Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

Pandora2 · 14-07-2013 05:27PM

Worked in a place once that specialised in American Tours, 8 Countries in 9 days sort of thing, anyhow part of their package on arriving in Ireland was a welcome Irish Coffee............

Method pour 1 Gill of whiskey into a bar tray, place Paris Goblets (you'd get 40 glasses to the Gill) upside down in the liquid so rim is coated, add strong coffee sans sugar, top with fresh cream and sprinkle a couple of coffee granuals on top!!

And that, my friends, is how we welcomed them to Irish Shores with an Irish Coffee...less the Irish bit!!

AlanS181824 · 14-07-2013 05:48PM

This thread is funny ye wouldn't believe the type of schabs there are in this country.

oldyouth · 14-07-2013 06:57PM

Pandora2 wrote: »

Worked in a place once that specialised in American Tours, 8 Countries in 9 days sort of thing, anyhow part of their package on arriving in Ireland was a welcome Irish Coffee............

Method pour 1 Gill of whiskey into a bar tray, place Paris Goblets (you'd get 40 glasses to the Gill) upside down in the liquid so rim is coated, add strong coffee sans sugar, top with fresh cream and sprinkle a couple of coffee granuals on top!!

And that, my friends, is how we welcomed them to Irish Shores with an Irish Coffee...less the Irish bit!!

I've seen that done myself many years ago

michellie · 14-07-2013 09:06PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Bet you work in Odeon :pac:

He works in Odeon Waterford.

I think the reason people are complaining is because Waterford is the only Odeon that has increased price.

And the prices in there are shocking

amdublin · 14-07-2013 11:00PM

Pandora2 wrote: »

Worked in a place once that specialised in American Tours, 8 Countries in 9 days sort of thing, anyhow part of their package on arriving in Ireland was a welcome Irish Coffee............

Method pour 1 Gill of whiskey into a bar tray, place Paris Goblets (you'd get 40 glasses to the Gill) upside down in the liquid so rim is coated, add strong coffee sans sugar, top with fresh cream and sprinkle a couple of coffee granuals on top!!

And that, my friends, is how we welcomed them to Irish Shores with an Irish Coffee...less the Irish bit!!

That's not stinginess it's sheer deception :mad:

Lucena · 14-07-2013 11:07PM

Pandora2 wrote: »

Worked in a place once that specialised in American Tours, 8 Countries in 9 days sort of thing, anyhow part of their package on arriving in Ireland was a welcome Irish Coffee............

Method pour 1 Gill of whiskey into a bar tray, place Paris Goblets (you'd get 40 glasses to the Gill) upside down in the liquid so rim is coated, add strong coffee sans sugar, top with fresh cream and sprinkle a couple of coffee granuals on top!!

And that, my friends, is how we welcomed them to Irish Shores with an Irish Coffee...less the Irish bit!!

Pure scumbaggery. A friend of mine's dad used to run a pub, he used to pull something similar. If a customer was on say vodka and Coke all night and therefore well p1ssed, he'd rub some vodka around the top of the glass and then just put Coke in the glass without any vodka. Claimed it was to stop them from being too drunk/unwell from excess alcohol. I doubt he put the money he saved into the Trocaire box though!

NinjaTruncs · 14-07-2013 11:39PM

michellie wrote: »

He works in Odeon Waterford.

I think the reason people are complaining is because Waterford is the only Odeon that has increased price.

And the prices in there are shocking

That's a bit stinge in itself!

NegativeCreep · 15-07-2013 12:20AM

michellie wrote: »

He works in Odeon Waterford.

I think the reason people are complaining is because Waterford is the only Odeon that has increased price.

And the prices in there are shocking

Odeon in blanch has increased too, thats how I knew. I don't think it's that had. 6 for the ticket and 5 for a medium drink and popcorn!

MOC88 · 15-07-2013 12:34AM

PTH2009 wrote: »

i work in a place where every wednesday its 6 Euro entry (7.95-9.95 every other day) and boy this is when the stingy people come out

It used to be 5 euro on wednesdays but after a price review it was put up 1 euro to 6 euro.

People where giving out that they had to pay 1 euro extra some even emailing head offices, some bycotting, some even getting pissy at workers, i even heard of someone crying cause they didnt have enough money lol

i once served a customer who bought something for 5.99 and handed my 6 euro and i didnt have any 0.1c's in my til so i said 'im sorry i have no 0.1cs in my til' and the customer said i cant be without 1 cent and stood there demanding he get his 1 cent change so i gave him 5 cents and he went off (tight git)

Theres people who come only on wednesdays and some are generally snotty precious rich ***** who are plan stupied and think the world owes them.

I also find people stingy who bring in there own foods (cheap microwave popcorn, 40c bottles of coke etc)

I also know someone that works 4 jobs and eats cheap cans of beans etc for dinner and gives out when he doesnt get enough hours for the week

SOME PEOPLE MAKE YOU WANT TO KILL. NO WONDER HITLER AND THE LIKES EXCISTED lol

So people aren't happy with a specific price increase in their area, whereas no other outlet in the chain gets an increase, you think justifies euthanasia and genocide or that it is funny? What is wrong with you?

As for calling people "stupied" do yourself a favour and start using Google chrome it comes with a spellchecker for you! Of course the difference in words like there and their might escape you, maybe I'm being harsh and you're tired but you don't sound like someone who deserves an ounce of pity.

Cheap popcorn in comparison to what? The overpriced preheated rubbish from cinemas, I wouldn't bring in a bag of it but what do you know of people's circumstances? 40c bottles of coke, I can understand why nobody would want to drink coke in the first place but the original stuff is just as bad as the 40c stuff.

4 jobs? Call me a skeptic but that doesn't sound possible even on part time hours.

I pity that person crying God only knows how bad they felt, it could have been the one thing they had money for and were really looking forward to it. To be told you don't have the price of a cinema ticket on a day when the prices are specially reduced must be one of the most upsetting things that can happen. Jesus Christ can you imagine not being able to afford 6 euro? How embarrassing would that be? ... obviously you can't because you think its hilarious. I hope for your sake if it ever happens to you the person on the other side will show a lot more understanding than you and your colleagues did to them.

Don't stop and think about how bad some people have it, keep blabbing away and building up your temper tantrums so you can come on and post in caps locks.

Pandora2 · 15-07-2013 01:35PM

oldyouth wrote: »

I've seen that done myself many years ago

West Clare by any chance?

Evolution1 · 15-07-2013 01:57PM

Went to odeon to see "Man of steel " in 3d on a Wednesday.
Paid €7 for the film
Spent €10 on food
The stingy c**ts wouldn't even turn the Air conditioning on .
Spent 3 hours sweltering in the heat.

lazygal · 15-07-2013 02:01PM

Evolution1 wrote: »

Went to odeon to see "Man of steel " in 3d on a Wednesday.
Paid €7 for the film
Spent €10 on food
The stingy c**ts wouldn't even turn the Air conditioning on .
Spent 3 hours sweltering in the heat.

Ah you should have been out enjoying the weather anyway.

HansHolzel · 15-07-2013 04:04PM

Evolution1 wrote: »

Went to odeon to see "Man of steel " in 3d on a Wednesday...
The stingy c**ts wouldn't even turn the Air conditioning on .
Spent 3 hours sweltering in the heat.

Man of melted chocolate??

mossy2390 · 16-07-2013 08:37PM

Evolution1 wrote: »

Went to odeon to see "Man of steel " in 3d on a Wednesday.
Paid €7 for the film
Spent €10 on food
The stingy c**ts wouldn't even turn the Air conditioning on .
Spent 3 hours sweltering in the heat.

i know some cinemas dont have AC all they do is recirculate the air, so if its hot it says hot and if its cold it stays cold

Evolution1 · 16-07-2013 11:45PM

This was in the whitewater (AC)
And at night . Before all this nice weather

16-07-2013 11:48PM

Evolution1 wrote: »

Went to odeon to see "Man of steel " in 3d on a Wednesday.
Paid €7 for the film
Spent €10 on food
The stingy c**ts wouldn't even turn the Air conditioning on .
Spent 3 hours sweltering in the heat.

Did it ever cross your mind to run out and let a member of staff know? Hard for them to deal with a problem if no one bothers making them aware of it.

Evolution1 · 16-07-2013 11:58PM

There were staff members constantly coming in and out of the theatre .

17-07-2013 12:37AM

Evolution1 wrote: »

There were staff members constantly coming in and out of the theatre .

And what stopped you mentioning the issue to them?

MusicalMelody · 17-07-2013 10:36AM

There is a new programme on the TV channel TLC called extreme cheapskates. Some of the people are ridiculous. A woman invited her friend over for dinner and served her a dinner that she had picked from bins. Another one of them hasn't used toilet paper in years and the one which i saw a womans boyfriend was having a shower and she thought he was too long in the shower so she switched off the mains cue him appearing covered in shampoo and soap out of the bathroom! These people are crazy!

fondue · 17-07-2013 10:56AM

Such a funny programme! The stuff those people do is unreal & they're so smug about it too! Even if they're makin it all up it makes for an entertaining watch.

MusicalMelody wrote: »

There is a new programme on the TV channel TLC called extreme cheapskates. Some of the people are ridiculous. A woman invited her friend over for dinner and served her a dinner that she had picked from bins. Another one of them hasn't used toilet paper in years and the one which i saw a womans boyfriend was having a shower and she thought he was too long in the shower so she switched off the mains cue him appearing covered in shampoo and soap out of the bathroom! These people are crazy!

Capt'n Midnight · 17-07-2013 12:57PM

http://i.imgur.com/jHBMmYf.jpg

Victor · 17-07-2013 02:41PM

I saw people stealing the rubbish from outside a charity shop last night.

oldyouth · 17-07-2013 03:17PM

Pandora2 wrote: »

West Clare by any chance?

Nope, Wexford.

M5 · 17-07-2013 03:34PM

A home for disadvantaged women that was supposed to care for them actually worked them to the bone. Many years later the story comes out and they refuse to pay and compensation but instead offer to "help" in other ways like providing elderly care for them.

kylith · 17-07-2013 03:39PM

M5 wrote: »

A home for disadvantaged women that was supposed to care for them actually worked them to the bone. Many years later the story comes out and they refuse to pay and compensation but instead offer to "help" in other ways like providing elderly care for them.

Can you imagine that? You spend your youth being physically and mentally abused by a group of people and what do they offer in compensation? To hand you right back to the same group for 'care' when you're at your most vulnerable. The stuff of nightmares.

Aglomerado · 17-07-2013 03:41PM

kylith wrote: »

Can you imagine that? You spend your youth being physically and mentally abused by a group of people and what do they offer in compensation? To hand you right back to the same group for 'care' when you're at your most vulnerable. The stuff of nightmares.

Yeah as if those poor women want to see more nuns! :mad:

everdead.ie · 17-07-2013 03:54PM

M5 wrote: »

A home for disadvantaged women that was supposed to care for them actually worked them to the bone. Many years later the story comes out and they refuse to pay and compensation but instead offer to "help" in other ways like providing elderly care for them.

Sounds like a movie doesn't it?

Gotham · 17-07-2013 03:58PM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

I knew a guy who used to snort tequila.

What an effective way to kill yourself.
Your liver exists between your bloodstream and your stomach for a reason.

Collie D · 17-07-2013 04:26PM

FTA69 wrote: »

B*llocks. When you're slaving away for minimum wage dealing with whingebags and drunks then a bit of banter is to be expected. If anything, barstaff don't stand up for themselves as much. When I worked in a bar I had people shouting at me because the boss (not me) put up the price of a pint by 5p, or moaning they got less onion rings than last time, or b*tching they didn't get enough foam on their cappuccino. I'd die of shame before whinging to some youngfella about the brand of crisps being changed or that I didn't get enough lettuce on my burger.

I've always found it funny how some grown adults act like contrary auld ones or spoilt kids when it comes to having a few pints. Sometimes these arseholes need to be set to rights and if they end up with people laughing at them for acting the fool then tough sh*t.

The customer isn't always right, sometimes they are plain wrong. And sometimes they are just plain c*nts.

I'm not disagreeing with you but I've always felt that bar staff have a better "right of reply" than other service staff. If a customer gets lippy with a barman more often than not the barman will tell him to f off and refuse to serve him and be in the right.

Try pulling a stunt like that in retail or a restaurant and you'd end up explaining yourself to your manager. I have lost count of the amount of times when I was working in a restaurant that I had to bite my tongue and thought "You wouldn't get away with that sh*t in a pub"

DarkDusk · 22-07-2013 02:13AM

Collie D wrote: »

I'm not disagreeing with you but I've always felt that bar staff have a better "right of reply" than other service staff. If a customer gets lippy with a barman more often than not the barman will tell him to f off and refuse to serve him and be in the right.

Try pulling a stunt like that in retail or a restaurant and you'd end up explaining yourself to your manager. I have lost count of the amount of times when I was working in a restaurant that I had to bite my tongue and thought "You wouldn't get away with that sh*t in a pub"

While that does sound good on paper, when you are working behind the bar you have to be VERY careful about what you say. You are better off keeping your mouth shut in my opinion. You may risk putting off "regulars" from returning to the pub again or damaging future business due to word of mouth around the community. You never know who's friends or family with who and how many customers you may lose by your actions. Of course this only really applies to local pubs, less so to pubs in cities etc.

Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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