Stingiest things thread(op for R&R access)

enfield · 12-12-2019 1:27pm

BeardySi wrote: »

Sure a penny went a long way back then!

It sure did, you'r get half a flash bar, or 4 Aniseed (nancy) Balls!

The_Conductor · 12-12-2019 1:32pm

enfield wrote: »

It sure did, you'r get half a flash bar, or 4 Aniseed (nancy) Balls!

I'm only in my 40s.
I remember getting 4 chocolate toffee logs for a penny- or a pack of Tayto for 6p when I was little. Comics were out of my reach- they cost 12-15p each.
You know it wasn't so long ago!

Stevieluvsye · 12-12-2019 1:35pm

The_Conductor wrote: »

I'm only in my 40s.
I remember getting 4 chocolate toffee logs for a penny- or a pack of Tayto for 6p when I was little. Comics were out of my reach- they cost 12-15p each.
You know it wasn't so long ago!

Tenpenny bags were all the rage in the 80's also. I wonder how many of the young uns on here are wondering how much it cost

Lollipops23 · 12-12-2019 3:18pm

"Can I have my change in jellies please?"

:D

Mollyb60 · 12-12-2019 3:23pm

Christmas party time; when one stingy fcuker will always bounce out before the bill comes round and leave the rest of us to shoulder the tip. (lunch is prepaid - I made sure of that)

The_Conductor · 12-12-2019 4:03pm

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Christmas party time; when one stingy fcuker will always bounce out before the bill comes round and leave the rest of us to shoulder the tip. (lunch is prepaid - I made sure of that)

Get a fiver extra off everyone in advance- and split it between the tip and a donation to your favourite charity (MS Ireland seem to be a popular charity this Christmas).

El_Duderino 09 · 12-12-2019 4:25pm

The_Conductor wrote: »

Get a fiver extra off everyone in advance- and split it between the tip and a donation to your favourite charity (MS Ireland seem to be a popular charity this Christmas).

Might be stingy, but I don't want anyone telling me to donate to charity. I've no problem with giving to charity. I donate through work every month.

The above system would rub me the wrong way but might be preferable to having someone skip off without paying.

On a separate point, the topic of tipping came up in another thread recently. Whatever you think about tipping for great service, tipping by default is ridiculous.

Canard · 12-12-2019 5:08pm

I go to work with two friends, one of whom drives us because we live in the same building. I offered to pay her when I moved here and got into the arrangement but she said it was fine and just to buy her coffees now and then. The other girl, while informing her that I had offered, said 'but I'm not offering lol' which I thought was just how the friendship was, but she never contributes anything (not even buying our friend's coffees etc when we go for one) and always expects lifts to other places too.

I could post a good few stories but the other day took the biscuit. We went out for another friend's birthday and our friend didn't drive because the parking would've cost €20 and a taxi was €10 each way anyway (between three of us!!). Our friend started to insist that it would be at least €13 (BETWEEN THREE OF US) but we took a taxi anyway.

She got the one there, I got the one back, and of course I didn't expect our other friend to pay because she drives us to work and back literally every day. Driver friend tried to give me money towards the taxi back and I turned it down... but the other girl took it. This despite having tried to pressure her into driving us there in the first place and you can be sure she wouldn't have offered towards the parking. And it was €4 in total. Takes it to a new level.

We went out for her birthday last week and we all split the bill but paid for her part between us. Her boyfriend (not much better than her) made her split the bottle of water (€3) he'd gotten with him. No idea how people function like that.

pgj2015 · 12-12-2019 5:17pm

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Might be stingy, but I don't want anyone telling me to donate to charity. I've no problem with giving to charity. I donate through work every month.

The above system would rub me the wrong way but might be preferable to having someone skip off without paying.

On a separate point, the topic of tipping came up in another thread recently. Whatever you think about tipping for great service, tipping by default is ridiculous.

someone told me lately that she handed customers their bill in the restaurant and asked them did they want to leave a tip, i couldnt believe it, i work in a job where people often give you tips but i would never dream of asking them such a question and if i was asked the question, I definitely wouldnt leave a tip because i think its cheeky to ask.

smurfjed · 12-12-2019 6:49pm

someone told me lately that she handed customers their bill in the restaurant and asked them if they wanted to leave a tip

I know an aircraft captain who jumped out of the aircraft to remind the passenger that he hadn’t given him a tip. This is a guy who regularly cleans out the aircraft after landing and removes just about every consumable item, regardless of the fact that he is going to a hotel. Also saw him open his bag one day and it was full of hotel tea/coffee/sweetener sachets, he obviously had the hotel replace the stock every day and took them.

check_six · 12-12-2019 7:03pm

smurfjed wrote: »

I know an aircraft captain who jumped out of the aircraft to remind the passenger that he hadn’t given him a tip.

I can't be the only one who had to read this a few times to make sure this was not a mid-air leap out of the plane in a stinge based frenzy!

sportsfan90 · 12-12-2019 8:27pm

A fella I used work was a nice enough fella but hated spending money.

One time he forgot his lunchbox so he grudgingly wen't to the cafe next door to get a scone. In the meantime, one of the other companies who shared our building came to the canteen to hand us out a few un-eaten cakes & pastries after whatever work event they were having.

When he got back and saw that there was now some free food for him, he was visibly annoyed at having spent €2 unnecessarily, so he went back down to the cafe to return the scone he bought 5 mins earlier and get back his €2.

While he was away returning the scone, a few more people arrived in the canteen and ate the remaining cakes that were left for us.

When he realised what happened, he then had the dilemma that he'd look like an idiot if he went back into the cafe for a third time to buy the scone again. I'm sure he just decided to leave it off and go hungry until lunchtime.

Purple Mountain · 12-12-2019 9:23pm

sportsfan90 wrote: »

A fella I used work was a nice enough fella but hated spending money.

One time he forgot his lunchbox so he grudgingly wen't to the cafe next door to get a scone. In the meantime, one of the other companies who shared our building came to the canteen to hand us out a few un-eaten cakes & pastries after whatever work event they were having.

When he got back and saw that there was now some free food for him, he was visibly annoyed at having spent €2 unnecessarily, so he went back down to the cafe to return the scone he bought 5 mins earlier and get back his €2.

While he was away returning the scone, a few more people arrived in the canteen and ate the remaining cakes that were left for us.

When he realised what happened, he then had the dilemma that he'd look like an idiot if he went back into the cafe for a third time to buy the scone again. I'm sure he just decided to leave it off and go hungry until lunchtime.

Pretty bad of the shop to take back a fresh food uncovered item.
But they were probably too embarrassed for him to argue.

sportsfan90 · 12-12-2019 9:27pm

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Pretty bad of the shop to take back a fresh food uncovered item.
But they were probably too embarrassed for him to argue.

I guess they knew him from working next door. That and it was still in it's packaging and was only sold a few mins earlier. But yeah I agree.

Paddy Cow · 12-12-2019 11:18pm

The_Conductor wrote: »

I'm only in my 40s.
I remember getting 4 chocolate toffee logs for a penny- or a pack of Tayto for 6p when I was little. Comics were out of my reach- they cost 12-15p each.
You know it wasn't so long ago!

When my sister started smoking she could buy a packet of ten plus a box of matches for a pound. I know this because she used to send me to the shop to get them for her. I was about 8 or 9 but it was grand because I just told the lady in the shop they were for my mother and no further questions were asked :pac:

Purple Mountain · 12-12-2019 11:21pm

Paddy Cow wrote: »

When my sister started smoking she could buy a packet of ten plus a box of matches for a pound. I know this because she used to send me to the shop to get them for her. I was about 8 or 9 but it was grand because I just told the lady in the shop they were for my mother and no further questions were asked :pac:

The cheapest I remember cigarettes to be was 2.50 for 10 or 5pound for 20.
And you could smoke to your hearts content in am underage disco after buying them there

FanadMan · 13-12-2019 3:59am

Purple Mountain wrote: »

The cheapest I remember cigarettes to be was 2.50 for 10 or 5pound for 20.
And you could smoke to your hearts content in am underage disco after buying them there

In local secondary school town there was a shop that would sell individual cigs. Don't know the price as I didn't smoke at the time, but the same shop was selling single cigs to kids 40+ years previously. There was a markup versus a 10 or 20 pack but back then, kids didn't have anywhere as much money.

Not really stinge, more a case of exploitation. Mind you, gangs of kids would come into the shop and rob them blind......sweets, crisps etc.

benjamin d · 13-12-2019 9:04am

Purple Mountain wrote: »

The cheapest I remember cigarettes to be was 2.50 for 10 or 5pound for 20.
And you could smoke to your hearts content in am underage disco after buying them there

A ten box was £2 when the euro came in because they were then €2.54. I remember it clearly because it used to be easy for a few of us to chip in 50p each for a box at lunchtime and smoke our 2.5 fags each before going back to school!

ohnonotgmail · 13-12-2019 10:25am

FanadMan wrote: »

In local secondary school town there was a shop that would sell individual cigs. Don't know the price as I didn't smoke at the time, but the same shop was selling single cigs to kids 40+ years previously. There was a markup versus a 10 or 20 pack but back then, kids didn't have anywhere as much money.

Not really stinge, more a case of exploitation. Mind you, gangs of kids would come into the shop and rob them blind......sweets, crisps etc.

cigarettes were 10p each in the local shop when i was a kid

pgj2015 · 13-12-2019 12:32pm

can we stop with the how much cigarettes were when I was a kid, this could go on for pages.

Deebles McBeebles · 13-12-2019 12:41pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

can we stop with the how much cigarettes were when I was a kid, this could go on for pages.

Now, my story begins in 19-dickety-two. We had to say "dickety" cause the Kaiser had stolen our word "twenty". I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles.

Anyway, I remember when they were very cheap and this was all fields.

SusieBlue · 08-01-2020 4:08pm

Not personal experience but I watched a show called "Extreme Cheapskates" last night & I'm still not the better for it.

Highlights include a woman who fed her children cat food sandwiches every day (cat food is similar to tinned tuna apparently, for 30c cheaper), and a man who puts his clothes in the freezer for a few hours rather than washing them, because its cheaper than running a washing machine.

There was also a couple who shared a toothbrush, tooth floss and had joint showers to save money

Princess Calla · 08-01-2020 4:17pm

SusieBlue wrote: »

Not personal experience but I watched a show called "Extreme Cheapskates" last night & I'm still not the better for it.

Highlights include a woman who fed her children cat food sandwiches every day (cat food is similar to tinned tuna apparently, for 30c cheaper), and a man who puts his clothes in the freezer for a few hours rather than washing them, because its cheaper than running a washing machine.

There was also a couple who shared a toothbrush, tooth floss and had joint showers to save money

I'm not the better for reading that!!!

Cat food sandwiches, jesus!

ohnonotgmail · 08-01-2020 4:22pm

SusieBlue wrote: »

Not personal experience but I watched a show called "Extreme Cheapskates" last night & I'm still not the better for it.

Highlights include a woman who fed her children cat food sandwiches every day (cat food is similar to tinned tuna apparently, for 30c cheaper), and a man who puts his clothes in the freezer for a few hours rather than washing them, because its cheaper than running a washing machine.

There was also a couple who shared a toothbrush, tooth floss and had joint showers to save money

I was gagging until i got to the bit about joint showers. I see no reason why anybody would object to that*. the cost saving is just a bonus.

*They can get the bit in the middle of your back that is impossible to reach otherwise. what did you think i meant?

Bigbagofcans · 08-01-2020 4:22pm

SusieBlue wrote: »

There was also a couple who shared a toothbrush, tooth floss and had joint showers to save money

Whatever about sharing a toothbrush and having joint showers, but did one use the same dental floss after the other was finished with it? If so, that's nasty!

SusieBlue · 08-01-2020 4:24pm

Princess Calla wrote: »

I'm not the better for reading that!!!

Cat food sandwiches, jesus!

I actually just found a link of the "best bits" of the series, both cat food lady & the gross couple are featured. She also feeds the sandwiches to her husband, but didnt tell him it was cat food

Watch at your own peril :pac:

partyguinness · 08-01-2020 4:26pm

It's bad enough what they put into human food. God only knows what goes into animal food.

Why is he putting unopened tinned food in the fridge...

SusieBlue · 08-01-2020 4:27pm

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

Whatever about sharing a toothbrush and having joint showers, but did one use the same dental floss after the other was finished with it? If so, that's nasty!

Yeah they did, they also shared (used) cotton buds and reused mouthwash. So gross :eek:

partyguinness · 08-01-2020 4:31pm

Sharing floss is counter productive- it is just putting more bacteria and food bits in your mouth.

Princess Calla · 08-01-2020 4:31pm

SusieBlue wrote: »

Yeah they did, they also shared (used) cotton buds and reused mouthwash. So gross :eek:

Stop!!! Please stop!

Oh there's absolutely no way I'm watching that video

ILikeBoats · 08-01-2020 4:46pm

Saving 15c by using mouthwash twice. What is wrong with people

The_Conductor · 08-01-2020 4:54pm

Why did I watch that video?

partyguinness · 08-01-2020 5:00pm

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Saving 15c by using mouthwash twice. What is wrong with people

Christ...I didn't even get to that bit.

gmisk · 08-01-2020 5:01pm

SusieBlue wrote: »

Not personal experience but I watched a show called "Extreme Cheapskates" last night & I'm still not the better for it.

Highlights include a woman who fed her children cat food sandwiches every day (cat food is similar to tinned tuna apparently, for 30c cheaper), and a man who puts his clothes in the freezer for a few hours rather than washing them, because its cheaper than running a washing machine.

There was also a couple who shared a toothbrush, tooth floss and had joint showers to save money

Americans? It's gotta be!

voldejoie · 08-01-2020 5:10pm

Had to turn it off when they were sharing tooth floss, my stomach started doing flip flops

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but I can't help but think people who are that cheap must have some sort of untreated mental illness.

Foweva Awone · 08-01-2020 6:07pm

I can't see how sharing a toothbrush would even save money. Surely it wears out twice as fast, so you'd need to replace it twice as often than if only one person was using it?

loyatemu · 08-01-2020 6:27pm

the thing about freezing your clothes, it's apparently recommended for high-end jeans as washing them damages the fabric.

bonzodog2 · 08-01-2020 6:29pm

loyatemu wrote: »

the thing about freezing your clothes, it's apparently recommended for high-end jeans as washing them damages the fabric.

But how does it get them clean?

the beer revolu · 08-01-2020 6:38pm

bonzodog2 wrote: »

But how does it get them clean?

Kills the bacteria

KevRossi · 08-01-2020 6:48pm

So every year between Christmas and New Years I do a bit of a road trip and visit a few cousins, aunts, uncles etc, on one day. This involves an early start and a late return to Dublin as I visit 3 houses in 3 different counties on the one day, sometimes vising people I haven't seen for 12 months.

There's a few kids of cousins and 2nd cousins in each house or living close to each one, some of them I don't know their ages/names etc. so to keep it simple they all get a selection box - 14 in total. Each house gets a 1L bottle of Powers for the adults. Thing with the selection box is that I don't buy them until the 26th or 27th of December as they are usually half price or just going for €1.

A work colleague called me stingy, I call it thrift.

Paddy Cow · 08-01-2020 7:31pm

KevRossi wrote: »

So every year between Christmas and New Years I do a bit of a road trip and visit a few cousins, aunts, uncles etc, on one day. This involves an early start and a late return to Dublin as I visit 3 houses in 3 different counties on the one day, sometimes vising people I haven't seen for 12 months.

There's a few kids of cousins and 2nd cousins in each house or living close to each one, some of them I don't know their ages/names etc. so to keep it simple they all get a selection box - 14 in total. Each house gets a 1L bottle of Powers for the adults. Thing with the selection box is that I don't buy them until the 26th or 27th of December as they are usually half price or just going for €1.

A work colleague called me stingy, I call it thrift.

Your colleague is an idiot. You would only be stingy if you planned your trip after Christmas to get cheaper selection boxes but clearly, that's not the case.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 08-01-2020 8:31pm

SusieBlue wrote: »

Not personal experience but I watched a show called "Extreme Cheapskates" last night & I'm still not the better for it.

Highlights include a woman who fed her children cat food sandwiches every day (cat food is similar to tinned tuna apparently, for 30c cheaper), and a man who puts his clothes in the freezer for a few hours rather than washing them, because its cheaper than running a washing machine.

There was also a couple who shared a toothbrush, tooth floss and had joint showers to save money

Honestly, Susie, they sound more like they’re not quite right in the head than stingy. :eek:

the beer revolu wrote: »

Kills the bacteria

That won’t take care of the smell of the bacteria that has already grown before killing. And some bacteria won’t be killed in the freezer.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 08-01-2020 8:34pm

KevRossi wrote: »

So every year between Christmas and New Years I do a bit of a road trip and visit a few cousins, aunts, uncles etc, on one day. This involves an early start and a late return to Dublin as I visit 3 houses in 3 different counties on the one day, sometimes vising people I haven't seen for 12 months.

There's a few kids of cousins and 2nd cousins in each house or living close to each one, some of them I don't know their ages/names etc. so to keep it simple they all get a selection box - 14 in total. Each house gets a 1L bottle of Powers for the adults. Thing with the selection box is that I don't buy them until the 26th or 27th of December as they are usually half price or just going for €1.

A work colleague called me stingy, I call it thrift.

Not stingy. If you know you’re going to see them after Christmas, why not save a few bob at an expensive time? And the gifts are perfectly generous.

4Ad · 08-01-2020 8:38pm

KevRossi wrote: »

So every year between Christmas and New Years I do a bit of a road trip and visit a few cousins, aunts, uncles etc, on one day. This involves an early start and a late return to Dublin as I visit 3 houses in 3 different counties on the one day, sometimes vising people I haven't seen for 12 months.

There's a few kids of cousins and 2nd cousins in each house or living close to each one, some of them I don't know their ages/names etc. so to keep it simple they all get a selection box - 14 in total. Each house gets a 1L bottle of Powers for the adults. Thing with the selection box is that I don't buy them until the 26th or 27th of December as they are usually half price or just going for €1.

A work colleague called me stingy, I call it thrift.

It's called being clever..
My Da wont let me buy him a present before Christmas, bought him a large saucepan for the bacon and cabbage today, a few euros off. He's delighted, cabbage chopped and in it already !

Princess Calla · 08-01-2020 9:05pm

KevRossi wrote: »

So every year between Christmas and New Years I do a bit of a road trip and visit a few cousins, aunts, uncles etc, on one day. This involves an early start and a late return to Dublin as I visit 3 houses in 3 different counties on the one day, sometimes vising people I haven't seen for 12 months.

There's a few kids of cousins and 2nd cousins in each house or living close to each one, some of them I don't know their ages/names etc. so to keep it simple they all get a selection box - 14 in total. Each house gets a 1L bottle of Powers for the adults. Thing with the selection box is that I don't buy them until the 26th or 27th of December as they are usually half price or just going for €1.

A work colleague called me stingy, I call it thrift.

I live a fair drive away from my siblings.... If I knew I definitely wasn't seeing them on the day I wait for the sales....the budget stays the same but they get bigger/ nicer presents.

I think your work colleague is just jealous they have to pay full price.

Gwynplaine · 08-01-2020 9:09pm

He doesnt know the difference between being stingey and being clever.

Capt'n Midnight · 02-02-2020 9:28pm

I think we have a winner here https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19280412-01.2.52&e=07-07-1969-31-12-1970--en-20--1--txt-txIN-new+riders

In 1928 beforethe great depression,

"MEAN MAN" JERKS TEETH OF WIFE TO SAVE FOOD EXPENSE

After persuading his wife to have all her teeth pulled, Mathias Blau of Chicago refused to buy her false teeth because, he said, it was cheaper to feed her on soup than on solids. Mrs. Blau went to court, was awarded two sets of store teeth and at least a beefsteak a week. Judge Jonas told Mr. Blau that he had committed "the meanest trick" he had ever heard of.

Capt'n Midnight · 04-02-2020 10:18pm

When someone takes sandwiches from the canteen without paying it's theft.

But when you are on around a million a year and bonuses it's also pure stinge https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2020/0204/1113139-citigroup/

punisher5112 · 04-02-2020 11:49pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

When someone takes sandwiches from the canteen without paying it's theft.

But when you are on around a million a year and bonuses it's also pure stinge https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2020/0204/1113139-citigroup/

Needs to watch them pennies don't you know.... The pounds will then of course watch themselves....

Couldn't expect him to be paying like the peasants.....

MissD93 · 05-02-2020 4:16am

I had a friend who used to come over about twice a week . Over the the years I'd end up paying for more drinks meals and taxis for her than i care to disclose as she was quite good at what bills she chose to pay and different bits. My then boyfriend now husband always gave out about this but the final straw came a few months ago when he thought we were going through toilet roll really quickly. And we joked ah she's hardly taking it , so we realised she was when we started leaving a stack of of four rolls instead of a basket and and we let her do it for a few weeks until I jokingly said it to her (cause we're a very chill couple but I was wondering if she'd fallen on hard times) and she turned around and said oh ive been doing it for so long now its something I don't pick in my shopping anymore and I can put a fiver more a week in my savings. I could not stop laughing

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