JustShay wrote: » Saw my beighbour hanging her Teabags on the clothes line this morning. Stingy as f..
Canard wrote: » It's not even a bill plan, you can ignore it for a few months if you like (without having credit of course) and then top up for €10 again whenever you like! Only downside is 48 has no functionality outside Ireland, but still.
frag420 wrote: » Stop stinging on the stinge, out with it!!
Kolido wrote: » Maybe she is prepering ice tea.
JustShay wrote: » I doubt somebody is preparing ice tea in Ireland. Unless they are a stranded American who just woke up suddenly here.
Amanda Screeching Housewife wrote: » In a wine bar I work in sometimes, last night a couple came in and the second I saw them I just knew there'd be some bullshít of some sort, the kind of people who go for a night out and having a confrontation with a waiter or barperson is part of the experience for them, I think. Ordered one glass of wine between them after scowling over the wine list. Glass of wine is €6, not extortionate for the size of the glass and quality of the wine. Yer man handed over a fistful of change, my colleague took it, turned to the till, it added up to €4.90. "Sorry sir, I need another €1.10 from you please" "What? How much is the wine?" "It's €6" "Well then that's what I gave you" "No I'm afraid this is €4.90" "No it isn't" "Yes it is, see" Luckily he still had the coin in his hand, otherwise the guy would have insisted he was right I'd say. As it was, in the most sneering, contemptuous tone that a middle-aged middle-class man can muster he came out with "Oh and I suppose you want your bloody euro and ten cents from me so do you?" Yes you CRETIN. That's how it works, money is exchanged for goods and services at a pre-agreed rate. It's not our job to explain the concept of bars or commerce or fcuking capitalism to you. I suppose if you'd handed in a tenner and we gave you back €2.90 instead of €4 that would have been fine :rolleyes:
the_pen_turner wrote: » I'm not sure which is worse here , the stinginess or the chuggers. I half admire her for finding a way to repel them . saying that a few cents would have gotten her the sticker
loyatemu wrote: » If I was the manager and saw that, I'd immediately ask them to leave. No business needs to pander to obnoxious cheapskates.
Romantic Rose wrote: » I never thought about how stingy my cousin is until the last couple of years. She was born and raised in London. She comes over every year for her yearly visit to my home house with one arm longer than the other. She expects an all inclusive holiday where she doesn't do a tap. She would never rent a car to tour around in. Instead, she expects everyone to drop everything and ferry her to whatever excursions she wants to do. My family have to take time off work to act as her tour guide. She wouldn't get much as get a box of chocolates to say thank you or offer to do the dishes or whatever. You might think I sound like the stingy one but if I went to London, she wouldn't even offer for me to stay in her family home. The hospitality is never reciprocated. Anytime I went to London, I always stayed in my brothers living room on the sofa of his one bedroom flat. On one visit, there was 5 of us staying in his little flat. There was never an offer to stay in my cousins house even though there is plenty of space. On one trip, after a night out she sent me in a taxi home across London to go back to my brothers flat. I didn't have a clue where I was going and her house was very close by. She didn't even offer for me to stay in her house that night and drive me back the next morning (in her latest model car). We went on a 2 week driving tour of Ireland one summer in my car. I did all the driving and diesel buying. I must have spent the guts of €150 on diesel, driving every highway and byway of Ireland. At the end of the trip, she half heartedly and very reluctantly handed me €20 for diesel. I think she expected me to hand it back to her. This women is in her mid 30s with a good job. She lives with her parents and has plenty of disposable income. She goes on plenty of holidays to far flung places but I've realised she can afford it because she never puts her hand in her own pockets. I'm much more wise to her now and when she comes over, I'm always busy. She's such a leech. I know she's family but I wouldn't treat family like she treats others. Use and abuse for her own gain.
redcup342 wrote: » "Your home house" Ehhh ..... does this mean you are living with your Parents ... isn't it her Parents that are stingy if they aren't reciprocating ???? How can she invite you over if it isn't her place anyway ?
Paddy Cow wrote: » nice_guy80 wrote: » €30 a month? you're being ripped off!! 48 months have a €10 per month - all mobile calls and texts included deal! I'm on pay as you go. I didn't know you could get bill plans that low :eek:
nice_guy80 wrote: » €30 a month? you're being ripped off!! 48 months have a €10 per month - all mobile calls and texts included deal!
Greybottle wrote: » Secret Santa on Friday. It was optional so no need to take part. One person got no gift. Found out who it was (known stinge) and he had 'had bought it and wrapped it, and forgotten to bring it in'. No worries, bring it in Monday. Today he had nothing so the no nonsense secretary asked him for it, conversation went like this : So, did you bring her Secret Santa? But it was over Friday. Yeah, but she got no gift off you. There's no point me getting one, she's off from tomorrow. Bring it in anyway, we'll look after it till the New Year. I've no time to get her something now. But you got her something Friday. No, I never said that. Eh, you did No I didnt.. (etc etc) Tight prick. Took his wife to the office Party as one of the other lads dropped out due to a sick baby. They ate a fair whack of the buffet and took stuff home in tinfoil sheets that they brought with them.
Greybottle wrote: » Took his wife to the office Party as one of the other lads dropped out due to a sick baby. They ate a fair whack of the buffet and took stuff home in tinfoil sheets that they brought with them.
LynnGrace wrote: » :eek:... There are no words!
nice_guy80 wrote: » €10 per month, pay as you go
the purple tin wrote: » Reading this thread one thing I can't believe is just how shameless stingebags can be. Some of them even seem proud of their stinginess.
Ineedaname wrote: » Xmas really brings out the stinge in people. One of my neighbors is incredibly tight with presents. Some of her highlights include: Giving us a bottle of wine. Apparently it was her favorite brand she bought all the time. She’d obviously been drinking too much to remember I was there when she won it in a raffle two weeks before.Last year she gave us a box of biscuits. When we opened it it was full of sewing gear. She’s obviously found a tin in the back of the press and decided she’d pawn it off on us.
the purple tin wrote: » Lol. Invite her over for tea and then act like you've just remembered the tin of biscuits, say 'I'll open these now and we can have a few with the cuppa'. Proceed to open them in front of her and watch her go scarlet. For maximum effect have a few other neighbours/friends there too.
Anatom wrote: » A colleague of mine was caught out by a stinge in our Kris Kindle thing in work the other day. His boss was the one who had him as her kris kindle. She is notorious for not buying presents and hasn't done it for the past seven years
Kolido wrote: » That reminds me, not so much stingey as embarrasing. My sister got a box of sweets for her friend last Christmas, she got few boxes in for the family and to give as gifts. Anyway, her OH had one of the boxes opened and took a handfull of sweets from it. Lo and behold, didn't my sister wrap the box that was opened and give it to her friend. Luckily enough, they all saw the funny side of it.
