Stingiest things thread(op for R&R access)

_Dara_ · 21-11-2017 07:20AM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

To be fair, no one would get a criminal record over a few messages.

I doubt you’d be praising her if you weren’t so clearly fond of her.

Try and make an arms-length judgement.

PeterParker957 · 21-11-2017 07:26AM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

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:

To be fair, no one would get a criminal record over a few messages.

They should. Stealing is stealing and gloating over stealing shows a lack of character.

I wouldn't want to work with her.

New Home · 21-11-2017 07:42AM

Imagine sharing a house with her. She would *shudder* take your best stuff from the fridge and not replace it!!!

bucketybuck · 21-11-2017 08:14AM

Imagine how far she would go if she actually existed!!!

Gerrup Outta Dat! · 21-11-2017 09:18AM

Another thing she does is she buys some clothes in Penneys in Amsterdam (Primark, whatever). She’ll then no back in with the receipt the next day and take an identical item off the shelf for a refund

money back and free clothes still at home

That might be verging on slight dishonesty though

PeterParker957 · 21-11-2017 09:21AM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Another thing she does is she buys some clothes in Penneys in Amsterdam (Primark, whatever). She’ll then no back in with the receipt the next day and take an identical item off the shelf for a refund money back and free clothes still at home That might be verging on slight dishonesty though

No I know we're being WUM'd.

razorblunt · 21-11-2017 09:22AM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

To be fair, no one would get a criminal record over a few messages.

Sainsbury's and Tesco in the UK have really coped on to the "onion" trick.

OhHiMark · 21-11-2017 09:25AM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Another thing she does is she buys some clothes in Penneys in Amsterdam (Primark, whatever). She’ll then no back in with the receipt the next day and take an identical item off the shelf for a refund money back and free clothes still at home That might be verging on slight dishonesty though

So how many times has she rejected you?

irelandrover · 21-11-2017 09:30AM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Another thing she does is she buys some clothes in Penneys in Amsterdam (Primark, whatever). She’ll then no back in with the receipt the next day and take an identical item off the shelf for a refund money back and free clothes still at home That might be verging on slight dishonesty though

All the clothing have anti-theft labels on it as well so it clearly wouldnt have been purchased.

Gerrup Outta Dat! · 21-11-2017 10:00AM

OhHiMark wrote: »

So how many times has she rejected you?

We were never any more than buddies. I’ve been with my gf 5 years since shortly after my return to Ireland. She’s constantly lamenting about being single. I feel bad for her, she’s a nice girl.

irelandrover wrote: »

All the clothing have anti-theft labels on it as well so it clearly wouldnt have been purchased.

No alarms in Penneys / Prinark.

littlevillage · 21-11-2017 10:09AM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Another thing she does is she buys some clothes in Penneys in Amsterdam (Primark, whatever). She’ll then no back in with the receipt the next day and take an identical item off the shelf for a refund money back and free clothes still at home That might be verging on slight dishonesty though

Barcodes wouldn't match.....and a manager would be called to the Customer services desk....and eventually maybe the police ðŸ‘®

PeterParker957 · 21-11-2017 10:13AM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

No alarms in Penneys / Prinark.

Clearly you've never shopped in the one in Liverpool.

Gerrup Outta Dat! · 21-11-2017 10:13AM

littlevillage wrote: »

Barcodes wouldn't match.....and a manager would be called to the Customer services desk....and eventually maybe the police ðŸ‘®

Of course they would. All identical items have the same barcode. It’s how the till knows what it’s scanning.

redcup342 · 21-11-2017 10:30AM

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

Clearly Education doesn't mean intelligence in all cases and I guess she's using the self scan in Albert Heijn

which has some bizarre conditions attached to it like:

Are you a Citizen of a Country that the US has a trade embargo with ?

Public Prosecutor will go to town on your for taking even small items.

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fnos.nl%2Fartikel%2F2013754-zelfscan-kassa-lokt-diefstal-uit.html&edit-text=

Dope could end up with a criminal record, bye bye any visa opportunities outside the EU and even some jobs that will request a criminal record check.

the_pen_turner · 21-11-2017 09:05PM

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

We were never any more than buddies. I’ve been with my gf 5 years since shortly after my return to Ireland. She’s constantly lamenting about being single. I feel bad for her, she’s a nice girl.

No alarms in Penneys / Prinark.

she is clearly not a nice person

LithiumKid1976 · 22-11-2017 10:40AM

_Dara_ wrote: »

We pretty much know this woman is hot based on the above.

She's a common thief and many of the things she does aren't even clever, just brazen. She *will* get caught.

Shes already guilty of stealing......@OPs Heart! awwwww

Ken. · 22-11-2017 05:31PM

Mod-Off topic stuff removed. Back on track please.

Richard Hillman · 22-11-2017 05:34PM

PeterParker957 wrote: »

Clearly you've never shopped in the one in Liverpool.

For the Primark in Lille, the security asks everybody with a backpack to open them up as you enter and leave the store :pac:

aj89 · 23-11-2017 09:41AM

At a wedding a few months back - a couple who didn't book a room for the night asked the best man if they could stay in his room (he was a bit taken a back but kipped in another mate anyway). They fecked off to bed around 11pm and never offered him money for the room.

Earlier in the night when we realized they were staying, a friend said they could get a lift back with them the next day. Low and behold there was a knock on said friends door at 8am by couple saying they were ready to go home!

Delta1138 · 23-11-2017 09:44AM

I work in an office in Cavan and I S#*t you not.

Theres a lad that peels oranges up his sleeve.

ohnonotgmail · 23-11-2017 09:45AM

Delta1138 wrote: »

I work in an office in Cavan and I S#*t you not.

Theres a lad that peels oranges up his sleeve.

does he also eat his dinner from a drawer?

Danjamin1 · 23-11-2017 09:47AM

aj89 wrote: »

At a wedding a few months back - a couple who didn't book a room for the night asked the best man if they could stay in his room (he was a bit taken a back but kipped in another mate anyway). They fecked off to bed around 11pm and never offered him money for the room.

Earlier in the night when we realized they were staying, a friend said they could get a lift back with them the next day. Low and behold there was a knock on said friends door at 8am by couple saying they were ready to go home!

Did they get breakfast using the room number?

aj89 · 23-11-2017 09:49AM

Danjamin1 wrote: »

Did they get breakfast using the room number?

Hmmm that I don't actually know!

iamwhoiam · 23-11-2017 10:03AM

aj89 wrote: »

At a wedding a few months back - a couple who didn't book a room for the night asked the best man if they could stay in his room (he was a bit taken a back but kipped in another mate anyway). They fecked off to bed around 11pm and never offered him money for the room.

Earlier in the night when we realized they were staying, a friend said they could get a lift back with them the next day. Low and behold there was a knock on said friends door at 8am by couple saying they were ready to go home!

I was at a wedding a few years ago , a well dressed woman was sat chatting at the bar after the meal . I was chatting to the parents of the groom and asked who she was .They thought she was on the brides side .Later we saw her up dancing and eating the sandwiches etc . Mother of the groom later asked the other side who she was and no one knew her !! Someone reported it to the hotel in the morning .Manager asked to see them as he was getting suspicious that this was a regular feature and he had got other complaints that year about a gate crasher !!

redcup342 · 23-11-2017 10:36AM

aj89 wrote: »

At a wedding a few months back - a couple who didn't book a room for the night asked the best man if they could stay in his room (he was a bit taken a back but kipped in another mate anyway). They fecked off to bed around 11pm and never offered him money for the room.

Earlier in the night when we realized they were staying, a friend said they could get a lift back with them the next day. Low and behold there was a knock on said friends door at 8am by couple saying they were ready to go home!

That cr*p happened to me as well, except it was a relative came up and said "I gave them your room as they want to stay on and have a few drinks"

He couldn't fathom why I was pissed off as I'd traveled from Abroad after booking the room myself and giving credit card details.

I booked a room in another hotel close by, went to reception and complained they shouldn't have changed my booking without my consent.

Stayed in the other hotel, then the next day got a call from the relative that had taken our room with his girlfriend "Hey come ere, were checking out and they say we have to pay for the room, where are you can you come over and sort this out"

:pac::pac::pac::pac:

Told them to take a hike :pac:

cantdecide · 23-11-2017 10:44AM

If you read the motor tax renewal form carefully, it instructs you that, for example, your current disc expires in November - application must be made prior to or during December ie, it must be expired for a month or more before you're doing anything wrong.

My dad (probably the stingiest person I know) has the looking after of his car, my mother's car and two work vans. Now, the vast majority of us would tax a vehicle such that we never drove with an expired disc. My dad has himself, his staff and my mam hooning around with expired discs several times a year. He will always pay (except when he forgets and has to pay the arrears) but I'm sure all he gets is a gratifying experience of beating the system.

Danjamin1 · 23-11-2017 10:51AM

cantdecide wrote: »

If you read the motor tax renewal form carefully, it instructs you that, for example, your current disc expires in November - application must be made prior to or during December ie, it must be expired for a month or more before you're doing anything wrong.

My dad (probably the stingiest person I know) has the looking after of his car, my mother's car and two work vans. Now, the vast majority of us would tax a vehicle such that we never drove with an expired disc. My dad has himself, his staff and my mam hooning around with expired discs several times a year. He will always pay (except when he forgets and has to pay the arrears) but I'm sure all he gets is a gratifying experience of beating the system.

On my work commute I regularly see Garda checkpoints for tax & insurance, it's stinges like your dad the Gardaí are looking to catch!

Funnily enough I haven't seen a breath testing checkpoint in a number of years despite the high numbers of tests carried out :rolleyes:

ButtersSuki · 23-11-2017 10:57AM

cantdecide wrote: »

If you read the motor tax renewal form carefully, it instructs you that, for example, your current disc expires in November - application must be made prior to or during December ie, it must be expired for a month or more before you're doing anything wrong.

My dad (probably the stingiest person I know) has the looking after of his car, my mother's car and two work vans. Now, the vast majority of us would tax a vehicle such that we never drove with an expired disc. My dad has himself, his staff and my mam hooning around with expired discs several times a year. He will always pay (except when he forgets and has to pay the arrears) but I'm sure all he gets is a gratifying experience of beating the system.

Really? I thought if you forgot to renew (intentionally or genuinely) when you eventually paid it was back-dates to the actual date of renewal; i
.e. Renewal date Nov. 5th 2017, don't pay until December 2017 but when you do pay it's backdated to Nov. 5th 2017 anyway so next renewal is Nov. 5th 2018?

I know our civil service are bad at times but surely someone had spotted this before now?

cantdecide · 23-11-2017 11:00AM

Danjamin1 wrote: »

On my work commute I regularly see Garda checkpoints for tax & insurance, it's stinges like your dad the Gardaí are looking to catch!

I was driving my mother in her car the other day and we came to a checkpoint and I had totally forgotten about this habit. The first thing my mother said 'my tax is out' but the guard just waved us through - they can't do anything until it's out over a month. My mother tells me that sometimes, they'll stop her and say 'errr your tax is out' and she has to pretend she's just forgotten and promise to tax it :rolleyes: I think my dad's name is probably cursed at that point.

Danjamin1 wrote: »

Funnily enough I haven't seen a breath testing checkpoint in a number of years despite the high numbers of tests carried out :rolleyes:

I've been breathalysed just once in my life.

cantdecide · 23-11-2017 11:07AM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Really? I thought if you forgot to renew (intentionally or genuinely) when you eventually paid it was back-dates to the actual date of renewal; i
.e. Renewal date Nov. 5th 2017, don't pay until December 2017 but when you do pay it's backdated to Nov. 5th 2017 anyway so next renewal is Nov. 5th 2018?

I know our civil service are bad at times but surely someone had spotted this before now?

The system only works in whole months. In my example above, the full text is "your current disc will expire on the last last day of November 2017. Application must be made prior to or during December 2017. The new disc will begin at the start of December 2017 as long as you apply before the 31st of December. If you wait until January, you will get a 3 month disc (or 6 mth or 12mth) that starts in January but you will pay a back month of the December as an extra month.

It's not a loophole, it's just a month's 'grace' period for you to get it sorted. You're not driving illegally until it's expire more than a month but it will still have to be paid for at some point. Leaving it go for the month just gives you some explaining to do if a guard is having a quiet day.

EDIT: jaysus, it's like I'm advocating kicking it down the road!!

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