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Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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    #1022
    Shazforgrub
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭Shazforgrub


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Not quite, it's a Celtic tiger (RIP) thing, back in the real world, people are starting to be careful with money again.


    Nah there were allways ALLWAYS tight fcukers in Ireland, before, during and especially after the celtic tiger. There was always the opposite too, I'm always spending every penny I have, when I was a student, when I was on 'graduate assistance' and when I got a job.

    I agree with the comment saying its a cultural thing, and a lot of people are afraid to look scabby, which is silly really, a lot of the time its just plain common sense to be frugal, you're not being a tight arse just by being sensible.

    What I find very funny though is when you know a tight arsed person is screaming on the inside spending money but they don't want people to know they're a scabbly miser so they have to cough up, as in at a restaurant etc etc.


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    #1023
    Cormac2791
    Registered Users Posts: 513 ✭✭✭Cormac2791


    had to pay €20.07 for petrol! SEVEN CENT! fooksake like.


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    #1024
    CutzEr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 837 ✭✭✭CutzEr


    cormacharraghy wrote: »
    had to pay €20.07 for petrol! SEVEN CENT! fooksake like.
    You're absolutely right.

    They shouldn't care about that 7 cent to anyone.

    Say if.. I dunno, a thousand people come in, and they give 7 cent credit to everyone.

    That's €70 right there.

    also, your fault for not getting it exactly @ €20 :P Why should they pay for your mistakes..


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    #1025
    JMcCR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭JMcCR


    There was a texaco in Carlow that had a sign at the till

    "€10.01 means €10.01"

    Closed down now. Funny that. :rolleyes:


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    #1026
    waraf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭waraf


    cormacharraghy wrote: »
    had to pay €20.07 for petrol! SEVEN CENT! fooksake like.

    I used to work in a petrol station when I was (a lot) younger and the boss used to take that 7 cents out of our wages. That was no fun when we were gettig paid 2.25 per hour.


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    #1027
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    JMcCR wrote: »
    There was a texaco in Carlow that had a sign at the till

    "€10.01 means €10.01"

    Closed down now. Funny that. :rolleyes:

    That texaco didn't close because of money issues.


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    #1028
    ManFromAtlantis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭ManFromAtlantis


    cormacharraghy wrote: »
    had to pay €20.07 for petrol! SEVEN CENT! fooksake like.


    did ya ever put in €19.93 and wait for the change ?
    .... so you're the same as them.


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    #1029
    vincenzolorenzo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭vincenzolorenzo


    ManFromAtlantis wrote: »
    did ya ever put in €19.93 and wait for the change ?
    .... so you're the same as them.

    Why would you put in €19.93??? Thats just daft


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    #1030
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,398 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    Bill-e wrote: »
    I tolded all our friends and everyone I meet that knows him this story. And I made up some sh!t about him also. hehe

    Love it!:D


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    #1031
    c4cat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 518 ✭✭✭c4cat


    rainbowtrout wrote: »
    ya, there's a girl working on the checkout in my local Supervalu and she's doing it too, I only noticed the other day when she swiped her card (attached to a bunch of keys) for a customer two in front of me, then the customer in front of me handed over her keys with her own card attached and the girl on the checkout swiped it and stuck the keys in her pocket by accident.. probably only a matter of time before she gets caught.

    I just wonder why this has not picked up by fraud dept in the company. No one does multiple shops and puts thousands of points on their card every weekly infact it would look like this person spends all day shopping at the same till in the same supermarket


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    #1032
    A_SN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 515 ✭✭✭A_SN


    Tupins wrote: »
    we'd be afraid that people would think we are tight.
    Why? I for one advertise loud and clear that I'm broke as ****. Keeps the gold diggers off my **** :pac:


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    #1033
    Irish Halo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Irish Halo


    Porkpie wrote: »
    any main dish with a mineral or glass or wine for €8.95 ... of course I gave a tenner
    :confused:
    €8.95 =/= €10
    Would they expect you to pay €10 for a meal that cost €11.05?


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    #1034
    ManFromAtlantis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭ManFromAtlantis


    vincenzolorenzo wrote: »
    Why would you put in €19.93??? Thats just daft

    maybe the odd person adds fuel till full. *d'uhh*


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    #1035
    Chunkylover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 314 ✭✭Chunkylover


    I worked for a certain phone network and a lad from scotland came in to the shop, he had a prepaid handset, said he sent a text, that never arrived and wanted he 12c back, customer care said that they couldnt see a problem but he refused to leave the shop till he got his 12c, ended up giving him it from loose change in my pocket


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    #1036
    vincenzolorenzo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭vincenzolorenzo


    ManFromAtlantis wrote: »
    maybe the odd person adds fuel till full. *d'uhh*

    No normal person would stop at €19.93 even if the fuel pump clicked off. YOu'd throw in the last 7 cent and round it up


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    #1037
    Porkpie
    Registered Users Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Porkpie


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    In fairness, tips aren't obligatory in Ireland, are they?

    Ah come on! Ok they're not, but with such great service, etc I would say most people would just round it up to 10 euro. Don't tell me you never tip after a meal out?


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    #1038
    [Deleted User]
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    vincenzolorenzo wrote: »
    No normal person would stop at €19.93 even if the fuel pump clicked off. YOu'd throw in the last 7 cent and round it up

    Nah!!! I don't want petrol on my shoes... :P


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    #1039
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    Porkpie wrote: »
    Ah come on! Ok they're not, but with such great service, etc I would say most people would just round it up to 10 euro. Don't tell me you never tip after a meal out?

    I do tip yes (about 10 percent) but I don't think anyone should be pressured to do so. Especially if someone is going for one of these "bargain" deals. Perhaps they can't afford anything more expensive?


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    #1040
    madra-rua
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭madra-rua


    A person I know used to take their own teabag into the student canteen so that they wouldn't have to pay for a cup of tea :D


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    #1041
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    madra-rua wrote: »
    A person I know used to take their own teabag into the student canteen so that they wouldn't have to pay for a cup of tea :D

    Ah the old charging for boiling water put a stop to that though!


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    #1042
    dlambirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭dlambirl


    ManFromAtlantis wrote: »
    did ya ever put in €19.93 and wait for the change ?
    .... so you're the same as them.

    ok.....so maybe you wouldnt put in €19.93 of petrol or diesel but if you bought stuff in tesco and it was €19.93 you'd wait for the change...


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    #1043
    DamoDLK
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭DamoDLK


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    I've done that before many times, you know that blue/green mould is disgusting but completely harmless (Its actually penicillin). Just cut the mould off.

    Oops i'm allergic to penicillin! not quite harmless!!!


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    #1044
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,532 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Ray Darcy show has something about it now. Switch on! ;)


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    #1045
    grundie
    Registered Users Posts: 458 ✭✭grundie


    I just remembered Peter! Peter was someone I used to work with and took stingeyness to new heights.

    If Peter seen a discarded cigarette packed he would compulsively pick it up to check and see if anyone had left money in it - even if it was wet or covered in crap. He had never found money in a discarded cigarette packet, but knew someone who once kept their notes in their ciggie packet on a night out.

    Peter would raid skips and hoard his finds. His yard was stacked with old wood and rubble, something he kept as he thought it would come in useful one day as ballast???

    Peter never bought nails or screws, he would reuse the ones he extracted from wood in skips. This was despite the fact that they were impossible to work with as they were bent or rusty.

    Rather than pay £10 for a cheap wallet, he fashioned his own out of plastic welded together with a soldering iron.

    His sticking plasters comprised a bit of toilet tissue held in place with sticky tape.

    He would ask work colleagues for their old underwear as he had no qualms about wearing it. He wasn't a fetishists, he genuinely did not want to spend money on new pants.

    He collected cigarette butts of the street and reused the tobacco to make rollies.

    He had it in his head the "Public House" meant he could sit in a pub without buying a drink and got angry when the bar staff suggested otherwise.

    He would go the the cemetery in Derry, overlooking the Brandywell, with (borrowed) binoculars to watch Derry City games, rather than pay a few quid for a ticket.

    He walked 1 hour to work and 1 hour home each day rather than buy a bus ticket.

    He made his own sun screen by mixing cooking oil and baby oil (I'm not making this up).

    The only beer in his hose was Steiger, which was cheaper than Tesco value, which he claimed he could get drunk on. He did not have a fridge.

    As the week progressed the bread in his packed lunches would get mouldier (due to no fridge), but he had no qualms with cutting it off and eating it.

    I could go on, but I think you get the idea.


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    #1046
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    We have a friend that is incredibly tight who I have mentioned before in this thread. He has a new habit of always being the first to leave when we're in a bar or restaurant. We all get food and drinks to the table, then has to rush off somewhere early and "forgets" to pay the bill - then someone else has to pay for him.

    One of the girls brought it up in front of everyone recently. She said "you walked out without paying for your meal the other night" and he lied and told her "it was all sorted". The thing was she was the one who had paid for it and she hadn't received any money from him. He just shrugged said he'd buy her a drink next time they were out. A meal and drinks does not equal one glass of wine.

    Honestly, what can you do with someone like that? He has no shame about it. I'd be so embarassed if people thought I was that tight. Luckily I've never been stupid enough to cover his portion of a meal. That's money you'll never get back... and we know he's the highest paid out of all of us.


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    #1047
    bronte
    Registered Users Posts: 11,331 ✭✭✭✭bronte


    Omg! peter sounds hilarious. What a feckin miser!!! :D


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    #1048
    bronte
    Registered Users Posts: 11,331 ✭✭✭✭bronte


    watna wrote: »
    We have a friend that is incredibly tight who I have mentioned before in this thread. He has a new habit of always being the first to leave when we're in a bar or restaurant. We all get food and drinks to the table, then has to rush off somewhere early and "forgets" to pay the bill - then someone else has to pay for him.

    One of the girls brought it up in front of everyone recently. She said "you walked out without paying for your meal the other night" and he lied and told her "it was all sorted". The thing was she was the one who had paid for it and she hadn't received any money from him. He just shrugged said he'd buy her a drink next time they were out. A meal and drinks does not equal one glass of wine.

    Honestly, what can you do with someone like that? He has no shame about it. I'd be so embarassed if people thought I was that tight. Luckily I've never been stupid enough to cover his portion of a meal. That's money you'll never get back... and we know he's the highest paid out of all of us.
    He knows what he's doing alright. :mad:
    It's usually the ones with the most money that are the tightest.


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    #1049
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    I think evereybody must know at least one Peter in their life :D


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    #1050
    DamoDLK
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭DamoDLK


    Wow! I've spent 4 days reading this entire post!!

    So my 2 cents: I'm in melbourne at the moment and pop'd into a local 7/11 store, to get a tram ticket, there was a woman in the shop with a bread bag with 2 pieces left! - literally the heal and one slice! she claimed that the bread was blue moulded! and wanted a replacement - the guy behind the counter was looking at her as if she had 2 heads!

    I kinda felt bad for her... but i got over it.. d tight arse.


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    #1051
    Pop's Diner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭Pop's Diner


    DamoDLK wrote: »
    there was a woman in the shop with a bread bag with 2 pieces left! - literally the heal and one slice! she claimed that the bread was blue moulded! and wanted a replacement - the guy behind the counter was looking at her as if she had 2 heads!

    Don't you mean "2 breads"?


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