Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

Mocha Joe

kowloon wrote: »

It always seemed to me that it's the nurses that seem to get the bulk of the abuse.

It's their own fault for going to coppers every week.

RED PASSION

Kolido wrote: »

Doesn't seem so stingy considering how they are made in the first place.

tell me more

civis_liberalis

Eathrin wrote: »

I do sympathise with some delivery drivers though because a lot of places don't pay any of the drivers' expenses such as fuel.

I'm happy to leave the euro on a €19 order.

Yeah, I've never worked at that, but i'd say it's a ****ty enough job pay-wise. Small takeaway businesses surely take advantage of people, perhaps giving them minimum but making them bear the cost of deliveries. I'm always very polite and leave a couple of euros tip, even if it's only a small order, as long as I'm not stuck. And let's be honest, if you are able to order a takeaway, you shouldn't be.

Clareman

bobin fudge wrote: »

How is this stingy? I would have done the same as well if I was going to even bother buying all the newspapers for that day -why waste a tenner of papers you are not going to read when you can get them for free a few hours later? more like common sense Id have thought

They weren't bought to be read, they were bought to mark the date of the birth of the child, frame them or just keep them or whatever.

MistyCheese

Just a thought, I might be wrong about this, but if he got the newspapers after they'd been decapitated surely the date wouldn't be on them? Isn't it the date they cut off to send back? Surely the date is quite important as that's the whole reason for getting those newspapers, they're that day's papers.

I have bought a newpaper as a souvenir and for me it wouldn't have the same appeal if a part of it had been cut off. The whole idea (for me) would be to keep the paper pristine, unchanged and intact. Anyway, that's just me, clearly it didn't bother this guy.

It does take a little bit of niceness out of the gesture though. Is he going to show the child the papers when they're older?

"The day you were born I was so happy I went out and got all the papers to mark the day. Look, read them, see how fecked the country was back in 2012."
"Why are the tops cut off, Dad?"
"Well I wasn't going to pay for them."

mfceiling

saiint wrote: »

doctors are not well paid
in fact their really under paid for their profession
they get abuse of patients all day ( although to be fair some are junkies )
i was in hospital 2 months ago for an operation
and was in a ward
doctor done his rounds
the patient beside me told him to **** off said he wants to sleep, where as the doctor was trying to explain he needs to get up and do some exercise physio workout or he wont recover fully
patient argued and argued
felt like telling him to shut up and do what he telling him to do
stink of piss didnt help either :pac:

Does anyone know the amount an average Irish doctor earns?

SIRREX

mfceiling wrote: »

Does anyone know the amount an average Irish doctor earns?

Well I know if I visit a GP it's €50 for about 5 mins, the waiting room is always full, and even allowing 5 mins between patients to write up notes, etc., that's about €300/hr. Specialists are €150 per visit, and upwards, so the long hours and ****e junior doctors have to deal with, pay off nicely in the end

Hersheys

SIRREX wrote: »

Well I know if I visit a GP it's €50 for about 5 mins, the waiting room is always full, and even allowing 5 mins between patients to write up notes, etc., that's about €300/hr. Specialists are €150 per visit, and upwards, so the though hours and ****e junior doctors have to deal with, pay off nicely in the end

Many people in gp waiting room have medical cards & don't pay but yeah, doctors ain't short of a penny. Consultants are minted, but they work bloody hard.

Back to the stinge. Guy in my office NEVER buys milk/coffee/sugar/biscuits yet always helps himself. We have said it to him, he keeps saying he "forgot" to buy coffee or whatever so someone always gives in - otherwise everyone would suffer. Annoying thing is he always brags about how much money he has!!

Corruptedmorals

MistyCheese wrote: »

Just a thought, I might be wrong about this, but if he got the newspapers after they'd been decapitated surely the date wouldn't be on them? Isn't it the date they cut off to send back? Surely the date is quite important as that's the whole reason for getting those newspapers, they're that day's papers.

They don't do this anymore, they send them back whole.

Eathrin

Hersheys wrote: »

Many people in gp waiting room have medical cards & don't pay but yeah, doctors ain't short of a penny. Consultants are minted, but they work bloody hard.

I thought the government paid doctors a fee for each medical card visit?

EoghanIRL

Eathrin wrote: »

I thought the government paid doctors a fee for each medical card visit?

They do

Hersheys

Eathrin wrote: »

I thought the government paid doctors a fee for each medical card visit?

The doctor gets a flat fee per year per medical card patient so if I go once a year and Bridie down the road goes once a week the doc still gets the same amount of money from the state for each of us rather than a per visit approach.

challengemaster

mfceiling wrote: »

Does anyone know the amount an average Irish doctor earns?

Define average Irish doctor...

Intern (first year out of Uni) ~€32k
GP would probably be on €80k +
Consultants 150k - 250k

RUCKING FETARD

challengemaster wrote: »

GP would probably be on €80k +

Try €330,000 from Med Card alone. Published figures couple years back for some of them.

GP I had to see few months back put €50 straight into wallet.

Tax? What Tax?

Victor

Hersheys wrote: »

The doctor gets a flat fee per year per medical card patient so if I go once a year and Bridie down the road goes once a week the doc still gets the same amount of money from the state for each of us rather than a per visit approach.

Not quite, the payment is dependent on the age on the patient. A single male age 30 is likely to have a lower payment connected to them than an 80 year old.

Eathrin

RUCKING FETARD wrote: »

Try €330,000 from Med Card alone. Published figures couple years back for some of them.

GP I had to see few months back put €50 straight into wallet.

Tax? What Tax?

That's disgracefully large.

Victor

RUCKING FETARD wrote: »

Try €330,000 from Med Card alone. Published figures couple years back for some of them.

That is likely to have been for the entire practice, where the GP employed other doctors.

RUCKING FETARD

Victor wrote: »

That is likely to have been for the entire practice, where the GP employed other doctors.

Only a reception with one that I knew from list and pretty sure they get grants for them.

retalivity

its from a couple of years ago, but it gives a good indication of the numbers

http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=10635

Also, the amount is definitely not for the practice, its per doctor, but they need to pay nurses, receptionist, rent etc out of it..

LizT

Less about doctor's earnings, more stinge!!

neddynasty

There was a guy that used to be involved in my local GAA club and he'd use the showers so he wouldn't have to use his own hot water. It's a busy club so wasn't copped for a while but he'd be down there most days watching training or whatever matches were on. After a while he'd slip off into the dressing room and have a shower. The guy wasn't short a quid or two either, not that you could tell from the look of him or his car.

mfceiling

neddynasty wrote: »

There was a guy that used to be involved in my local GAA club and he'd use the showers so he wouldn't have to use his own hot water. It's a busy club so wasn't copped for a while but he'd be down there most days watching training or whatever matches were on. After a while he'd slip off into the dressing room and have a shower. The guy wasn't short a quid or two either, not that you could tell from the look of him or his car.

I heard a lad telling his mate in the gym one night that he was in the gym twice a day to use the showers so he wouldn't have to heat his water at home.
He also charged his phone there as well. Even used to go on a Saturday and Sunday as well. The Creme de la Creme was that he told the mate he never buys shower gel....just uses the shower gel that the gym provides in the showers!!

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/06/police-freeport-firefighter-charged-with-arson-after-setting-cars-on-fire-while-trying-to-siphon-fuel/
FREEPORT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A Freeport firefighter has been charged with arson after police said he set two cars on fire while trying to siphon gas from a fire department vehicle.

Steven Pena was arrested Monday at a firehouse on Leonard Avenue.

Nassau County police said the 23-year-old Freeport firefighter was using an electric vacuum to illegally siphon gas from a Village of Freeport Fire Department vehicle to his personal car when electricity set the gas on fire.

Not sure about the stingiest, but must be one of the most stupidest things done by someone who really know better! :eek:

mahonykid

I work turnstiles on big match days in some GAA grounds,
You will always get someone who says " you will take 2 euro wont you ?" even though the price of 10 euro is clearly printed in front of them.
You also get the usual "parents" of players who think they are entitled to get in free, and the fifty year old woman who claims she is a student but has yet to produce a student card.

The amount of abuse you get because of this is crazy

veryangryman

mahonykid wrote: »

I work turnstiles on big match days in some GAA grounds,
You will always get someone who says " you will take 2 euro wont you ?" even though the price of 10 euro is clearly printed in front of them.
You also get the usual "parents" of players who think they are entitled to get in free, and the fifty year old woman who claims she is a student but has yet to produce a student card.

The amount of abuse you get because of this is crazy

If someone takes the time and effort to try that, for gods sake just let them in. Make everyones life easier. :P

neddynasty

mahonykid wrote: »

I work turnstiles on big match days in some GAA grounds,
You will always get someone who says " you will take 2 euro wont you ?" even though the price of 10 euro is clearly printed in front of them.
You also get the usual "parents" of players who think they are entitled to get in free, and the fifty year old woman who claims she is a student but has yet to produce a student card.

The amount of abuse you get because of this is crazy

I work on the turnstiles too but not in a while. My favourite one is when there's a double header on and say it's €20 to get in and they come up before the 1st match and say " I'm only here for the 1st match" and they hand you a €10. They're disgusted when I won't let them in.

Had numerous people trying to get in with ticket stubs that their friend has dropped out of the back of the stand too.

Motivator

A lad that comes into our local will come in on a Saturday night around 10.15 every week to watch Match Of The Day. He comes in & orders a pint of Lucozade then he heads upstairs to the toilets to fill the glass up with the Vodka he has stashed up in the roof tiles. He buys a litre of vodka out of Aldi every couple of weeks then stores it up in the roof tiles in the pub. He is hated by everyone but we laugh away at him because he's the meanest bastard ever. He lands himself at the bar & watches the tv for the night, drifting upstairs every half an hour to top himself up. If there's new people sitting at the bar he latches on to them to try & score a free drink. The man is unreal he is the meanest I've ever seen.

bbam

Motivator wrote: »

A lad that comes into our local will come in on a Saturday night around 10.15 every week to watch Match Of The Day. He comes in & orders a pint of Lucozade then he heads upstairs to the toilets to fill the glass up with the Vodka he has stashed up in the roof tiles. He buys a litre of vodka out of Aldi every couple of weeks then stores it up in the roof tiles in the pub. He is hated by everyone but we laugh away at him because he's the meanest bastard ever. He lands himself at the bar & watches the tv for the night, drifting upstairs every half an hour to top himself up. If there's new people sitting at the bar he latches on to them to try & score a free drink. The man is unreal he is the meanest I've ever seen.

Perfect candidate for a laxative..

batistuta9

why does nobody hide/take his vodka if you know where he leaves it?

Motivator

batistuta9 wrote: »

why does nobody hide/take his vodka if you know where he leaves it?

Had a swig of it one night, I was surprised I didn't go blind it's the real cheap stuff from Aldi - never again! I think even the bar staff know what he's at but don't know how he's doing it, & none of us would tell them because they aren't the nicest people themselves.