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Original thread here..... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=88733360#post88733360

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Claw Hammer

johndaman66 wrote: »

Not absolutely stingy but was slightly bemused the a few days ago when I seen a chap putting €20 unleaded into a 18 reg Porsche Panamera. I regularly see €60k plus crossovers with bald tyres, sometimes with the wire showing through.

Some do it to get to a cheaper place a few miles away. There is a considerable variation in price between different outlets.

Dodge

pgj2015 wrote: »

what if the car runs out of petrol on the way to wherever you are going?

I’m not arguing strawman here but I’d have no sympathy for a taxi man who let that happen

pgj2015

Dodge wrote: »

Most wouldn’t ask to stop for petrol. As I said it happened twice. Either way I said no.

And I’d have no problem with the meter running if I ask for a stop. In fact I’d be astonished if any taxi did stop

Off topic of course…

what if the car runs out of petrol on the way to wherever you are going?

Capt'n Midnight

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

https://twitter.com/DuckettsDeuce/status/1411091403271069696?s=19

From the US presidents thread.

Dodge

pgj2015 wrote: »

Then you need to ask them to pause it,if they refuse, tell them you will report them to the NTA. simple. Most are sound and will pause it, even sometimes when they don't have to. Like if you stop at a shop or off licence.

Most wouldn’t ask to stop for petrol. As I said it happened twice. Either way I said no.

And I’d have no problem with the meter running if I ask for a stop. In fact I’d be astonished if any taxi did stop

Off topic of course…

pgj2015

Kat1170 wrote: »

Some of them wouldn't pause it when they stop to let their mother's funeral cortege Pas by

Then you need to ask them to pause it,if they refuse, tell them you will report them to the NTA. simple. Most are sound and will pause it, even sometimes when they don't have to. Like if you stop at a shop or off licence.

Kat1170

pgj2015 wrote: »

You can pause the meter you know? I doubt they would leave it running to go get petrol.

Some of them wouldn't pause it when they stop to let their mother's funeral cortege Pas by

pgj2015

Dodge wrote: »

It’s more likely so they can chance their arm telling a punter “sorry I’ve to pull in for petrol now” and leave the meter running

(It’s happened me twice in about 20 years worth of taxis and hasn’t in about 10-12 and it still annoys me - told them no way both times)

You can pause the meter you know? I doubt they would leave it running to go get petrol.

Dodge

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

If joyriders take it they won't get far.;)

I've heard of taxi drivers doing it for that reason.

It’s more likely so they can chance their arm telling a punter “sorry I’ve to pull in for petrol now” and leave the meter running

(It’s happened me twice in about 20 years worth of taxis and hasn’t in about 10-12 and it still annoys me - told them no way both times)

Capt'n Midnight

johndaman66 wrote: »

Not absolutely stingy but was slightly bemused the a few days ago when I seen a chap putting €20 unleaded into a 18 reg Porsche Panamera.

If joyriders take it they won't get far.;)

I've heard of taxi drivers doing it for that reason.

johndaman66

Not absolutely stingy but was slightly bemused the a few days ago when I seen a chap putting €20 unleaded into a 18 reg Porsche Panamera. I regularly see €60k plus crossovers with bald tyres, sometimes with the wire showing through.

arctictree

Neighbour of mine put an ad on done deal selling small square bales of hay for 3 euro each. Normally people with horses would ring up and buy maybe 20 bales or so. Anyway, this lad rings up, says he wants to buy some and arranged to meet. My friend had to take some time off work to meet him. Yer man arrives down from Dublin in a new BMW. Then says he only wants half a bale for €1.50 and would my friend mind cutting one in half. It's for his guinea pig!

Quazzie

Not sure if this is stinge or just a greedy or poor kid.

When we were in secondary school, the local youthclub which was located half way between two schools used to serve lunches. It was essentially just our local chipper serving takeaway food for about half the normal price. The options were sausage and chips, or a junior box (chicken). The junior box was by far the most popular option, even though it was 50p dearer. There used to be one kid who came in and would buy the sausage and chips for £1.50 and then would proceed to go around sucking the bones of everyone else's chicken when they were finished. So when we were finished eating our chicken he would take the bones and clean every single tiny bit of chicken off them. He'd do this for maybe the bones of 6 or 7 people around him, even if he didn't know them. Definitely the weirdest thing I've seen anytime do

denashpot

I'm on page 270 from the first thread. Some of the stories are unbelievable. Worse one so far has got to be the sick in the snackbox and someone still eats it. :eek:

[Deleted User]

antimatterx wrote: »

My younger brother is an awful stinge when it comes to buying stuff you need for living. For example, he hacks that are about to rip, you can see his foot in them, he won't buy new ones for himself. What he has started to do is wear mine (I bought a lot of good socks about a year back). I've asked him to stop, he keeps taking them from the dryer. When I suggested that he should buy his own, the response I got was "That would be a waste of money"

He also wont buy thing for the house. He's quite happy to eat any food I buy for myself, or he shouts at people for finishing something. If I have the last of the Milk or something he tries-to fight with me because "that was for him". You're 22, and not contributing anything mate, it's not for you.

Maybe you're the stingy one for not changing the friggin' locks on the front door!

Bob Harris

antimatterx wrote: »

My younger brother is an awful stinge when it comes to buying stuff you need for living. For example, he hacks that are about to rip, you can see his foot in them, he won't buy new ones for himself. What he has started to do is wear mine (I bought a lot of good socks about a year back). I've asked him to stop, he keeps taking them from the dryer. When I suggested that he should buy his own, the response I got was "That would be a waste of money"

I hope it's on his feet he's wearing the socks not not using them as wa...you get the idea!

Tilden Katz

antimatterx wrote: »

My younger brother is an awful stinge when it comes to buying stuff you need for living. For example, he hacks that are about to rip, you can see his foot in them, he won't buy new ones for himself. What he has started to do is wear mine (I bought a lot of good socks about a year back). I've asked him to stop, he keeps taking them from the dryer. When I suggested that he should buy his own, the response I got was "That would be a waste of money"

He also wont buy thing for the house. He's quite happy to eat any food I buy for myself, or he shouts at people for finishing something. If I have the last of the Milk or something he tries-to fight with me because "that was for him". You're 22, and not contributing anything mate, it's not for you.

You need to put your foot down there. Habitually taking your socks is unacceptable. Like, I’ve lent socks to people who are stuck for some reason but that’s it.

antimatterx

My younger brother is an awful stinge when it comes to buying stuff you need for living. For example, he hacks that are about to rip, you can see his foot in them, he won't buy new ones for himself. What he has started to do is wear mine (I bought a lot of good socks about a year back). I've asked him to stop, he keeps taking them from the dryer. When I suggested that he should buy his own, the response I got was "That would be a waste of money"

He also wont buy thing for the house. He's quite happy to eat any food I buy for myself, or he shouts at people for finishing something. If I have the last of the Milk or something he tries-to fight with me because "that was for him". You're 22, and not contributing anything mate, it's not for you.

Capt'n Midnight

Back when people used code words to save on the number of words used in telegram messages.

In 1887 a wool dealer named Frank Primrose send a coded telegraph message to his agent saying he had purchased 500,000 pounds of wool. "I Have Bought" was the code word BAY. The fumble-fingered telegrapher accidentally sent the words BUY, which means (surprise surprise) "buy". Morse for "A" is dot-dash, while "U" is dot-dot-dash. Very easy to make a mistake. The agent got the incorrect message and duly purchased 500,000 pounds of wool. Primrose lost $20,000 (about $270,000 in 2010 dollars).

He sued the telegraph company, but unfortunately he had failed to pay the two cents extra for the message to be verified.

So the court awarded him a refund of $1.15, the cost of the message.

Ten of Swords

Let's move on from the manicure post please, it was 2 days ago

OhHiMark

AlphabetCards wrote: »

I like to be selective in who I give my charity to. Why give anything to the ungrateful, when I can give it to someone who might acknowledge the kindness somehow, with even a nice card?

Sure it would be nice to help the starving, but if they can't even afford a card what's the point?

Claw Hammer

AlphabetCards wrote: »

I like to be selective in who I give my charity to. Why give anything to the ungrateful, when I can give it to someone who might acknowledge the kindness somehow, with even a nice card?

Who say anyone was ungrateful? It wasn't the landlord who went into the shop. It was his relations who were trying to guilt a struggling businesswoman into giving a freebie. If I was the landlord I would not expect a tenant to be thanking my relations for anything I might have done.

Tacitus Kilgore

AlphabetCards wrote: »

Not really, I know that if someone was kind enough to help me out like that, I'd make some effort to thank them. It seems not many people here feel the same. Good to know!

I agree with you, it's very nice to both thank, and be thanked when someone gives you a dig out - but don't you see where everyone else is coming from regarding your posts -

You openly state that you help people out with the expectation of getting something in return rather than just helping them out and then being happy if there's a thank you/ something in return, but not to be put out if there isn't - as you were being charitable.

If you're treating charity as a transaction, it's not charity

Fionn1952

AlphabetCards wrote: »

Not really, I know that if someone was kind enough to help me out like that, I'd make some effort to thank them. It seems not many people here feel the same. Good to know!

How many generations of their family would you feel obliged to thank?

Should your great grandkids still be offering free services to their great grandkids to show your deep familial gratitude as well?

AlphabetCards

Not really, I know that if someone was kind enough to help me out like that, I'd make some effort to thank them. It seems not many people here feel the same. Good to know!

Tacitus Kilgore

AlphabetCards wrote: »

Two very, very different issues here. Expecting some sort of acknowledgement from someone you helped out is very different to live blogging handing free stuff to the homeless. Lets not be facetious here.

Well, you didn't really help them then if you're expecting a quid pro quo did you? :pac:

I don't need to be facetious, you're making an egit of yourself all by yourself :pac:

AlphabetCards

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Just like the type who live streams themselves handing a homeless person a coffee or a sandwich, I mean - did you even do a good deed if you don't show it to the world for social media kudos?

Two very, very different issues here. Expecting some sort of acknowledgement from someone you helped out is very different to live blogging handing free stuff to the homeless. Lets not be facetious here.

Dodge

AlphabetCards wrote: »

You and I have no idea how much free rent they got.

I think I'll have to reconsider how charitable I am in future tbh, if this is the prevailing opinion. It's nice to be nice, but for people to treat charity in such a cold and transactional way leaves me feeling a bit empty. To have a kind gesture like that ignored would leave me feeling ill at ease.

You need to get a grip. The man who owns ‘a few’ units on a main street wasn’t being charitable. He was be a good businessman. He now has a full paying tenant (remember he was getting paid most months when the operator literally could not open)

It’s his wife and daughter that feel aggrieved because they didn’t get their nails done for free. Clearly wealthy people looking for handouts from struggling businesses and its them you feel sorry for?

AlphabetCards

OhHiMark wrote: »

That seems like you don't give to charity to help people, you do it so that they'll be grateful to you.

I like to be selective in who I give my charity to. Why give anything to the ungrateful, when I can give it to someone who might acknowledge the kindness somehow, with even a nice card?

Tacitus Kilgore

OhHiMark wrote: »

That seems like you don't give to charity to help people, you do it so that they'll be grateful to you.

Just like the type who live streams themselves handing a homeless person a coffee or a sandwich, I mean - did you even do a good deed if you don't show it to the world for social media kudos?