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Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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    #602
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    Hagar wrote: »
    I made this post by cutting and pasting words from other people's posts.
    How's that for stingy? :D

    Lols :-p

    /ba da boom etc


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    #603
    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    Hagar wrote: »
    I made this post by cutting and pasting words from other people's posts.
    How's that for stingy? :D

    lol

    save it for the humour forum funny guy :P


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    #604
    CamperMan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭CamperMan


    I knew a guy once that used to hang is used teabags on the washing line, then when they had dried out he would re use them... now that is stingy.....


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    #605
    frag4
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭frag4


    Once drove 140 miles to pick my girlfriend up at Dublin airport as a surprise and then charged her for the petrol.


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    #606
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    CamperMan wrote: »
    I knew a guy once that used to hang is used teabags on the washing line, then when they had dried out he would re use them... now that is stingy.....
    :eek: Wonder what he does with condoms :D


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    #607
    nonickname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭nonickname


    Hello,

    Done some work in an elderley neighbours house a few months back.
    Got the job finished and she wanted to make tea for myself and her son (40+), who was after calling over.
    So, we get the tea, then she sarts looking in the cupboard for things we can have with it. All she finds is half a packet of buns that are starting to go off and she's a bit embarrassed by this.

    Anyway, the son takes a look at the buns and reckons "their's nothing wrong with them buns yet"

    Then he sat down at the table, starts to pick the bits of blue mould of the buns and eating the rest. He ate 3 of the 4 left in the packet.

    Gobsmacked I was and his poor mother didn't know which way to look.


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    #608
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    nonickname wrote: »
    Hello,

    Done some work in an elderley neighbours house a few months back.
    Got the job finished and she wanted to make tea for myself and her son(40+) who was after calling over.
    So, we get the tea, then she sarts looking in the cupboard for things we can have with it. All she finds is half a packet of buns that are starting to go off and she's a bit embarrassed this.

    Anyway, the son takes alook at the buns and reckons "their's nothing wrong with them buns yet"

    Then he sat down at the table and started to pick the bits of blue mould of the buns and eating the rest. He ate 3 of the 4 left in the packet. Gobsmacked I was and his poor mother didn't know which way to look.



    I've done that before many times, you know that blue/green mould is disgusting but completely harmless (Its actually penicillin). Just cut the mould off.


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    #609
    RandolphEsq
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,296 ✭✭✭RandolphEsq


    I once had a friend who was so stingy he could peel an orange in his pocket with a pair of boxing gloves on


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    #610
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    BrightEyes wrote: »
    I once had a friend who was so stingy he could peel an orange in his pocket with a pair of boxing gloves on

    Really?


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    #611
    ParkRunner
    Registered Users Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭ParkRunner


    One of the worst I saw was a woman in a garage trying to wash her car with the water pump you use to fill up your water bottle under the bonnet, she was getting nowhere slowly :D


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    #612
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Lmao :pac:

    Nick

    My Beer Glass collection site 🍺

    My Irish Callcards site



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    #613
    Fiend-Foe
    Registered Users Posts: 481 ✭✭Fiend-Foe


    jackblack99 wrote: »
    If any one is stingy in that post its you. If a every barman done that for every1 at the end of the night you wouldnt be long before the till is down a good few euro. Pay the man what you owe him

    Was in the pub for the day not too long ago, was buying for myself and a mate.

    Everytime I went up to the bar I was served my the same girl, pints came to €9.80 and I handed her a tenner everytime and walked away before she even got to the till.

    A little later in the day and I'd ran out of notes I was 20c short for the €9.80 round.

    Same girl who had served me all day made a big fuss out of holding onto the 2 pints until I went back to my mate and got the 20c :( -ripped...


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    #614
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    EF wrote: »
    One of the worst I saw was a woman in a garage trying to wash her car with the water pump you use to fill up your water bottle under the bonnet, she was getting nowhere slowly :D

    I seen a man do this one day,he had a 08 astra ...stingy mu******ka


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    #615
    figs86
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭figs86


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    I've done that before many times, you know that blue/green mould is disgusting but completely harmless (Its actually penicillin). Just cut the mould off.

    ehh right - some mold spores are invisible so enjoy eating them!

    and after a quick google - why you shouldn't just cut off mold and eat the food!
    http://www.moldbacteria.com/myblog/2006/03/question-of-eating-mouldy-food.html

    its unhealthy, disgusting and stingy!


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    #616
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users Posts: 7,515 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    My friend once peeled a orange in his pocket and ate the segments one at a time after five minutes we asked him what he was doin putting his hand from his pocket to his mouth every few mins and we discovered he was afraid we would ask him for a segment so he pocket munched like this all the time !!!!


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    #617
    tiger325
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭tiger325


    Had no clue there were so many cheapskates in the world


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    #618
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    frag4 wrote: »
    Once drove 140 miles to pick my girlfriend up at Dublin airport as a surprise and then charged her for the petrol.
    How much did the judge award her in the divorce settelment ?


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    #619
    Piste
    Registered Users Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    I'm so stingy I've stopped viewing this as a "stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do" and more of a "101 ways to survive the recession" thread.


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    #620
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Think it was Moi who mentioned the thrity word in the thread first .Perhaps we now need a thrifty thread to accomadate the recession ,alongside this stingy one of course .;)


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    #621
    Maggie.23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 154 ✭✭Maggie.23


    I know a guy who weighs everything he buys, from a bag of potatoes down to a bag of crisps. If the weight he gets is below the weight on the packaging (and knowing him, his weighing scales are probably dead on) he brings it back for a refund.


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    #622
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    In days gone by I used to work on a supermarket deli counter. We had one old dear who would arrive in about once a month or so who would take the 5kg tubs of margarine and bring them over to the self service deli scales where she would proceed to weigh them to see which one(s) had a few grams over the 5kg weight.

    ( Before the chorus of the weight of the container is shouted at me she was weighing them to get the heaviest one there and not looking for 5.005 kg ! ) :p


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    #623
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Maggie.23 wrote: »
    I know a guy who weighs everything he buys, from a bag of potatoes down to a bag of crisps. If the weight he gets is below the weight on the packaging (and knowing him, his weighing scales are probably dead on) he brings it back for a refund.
    that is mean
    because the little "e" symbol on the packet means that the weight is a average not a guarantee that you will get at least that amount.
    shopkeeper should sue for harassmet


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    #624
    useful_contacts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭useful_contacts


    Piste wrote: »
    I'm so stingy I've stopped viewing this as a "stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do" and more of a "101 ways to survive the recession" thread.

    is there a tips to save money thread here--- >>> if so show me the way:D

    this threads brill.

    Ive a few...

    With the recession and me out of work and living off the mister i get my clothes in Charity shops, was in there last week and i saw a woman pull out a tiny scissors and cut a hole in a jumper, then bring it to the counter and demand a "price cut":eek::eek::eek::eek:

    Saw a young one in a dressing room(the half door ones) put on 3 pairs of socks and walk out(thats just stealing)

    Oh and this one.... My sister was in pennys and found a new look bag left in the dressing room with clothes (and reciepts) She brought it to the counter in case someone was looking for it. About 20 minutes later my sister was in New look getting a new dress, The girl who took the bag off her in Pennys was at the counter pretending to have bought them... and got money back for them.

    My sister went mad at ratted her out!! Dont think the staff believed her though since the one had the reciepts:mad::mad::mad:


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    #625
    dlambirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭dlambirl


    useful_contacts wrote: »
    Oh and this one.... My sister was in pennys and found a new look bag left in the dressing room with clothes (and reciepts) She brought it to the counter in case someone was looking for it. About 20 minutes later my sister was in New look getting a new dress, The girl who took the bag off her in Pennys was at the counter pretending to have bought them... and got money back for them.

    :eek::eek::eek:


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    #626
    corkhero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 168 ✭✭corkhero


    seeing people taking change out of the plate that goes around in mass.


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    #627
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    corkhero wrote: »
    seeing people taking change out of the plate that goes around in mass.
    Jesus did tell us to share.
    Dont see why he should get all the money on that plate.Stingy Bstard:mad:


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    #628
    kpbdublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭kpbdublin


    Some of the posters have difficulty distinguishing between
    1. Straightforward meanness and lack of generosity.
    2. Brilliant and extreme money-saving abilities.

    The two are not the same thing.


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    #629
    blah
    Registered Users Posts: 938 ✭✭✭blah


    kpbdublin wrote: »
    Some of the posters have difficulty distinguishing between
    1. Straightforward meanness and lack of generosity.
    2. Brilliant and extreme money-saving abilities.

    The two are not the same thing.

    And some people think that their Straightforward meanness and lack of generosity are actually Brilliant and extreme money-saving abilities. Which is really why this thread exists.


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    #630
    JBoyle4eva
    Registered Users Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭JBoyle4eva


    I was a Christmas Temp in Zavvi, and my last day was during our 10% markdown on everything (due to us going into Provisional Liquidation). A guy came up to me and I scanned in his stack of DVDs. It came to over a €120, and he handed me his Zavvi Student card, but I had to tell him we couldn't accept them anymore considering we were in administration. But I did tell him it didn't matter, the till was automatically giving him 10% off.

    He just said "never mind" and walked away without paying:confused:


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    #631
    towel401
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭towel401


    latchyco wrote: »
    How much did the judge award her in the divorce settelment ?

    you can divorce a girlfriend now?


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