wear on the ignition and saves causing emissions which will reduce the useful life of the engine.

Billy86

5rtytry56 wrote: »

An American tourist couple in a Dublin City centre shop taking up all the single staff time by chatting. I won't specify the type of shop.
I come into the shop and see the pair talking away to him. I wait around 5 minutes then remembered an errand I needed to do. I leave.
I come back 15 minutes later to the shop window
The same pair are still babbling away to him I can see.

This is how they spend their Irish holiday.

Spending their time in Ireland talking to Irish people!? Madness!!

Funny enough when I've lived abroad I've found a lot (not all) of Irish people tend to be incredibly insular, mind.

the_pen_turner

Boulevardier wrote: »

I have a friend with a bit of a mean streak. One evening in a restaurant I finished my glass of tap-water and asked her to pour a little of the water in her (untouched) glass in to mine. She refused.

Does this win the prize?

im not sure who is worse
her for not giving you something she got for nothing
or you for drinking all yours an expecting her to give you more.

dollyk

Many years ago my younger brother " visited" me in Mosney.
He stayed for the long weekend and never even gave
his kids any pocket money. So not only did he get a holiday
in butlins for free, It never even cost him a PENNY.
and ALL HE DID WAS MOAN ABOUT THE PRICE OF THE PINT IN dan Lowerys.
All our kids are married now, but they all still think it was so stingy of him.
Oh he was in a well paid job at that time.

nice_guy80

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Now I know it's to save money, but when I saw taxi drivers "coast" their cars on a rank, well that really gets me goat!

What I mean is, they take the handbrake off and push the dam thing up the queue instead of firing up the engine.

But maybe that saves them a fortune!

And then again, it's a long time since I had to wait at a rank or even take a taxi anywhere, and the above experience may have been when the price of juice was astronomical or something.

Still.... it seemed like a lot of work for a metre or two (no... not a meter lol).

Go to Greece
They turn off the taxi engine and push it up the street while waiting at the rank

Commotion Ocean

An acquaintance of mine uses nail varnish remover or WD40 to gently wash away the "cancelling stamp" over stamps and then cuts them off or peels / steams them off the original envelope and reuses them

Dan Jaman

dfeo wrote: »

An acquaintance of mine uses nail varnish remover or WD40 to gently wash away the "cancelling stamp" over stamps and then cuts them off or peels / steams them off the original envelope and reuses them

That's an old one though, but it's not like enough people are doing it to make it worthwhile for the PO introduce the technology to beat it.

benjamin d

Dan Jaman wrote: »

That's an old one though, but it's not like enough people are doing it to make it worthwhile for the PO introduce the technology to beat it.

Yeah, that's not worth 72c of my time tbh

everlast75

benjamin d wrote: »

Yeah, that's not worth 72c of my time tbh

Ooooooh.. well hello Mr. La-de-dah!

nice_guy80

benjamin d wrote: »

Yeah, that's not worth 72c of my time tbh

if you had to send 200 wedding invites, then 300 hundred thank you cards afterwards it'd be worth your time

same for 50 christmas cards

4ensic15

nice_guy80 wrote: »

if you had to send 200 wedding invites, then 300 hundred thank you cards afterwards it'd be worth your time

same for 50 christmas cards

How are 50 christmas cards equivalent to 200 wedding invites?

snubbleste

4ensic15 wrote: »

How are 50 christmas cards equivalent to 200 wedding invites?

When the wedding happens at Christmas.

OhHiMark

nice_guy80 wrote: »

if you had to send 200 wedding invites, then 300 hundred thank you cards afterwards it'd be worth your time

same for 50 christmas cards

Well yeah, assuming you have 500 letters with stamps on them sitting around.

Stonedpilot

Knew a Cork fella tighter than a drum, he would go to any sort of meeting to get free tea,coffee and cake. Anything at all, AA,NA,Grow, Cancer support groups, charity events, bereavement gathering, art exhibitions, the opening of events, new refurbishments on libraries etc etc. Think the gig was up when he tried women only events like ante natal groups. Wouldn't surprise me if this lad donned a wig, had a shave and stuffed a pillow down his jumper to try and get some free tea and biscuits.

razorblunt

I was at a wedding at the weekend just gone. There was no "wedding list" but the invite had stated "gifts weren't necessary" but if people felt inclined to give something then donations to the Honeymoon Fund were more than welcome. I have no issues with this, I never buy off a list anyway, I just give cash or do a bank transfer.
The venue was an old country house, renowned for their food and the bride and groom had secured a really decent price per room if the full thing was booked out.

Apparently there are donations to their fund for £15 (from one couple), that's £7.50 each.

Better than a slap in the face from a wet fish I concede, but to me that's incredibly stingy. The only thing I haven't ruled out is if the groom had stiffed them before at their wedding ( he used to be a bit deep pocket - short handed) but his now wife, had always sorted presents and basically shamed the meaness out of him. He may have been at their wedding before meeting her and done likewise to them.

ligerdub

razorblunt wrote: »

I was at a wedding at the weekend just gone. There was no "wedding list" but the invite had stated "gifts weren't necessary" but if people felt inclined to give something then donations to the Honeymoon Fund were more than welcome. I have no issues with this, I never buy off a list anyway, I just give cash or do a bank transfer.
The venue was an old country house, renowned for their food and the bride and groom had secured a really decent price per room if the full thing was booked out.

Apparently there are donations to their fund for £15 (from one couple), that's £7.50 each.

Better than a slap in the face from a wet fish I concede, but to me that's incredibly stingy. The only thing I haven't ruled out is if the groom had stiffed them before at their wedding ( he used to be a bit deep pocket - short handed) but his now wife, had always sorted presents and basically shamed the meaness out of him. He may have been at their wedding before meeting her and done likewise to them.

What about people who donated 0?

I agree though it's a bit tight given the cost involved in putting it on. Having said that the cost of attending weddings, particularly if there are a few in a year (tends to happen at certain ages, thankfully I have few friends, and most of them don't seem the marrying type ) can be very expensive. So if people get the chance to save a few quid then they're likely to take it.

£15 is **** though to be fair! I find weddings to be ridiculously garish these days though, I don't think a friend of yours getting married should set you back all that much.

The Draugan

Every night before a night out in town a mate of mine will head into boots or whatever and lash on a few sprays of the sample aftershave cause he's too tight to actually buy aftershave.

Odd thing is he actually doesn't think it's stingy at all , I've actually seen him brag about doing it with girls he been chatting up as soon as they comment on his aftershave or whatever he'll be strait in with how genius he is by floating in and using the samples, 9/10 the girl is not impressed at all and he's still surprised every time.