JustShay wrote: » I doubt somebody is preparing ice tea in Ireland. Unless they are a stranded American who just woke up suddenly here.
Kolido wrote: » Maybe she is prepering ice tea.
JustShay wrote: » Saw my beighbour hanging her Teabags on the clothes line this morning. Stingy as f..
frag420 wrote: » Stop stinging on the stinge, out with it!!
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.
HeidiHeidi wrote: » I don't know Cork or these charity collectors, so maybe I'm wrong - but I wouldn't put them in the same bracket as chuggers who are employed and paid for their (annoying) efforts. This sounds like a gang of schoolkids who are out doing their bit at Christmas time, and fair play to them.
Amanda Screeching Housewife wrote: » Ordered one glass of wine between them after scowling over the wine list... 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?"
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
WhiteRoses wrote: » Ran into an old friend in town yesterday, hadn't seen her in years, and we decided to grab a coffee and have a catch up. For anyone unfamiliar, at this time of year, Cork City is saturated with teenagers collecting money for SHARE, a charity which helps the elderly. They can be quite annoying but they literally stand outside for 12 hours a day for Christmas week only, and its part of Cork Christmas culture at this stage. If you throw a couple of cent (or euro, whatever you have) into the bucket you get a bright yellow sticker and then the rest of the collectors will leave you alone. We were walking past a group of lads collecting, I already had a sticker from throwing a few euro in earlier. She walked up to them and told them that she had donated a tenner earlier in the day, but that her sticker had fallen off her coat, and could she please have another sticker because she didn't want people to think she hadn't given anything, and she also didn't want any other collectors to try to approach her for a donation. The lad said no problem and gave her one. As we walked away, she laughed about how she hadn't given a penny and never does any year, but it annoys her when the collectors think she hasn't donated, and she hates to look like a stinge, so she always uses that trick to get a free sticker so she looks charitable. All respect lost in a matter of seconds and I couldn't get away from her fast enough. Maybe others won't think this is a stinge story because its a tough time of year financially for everyone, and normally I'd agree, but the sneakiness of it disgusted me.
the purple tin wrote: » You should have took a 1.10 glug out of the glass and then put it back in front of him.
the purple tin wrote: You should have took a 1.10 glug out of the glass and then put it back in front of him.
the purple tin wrote: » 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: You should have took a 1.10 glug out of the glass and then put it back in front of him.
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:
Paddy Cow wrote: » I'm on pay as you go. I didn't know you could get bill plans that low :eek:
NufcNavan wrote: » In the past few months we have had a new colleague at work. While she is nice for the most part she does have some erratic moments and can sometimes make you feel uneasy being in her presence. Anyway, Christmas party last week. This was an unofficial event that was organised amongst staff and not by management, so 3 course meal was 30 a head. The new girl arrives and quickly announces that she 'forgot' her purse. Still has the meal and someone with more compassion than me after hearing this asked her did she want a drink. "Oh yes a glass of merlot" was the reply. I now know to steer well clear away from this one.
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!
Katgurl wrote: » Maybe I am naive but I wouldnt hesitate about giving someone a dig-out here assunig it was an isolated event. No way would I leave someone sitting there with no drink. I would just sort a straightforward loan for the evening 50 or 100 or whatever they needed for the night, to be paid back in work. Forgetting your purse is definitely feasible. I did it not so long ago also out for a dinner with work colleagues. I only realised when the taxi pulled in. I apologised to the driver and as I was semi-regular customer explained the situation and offered to pay him later when I was home. I still had every intention of going into dinner and assumed one of my colleagues would lend me money and I would do a quick online transfer or give money back on Monday. I would not have envisioned any problem here. As it happened, the taxi driver turned out to be soundest man alive and handed me 100 euro cash and told me to text him when i was home. I paid him later that evdning, use him exclusively have since recommended him to every local person I know. He told me he has done similar many times and never ever been let down. To be honest you would be the person I would avoid with that reaction.
Paddy Cow wrote: » This isn't a stinge post but a nostalgic one. It's mad to think how the price of communication has come down. I remember ads for Telecom Eireann in the 90's on the tele saying you could ring your relatives in America for "only a pound a minute". Roll on the 00's and you can use your mobile for only 50c a minute (my first mobile). Now it's the teenies (???) and it's "wait you expect me to pay per minute when I can talk to anyone anywhere in the world for free on the internet?? Go **** yourselves phone company. And now I'm paying 30 euro per month to talk to anyone for as long as I like and I'm never off the thing. They say technology is a bad thing but I love it. A neighbour of mine was telling me how his mother would send her sister a letter telling her to be at X person's house at Y time so that she could ring her! Imagine having to arrange a phone conversation by mail through the post! Sorry for going off topic but I may or may not have had some alcohol and am rambling a bit.
_Dara_ wrote: » They were very handy the very odd time when I was a broke student. I wouldn’t abuse the facility but did use it on occasion! And I reciprocated if I had money and the sender was broke.
Dank Janniels wrote: » There are quite a number of people in my town that go to funerals just for the free meal/ food afterwards. Most of them are no way related or connected to the deceased family, just go for a gawk too, to see who else went. One time at a neyburs funeral 1 couple were asking me all about the person who died like personal stuff, I just said I was bursting for the jax +went off. Another example of stinge and down right nastyness is another guy in town does steal euro coins from the pooltables when no1 is looking, resulting in rows and arguements from the people next to play
