Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

javaboy wrote: »

Meh. He's entitled to charge you for it. Imo it's stingy to expect to get one cent of petrol for free.

sneakerfreak wrote: »

how many people use the pump a day?add up all those 1 cents,multiply it by 365 and thats approx how much money they lose by not charging for the one cents



people wont haggle in tescoes or hmv but yet come into a small business and argue like f--k and get abusive when asked for the price of the goods they have brought to the counter.

the price of the goods are clearly marked and we have put up a huge sign saying no discounts/no credit and still they put on this little smirk when you ask them for the money to pay

that little poxy horrible f--ing condescending smirk and then they say something ridiculous like "ah come on lads youre havin a laugh,it was €5 cheaper last week",this is of course a lie,or theyl say "yer man done it for less yesterday" this is another lie as same people were working yesterday

or they tell you another shop is doing it cheaper (more lies)

these people are scum

if you dont want to pay the price marked on the product then dont take it to the f--king counter you stingy,poxy,hateful f--king arseholes.

go to another shop and try your cheap carry on

it really ruins my day having to deal with these guys,they really put a downer on staff

a customer who comes in and buys loads of stuff and doesnt ask for anything off will always get it cheaper or have free stuff thrown in on top just because they were pleasant

even if your not buying loads of stuff but are nice i may even throw in something small for cheap

i hate those dirty cheap bastards who try to make you give them stuff for less than cost price or at no profit for the shop,its a joke

"i can get that in thailand for half the price"

well book ur flights

book your hotel

arrange where your kids are going to stay while youre gone

get to the airport on time

wait for hours

sit on plane for hours

catch a disease

buy your stupid product

fly back for hours

wait for bags

sit waiting for aircoach

pick up smelly sick kids

get home

clean up burglar ****e from your sitting room floor

discover what you bought is a knock off....

THAT IS WHY YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS CHARGES A LITTLE MORE THAN IN THAILAND ETC

because we pay to import it

pay huge rent

pay rates

pay staff

pay for phone lines/broadband/electricity/advertising/marketing etc etc etc

THATS WHY YOU STUPID IGNORANT FAILURE OF A HUMAN BEING

dont haggle in shops

haggling is for car boot sales people

civis_liberalis wrote: »

Ah Hogzy, doing that is not being stingy at all. Cinemas have been ripping people off for decades now.
I never buy anything in the cinema now, as a matter of principle.

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

The inaccuracies in the pump would mean that the actual amount of petrol you get could be 5c worth either way. Thats why I always put in 2c extra and I refuse to pay for it. Maybe I'm the stingey one

KeyLimePie wrote: »

I work in a petrol station and I never bother asking them for the extra 1, 2 or 3 cent they might go over

But last week, some guy put 10.05 worth of petrol into his car, came into the shop and handed me a fifty euro note. I asked him did he have the five cent on him and he said "Sorry sir, but I do not have a 5 cent coin handy!" so I replied "Ok, not a bother." and handed him back 39.95. Apparently since it was the first time he had ever experienced something like this, he became very offended and said that he would never return to this shop again. But as far as I am concerned, he can stick it up his ass because my logic dictates that if you are paying for ten euro worth of petrol with a 50 euro note, then you can obviously afford the five cent.

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

I've heard of a bunch of lads going on a boat trip to collect $3 million and then drowning on the way back in a accident.Too cheap to get life jackets.

joeybarton=hero wrote: »

heres one for ya. you know all the sh**e gifts u get for Christmas like marks and spencers bodywash socks and pointless things like miniature jenga etc. well my mother will take note of who gave her these types of presents and she'll off load them to other relatives the following year !! one way to beat the recession eh???

steo87 wrote: »

Illegal? Where are you getting this information?

43. (1) A stop, catch or similar device shall not be provided on a pump hose nozzle of a petroleum Class I dispensing pump which is designed to keep the nozzle valve open to permit delivery of petroleum without manual pressure unless—
( a ) the pump is operated at all times by an authorised person.
( b ) the nozzle is provided with a suitable and efficient automatic shut-off device to prevent spillage which may result from a splash-back occurrence or obstruction in or overfilling of a fuel tank of a vehicle or container, and the minimum flow-rate to operate the shut-off device does not exceed one-half of the flow-rate for which the retaining latch is set,
( c ) in the event of the nozzle falling out of the filling-pipe of a vehicle, the operating lever of the nozzle valve is automatically released from the retaining latch or device upon contact of the nozzle with the vehicle or the ground,
( d ) the flow of petroleum is stopped immediately in the event of the nozzle falling out of the filling-pipe of a vehicle, and
( e ) suitable means are provided to prevent so far as is practicable the displacement or detachment (other than by manual movement) of the nozzle in or from the filling-pipe of a vehicle during the delivery of petroleum to the fuel tank.