Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

Quazzie wrote: »

I went on holidays with a guy once who is a musician. He plays guitar and records music. We were in a bar where there was a two piece band playing some traditional music on a traditional guitar and my mate got chatting to them in broken english about the guitar and they pointed out the differences between theres and a standard guitar. My mate then had a go of it, and took to it really well. We were after having a few drinks and a small sing song got underway for about a half hour or so, and then we had to go to a scheduled visit somewhere else. On the way out the owner of the bar stopped us and asked us to call back the following evening. He was very impressed with how my friend took so well to the traditional guitar. He asked my mate to maybe play a few songs the following evening as we all seemed to have a good time and the others in the bar enjoyed it too. Straight away my friend went into negotiations on price. We all just stood there staring at him in disbelief. The bar man didn't know where to look and when our mate looked to us to back him up in his price, we all just looked at the floor/ceiling/out the window etc.

I was genuinely gobsmacked at how he wanted paying for playing guitar during a sing-song.

Dont think that's stingey at all.

He got involved and played for the craic, barman asked him to come back in and perform. It's one thing when someon volunteers their servces for free, another when someone expects it for free.

lebby wrote: »

Me and my friends were going on a knacker holiday to Gran Canaria after our Leaving Cert, one of the girls brought a box of condoms just in case! She said we could use them as long as we put the money in the box, she was charging a fiver per condom!!!

where they free if you were having sex with her

Lockstep wrote: »

My stingy thing is that I hate paying for taxis.

No explanation for it, I'm free and easy with money for everything else but taxis really irk for some reason.

I think everyone has there own stingy thing.............. mine is not wanting to pay for tolls, or plastic shopping bags or street parking (no problem if a guy owns a car park business but hate paying the council money for public property parking .ie street) .... my pet hates

H3llR4iser wrote: »

This might be a pretty popular one, but...I know a lot, and I mean a lot, of people that would order a coke in a fast food and repeat "no ice in it!" twice or thrice to the guy/lady behind the counter. They shield behind the "I don't like it watered down!" excuse - which fails miserably if there are 38 degrees and the coke is a warm broth within the next 20 seconds...

I generally don't like having ice in my drink. Even if I was ordering a bottle of something I would usually ask for a glass with no ice.

Also, MORE STINGE! (myself in this case)

When I was in college I was broke (just had my petrol money to go home). I was called for interview but didnt have my good shoes with me. So basically I went to Dunnes the morning of the interview and bought a pair of shoes out of the petrol money. I left the tags on them, just tucked them into the shoes, then after the interview returned the shoes and got my money back. So if anyone is ever stuck, you now know that Dunnes do free shoe rental, and that price tag on it just indicates the refundable deposit

And I actually feel bad returning something still in the bag:eek:

discus wrote: »

I was in a bar in Scotland on St Patricks day this year. There was an american a-cappella band there, who were ok banter. I asked them for a few bars and they told me to **** off! They told me that they don't do shows for free, buy a ticket. Since they were leaving scotland, I wasn't gonna get to see them even if I wanted, and I certainly wouldn't for a stingy pack like that!

Quazzie wrote: »

I went on holidays with a guy once who is a musician. He plays guitar and records music. We were in a bar where there was a two piece band playing some traditional music on a traditional guitar and my mate got chatting to them in broken english about the guitar and they pointed out the differences between theres and a standard guitar. My mate then had a go of it, and took to it really well. We were after having a few drinks and a small sing song got underway for about a half hour or so, and then we had to go to a scheduled visit somewhere else. On the way out the owner of the bar stopped us and asked us to call back the following evening. He was very impressed with how my friend took so well to the traditional guitar. He asked my mate to maybe play a few songs the following evening as we all seemed to have a good time and the others in the bar enjoyed it too. Straight away my friend went into negotiations on price. We all just stood there staring at him in disbelief. The bar man didn't know where to look and when our mate looked to us to back him up in his price, we all just looked at the floor/ceiling/out the window etc.

I was genuinely gobsmacked at how he wanted paying for playing guitar during a sing-song.

I'll weigh into both of these as I'm a musician. I can tell you that one of the most annoying things is to say "I'm a singer" and hear "oh yah, let's hear something."

First of all, especially for singers, if you've been talking a lot in a noisy place like a bar, you've sung a lot already that day, or you haven't warmed up, you might not sound very good at all.

Second, for a lot of people it may sound odd, but it's our job. I get paid to sing or play guitar just like you get paid to build houses or provide legal advice or audit other people's taxes. Imagine if you're talking to someone at a pub, you say you're an accountant, and they pull out the books for their business and ask just for a quick look. It happens to my parents a lot, since they're doctors, and it drives them crazy, too.

That being said, if you ask me to sing on the spot, I won't tell you to **** off or anything, I'll probably just make a joke or find some way to wriggle out of doing it. And if I were in a bar and someone asked me to play, I'd probably just do it for the fun of it, hoping to get some free food or drinks or maybe a bit of a tip. The same way my parents usually give a bit of advice when asked instead of billing everyone they talk to, I think it's just a lot easier and more pleasant to share with people. Some people can get really annoying about it, nagging you and trying to get you to entertain them all night for free, and so some musicians get quite wary of working for free. These two cases are probably not the most tactful people, but I wouldn't call them stingy per se.

This has been a long and somewhat off topic post, but I do get a bit defensive if I feel like my job is being undervalued. Being a musician is a job, and just like you wouldn't do your job for free, you shouldn't expect a musician to do the same.

-Tyler

areyawell wrote: »

I know someone who refuses to buy a proper food roll out of a shop. They buy the normal bread roll and bring it back to the car. They take out a cutting board and a knife. They have a freezer bag with a couple of ice cubes in it with a slice of ham, cheese and some mayonaise in another bag and whatever else they want to put on it. Makes the roll up in the car. They do this whenever travelling in a car for a few hours instead of just buying one in a shop. Refuse to pay 4.50 for a roll

This story is ridiculous.

I don't see anything wrong with bringing your own sandwich with you rather than buying one.

I don't understand, however, why the guy doesn't just bring his own bread with him? And have it made up already?