Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

bad2theboneB · 06-01-2009 3:43am

I was in mac donalds with a guy who ate all his chips (fries) apart from one, he then pulled one of his hairs out and put it in the box with the chip and went up complaining there was a hair in his chips in the hope of getting a refund...the manager just shuck the box and said i don`t see any hair!
I felt embarrassed that i knew him!!

The Saint · 06-01-2009 3:46am

Yore Ma peeling an orange in my pocket.

fcleere · 06-01-2009 3:48am

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Pub near us,take-away beside it,one of the old fellas who is always in the pub orders a take-away to be delivered to his house,goes to the take-away from the pub and jumps into the delievry drivers car and gets a lift home for the price of the food.

genius!!!:D

Crackerspray · 06-01-2009 4:01am

A guy I went to college with used to charge anyone who got a lift with him- even his girlfriend! He was so cheap that he used to drive from santry into the city center and back out to the n4 on his way home every weekend so he wouldn't have to pay the toll on the m50... It nearly killed him when we pointed out that he was probably spending more money on petrol than he was saving by skipping the toll!

carlop · 06-01-2009 4:21am

I knew a guy who used to steal all his shopping in lidl, he'd fill up his bag with meat, drink etc and then go up to the counter and by something cheap like bread, just so he wasn't seen to walk in and out without getting anything.

Anyway one day he's got a backpack full of stuff, a good 30 quids worth, and goes up to buy mayonaise. He walks out of the shop and notices they charged him twice for the mayonaise. As if stealing all that stuff wasn't enough, the scabby fcker goes back in and gets his money back!

I also have a mate who invited me for a pint in college one day, I turn up and he says he's got no money so i'm buying:eek:

civis_liberalis · 06-01-2009 5:03am

A guy I know down the road from me is notoriously stingy. He got it from his parents in fairness. Stingiest, most spiteful people I know.

The lad barely worked a day in his life and receives illness benefit or whatever it is called, for an illness he himself admits he does not have. He thinks it's hilarious. The only reason I ever am in is company is because he grew up in the same estate as many of my mates who I play football with. He routinely shows up for football without the 4 or 5 euro for the use of the astroturf, claiming that he has no money. Often times this is true, but because he buys new clothes and such, every bloody week.

For someone who isn't working, you wouldn't read too much into it, but every week when he gets his money he goes into town and buys all before him. He is usually penniless by Friday evening.

My brother made the mistake of lending him money a couple of years ago, because he gave him a bleeding heart story of how his mom wasn't able to pay the rent. My brother didn't want to lend him the money, but the story the fella had concocted got the better of his judgement. He was fairly tight for cash himself, being a hard working apprentice, barely keeping a roof over his head with the money he got. He lent the money on the condition that it be returned as soon as his money came through the following Thursday.

Yer man went missing for about 3 weeks. Was not contactable. Avoided situations that would see them cross paths. The day after my brother's rent was due, he gave me a call as he was desperate for cash to pay his rent. I went as far as him to give it to him, as I would hate to have been in the same position myself. I just asked in passing how he managed to leave himself so far short. After pressing him a bit, he admitted it was because of yer man.

When he told me he would pay back ASAP, I told him not to worry, that I would sort that cvnt out and get my money back from him instead.

After biting my tongue for a long while, I started to confront the fella. On several occasions he told me to meet him at the post office when it opened and he would give it to me then. Anytime we arranged this, he instructed his mother to collect his money or cheque, or whatever it was.

After seeing him, time upon time, with wads of cash each week(not literally wads), I threatened to call into the friendly local Garda station on my way home, the next time I passed it. Half of the money he "didn't have" suddenly arrived at my house 10 minutes later. He also tried to make it appear to the other occupants of the car that he was lending me money. I decided to make it crystal clear what the situation was to all parties present.

Some may think that I am making certain assumptions, but I know these people for years, and my father the older generation of them. They receive more than enough money from the state to live comfortably. They have sky+ and big screen TV's and expensive broadband packages that working people would do well to pay. Before anyone mentions it, I'm not jealous of Sky+. I hardly ever watch TV and sure why would I when I have boards.ie!

In my local internet café, in which you have to pre-pay for your time, he somehow managed to get them to give him 20 or 30 euro on his account, because he said he was broke. The library down the fvcking road has free internet FFS. When the credit on his account was exhausted, he purposely avoided the café if there was a staff member present who knew of the "arrangement". I got talking to the owner one day about how he gave yer man credit. I told him what I knew of his "customer's" character. Between myself and one of his staff, we convinced him that he was being ridiculed by the fella around town, because he "done him out of 30 quid of internet", and was extremely proud of it.

Another gem I heard about him came from a good friend of mine. They used to go to the chipper on the way home from football on the weekend. The fella would usually sulk in the corner, and complain about having no money until someone would pity him, even though he was always the person insistent on going there. On one occasion, he stunned everyone by going up and insisting on ordering for the lads. They could do nothing but take advantage of this miracle. This miracle however was short-lived. One of the fellas overheard the conversations between him and the woman behind the counter. "Ah, erm... I don't have the money for you now, but I'll give it to you on Thursday". They were understandably stunned. They were in such disbelief that they didn't make much of it. For nearly a year after that day, it was noted that he avoided the place whenever the people that served him were working.

I could write a book about the fvcker, I seem to have gotten halfway there already! Christ I didn't realise I had gone on such a rant...

PS.

I finally got the rest of the money he owed off him, when a group of us were putting money in together to buy something. His share covered 20 euro over what he had owed for more than 18 months. He had the cheek to threaten me, for "stealing his money". Nobody would entertain his protests now in any case because, as they say, his reputation precedes him.

EDIT: Officially my longest post ever!

ottostreet · 06-01-2009 6:43am

civis_liberalis wrote: »

Before anyone mentions it, I'm not jealous of Sky+. I hardly ever watch TV and sure why would I when I have boards.ie!

sounds like quite the bastard. for some reason though, these two lines are thrown in like they were added on by someone else. not sure why they stood out, just thought they were funny...proceed! :P

leahyl · 06-01-2009 9:53am

rednik wrote: »

In work one day I saw a bloke reusing a tea bag. I thought it was a one off until somebody told me he does this every day.:eek:

Ah sorry but you can get two cups of tea out of one tea bag! My dad does it all the time and he aint no stinge!:D

homerun_homer · 06-01-2009 9:58am

A few years ago an Uncle from the States, and an Uncle from England were over for a family thing. US uncle gave me a capo for a guitar, he said it was a special type of one and he had looked everywhere in the states for the guy that made it because English uncle had asked him to get some.

I thought that was cool.

On the way to the pub one night the English uncle asked if I liked the capo and proceeded to tell me that he asked for 2 but only got one. I said sorry & I didn't realise and offered it back. He said no and I offered again having been made feel guilty and he just goes "ok, thanks", and got it off me the next time he called. Stingy feicer, the thing would only cost a few dollars.

Saint_Mel · 06-01-2009 10:16am

A work colleague of my gf is well known for being pure stingy ... for the Christmas Party they take it in turns (going by seniority/years served) to organise the party and then next in line organises the Summer party and so on.

Christmas just gone, it was this particualar fellas turn, so he put in the minimum effort into getting something organised ... and then didnt turn up himself as he did not want to pay for the meal!

JJJJNR · 06-01-2009 10:21am

on a weekender one of the lads is drunk on an empty stomach and pukes his beer into his pint glass and proceeds to drink it again. Said "Waste not want not".

Gordon · 06-01-2009 10:45am

I worked in a student bar once and "The Regurgitator" was playing that night. He asked for 4 pints of beer from the bar, downed them all, and then regurgitated them back into the four pint glasses. He asked if any of the students wanted them and they were all taken and drank by people in the crowd.

BoardsRanger wrote: »

In fairness, it can be alittle unfair if someone is only getting a cheap main course and others are getting fillet steaks plus starters and desserts.

Being a tight focker myself, late one night whilst staying in a hotel i was craving some coke- it was something like €10 for a tiny bottle. Drank it anyway, went across to the shop the next morning and bought a bottle, then filled up the glass bottle, put the lid back on and put it back in the minibar :D

I went to a hotel not long ago where the bottles and snacks had a little pressure sensor underneath them. A colleague lifted a can of coke and put it back and didn't drink it but was still charged for it when paying his bill. Be careful next time!

Blazer · 06-01-2009 10:50am

Remember at my cousin's party the couple that owned a shop across the way from us sat at our table.
They made sure that they was a blank spot next to them so they could order a 3rd meal for themselves. So they ordered starter/soup/dinner/desert/wine for this so-called 3rd person.
Myself and the mates were sitting there seething as they boasted about how they do this as all the weddings they go to and how the bride could afford it.
Really fit to kill them at this stage but mates persuaded me not to make a scene as it would ruin the wedding. :mad:
I wouldn't mind but their meanness cost me way more money than they saved as everyone one of us refused to shop there since then and went to a shop further up the road.

Another time my sister worked at their shop between college years and she used to throw out all the out of date stuff in the morning and set it aside in a box.
When she'd come back in the following morning all the stuff would be back on the shelf like bread/butter and normal foodstuffs.
Miserable feckers the lot of them

nice1franko · 06-01-2009 11:11am

Some good recession tips here.

Tupins · 06-01-2009 11:47am

My aunt is legendary in my family for her stinginess but the funny thing is she has more money that the lot of us, lives in huge house etc.

Anyway, I was mortified one day when we were all at the airport to meet someone and she starts pocketing the free clear plastic bags that you use to put liquids in - apparently she does it everytime she's at the airport and uses them as freezer / sandwich bags.

She never buys anything and prefers to borrow things instead. Eg, they (herself and her husband) have a huge garden but don't own a lawnmower, they just borrow the neighbours one each time.

She does come in handy alright as she will take anything free no matter how crap it is so if any of us ever have any junk in our houses that we want to get rid of we just ring her up and ask her does she want it and she takes it away, ha ha!

zefer · 06-01-2009 12:11pm

I have one for you.

We do Kris Kingle in work for Christmas.
This year all presents were due to be handed out day after xmas party. Time comes around and presents are being handed out, 2 people left and only 1 present.
Everyone thinking whats going on..Turns out, one person has said they arent buying a present but took the one given to them! :eek:

Ended up having to divide the last present left (which was 2 books) between 2 people left.

Scabby sh*te :mad:

Sam Vimes · 06-01-2009 12:13pm

Crackerspray wrote: »

A guy I went to college with used to charge anyone who got a lift with him- even his girlfriend! He was so cheap that he used to drive from santry into the city center and back out to the n4 on his way home every weekend so he wouldn't have to pay the toll on the m50... It nearly killed him when we pointed out that he was probably spending more money on petrol than he was saving by skipping the toll!

well that's just ridiculous. he'd only have to go as far as chapelizod. see here for a much faster way to skip the toll:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=M50&daddr=Knockmaroon+Hill%2FR109+to:53.387332,-6.357822&hl=en&geocode=FU_8LQMd3Yqe_w%3BFbIpLgMd4AWf_w%3B&mra=mi&mrcr=1&mrsp=2&sz=14&sll=53.371398,-6.350269&sspn=0.036512,0.11158&ie=UTF8&ll=53.359465,-6.332417&spn=0.073044,0.22316&z=13
only adds 5km to your journey :P

Sam Vimes · 06-01-2009 12:25pm

Gordon wrote: »

I worked in a student bar once and "The Regurgitator" was playing that night. He asked for 4 pints of beer from the bar, downed them all, and then regurgitated them back into the four pint glasses. He asked if any of the students wanted them and they were all taken and drank by people in the crowd.

I went to a hotel not long ago where the bottles and snacks had a little pressure sensor underneath them. A colleague lifted a can of coke and put it back and didn't drink it but was still charged for it when paying his bill. Be careful next time!

i stayed in a hotel that had all te stuff in the mini bar in hatches. if you opened the hatch you got charged so if you took something out and then put it back you got charged twice

Quackles · 06-01-2009 12:30pm

zefer wrote: »

I have one for you.

We do Kris Kingle in work for Christmas.
This year all presents were due to be handed out day after xmas party. Time comes around and presents are being handed out, 2 people left and only 1 present.
Everyone thinking whats going on..Turns out, one person has said they arent buying a present but took the one given to them! :eek:

Ended up having to divide the last present left (which was 2 books) between 2 people left.

Scabby sh*te :mad:

That's disgraceful.. His present should have been taken off him and given to the person with none. Are those people so short sighted that they don't see they're setting themselves up to be hated by everyone who works with them? Surely the working day can't go quickly when everyone loathes you..

Sam Vimes · 06-01-2009 12:32pm

Quackles wrote: »

That's disgraceful.. His present should have been taken off him and given to the person with none. Are those people so short sighted that they don't see they're setting themselves up to be hated by everyone who works with them? Surely the working day can't go quickly when everyone loathes you..

ah but if everyone hates you you're unlikely to get invited to places where you have to spend money. it's all part of their master plan

briantwin · 06-01-2009 12:33pm

i just thought of the ultra-stinge from where im from. He used to own a pretty busy shop but it sold all sorts, kind of like an 80's pound shop that sold groceries and cheap ceramic garden ornaments and other tacky crap. Anyway he was famous for selling out of date stock who's sell by date had been mysteriously covered or worn off the packaging.

Anyway 10 - 15 years later we're in a well known town in the midlands and we happen upon a shop. And its this fvcker in there, and he still has all the same stock with 2 small bikes i remember him trying to sell when he lived in Maynooth. Hahaha jesus.

peanuthead · 06-01-2009 12:35pm

Sam Vimes wrote: »

ah but if everyone hates you you're unlikely to get invited to places where you have to spend money. it's all part of their master plan

I know someone JUST like this. Miserable.

I remember a Kris Krindle situation like that when I was in 4th class!! What kid do you know of that age would have it in them to be so scabby so young!!

Macers · 06-01-2009 12:40pm

I knew a fella who used to drive into a busy drive through in McDonalds. When he got to the first window he said sorry forgot my wallet and drove through to the 2nd hatch - the McDonalds staff would then give them the meal for the car behind them - all he had to do was hope they ordered big! Genius...

gman2k · 06-01-2009 12:42pm

Back in the aul college days, we stayed in diggs in First Year.
The landlady was mean from day one, which we sensed but didn't fully realize until much later in the year.
She wouldn't put the heat on in the house except for a small television room, so you would wake up with the cold in the mornings.
The food she served up got worse and worse after a good start, and we noticed the milk being watered down for breakfast.
The best ever was - you know when women put on lipstick, and they bite down on some tissue to remove the excess? This bitch had done this in the bathroom, but bit down on the last sheet of toilet roll paper and left it hanging on the end of the roll, so it could still be used!

Then there was a lad I knew of who went on a sun holiday one year. He got caught short one night and browned his trousers, so like a good fella, he puts the pants in a plastic bag on the balcony for the rest of the hols, and then brings them home to his ma to wash!

Then there is a fella I know. He wouldn't go to pubs - cos he didn't like the smoky air. So he would stay at home and drink cheap flagons. He would then head out just before 12 and get in free in the local club (cos it was free in before 12) and then drink free pints of tap water for the rest of the night.

Placebo · 06-01-2009 12:47pm

my house mate, made me pay half off the NTL downgrade fee, which is 10 euro. I found it pretty ridiculous considering i got taxi in and back to work to get it installed. Just feel stingy myself mentioning this sort of stuff so i dont bother.
Enjoy that 5 euro, dope.

partyguinness · 06-01-2009 12:49pm

I have a friend who is notorious...

1. In a pub he will always make sure to get his round of beer in before the nighclub and then will ask for vodka and red bull in the nightclub when it someone elses round and he has disappeared when its his roud but its usually too late in the night by that stage anyway.

2. His new trick is over the last few years is insisting on booking our ski trips and taking deposits etc..at the end of the trtip when it comes to the return of deposits he has tried repeatedly to con us out of returing them to the effect hs gets everything virtually free...so we keep on eye on him big time.

Latchy · 06-01-2009 12:56pm

I still remember the guy from co Lietrim who I worked alongside ( in Marly park co council dept to be pricise

) .It was a long walk down through the park ,about 2 miles to the main road and he would charge all the non car owners 50p to drop them off at the nearest bus stop . Man he was tight .

ManFromAtlantis · 06-01-2009 12:56pm

i know someone who in the days of petrol attendants used to ask for minimum petrol say 1 pound or so. he'd talk to the guy filling and before ya know it.............ooops....sorry ive put in 1.50............ well, i'm afraid ive nothing else on me.....!

great thread.

06-01-2009 12:57pm

My first year in college, I was living in an apartment with this guy.
He had this blagger friend, who kept a mental database of the contents of his mates fridges at any given time.
One day this army of people arrives back from a 5 aside on the green.
This guy is red as a beet, shaking, covered in grass and blood and stinks like a buck goat from the sweat.
It comes out that he has landed one of the other lads in hospital, thanks to a dodgy tackle.
Tea is adminstered and after 20 minutes or so he is feeling human again.
What do you think is the first thing that pops into his head once he is over the shock?
The steaks going to waste in this lads fridge. "Sure he'll be laid up for at least a week and it would be an inhumane waste"
And he flys out the door like a bullet, to try and convince this lads housemates to share the fridge booty.

06-01-2009 12:59pm

latchyco wrote: »

I still remember the guy from co Lietrim who I worked alongside ( in Marly park co council dept to be pricise ) .It was a long walk down through the park ,about 2 miles to the main road and he would charge all the non car owners 50p to drop them off at the nearest bus stop . Man he was tight .

Are you sure he wasn't from Carrigallan? That is practically Cavan you know!

veryangryman · 06-01-2009 12:59pm

These are fekin gas lads - keep em coming...

partyguinness · 06-01-2009 1:00pm

There is a women I work with who uses one teabag a day to make 3 cups of tea. She makes 3 cups of tea at the same time and drink them individually throughout the day even though 2 of them are stone cold...it looks like cups of milky water...

This happens everyday including an hour ago...:D

bman · 06-01-2009 1:03pm

The putting money towards petrol is an interesting one. At what point does the journey become long enough that your passenger should contribute something towards it?

I've done runs from Galway to Dublin before and my passenger wouldn't think of paying towards it. One lad actually said when we got back to Galway once "You're not expecting me to pay something towards this surely??". I hadn't mentioned it.

Btw, I never ask my passengers for money towards a trip, unless I really don't like them. But I'd be pissed off at them if they didn't offer to at least buy you a pint or something after a long (2+ hour) trip.

Latchy · 06-01-2009 1:03pm

I and some other work mates were doing some repair work in an office once and we had to remove a fridge so we put all the contents of the fridge on the side .Imagine our shock and surprise when we noticed all these pen marks across the sides of the milk bottle/containers , to make sure nobody was consuming the wrong persons milk .We thought it hilarious but imagined how horrible it must be to work in an office like that :P

Quazzie · 06-01-2009 1:06pm

Ya should've added some more into them and that would've confused everybody!

Latchy · 06-01-2009 1:31pm

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Ya should've added some more into them and that would've confused everybody!

He He

garrincha62 · 06-01-2009 1:40pm

Mate of mine has a puncher at work. He punches in the holes on his loyalty card to get a free coffee...

Corcaigh84 · 06-01-2009 1:42pm

Grand uncle is a multi-millionaire with property everywhere, but still drives a 16 year old banger.
Made his wife stay at work til retirement age so he could get on her health insurance.

Stinginess/greed is a disease. Best thread ever OP!

Latchy · 06-01-2009 1:42pm

garrincha62 wrote: »

Mate of mine has a puncher at work. He punches in the holes on his loyalty card to get a free coffee...

Blackmail him and tell him you want some freebies .

homerjay2005 · 06-01-2009 1:56pm

some classis stories here, cant think of any to beat them offhand as my head is wrecked at work, but there are some stories i just know i have to remember!

one lad at work, a total idiot from france, went to the pub after work on his own a few weeks ago on pay day, with €2.20 and asked the bar man for €2.20 worth of alcohol. bar man looked at him and said ill give you a packet of pringles and laughed. you man stood at the bar, hopping the 2 coins off the counter til the barman roared at him " take your €2.20 and get the f*ck out of my pub you stingy c*nt".

partyguinness · 06-01-2009 1:59pm

Sure isnt being stingy and tight fisted all the fashion now for 2009...??:)

I find that teachers are the stingiest people I have ever come across..anyone else found that?

axel rose · 06-01-2009 2:20pm

When my dad worked in a bar he once served a guy who paid for his pint with a cheque!

I also know a person who buys second hand for their kids at christmas from ebay. I dont mean in perfect condition from ebay- absolutely second hand and a bit banged up! His arguement was that his kids wouldnt appreciate them. Of course they dont appreciate them-its second hand crap!!!

ninebeanrows · 06-01-2009 2:47pm

Once recently one of my friends went searching for Bus Refunds from old tickets left on the bus. :pac:

tomred1 · 06-01-2009 2:50pm

garrincha62 wrote: »

Mate of mine has a puncher at work. He punches in the holes on his loyalty card to get a free coffee...

Thats not stingy, its genius.

ninkynonk · 06-01-2009 3:08pm

he refused to drive any where for lunch and always got people to get it for him. half the time he'd avoid paying the full price of the lunch by making sure what he got cost more than 5uro, he'd then hand over the 5euro- and say "i owe you 20 cent" no body was botherd to chase him for it.

one time a guy was leaving the job so we went to lunch. at the end of the meal (which cost 10euro) he turned to the person in charge of petty cash and said "is this a work related lunch and do we have to pay" que cringe from everyone esle. the petty cash guy looked to the boss and the boss said "ok" the petty cash guy had no money so the boss paid by lazer. very awkward 10 minutes waiting for the bill. :eek:

Another time he found 5 euro on the ground in the office and when someone annouced "did any one find money today?" he jsut wouldnt lift his head from his desk.

he drove the most run down pieces of sh!t even though he was minted

Quazzie · 06-01-2009 3:14pm

Wow.. you waited 3 months after registering to post that. Well done.. you must really hate that guy!

iguana · 06-01-2009 3:16pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

one lad at work, a total idiot from france, went to the pub after work on his own a few weeks ago on pay day, with €2.20 and asked the bar man for €2.20 worth of alcohol. bar man looked at him and said ill give you a packet of pringles and laughed. you man stood at the bar, hopping the 2 coins off the counter til the barman roared at him " take your €2.20 and get the f*ck out of my pub you stingy c*nt".

Seeing as how in some English pubs €2.20 would get you two pints or a G&T and crisps it's more like the Irish pubs who are being stingy. And the French guy just wasn't willing to accept the extortionate prices in Irish pubs.

JD Wetherspoon to cut price of a pint to 99p

consultech · 06-01-2009 3:17pm

Biggins wrote: »

My mother is law is so stingy I have barred her from our home.

Among many, many things, when my wife was young, the mother was so stingy, the daughter (and her sisters) had to spend her babysitting money in order to buy food to feed herself weekly.
The mother would NEVER buy toys for the kids, only give them what was donated or shared.
The mother was and still is so stingy that (after I had words with her) for the wifes birthday she actually went and bought a €9.99 doll for her birthday. A cheap plastic doll.
She never buys Christmas cards, Birthday cards (or presents), never buys anything to keep her home clean, never cleans (I refuse to let my kids enter her home), never buys anything of a personal hygiene nature, I could go on...

Where is her husband? For many years he was in the army and was away a lot. When he came home - he saw how things were and stayed away from there too (and who could blame him!).

When the wife moved out of home and moved in with me, the mother turned up at our door a week later and asked the daughter if she would still be handing up part of her weekly wage to the mother!
I won't repeat the words of expression I used to the mother in law, I'll leave that to your imagination.
She tried begging for money too after that - I had just two words for her each time.

You want to meet a stingy person, I'll introduce you to one of the scummiest best (or worst - depending on perspectives).

The day she dies, I'll spit on her grave and sing "Hallelujah".

PI Forum is that way -> , in fairness.

stovelid · 06-01-2009 3:21pm

I know of a guy (friend of a friend) that constantly keeps his eyes trained on the ground when out walking in case he spots dropped money.

Turd Ferguson · 06-01-2009 3:22pm

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Wow.. you waited 3 months after registering to post that. Well done.. you must really hate that guy!

Wow, you cross reference post counts with join dates of people? Well done... you must really have nothing better to do :pac:

Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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