MilesMorales1 wrote: » http://time.com/money/4661049/this-british-woman-went-a-year-without-spending-heres-how/ Now thats stingy.
On Nov. 27 2015, Michelle McGagh, a freelance personal finance journalist from north London, began a challenge her friends and family thought she'd never be able to achieve: Survive a year without spending. Aside from the bare essentials (paying the mortgage, phone bills and an extremely tight food budget), McGagh managed to last 365 days without spending. By relying on her trusty bicycle to get around, cutting her own hair, bypassing pubs and restaurants and making the most of London’s free offerings, she managed to save $23,000 in one year.
Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: » That's probably why the ****er can afford such a car...
Thebe wrote: » Parked in car wash queue behind a 171 Mercedes S-Class (from about €98,000). Car wash is mostly manual with power wash and a lot of scrubbing by hand and definitely worth the €8 fee. Layers of mud and grime are removed by two really hardworking chaps to leave a beautiful shining silver S-class. Mr Mercedes hands out a tenner and waits for his two euro change, which he pockets. Even bangernomic drivers leave the €2 change to the chaps. Stingy ****
bottlebrush wrote: » this person is extremely mean and can't bear giving to or helping others. one way to handle a large lotto win would be to share it with other family members who could do with a few bob, but she would rather not take the risk.
4ensic15 wrote: » I don't do it because I couldn't handle the loss if I lost!
bottlebrush wrote: » person in my family who has never ever done the lotto because she wouldn't know how to handle that much money if she won. . .
Daledge wrote: » We also run tabs on drinks, mostly for locals. These locals will take a beer mat every time they get a pint to make sure they're not getting skimped when it comes time to pay. I understand that no one likes getting scammed but surely if you're coming into us often enough you should at least trust us.
Cupcake_Crisis wrote: » Ha! Easy way to tell if your missus is faking it
ligerdub wrote: » I notice women do that a lot more than men, anyone else notice that?
Daledge wrote: » As a former barman I'm obliged to tell you that apparently that's a sign of sexual frustration. Could be an old wives tale. It's also really f*cking annoying.
pilly wrote: » I can completely confirm that's true. :P And I know, I always try and scooch it up into my handbag rather than leave a mess.
pilly wrote: » I only ask cause I tend to rip them up when nervous and I was feeling guilty there for a minute. :D
Daledge wrote: » Yeah, but what kind of bar has to tell a guest they've "ran out of beermats" 'cause the local clientele are a bunch of serial beermat kleptomaniacs.
pilly wrote: » Do you not get beermats free from the advertisers anyway?
Daledge wrote: » They usually just keep them in front of them and return them afterwards, it's usually a little bit more than 5 or 6 so if you took maybe 10 locals each taking them home a couple times a week we'd run out all the time. Hit the nail on the head.
topmanamillion wrote: Where are they keeping the beer mats? If they have 5 or 6 pints are they really walking out with 5 or 6 beer mats! Surely there are easier ways to count your pints - buying a counter clicker, taking a tooth pick off the beer..........
osarusan wrote: » Maybe they're looking at/confirming the tab at the end of each night/session to ensure that the number of pints added to their tab matches the number of beermats they have - beermats they then return to the bar.
topmanamillion wrote: » Where are they keeping the beer mats? If they have 5 or 6 pints are they really walking out with 5 or 6 beer mats! Surely there are easier ways to count your pints - buying a counter clicker, taking a tooth pick off the beer..........
Daledge wrote: » Have worked in a number of bars so I've definitely seen my share but some of the worst people are the ones who say "don't worry, I tip well", buy drinks off you for the night and then leave ~50c and tell you to "have one on them". Don't get me wrong, tips don't mean too much to me - I consider them extra, but these people then look at you fully convinced they've been generous expecting you to sincerely thank you for it. I've also been asked countless times for a round of drinks or shots on the house because said people have spent quite a bit on food or whatever - do they think everyone else in the venue hasn't spent anything? We also run tabs on drinks, mostly for locals. These locals will take a beer mat every time they get a pint to make sure they're not getting skimped when it comes time to pay. I understand that no one likes getting scammed but surely if you're coming into us often enough you should at least trust us.
seagull wrote: » What sort of dopey eejit would give him a cigarette more than once with that sort of behaviour? Surely the correct approach when he asks for a smoke is to say that you've quit, and then light up in his face.
