Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

irritablebaz · 26-07-2013 12:48PM

JustAThought wrote: »

No doubt she has no money; but I'd you pardon the pun asking for the rest of the pack is just taking the biscuit. Next time she comes & asks say no or if you find that a bit harsh do what I do & say ' not really'. It sounds less harsh & it will still stop her ; plus you can repeat it without sounding like a tyrant!
Scabby Neighbour - can I have an egg
You ; - O not really.
Scabby neighbour - can I have your pen
You - O not really.
Scabby Neighbout - can I have your tea.
You - O not really . It dosn't suite.

Covers a Multitude & can
Be used in for multiple requests in quick succession ! You are NOt a scab. Asking for the rest should e the final straw. Don't give excuses or expand - practice declining her scabbing before she comes. Once you get it out a few
Times It's Much easier! My freeloading
Neighbour used to do that in me - ended
Up multiple requests for money which she " forgot" to pay back or " my dole was stolen/must have fallen out of
My pocket/ but I need it "etc .
You have to finally stand up to them & keep saying No & they will Move in & leech off someone else. That's all they typically want : they're not typically a friend , you're Convenient and nice, but they're just using you. : )

very funny but good advice and i will use it. i did think she was taking advantage but sometimes you just need clarification from other people to clear those little doubts in your head.

OldNotWIse · 26-07-2013 01:44PM

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

You had a massive opportunity right here. Just change the wireless password anytime she got on your wick.

Indeed. Wonder what he did with the frozen dog meat.

Canyon86 · 26-07-2013 02:46PM

arsenal add 1£ to the 40 million to break the clause

conorhal · 26-07-2013 03:26PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Indeed. Wonder what he did with the frozen dog meat.

Bin.
If I couldn't identify it, I sure as wasn't going to eat it!

Sometimes living with the Chinese could be a ordeal, they are unbelievably cheap and are loathe to contribute anything to the house (and yet never stint on luxury goods for themselves and seem to be absolute label whores).
A trip to the frigde always filled me with trepidation as I braced myself for whatever fresh horror might await when I opened the door, what might it be today? A plate full of chicken feet? Half a calf head? Some duck foetus?

Ugh.... It was like living with Jeffrery Dahlmer.

Vicar in a tutu · 26-07-2013 03:43PM

maguic24 wrote: »

On one side of the family they are all stingy as hell but still do the whole buying Christmas presents because they feel obliged too (wish they wouldn't!!). I used to get them crappy soap sets from the pound shop or something equally as crappy.

Anyway, I would be left with a pile of crap every year that I dare not use in case my skin fell off. So I came up with a plan. The following Christmas, I decided to give them back their crappy presents from the year before. Stingiest thing I have ever done. :P Needless to say, they don't give me presents anymore and thank god for that.

You actually come off as extremely stingy! It's the thought that counts.

maguic24 · 26-07-2013 03:53PM

Vicar in a tutu wrote: »

You actually come off as extremely stingy! It's the thought that counts.

Well, I did say it was the stingiest thing I have ever done. :P I felt I was getting crappy presents just because I was a relative... Not really thoughtful to be honest. I barely know them. :P I only buy presents for people I care about it. I mean I have received lovely thoughtful presents (like scrapbooks my friends gave me & picture frames) and I love them. I think gifts like that are thoughtful. I also love letters.

But cheap soap sets from people I don't really know/like, no thanks. Maybe that's just me, but totally relieved I don't get them anymore.

Sam Kade · 26-07-2013 04:01PM

I know a man that stayed in a hotel for a night with his family during a trip up the country. He took a mobile grill with him and did a big fry up in the bathroom of their hotel room so that he could use the extractor fan to get rid of the frying smell in case they were detected by hotel staff.

26-07-2013 04:45PM

maguic24 wrote: »

I used to get them crappy soap sets from the pound shop

Anyway, I would be left with a pile of crap every year that I dare not use in case my skin fell off.

retalivity · 26-07-2013 06:10PM

bluewolf wrote: »

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dundalkfc10 · 26-07-2013 06:43PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

I know a man that stayed in a hotel for a night with his family during a trip up the country. He took a mobile grill with him and did a big fry up in the bathroom of their hotel room so that he could use the extractor fan to get rid of the frying smell in case they were detected by hotel staff.

Nothing wrong with that

I put a sock overthe smoke alarm and smoke away

Curlysue76 · 26-07-2013 08:49PM

conorhal wrote: »

Bin.
If I couldn't identify it, I sure as wasn't going to eat it!

Sometimes living with the Chinese could be a ordeal, they are unbelievably cheap and are loathe to contribute anything to the house (and yet never stint on luxury goods for themselves and seem to be absolute label whores).
A trip to the frigde always filled me with trepidation as I braced myself for whatever fresh horror might await when I opened the door, what might it be today? A plate full of chicken feet? Half a calf head? Some duck foetus?

Ugh.... It was like living with Jeffrery Dahlmer.

Wrong wrong wrong, generalisation and downright racist!!!!

jay1988 · 26-07-2013 09:16PM

Curlysue76 wrote: »

Wrong wrong wrong, generalisation and downright racist!!!!

Not really, calm down, there is over a billion Chinese people in the world, they don't need you to get offended for them.

conorhal · 26-07-2013 11:55PM

Curlysue76 wrote: »

Wrong wrong wrong, generalisation and downright racist!!!!

And yet, not a word of a lie, every single item listed appeared in that fridge. (or freezer) If you don't believe me, google duck balut images.... if you have the stomach for it....

reallyrose · 27-07-2013 01:41AM

conorhal wrote: »

And yet, not a word of a lie, every single item listed appeared in that fridge. (or freezer) If you don't believe me, google duck balut images.... if you have the stomach for it....

Balut is from the Philippines. Which isn't in Asia... (In case you're just naming a random "Like, totally gross Asian thing, omg, ew")

Oh and stingy thing. Hmmm... I was talking to a friend today about clothes and we were both complaining about the expense of clothing. Then I mentioned that I paid about 120 euro for a dress+shoes delivered (which is very cheap, yay for sales!) and he was shocked at the horrific expense.
All this time, we were on different planets regarding what was expensive.
It turns out he's never spent more than 30 euro on a pair of shoes.
No wonder he has to replace them once a year.

upandcumming · 27-07-2013 01:51AM

reallyrose wrote: »

Balut is from the Philippines. Which isn't in Asia... (In case you're just naming a random "Like, totally gross Asian thing, omg, ew")

Oh and stingy thing. Hmmm... I was talking to a friend today about clothes and we were both complaining about the expense of clothing. Then I mentioned that I paid about 120 euro for a dress+shoes delivered (which is very cheap, yay for sales!) and he was shocked at the horrific expense.
All this time, we were on different planets regarding what was expensive.
It turns out he's never spent more than 30 euro on a pair of shoes.
No wonder he has to replace them once a year.

Right...

Osmosis Jones · 27-07-2013 02:51AM

Was in Burger King with a few mates and one of them asked to borrow some change so he could get his food, so we all gave him a couple of quid, having to change our orders to something we could then afford, he then comes back with a big fecking XL meal.

Was away in Liverpool with the same lads and we were having a few drinks at the bar in the hotel. Same friend was taking our money and getting the rounds with it. He took a fiver off of us each time, turns out it was only actually 3.50 for the drinks and he was using the extra change so he didn't have to pay!:mad:

reallyrose · 27-07-2013 03:28AM

reallyrose wrote: »

Balut is from the Philippines. Which isn't in Asia... (In case you're just naming a random "Like, totally gross Asian thing, omg, ew")

Oh and stingy thing. Hmmm... I was talking to a friend today about clothes and we were both complaining about the expense of clothing. Then I mentioned that I paid about 120 euro for a dress+shoes delivered (which is very cheap, yay for sales!) and he was shocked at the horrific expense.
All this time, we were on different planets regarding what was expensive.
It turns out he's never spent more than 30 euro on a pair of shoes.
No wonder he has to replace them once a year.

upandcumming wrote: »

Right...

Féck. I meant to say "isn't in China". I was thinking while posting "Make sure not to accidentally say Asia". OH WELL, too late to edit and save my humiliation now. :pac:

XsApollo · 27-07-2013 11:54AM

I was standing out side a car wash having a smoke as i was Getting one of those 15 minute car wash and mini valets.
Anyway a guy in a brand new 5 series Beamer wearing his suit and shades pulls in and stops before joinin the queue.
He sat there for about 10 mins before driving up to the attendant.
At 5 o'clock it was happy hour and you got a euro or 2 off the wash.

shruikan2553 · 27-07-2013 08:03PM

Left a box of stale out of date doughnuts beside the bin. Few hours later I find my housemate decided that rock hard doughnuts are to her liking after eating 7 of them. I think there is some sort of system of the best before date is actually a countdown to when I give up ownership. Explains why I never see her eat.

Paddy Cow · 27-07-2013 09:02PM

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Left a box of stale out of date doughnuts beside the bin. Few hours later I find my housemate decided that rock hard doughnuts are to her liking after eating 7 of them. I think there is some sort of system of the best before date is actually a countdown to when I give up ownership. Explains why I never see her eat.

Is she just a stingy flatmate who you never see eat who annoyingly takes your food or is she a binge eater who is will feed her addictxion on stale food? Why on earth would anyone eat stale doughnuts? They are fcuking gross!

Capt'n Midnight · 27-07-2013 09:47PM

XsApollo wrote: »

I was standing out side a car wash having a smoke as i was Getting one of those 15 minute car wash and mini valets.
Anyway a guy in a brand new 5 series Beamer wearing his suit and shades pulls in and stops before joinin the queue.
He sat there for about 10 mins before driving up to the attendant.
At 5 o'clock it was happy hour and you got a euro or 2 off the wash.

€2 for ten minutes is €12 an hour

it's a little better than minimum wage

Pretty Polly · 27-07-2013 10:11PM

Shared with a guy before who was quite stingy.

He used to steal toilet paper from work when it was his turn to buy the toilet paper for the house. The paper from work was the real thin stuff, absolutely useless.
He would never cook in the evenings, instead he would have a bag of microwave popcorn or those really cheap noodles. That would be it....
He had lost weight but he hadn't bothered to buy himself any new clothes. (Money wasn't a problem and he had a fairly good job). His clothes were hanging off him and he didn't look smart or professional....ever.

To be honest, even thinking about him now creeps me out a little, he just looked so unhealthy!

HansHolzel · 27-07-2013 10:38PM

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Is she just a stingy flatmate who you never see eat who annoyingly takes your food or is she a binge eater who is will feed her addictxion on stale food? Why on earth would anyone eat stale doughnuts? They are fcuking gross!

Or is she working in law enforcement?

dundalkfc10 · 28-07-2013 12:35AM

reallyrose wrote: »

Balut is from the Philippines. Which isn't in Asia... (In case you're just naming a random "Like, totally gross Asian thing, omg, ew")

Oh and stingy thing. Hmmm... I was talking to a friend today about clothes and we were both complaining about the expense of clothing. Then I mentioned that I paid about 120 euro for a dress+shoes delivered (which is very cheap, yay for sales!) and he was shocked at the horrific expense.
All this time, we were on different planets regarding what was expensive.
It turns out he's never spent more than 30 euro on a pair of shoes.
No wonder he has to replace them once a year.

If My girlfirend paid €120 for a dress ans shoes, she wouldnt have enough money left to pay the weeks rent.
How the other half live

gallag · 28-07-2013 12:54AM

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

If My girlfirend paid €120 for a dress ans shoes, she wouldnt have enough money left to pay the weeks rent.
How the other half live

Why doesn't she just get more money?

dundalkfc10 · 28-07-2013 01:04AM

gallag wrote: »

Why doesn't she just get more money?

Yeh theres loads of jobs about willing to pay a good wage

CianRyan · 28-07-2013 01:12AM

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Yeh theres loads of jobs about willing to pay a good wage

Minimum wage job, live with parents, live like king.

snooples17 · 28-07-2013 01:14AM

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

If My girlfirend paid €120 for a dress ans shoes, she wouldnt have enough money left to pay the weeks rent.
How the other half live

Its called saving up for something.....

28-07-2013 01:41AM

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

If My girlfirend paid €120 for a dress ans shoes, she wouldnt have enough money left to pay the weeks rent.
How the other half live

Maybe other people are able to manage their money and save. I know that if I want something and it's expensive I'll save up for it. Absolutely nothing wrong with throwing aside 5 or 10 euro every week and then going out and treating yourself to something nice.

28-07-2013 02:13AM

GAAman wrote: »

My friends are still laughing about this.

I was in tesco's the other day and was in a horrible mood, it seemed like the universe decided to get every knob faced twat to descend on the store for a twat convention. People walking right in front of me without looking, parking in an aisle beside another trolley so as to block the whole feckin thing. The mongo's who stop beside you and basically invade your personal space so as to see what you have in your hand, as the thought you might get something they wont kills them.

But the worst, and I mean worst is the old couple. Now this couple were well dressed and had a trolley full of shopping. They were in the freezer section blocking things up as a tesco produce trolley was on the other side, I have to stand there waiting while they debate between two bags of frozen chips.

Yep frozen chips, not world peace, or the greenhouse effect, frozen bleedin chips. And what pray tell was the debate about? The chips he wanted were FOUR F*CKIN PENCE dearer than the ones she wanted. I lost it grabbed 10p from my pocket and shoved my way past slamming the 10p coin on their bag and shouted "THERE YOU GO NOW LET THE MAN HAVE HIS F*CKIN CHIPS!!"

:mad:

the last line , jesus I cannot breath

Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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