mordeith wrote: » Was at a Christmas party in a pub. One colleague offered to buy a group of co workers a drink. One said she was fine and proceeded to order a cup of hot water of the barman. She then opened her handbag and took out a sachet of coffee and proceeded to make her beverage on the bar. Poor barman could only gape in horror at the cheapness
rawn wrote: » Usually the stinge takes the free drink being offered though? Probably just fussy.
ProudDUB wrote: » Yeah, two runs a day for five people....with each drink costing 3.25, it works out at about 16 quid per trip. Or 32 quid per day.
dee_mc wrote: » Earlier today I had a nice couple of customers in the shop where I work, American women in their twenties. They chatted away while they were in and we had the craic, then one of them decided to buy a postcard. She wouldn't take her 10c change and told me to keep it, so I said I would donate it to cancer research (it's pretty common for people to refuse small change so I'm in the habit of donating a pile of coins once or twice a month). Then her friend asked me to exchange all her coins for a note from the till as they were 'weighing her down'. I said ok and counted it all out, to find that she was 7c short of a tenner. 'Take it from Steph's 10c' she says, and put her hand out for the 10 euro note. Scabby cow
suicide_circus wrote: » She probably thought you were the stinge pulling her up over 7 cent
ProudDUB wrote: Maybe so, but I'd say there are a lot of people who think nothing of buying a coffee on the way into work
HeidiHeidi wrote: » €32 a week on coffees :eek: (I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment of your post, though - that poor temp!)
osarusan wrote: » Move on from the coffee story, it's their own money they're willingly spending, nothing stingy about it.
jca wrote: » New mod alert... He sounds grumpy too..:mad::mad:
Capt'n Midnight wrote: » A Scotsman was heading out to the pub and turned to his wee wife before leaving... 'Jackie - put your hat and coat on lassie. ''Awe Ian that's nice - are you taking me to the pub with you? ''Nah; just switching the central heating off while I'm oot.' The first people in the UK to have double glazing were the Scots .... so their kids couldn't hear the ice cream vans. How many Scotsmen does it take to change a light bulb? 'Och! it's no that dark!' A Scotsman took a girl for a romantic ride in his taxi. She was so beautiful he could hardly keep his eye on the meter...
podgemonster wrote: » ...... The Germans start arguing then and from my OH's German junior cert skills, one couple had refused to pay the 10% service charge as they didn't agree with it. Wánkers just sat there brazen as fúck too save €1.80 between 4 of em.
razorblunt wrote: » On the Scottish theme, I work and live here, there's definitely a long arms, short pocket stinge level here. I forgot to tot up my card for the work canteen last week, I was getting my morning porridge and tea, comes to £1.60. They can normally do an IOU on the system, but it's only for lunch. Spotted a woman who works in a different team in the same department. She was happy to spot me the cash and said drop it round to her whenever. I told her I'd give it to a friend of mine on Friday as we meet for lunch, but if I was in her building before then I'd drop it off. My plan was for to just give her £2 and call it quits. This was all on a Tuesday, I had 2 chasers by lunchtime that day and 3 the following day. She saw me on the Friday in the canteen (my mate hadn't sat down yet) and made a beeline over for the money, gave her the £2 and politely asked for the 40p change. She said she didn't have it on her so I said that's fine I'll send 5 chasers before Monday close of business Apparently she has a reputation for stinginess and has been grumbling since.
snubbleste wrote: » I don't see the issue. Why would you pay a voluntary service charge if you did not like the service?
mrkiscool2 wrote: » It's not voluntary, service charges for large groups are mandatory in some places and it's due to the amount of time and effort it goes in to waiting/servicing that table. There were 12 of them in a group, that's a lot of drinks and foods to be ordered, made/poured and delivered and a lot of clean up after.
bonzodog2 wrote: » I have never been a waiter or worked in a restaurant, but I would think the service required for 1 party of 8 say, would be slightly easier than 4 tables of 2.
