Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

Savage Tyrant · 19-08-2012 1:22am

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Its called Magnolia and nobody forced you to rent the place.

As somebody who has rented for nearly ten years with friends, drop your housemate at the end of the lease. Living with a tight arse is a world of hurt.

Also don't be so pushed to put that ball and chain that is a long term mortgage around your neck. In these modern times, we all find ourselves going trough a variety of jobs and careers up until our mid thirty's and early forties. Being locked to one location effects your ability to adapt to changing work conditions.

If you can afford to save for a house, keep saving. With proper investment a large sum of money only generates more cash. Rather then the common misconception that a house does the same.

Fvck off.... You're just too stingy to buy a house, aren't ya? :P

fasttalkerchat · 19-08-2012 1:28am

Paddy Cow wrote: »

In a couple of years I will have saved up enough to get onto the property ladder (and I know that owning a house isn't the B all and end all) but it has to be better than applying to the property maagement company when I want to change the colour of the walls from that depressing light-yellow that landlords insist on painting every property with because it's "easier to clean".

They won't let you repaint the walls without permission??:eek:
Sure even if they have to repaint the walls after you leave it would still fall under wear and tear!
I'm assuming you're there on a long contract.

Paddy Cow · 19-08-2012 7:10am

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Its called Magnolia and nobody forced you to rent the place.

As somebody who has rented for nearly ten years with friends, drop your housemate at the end of the lease. Living with a tight arse is a world of hurt.

Also don't be so pushed to put that ball and chain that is a long term mortgage around your neck. In these modern times, we all find ourselves going trough a variety of jobs and careers up until our mid thirty's and early forties. Being locked to one location effects your ability to adapt to changing work conditions.

If you can afford to save for a house, keep saving. With proper investment a large sum of money only generates more cash. Rather then the common misconception that a house does the same.

Trust me, a mortgage isn't something I'm entering into on a whim. Since I moved out of home at 18 I've pretty much lived in the same city for the last 12 years. I'm settled here and I don't see the point in paying rent to a landlord when I could be paying for my own house. I know the benefits of having a landlord - when something breaks down, they fix it but a rented house is always the landlords house and I'm at an age where I want to be able to do my own thing.

For example, the apartment I moved into recently, doesn't have toilet roll holders in the bathrooms. It's a simple job to buy and install them. I'm not allowed to do this without the permission of the property management company in case I somehow hurt myself putting a couple of screws into the wall and sue them. If I go ahead and just do it, they could act like dicks and not give me my deposit back for making unauthorised changes to the apartment :rolleyes:

I'm not looking for a huge house to show off to the neighbours. When people talk about the "good times" I have no idea what they are talking about. I've never been on a ridiculously unsustainable salary or bought a load of ****e that I don't need on credit. All I want is a little place to call my own and I'll never get that while I'm renting. If I spend another 12 years in the same city (which I probably will) I will either have paid off half of my mortgage or I will have lined the pockets of some absentee landlord who is laughing all the way to the bank.

Paddy Cow · 19-08-2012 7:24am

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

They won't let you repaint the walls without permission??:eek:
Sure even if they have to repaint the walls after you leave it would still fall under wear and tear!
I'm assuming you're there on a long contract.

I think if I repainted the walls they would have a hernia!

I rented my new apartment through a property management company and it is the first and last time that I will do so. Previously I only dealt directly with landlords and it was much better. My last place I was there for 7 years and the landlord was brilliant. If anything went wrong, 2 weeks was the most we waited to get something fixed.

When we moved in, one of the windows in the bedrooms didn't open. They tried to fob us off but with excuses but after going mental with them one day, we finally got the rent reduced for that month and the window fixed. Another window in the sitting room doesn't open. Two months later, we're still getting excuses assurances that the window will be fixed and they want us to be happy in our home and aren't only interested in taking a set amount of money off us each month, despite the living conditions :rolleyes:

bijapos · 19-08-2012 10:48am

mango salsa wrote: »

Heard this story about this family who charged their au pair 20 euro every time she had a hot shower.

Sorry but I think that's bull. That's €600 per month for having a shower? No way would anyone put up with that.

Annasopra · 19-08-2012 11:00am

bijapos wrote: »

Sorry but I think that's bull. That's €600 per month for having a shower? No way would anyone put up with that.

Think what you like. I know it's true. I was speaking to the girl. A lot of au pairs don't want to complain cauae if they do they could lose their home and job.

sunflower27 · 19-08-2012 11:23am

mango salsa wrote: »

Think what you like. I know it's true. I was speaking to the girl. A lot of au pairs don't want to complain cauae if they do they could lose their home and job.

In fairness, sounds like she is exaggerating big time, but I think she is pulling your leg

Annasopra · 19-08-2012 11:30am

sunflower27 wrote: »

In fairness, sounds like she is exaggerating big time, but I think she is pulling your leg

No. She bloody well wasn't exaggerating or pulling my leg.

sunflower27 · 19-08-2012 11:38am

mango salsa wrote: »

No. She bloody well wasn't exaggerating or pulling my leg.

Chill your jets.

(she was)

Annasopra · 19-08-2012 11:55am

sunflower27 wrote: »

Chill your jets.

(she was)

Believe what you want. I know the truth.

zef · 19-08-2012 12:03pm

I met a South African woman recently who works as an au pair/ housekeeper and cook in the house of a Doctor in the Southside. 3 or 4 kids.
She gets one day a week off and is paid 100 euro and 'keep.'
Stingy fcuking c***s

Annasopra · 19-08-2012 12:05pm

zef wrote: »

I met a South African woman recently who works as an au pair/ housekeeper and cook in the house of a Doctor in the Southside. 3 or 4 kids.
She gets one day a week off and is paid 100 euro and 'keep.'
Stingy fcuking c***s

Thats not bad at all. I interviewed 50 au pairs as part of a research project and Ive heard a lot worse than that.

getzls · 19-08-2012 12:11pm

My Granda used to count the matches from each box he bought from the corner shop. He was convinced they took a few out of each box. Can't have been easy to count as he was blind.

Clareman · 19-08-2012 12:18pm

Is it just stingy people who get Au Pairs?

My brother in law gets an au-pair every summer, he lives a few miles out of town and charges her a fiver to give her a lift into town but he'll only bring her if he's going anyway. She asked him for a key for her room, he charged her a tenner deposit for it, they also don't buy any extra food since she has arrived, they just have smaller portions each.

Oh yeah, we were invited down for Sunday lunch around the time of 1 of their kids birthday, down we went with loads of presents and stuff, arrived around noon, no sign of any lunch on which I thought was a bit odd, then at 1 he rang Apache Pizza and ordered 2 large pizzas, that was going to be lunch for the 12 of us that were there, this was when Apache were doing any pizza any size for €9.99. After he hung up the phone and went "mam, you never brought any drinks, go down to the shop and get some". When the pizzas arrived he went to my wife "have you money for the dinner there?", luckily she had left her bag in the car.

BillyMitchel · 19-08-2012 12:49pm

Once before when I was out with my ex and she got a round in, which was a shock to begin with. Got the price of the drinks and got her money and she started to count the coins. Then she came over to the table and asked does anyone have 10p that she didn't want to break into her 50p!

kylith · 19-08-2012 1:01pm

KTBFFH wrote: »

I was trying to stick to the stingy part... but if you want I can tell you the part of him being a dick that night.
He had all the lads told she was going to go the whole way with him that night. She said she wanted to do it at the end of the night back at his house but he wouldn't let her stay. I'm so glad I wont be in school with him anymore and will be going to a different college than him now. God help the people who have to stay with him

She'd be some fecking eejit to sleep with some guy who'd been blanking her all night.

JupiterKid · 19-08-2012 1:13pm

I've heard really bad horror stories about the way some au pairs have been treated by their "host" families. Basically being used as cheap/free labour to do backbreaking work for no thanks. On a BBC documentary two au pairs interviewed in silouette had been raped by the father of the host families. Disgusting.

Is it my imagination or are some of the stingiest fecks out there also pretty weatlhy? And are they wealthy because of their meanness or the other way round?

When I was a kid the people who lived in the biggest, most plush house on our road would slam the door in your face when you came around collecting for charity or looking to be sponsored. Miserable c*nts!

Victor · 19-08-2012 2:08pm

sligojoek wrote: »

The fokker had the last laugh. Later that night his brother told me that Dinny had recently set up a building supply company and he'd be claiming back the vat as client entertainment expenses.

Client entertainment isn't a deductible expense.

Barbieliveshere · 19-08-2012 5:34pm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

A guy I knew used to boil eggs in the kettle remove the lid for a few minutes to keep it boiling then use the water to make tea.

I actually did this today but only because the cooker went a bit crazy and would'nt work... So egg sambo and tea for lunch nom nom!

alie · 19-08-2012 5:36pm

A person I know drinks hot water and when she doesn't finish her cup , she flings it back in the kettle. Yucky.

juan.kerr · 19-08-2012 5:39pm

bijapos wrote: »

Sorry but I think that's bull. That's €600 per month for having a shower? No way would anyone put up with that.

Maybe she was French? They generally aren't renowned for their hygiene so she may only have showered once a week or even less frequently...

Skylinehead · 19-08-2012 5:43pm

alie wrote: »

A person I know drinks hot water and when she doesn't finish her cup , she flings it back in the kettle. Yucky.

The strangest thing about that is drinking hot water

Quazzie · 19-08-2012 5:45pm

Skylinehead wrote: »

The strangest thing about that is drinking hot water

It's very good for flushing your kidneys if you have an infection.

SugarCoat · 19-08-2012 5:46pm

Is it considered stingey for a woman to use a needle to unclog a disaposable razor so that it can keep being reused?Does anyone else do this?I'd obviously throw it away after a few weeks to avoid the possibility of it rusting and making me contract tetanus though.:o

Damit · 19-08-2012 5:51pm

I know people that scrape their leftovers off their plates into the toilet to save the weight of the scraps in the bin (we pay bin charges by weight)... now that is stingy ! Don't know what they'll do when the water charges come in ?

Ted_YNWA · 19-08-2012 5:54pm

speaking of incoming water charges .. is it / will it be stingy to adhere to the "if its yellow, let it mellow ..... " adage ??

juan.kerr · 19-08-2012 5:55pm

Damit wrote: »

I know people that scrape their leftovers off their plates into the toilet to save the weight of the scraps in the bin (we pay bin charges by weight)... now that is stingy ! Don't know what they'll do when the water charges come in ?

Know someone who keeps food waste in the freezer to avoid putting out the black bin every time.

batistuta9 · 19-08-2012 5:56pm

SugarCoat wrote: »

Is it considered stingey for a woman to use a needle to unclog a disaposable razor so that it can keep being reused?Does anyone else do this?I'd obviously throw it away after a few weeks to avoid the possibility of it rusting and making me contract tetanus though.:o

yes, they're called disposable for a reason & cheap especially compared to the other blades from gillette or whoever that'd you'd use for longer

i only shave once with them but i'd say you could use them twice maybe

juan.kerr · 19-08-2012 5:57pm

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

speaking of incoming water charges .. is it / will it be stingy to adhere to the "if its yellow, let it mellow ..... " adage ??

No, that's fine. Although try to avoid leaving it sitting for more than a day, particularly if it's a very dark yellow.

Damit · 19-08-2012 5:58pm

juan.kerr wrote: »

No, that's fine. Although try to avoid leaving it sitting for more than a day, particularly if it's a very dark yellow.

If its very dark yellow you need to drink more water ...

kylith · 19-08-2012 6:01pm

batistuta9 wrote: »

yes, they're called disposable for a reason & cheap especially compared to the other blades from gillette or whoever that'd you'd use for longer

i only shave once with them but i'd say you could use them twice maybe

Jaysus, you must be made of money to only shave with them once.

I keep going with them until they start getting dangerous.

Wanderer2010 · 19-08-2012 6:02pm

I know of a woman who still lives at home in her late 40s, has an excellent civil servnat job of 80k a year (for 20 yrs now), and she doesnt spend a single cent from Monday to Friday, her parents make her chicken sandwiches to bring in for her lunch all week and she gets coffee for free there so she doesnt have to spend anything all week. She walks to work so no driving or bus expenses and even when she gets to the weekend she barely spends a thing!

I went on holiday with this woman once and it was 40 degrees in Malta and her face was purple with the heat and she STILL wouldnt pay the money for a bottle of Coke when most people were bowling over the guy who was selling them, how tight can you get? I know its a curious Irish trait to be all secretive and hoardy about money but in my view if you have it you may as well enjoy some of it, you are going to be dead forever and you cant bring a cent with you :rolleyes:

juan.kerr · 19-08-2012 6:05pm

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

I know of a woman who still lives at home in her late 40s, has an excellent civil servnat job of 80k a year (for 20 yrs now), and she doesnt spend a single cent from Monday to Friday, her parents make her chicken sandwiches to bring in for her lunch all week and she gets coffee for free there so she doesnt have to spend anything all week. She walks to work so no driving or bus expenses and even when she gets to the weekend she barely spends a thing!

I went on holiday with this woman once and it was 40 degrees in Malta and her face was purple with the heat and she STILL wouldnt pay the money for a bottle of Coke when most people were bowling over the guy who was selling them, how tight can you get? I know its a curious Irish trait to be all secretive and hoardy about money but in my view if you have it you may as well enjoy some of it, you are going to be dead forever and you cant bring a cent with you :rolleyes:

She went on holidays to Malta so she isn't that tight.

Wanderer2010 · 19-08-2012 6:12pm

^ Actually she is because we spent a whole 3 weeks scouring for the cheapest hotel room, cheapest flight (it was at 6am) and we walked almost everywhere and even the few day trips we went on she scraped all her coins to pay and it killed her to hand over a note! In retrospect, i didnt enjoy myself at all because of her mean and miserly ways plus the fact we had to dance around what she wanted and how much everything cost, what a total tight miserable cow she was and still is. I much prefer to enjoy my money..

SusieBlue · 19-08-2012 6:15pm

A friend of mine brings baby wipes in her bag with her when she goes out, so that she can wipe off her make up before she hops on the bus home so she can get away with paying child fare

juan.kerr · 19-08-2012 6:15pm

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

^ Actually she is because we spent a whole 3 weeks scouring for the cheapest hotel room, cheapest flight (it was at 6am) and we walked almost everywhere and even the few day trips we went on she scraped all her coins to pay and it killed her to hand over a note! In retrospect, i didnt enjoy myself at all because of her mean and miserly ways plus the fact we had to dance around what she wanted and how much everything cost, what a total tight miserable cow she was and still is. I much prefer to enjoy my money..

Only kidding. My mother occasionally goes on week or weekend breaks with a friend like this (both in their 60's), we get to hear all the stories back.

batistuta9 · 19-08-2012 6:45pm

kylith wrote: »

Jaysus, you must be made of money to only shave with them once.

I keep going with them until they start getting dangerous.

they're only around €3-4 for the ones i use, 20 in a pack & i don't shave everyday, every 2 days or so.

bijapos · 19-08-2012 8:02pm

juan.kerr wrote: »

Maybe she was French? They generally aren't renowned for their hygiene so she may only have showered once a week or even less frequently...

Lazy stereotyping IMO. I went out with a French woman for 3 years, showered every morning, I lived there for 18 months, never noticed that they were unhygenic, the opposite i would say.

Damit wrote: »

I know people that scrape their leftovers off their plates into the toilet to save the weight of the scraps in the bin (we pay bin charges by weight)... now that is stingy ! Don't know what they'll do when the water charges come in ?

Tell them to get a compost bin for the food and make a wormery for the meat scraps, they'll save a fortune over time for very little outlay. And no I'm not being stingey, just saving a few bob. All the recycleables go into a couple of big blue IKEA bags or cardboard boxes and get thrown into the compactor at the local recycling centre. Saves a fortune long term.

Louche Lad · 19-08-2012 9:02pm

batistuta9 wrote: »

yes, they're called disposable for a reason & cheap especially compared to the other blades from gillette or whoever that'd you'd use for longer

i only shave once with them but i'd say you could use them twice maybe

Those disposable ones I never use because even half way through the first shave they get blunt and start to slice my face up.

Instead, I get the Gillette-type ones with three or four blades in a cartridge because they seem to last forever. I think I use a cartridge for 2-3 months before replacing, so a pack of eight lasts for maybe two years. I don't think I'm being stingy though — it's just too much trouble to switch to a new cartridge when I can have a reasonably good shave from an old one.

Clareman · 19-08-2012 9:16pm

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

I know of a woman who still lives at home in her late 40s, has an excellent civil servnat job of 80k a year (for 20 yrs now), and she doesnt spend a single cent from Monday to Friday, her parents make her chicken sandwiches to bring in for her lunch all week and she gets coffee for free there so she doesnt have to spend anything all week. She walks to work so no driving or bus expenses and even when she gets to the weekend she barely spends a thing!

I worked with someone like this and I used to think she was the tightest b!tch on the planet, like you said, brought lunch every day, never spent a penny, lived with her parents, never went on holidays, etc. etc., I went on a right rant 1 day at work about her, turned out that she was living with her parents cause her father had MS with no medical insurance or rights and was pretty much paying for her parents in their old age

Cienciano · 19-08-2012 9:36pm

JupiterKid wrote: »

I've heard really bad horror stories about the way some au pairs have been treated by their "host" families. Basically being used as cheap/free labour to do backbreaking work for no thanks. On a BBC documentary two au pairs interviewed in silouette had been raped by the father of the host families. Disgusting.

Is it my imagination or are some of the stingiest fecks out there also pretty weatlhy? And are they wealthy because of their meanness or the other way round?

When I was a kid the people who lived in the biggest, most plush house on our road would slam the door in your face when you came around collecting for charity or looking to be sponsored. Miserable c*nts!

An au pair was on the radio, she didn't have much air time, but she quickly mentioned that she had to clean out someones garage and her mate (also an au pair) had to paint the shed.

juan.kerr wrote: »

She went on holidays to Malta so she isn't that tight.

Ryanair fly to Malta

Motorist · 20-08-2012 12:18am

Clareman wrote: »

I worked with someone like this and I used to think she was the tightest b!tch on the planet, like you said, brought lunch every day, never spent a penny, lived with her parents, never went on holidays, etc. etc., I went on a right rant 1 day at work about her, turned out that she was living with her parents cause her father had MS with no medical insurance or rights and was pretty much paying for her parents in their old age

What do you mean he had no rights? Was he a black slave pre civil rights?

As for MS, he would have been covered by free State care, like the other 1.6 million people in this country with medical cards.

mrsdewinter · 20-08-2012 1:01am

Motorist wrote: »

Clareman wrote: »

I worked with someone like this and I used to think she was the tightest b!tch on the planet, like you said, brought lunch every day, never spent a penny, lived with her parents, never went on holidays, etc. etc., I went on a right rant 1 day at work about her, turned out that she was living with her parents cause her father had MS with no medical insurance or rights and was pretty much paying for her parents in their old age

What do you mean he had no rights? Was he a black slave pre civil rights?

As for MS, he would have been covered by free State care, like the other 1.6 million people in this country with medical cards.

Wow, Motorist. That woman who had given up her child-bearing years to care for her parents, and who will more than likely die alone, she's really got it made, hasn't she?
Where can the rest of us sign up?

smileyj1987 · 20-08-2012 1:04am

I know somebody who actually lets balloons down after a party and then has them filled with helium again .

Squaredude · 20-08-2012 1:51am

Was at work today and saw a kid charge his friend 20c for a taste of his milkshake.

emzolita · 20-08-2012 2:54am

Motorist wrote: »

Clareman wrote: »

I worked with someone like this and I used to think she was the tightest b!tch on the planet, like you said, brought lunch every day, never spent a penny, lived with her parents, never went on holidays, etc. etc., I went on a right rant 1 day at work about her, turned out that she was living with her parents cause her father had MS with no medical insurance or rights and was pretty much paying for her parents in their old age

What do you mean he had no rights? Was he a black slave pre civil rights?

As for MS, he would have been covered by free State care, like the other 1.6 million people in this country with medical cards.

I Usually don't contribute to OT arguments on this thread, but have you seen someone die of MS?you get fu(k all "state care".
A medical card doesn't entitle you to home help, peg feeding changes, home adaption for wheelchairs then power chairs, power beds, nurse visits, etc. It's all waiting lists,and area availabilty etc.
Rant over, bring on the stinge!

Damit · 20-08-2012 9:31am

Squaredude wrote: »

Was at work today and saw a kid charge his friend 20c for a taste of his milkshake.

That’s not stingy that’s an entrepreneur intraining

Thwip! · 20-08-2012 1:25pm

Squaredude wrote: »

Was at work today and saw a kid charge his friend 20c for a taste of his milkshake.

well it did bring all the boys to the yard...

magnumbud · 20-08-2012 4:03pm

friend bought something for our house on his card. came to about 90 quid each well 90.25 each to be exact. gave him the 90 had no change for the 25 cent. he kept complaining that i hadnt given it back to him for a full week and just didnt have the change and it was 25c for god sake not like i paid the 25 and not the E90 just didnt have it cause i hadnt bought anything to get change that week. he brings it up when we were out for drinks on the thursday and i said fine i shall give you it tomorrow. at home i had a jar or 1c and 2c hadnt wanted to give him it in them as that would be annoyed didnt mind doing then though he got 25 1c's for being so pushy over it :-)

Voodoomelon · 20-08-2012 4:25pm

magnumbud wrote: »

friend bought something for our house on his card. came to about 90 quid each well 90.25 each to be exact. gave him the 90 had no change for the 25 cent. he kept complaining that i hadnt given it back to him for a full week and just didnt have the change and it was 25c for god sake not like i paid the 25 and not the E90 just didnt have it cause i hadnt bought anything to get change that week. he brings it up when we were out for drinks on the thursday and i said fine i shall give you it tomorrow. at home i had a jar or 1c and 2c hadnt wanted to give him it in them as that would be annoyed didnt mind doing then though he got 25 1c's for being so pushy over it :-)

Whilst 25c is a bit extreme, it does annoy me if I go to the effort of booking a holiday or the likes for several people, or buy a present for someone on behalf of everyone else and people start short changing you a couple of euro shy of the total amount. It all adds up and leaves you short by a fair amount, after going to the trouble of being the only one bothered to buy whatever it was in the first place.

Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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