cantdecide wrote: » My dad was self employed and used to rob stationery from home and bring it to work such was his determination to hang onto his operating capital.
cantdecide wrote: » A friend of mine lived near a main road and he owned a car but if he wasn't under pressure and the weather was good, he'd hitch a lift into town.
pilly wrote: » If you use someone else's it is!
JimmyMcGill wrote: » No it's not. I dont even know who's paying for my Netflix. Neighbour gave me details of one of his buddies accounts who's ok with it seemingly.
pilly wrote: » Maybe not so much stingy as leechy as someone else mentioned earlier. Why wouldn't you pay for the excellent service Netflix provides?
Bo Refined Snakebite wrote: » I know someone who used to buy bread in the evening as it was 2 pence -pre euro- cheaper. He goes to a different city to go for drink with friends and stays over and brings sandwiches so as not to have to spend on chipper. All thses penny pinchers lead miserable lives and have no more than i have. One has an old bedsit and says he does not care about material thing and hates capitalism. he just hates it because capitalism includes spending money. For a long time he was using a USB key he found after it was rolled over by a van to back up files, trying to tell me they are really stong inside
What do you mean he goes to a different city to go for a drink...?
Bo Refined Snakebite wrote: » he has friends there and as far as i know has not got much social life where he lives. i think they go to a nightclub or a pub with disco. he stays over and the sandwiches are to save money on chipper after. i thought of something else and it is gone out of my head not about him i don't think
anna080 wrote: » It's not cold! I just ask for a cup of hot water and there's no charge.
Sephiroth_dude wrote: I use too do the same in my old college, mainly because the ones they supplied the tea was weak and was most likely lyons tea bags.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » I did the same. Brought in a travel mug to keep it warm for later. 20c for a large hot water and you're set. I was drinking gunpowder green tea at the time so it didn't need milk. It was stingy to be fair but I was p1ss poor so im not sorry.
Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: » Five years ago I was studying in the Netherlands. I go to know a lovely Dutch girl with whom I was quite friendly. I was 21 at the time and she was 18. She's now 23 and finish up her history masters degree, so she is somewhat penniless. I still have contact with her. She shared her money-saving tips with me. She does her shopping in a supermarket where you can scan your own stuff and put it into the trolley (similar to Superquinn / Supervalu here). If, on the rare occasion a spot check on the contents of the trolley is done, it is never very thorough. She will often scan 6 cans of beer and put in 9 into her trolley, she'll weigh a few fruit and veg on the scales and put some more in the bag after the sticker is printed, she'll often scan shop brand cola and put Coca Cola in the trolley (the device will say "Cola", so the shop staff probably won't cop on). I love her and her ideas
PeterParker957 wrote: » That's theft!
Hococop wrote: Was thinking the same it's basically stealing
Adalyn Full Washbasin wrote: » No basically about it!
Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: » Five years ago I was studying in the Netherlands. I go to know a lovely Dutch girl with whom I was quite friendly. I was 21 at the time and she was 18. She's now 23 and finish up her history masters degree, so she is somewhat penniless. I still have contact with her. She shared her money-saving tips with me. She does her shopping in a supermarket where you can scan your own stuff and put it into the trolley (similar to Superquinn / Supervalu here). If, on the rare occasion a spot check on the contents of the trolley is done, it is never very thorough. She will often scan 6 cans of beer and put in 9 into her trolley, she'll weigh a few fruit and veg on the scales and put some more in the bag after the sticker is printed, sometimes she weighs more premium fruit & veg as "onions", she'll scan the bar code for tiny baguettes and put big ones into the trolley, she'll often scan shop brand cola and put Coca Cola in the trolley (the device will say "Cola", so the shop staff probably won't cop on), on the odd occasion, she'll put food into the trolley and bury it under other things without scanning it. She usually saves €7 on €50 worth of messages. She hasn't been caught yet. Fingers crossed she won't. I love her and her ideas
nuac wrote: » Despite her History Masters, she has not learned right from wrong
Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: » I love her and her ideas
sligojoek wrote: » Those scales are very accurate.The other day I scanned a load of stuff and a 3 litre carton of milk when the self service till started beeping. Turns ou t there was a leak in the carton and it was fifty grammes short of the recorded weight. I got another carton and a free half litre of cream.
FizzleSticks wrote: » That would actually be hilarious, if you worked towards a masters and career and then ended up with a criminal record over 7 quid of shopping :pac:
Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: » To be fair, no one would get a criminal record over a few messages.
