Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

Capt'n Midnight · 26-01-2014 1:37pm

fussyonion wrote: »

I also saw a tip where a woman said she couldn't afford a new pair of slippers so she made some with sanitary towels.

My brain is stuck in a loop

How? <==> WTF?

Capt'n Midnight · 26-01-2014 1:41pm

Roanmore wrote: »

Don't know what to say about number 22 :eek:

Title of one of the links on that Buzzfeed page

This Video Of A Little Boy Stuck In A Bucket Will Break Your Heart

kylith · 26-01-2014 3:18pm

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

My old mate from Edinburgh got a Brazil top for Christmas when he was a young lad.
He found out twenty years later that his mum had knitted it for him. Yes, knitted.

I wouldn't call that stingey at all. Between the length of time it took to make it and the cost of wool it could well have been more expensive than just buying a top.

aaronwright88 · 26-01-2014 4:11pm

I once lived with a 24 year old Serbian man in oz.I don't even know where to begin.He would regularly sign up to different gyms within a 30km radius but heres the thing, he would sign up at the start of the month,get the most out of that month and when the time would come for the money to be deducted from his account he would transfer all his money to his savings acc.He did this with around 20 gyms in the time he was there.

He also would visit one of the hostels he used to stay in,buy one beer from the bar and then make his way to the kitchen and rob about two bags of food from the people who are staying there(would do this nearly everyweek).He would tell me that back home he didn't mind being on the dole(never has worked in Ireland)would do a day or two per week working for his father.He had no bills too pay, mammy and daddy paid for his food,rent,gym membership,petrol,clothes EVERYTHING.His daddy had a Mercedes a 2002 c class and would never shut up about it.Then i saw he put a pic up of it up on fb saying "just got this for 4500 well worth it" as if he paid for daddys car the tight horrible swine.

Capt'n Midnight · 26-01-2014 4:51pm

kylith wrote: »

I wouldn't call that stingey at all. Between the length of time it took to make it and the cost of wool it could well have been more expensive than just buying a top.

Unless you got the wool from unravelling a jumper you got at a charity shop

But still crafting takes dedication.

I know of someone who got a got an expensive brand name jumper as a present and tried to take it back to the shop. To cut a long story short that didn't work because someone had sown an expensive label on a cheap jumper they'd got elsewhere.

Sulla Felix · 26-01-2014 5:14pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Unless you got the wool from unravelling a jumper you got at a charity shop

But still crafting takes dedication.

I know of someone who got a got an expensive brand name jumper as a present and tried to take it back to the shop. To cut a long story short that didn't work because someone had sown an expensive label on a cheap jumper they'd got elsewhere.

But if they had a reciept and the label was on it, doesn't that mean that the gifter kept the nice top for themselves?

kylith · 26-01-2014 5:20pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Unless you got the wool from unravelling a jumper you got at a charity shop

But still crafting takes dedication.

That's true, I suppose, but hats off to anyone who would knit with the super-thin yarn that factory made jumpers use.

fillefatale · 28-01-2014 2:27pm

A girl I used to know in school was fairly tight, it wasn't a case of being broke as they didn't have a mortgage on the house as they'd inherited it and her Dad had a well paid job. When we got our Junior Cert results we all went out for dinner in a restaurant. She came along but had her dinner beforehand so was 'too full' and had a bowl of soup instead. You think you'd enjoy a meal on that one occasion, with all your other friends like. Just one of many cost cutting measures I remember from over the years. Well she's now got a mortgage on her first house, in her mid-twenties, so the tightness paid off it seems!

juniord · 28-01-2014 2:56pm

i heard of a couple getting married on a farm, so if the guests threw rice the chickens would be fed

Butterface · 28-01-2014 3:11pm

fillefatale wrote: »

A girl I used to know in school was fairly tight, it wasn't a case of being broke as they didn't have a mortgage on the house as they'd inherited it and her Dad had a well paid job. When we got our Junior Cert results we all went out for dinner in a restaurant. She came along but had her dinner beforehand so was 'too full' and had a bowl of soup instead. You think you'd enjoy a meal on that one occasion, with all your other friends like. Just one of many cost cutting measures I remember from over the years. Well she's now got a mortgage on her first house, in her mid-twenties, so the tightness paid off it seems!

I think it can often be unfair to call young people (still in school, no part-time job, answer to their parents) stingy. I had a weekend job while I was in school and I was glad of it because before that I relied on my parents, and they certainly weren't giving me £20 every Saturday to go into town!! I'm not saying my parents were stingy, but instead of doling out the children's allowance to us every week they saved it in the Credit Union and handed it to us when we needed it the most, the college years!

Perhaps your friend's parents just didn't give her any pocket money. Or she was saving it for concert tickets and clothes, which is what I used to do!

everdead.ie · 28-01-2014 3:17pm

fillefatale wrote: »

A girl I used to know in school was fairly tight, it wasn't a case of being broke as they didn't have a mortgage on the house as they'd inherited it and her Dad had a well paid job. When we got our Junior Cert results we all went out for dinner in a restaurant. She came along but had her dinner beforehand so was 'too full' and had a bowl of soup instead. You think you'd enjoy a meal on that one occasion, with all your other friends like. Just one of many cost cutting measures I remember from over the years. Well she's now got a mortgage on her first house, in her mid-twenties, so the tightness paid off it seems!

Butterface wrote: »

I think it can often be unfair to call young people (still in school, no part-time job, answer to their parents) stingy. I had a weekend job while I was in school and I was glad of it because before that I relied on my parents, and they certainly weren't giving me £20 every Saturday to go into town!! I'm not saying my parents were stingy, but instead of doling out the children's allowance to us every week they saved it in the Credit Union and handed it to us when we needed it the most, the college years!

Perhaps your friend's parents just didn't give her any pocket money. Or she was saving it for concert tickets and clothes, which is what I used to do!

There is also the possibility that she didn't have dinner at her house and had a bowl of soup because she was weight concious I know a lot of girls when I was that age would of been thinking along those lines but they'd never say that was the reason.

Still she may have been stingy I wouldn't know.

bear1 · 28-01-2014 3:30pm

juniord wrote: »

i heard of a couple getting married on a farm, so if the guests threw rice the chickens would be fed

Ara bollix, I'd say that's made up

Tiddlypeeps · 28-01-2014 3:50pm

fillefatale wrote: »

A girl I used to know in school was fairly tight, it wasn't a case of being broke as they didn't have a mortgage on the house as they'd inherited it and her Dad had a well paid job. When we got our Junior Cert results we all went out for dinner in a restaurant. She came along but had her dinner beforehand so was 'too full' and had a bowl of soup instead. You think you'd enjoy a meal on that one occasion, with all your other friends like. Just one of many cost cutting measures I remember from over the years. Well she's now got a mortgage on her first house, in her mid-twenties, so the tightness paid off it seems!

LOL! You've been harbouring that one for a while!

Not the poor girls fault if her parents wouldn't giver her money, even if they had it (I've no idea how you can be sure they did).

She may well be stingy, but none of what you have said indicates anything other than your own pettiness.

gimmick · 28-01-2014 4:16pm

homeless student wrote: »

I wouldn't of let her away with that, just because she was old, she was still a thief.

:rolleyes: Wow aren't you so great :rolleyes:. Also, wouldn't HAVE.

Another story of stinge.

A woman I used work with was the secretary of her local GAA club. The club lotto was rolling over for months and months. I think it got to about €10k. her 8 year old nephew won it. Rather than be delighted for him, she was horrified. "Sure what good is it to him" etc. Now, she was more than happy to take his €2 for the ticket.

Now, what the kid did do with it was take his mother and brother and aforementioned aunt to Eurodisney for 2 days and a day in Paris. A nice thing to do I thought.

Then she came back a few days later, we asked her how she got on to which the reply

"for fúcks sake, we are brought all the way over there and not even a drink was bought for me".

Lollipops23 · 28-01-2014 4:22pm

gimmick wrote: »

"for fúcks sake, we are brought all the way over there and not even a drink was bought for me".

What a sad and petty woman.

And that kid sounds like a ledge.

Birneybau · 28-01-2014 4:36pm

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

My old mate from Edinburgh got a Brazil top for Christmas when he was a young lad.
He found out twenty years later that his mum had knitted it for him. Yes, knitted.

I imagine a woollen football jersey is poxy warm...

Electric Sheep · 28-01-2014 5:02pm

fillefatale wrote: »

A girl I used to know in school was fairly tight, it wasn't a case of being broke as they didn't have a mortgage on the house as they'd inherited it and her Dad had a well paid job. When we got our Junior Cert results we all went out for dinner in a restaurant. She came along but had her dinner beforehand so was 'too full' and had a bowl of soup instead. You think you'd enjoy a meal on that one occasion, with all your other friends like. Just one of many cost cutting measures I remember from over the years. Well she's now got a mortgage on her first house, in her mid-twenties, so the tightness paid off it seems!

Interesting that you felt as a teen that you knew all about your friend's family finances. You must have heard a lot of speculation around the dinner table as to who all in your town was loaded but had it all hidden in a mattress.

Now that you are older you probably know that kind of speculation is usually wrong and frequently triggered by jealousy and spite.

rawn · 28-01-2014 5:05pm

Electric Sheep wrote: »

Interesting that you felt as a teen that you knew all about your friend's family finances. You must have heard a lot of speculation around the dinner table as to who all in your town was loaded but had it all hidden in a mattress.

Now that you are older you probably know that kind of speculation is usually wrong and frequently triggered by jealousy and spite.

I mean, the cheek of her, having buckets of money yet orders the soup instead of the fois gras stuffed lobster, like a peasant!

Electric Sheep · 28-01-2014 5:45pm

Butterface wrote: »

Perhaps your friend's parents just didn't give her any pocket money. Or she was saving it for concert tickets and clothes, which is what I used to do!

Perhaps her parents were well aware of the shenanigans that many get up to when "celebrating" the Junior Cert, and deliberately made sure they didn't give her enough money for a booze fest.

28-01-2014 6:04pm

Electric Sheep wrote: »

Interesting that you felt as a teen that you knew all about your friend's family finances. You must have heard a lot of speculation around the dinner table as to who all in your town was loaded but had it all hidden in a mattress.

Now that you are older you probably know that kind of speculation is usually wrong and frequently triggered by jealousy and spite.

And maybe the family had a family dinner at home to celebrate and she had no control over it

snowbabe · 28-01-2014 6:56pm

homeless student wrote: »

I wouldn't of let her away with that, just because she was old, she was still a thief.

Actually I trying to give a contrast between two people,one extremely wealthy and the other was quite poor,the said lipstick would last her ages,it was her only luxury.Daily we would have lipstick returns,and I knew she wasnt doing the same thing everywhere.Glad we're not all like you,nice username

homeless student · 28-01-2014 9:49pm

snowbabe wrote: »

Actually I trying to give a contrast between two people,one extremely wealthy and the other was quite poor,the said lipstick would last her ages,it was her only luxury.Daily we would have lipstick returns,and I knew she wasnt doing the same thing everywhere.Glad we're not all like you,nice username

if you owned the business would you be so kind to her or would you stop her stealing from your business?

fillefatale · 28-01-2014 10:05pm

Electric Sheep wrote: »

Interesting that you felt as a teen that you knew all about your friend's family finances. You must have heard a lot of speculation around the dinner table as to who all in your town was loaded but had it all hidden in a mattress.

Now that you are older you probably know that kind of speculation is usually wrong and frequently triggered by jealousy and spite.

Butterface wrote: »

I think it can often be unfair to call young people (still in school, no part-time job, answer to their parents) stingy. I had a weekend job while I was in school and I was glad of it because before that I relied on my parents, and they certainly weren't giving me £20 every Saturday to go into town!! I'm not saying my parents were stingy, but instead of doling out the children's allowance to us every week they saved it in the Credit Union and handed it to us when we needed it the most, the college years!

Perhaps your friend's parents just didn't give her any pocket money. Or she was saving it for concert tickets and clothes, which is what I used to do!

Electric Sheep wrote: »

Perhaps her parents were well aware of the shenanigans that many get up to when "celebrating" the Junior Cert, and deliberately made sure they didn't give her enough money for a booze fest.

It wasn't discussed 'around the dinner table', it was common knowledge. She had a part-time job (as did I) so, it was just one instance of many that stuck in my mind, didn't think I'd get targeted as being nasty on a stingy thread for it! To clarify, being 15 and 16 year olds we weren't at a fine dining establishment either, it was a once in a year thing, just why bother coming to a celebration if you didn't want to join in on a meal like everyone else who had been saving up and looking forward to it. It certainly wasn't a booze fest as everyone else was going to a teeny bopper nightclub at the time and we didn't have the money to waste on buses, new outfits and entry fees.

But perhaps maybe weight considerations came into it, though she was never one for that. It was an instance thats stuck in my mind for a few years, I don't make a habit of being nasty or jealous of people and if I am, I'm not going to be two faced and be friends with that person.

I didn't think my post would elicit such a negative response, and make me come across like a petty, jealous b!tch, because it wasn't that way, but I suppose one innocent post on boards can make it appear that way to people who don't know you, but thats the how the internet works I guess - forgot about that before posting!

OhHiMark · 28-01-2014 10:26pm

fillefatale wrote: »

just why bother coming to a celebration if you didn't want to join in on a meal like everyone else who had been saving up and looking forward to it.

Why did she have to eat a meal to join in the celebration? Was she not great company and you only invited her along to watch her eat?

jca · 28-01-2014 11:15pm

homeless student wrote: »

if you owned the business would you be so kind to her or would you stop her stealing from your business?

It's a lipstick ffs:mad: The poster was showing an act of kindness an emotion I imagine is alien to you.

homeless student · 28-01-2014 11:20pm

jca wrote: »

It's a lipstick ffs:mad: The poster was showing an act of kindness an emotion I imagine is alien to you.

kindness? letting someone shoplift, just because they are old.

Electric Sheep · 28-01-2014 11:29pm

fillefatale wrote: »

It wasn't discussed 'around the dinner table', it was common knowledge. She had a part-time job (as did I) so, it was just one instance of many that stuck in my mind, didn't think I'd get targeted as being nasty on a stingy thread for it! To clarify, being 15 and 16 year olds we weren't at a fine dining establishment either, it was a once in a year thing, just why bother coming to a celebration if you didn't want to join in on a meal like everyone else who had been saving up and looking forward to it. It certainly wasn't a booze fest as everyone else was going to a teeny bopper nightclub at the time and we didn't have the money to waste on buses, new outfits and entry fees.

But perhaps maybe weight considerations came into it, though she was never one for that. It was an instance thats stuck in my mind for a few years, I don't make a habit of being nasty or jealous of people and if I am, I'm not going to be two faced and be friends with that person.

I didn't think my post would elicit such a negative response, and make me come across like a petty, jealous b!tch, because it wasn't that way, but I suppose one innocent post on boards can make it appear that way to people who don't know you, but thats the how the internet works I guess - forgot about that before posting!

Her father's payscale and lack of mortgage was "common knowledge"? The sort of "common knowledge" that comes from small town gossip would be my guess. What else was common knowledge about their family financial circumstances?

I think it's rather funny that you feel fit to pronounce buses, new outfits and entry fees as a waste of money, but don't think your friend gets to decide that a 3 course meal is a waste of money.

Butterface · 29-01-2014 12:09am

fillefatale wrote: »

It wasn't discussed 'around the dinner table', it was common knowledge. She had a part-time job (as did I) so, it was just one instance of many that stuck in my mind, didn't think I'd get targeted as being nasty on a stingy thread for it! To clarify, being 15 and 16 year olds we weren't at a fine dining establishment either, it was a once in a year thing, just why bother coming to a celebration if you didn't want to join in on a meal like everyone else who had been saving up and looking forward to it. It certainly wasn't a booze fest as everyone else was going to a teeny bopper nightclub at the time and we didn't have the money to waste on buses, new outfits and entry fees.

But perhaps maybe weight considerations came into it, though she was never one for that. It was an instance thats stuck in my mind for a few years, I don't make a habit of being nasty or jealous of people and if I am, I'm not going to be two faced and be friends with that person.

I didn't think my post would elicit such a negative response, and make me come across like a petty, jealous b!tch, because it wasn't that way, but I suppose one innocent post on boards can make it appear that way to people who don't know you, but thats the how the internet works I guess - forgot about that before posting!

I wasn't being particularly negative towards you, just making a point that stinginess shouldn't really be pinned on young people when they're not in control/have no finances to speak of.

The fact is she went to the meal and paid for her soup, but chose not to have a main course. You don't know the reasoning behind her choice - whether genuine weight issues (or simply health conscious) or lack of funds (be it her own fault for not saving her wages, or her parents didn't give her money).

Now, if she had gone to the meal and ordered a main course and then expected one of you to pay for it, then we could discuss stinginess.

EyeSight · 29-01-2014 12:15am

Can we please get back to talking about stingy people and not this Junior Cert girl? It'll kill the thread!

I knew someone who would sneak vodka into a bar. We've all done it, no big deal. But she would also bring about 5 bottles of coke as mixer.
Not a great story but i really want to bring the thread back on topic

snowbabe · 29-01-2014 12:20am

homeless student wrote: »

kindness? letting someone shoplift, just because they are old.

Jesus read the post 'homeless student' I didnt allow her steal,I simply turned a blind eye,at the time there was huge wastage,(you probably were'nt born then) I was able to help a lovely person out thats all,it was a post of huge contrasts.I hope you will be able to change your username soon,and hope someone might turn a blind eye to help you some day

snowbabe · 29-01-2014 12:26am

homeless student wrote: »

if you owned the business would you be so kind to her or would you stop her stealing from your business?

Sorry I just saw this now,I was the agent actually so it was my business,any stinge stories homeless student you'd like to share?

Galwayguy35 · 29-01-2014 1:04am

I used to work with a fella years ago, the company we worked in used to supply the bread and tea in the canteen for free but when they started charging 5p per slice of bread and 20p for the tea he started bringing in his own bread.

And before someone says he was hard luck case he was far from it, he owned about 100 acres of a farm.

Deodorant must also have been too much of an expense as well, I've a strong stomach but the stink of BO off him would knock ya sideways.

KKkitty · 29-01-2014 2:27am

EyeSight wrote: »

Can we please get back to talking about stingy people and not this Junior Cert girl? It'll kill the thread!

I knew someone who would sneak vodka into a bar. We've all done it, no big deal. But she would also bring about 5 bottles of coke as mixer.
Not a great story but i really want to bring the thread back on topic

Was she good at weightlifting? Seriously her arm muscles must have gotten some workout lugging that around in her bag for the night!!

civis_liberalis · 29-01-2014 3:36am

Paddy Cow · 29-01-2014 6:23pm

fillefatale wrote: »

A girl I used to know in school was fairly tight, it wasn't a case of being broke as they didn't have a mortgage on the house as they'd inherited it and her Dad had a well paid job. When we got our Junior Cert results we all went out for dinner in a restaurant. She came along but had her dinner beforehand so was 'too full' and had a bowl of soup instead. You think you'd enjoy a meal on that one occasion, with all your other friends like. Just one of many cost cutting measures I remember from over the years. Well she's now got a mortgage on her first house, in her mid-twenties, so the tightness paid off it seems!

I know you've got a lot of stick over this post but I'm with you. It was a Junior Cert celebration, so not likely to be a five star affair and if the girl couldn't afford more than soup, why didn't she just join ye afterwards? I know that no matter how broke I was, I would never turn up for dinner having "eaten beforehand". Thats just bad manners, no matter how old you are.

Mr Boom Boom · 29-01-2014 6:24pm

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I know you've got a lot of stick over this post but I'm with you. It was a Junior Cert celebration, so not likely to be a five star affair and if the girl couldn't afford more than soup, why didn't she just join ye afterwards? I know that no matter how broke I was, I would never turn up for dinner having "eaten beforehand". Thats just bad manners, no matter how old you are.

Can we draw a line under this please and get back to the stinge???????????!??????!!!!????!!!?!???!!???

Paddy Cow · 29-01-2014 6:29pm

Mr Boom Boom wrote: »

Can we draw a line under this please and get back to the stinge???????????!??????!!!!????!!!?!???!!???

Please be my guest and get the stories rolling :P

snubbleste · 29-01-2014 6:32pm

I just wd40'd an unfranked postage stamp off an envelope, dried it and glued it to a fresh envelope - all to save 60c.
Is snubbleste stingy or frugal?

Paddy Cow · 29-01-2014 6:53pm

snubbleste wrote: »

I just wd40'd an unfranked postage stamp off an envelope, dried it and glued it to a fresh envelope - all to save 60c.
Is snubbleste stingy or frugal?

What does that mean?

snubbleste · 29-01-2014 6:54pm

Sir Arthur Daley · 29-01-2014 8:21pm

The worst case of stingiest i have seen was by a tenant i lived with for a month while on contract work, she used cut up her old size 20 knickers and vests and use them as tea towels and as J cloths around the kitchen. Every time i had to use cutlery or plates/cups i used wash them as she used hand wash every thing and dry them with her old skids. I ended up on takeaways for the most of that month.

Kevwoody · 29-01-2014 8:49pm

WikiHow wrote: »

The worst case of stingiest i have seen was by a tenant i lived with for a month while on contract work, she used cut up her old size 20 knickers and vests and use them as tea towels and as J cloths around the kitchen. Every time i had to use cutlery or plates/cups i used wash them as she used hand wash every thing and dry them with her old skids. I ended up on takeaways for the most of that month.

Is it wrong that I'm thinking if you said frilly size 8 knickers I wouldn't have a problem with it?!

ncmc · 29-01-2014 8:49pm

WikiHow wrote: »

The worst case of stingiest i have seen was by a tenant i lived with for a month while on contract work, she used cut up her old size 20 knickers and vests and use them as tea towels and as J cloths around the kitchen. Every time i had to use cutlery or plates/cups i used wash them as she used hand wash every thing and dry them with her old skids. I ended up on takeaways for the most of that month.

That reminds me, my mum used to use my dad's old undies for dusting (not dishes - that's gross) she didn't even cut them up to try and disguise it, we'd be quite happily dusting away with dad's giant Y fronts. Lol I think I'd suppressed that memory til now! She wasn't stingy though, just grew up poor and in a more frugal time.

we'llallhavetea · 29-01-2014 9:41pm

well my friend is the least stingiest person i know, however, she was taking pills one night, puked up a pill straight after taking it.

so she bent down and picked it out and swallowed it again

billie1b · 29-01-2014 9:56pm

ncmc wrote: »

That reminds me, my mum used to use my dad's old undies for dusting (not dishes - that's gross) she didn't even cut them up to try and disguise it, we'd be quite happily dusting away with dad's giant Y fronts. Lol I think I'd suppressed that memory til now! She wasn't stingy though, just grew up poor and in a more frugal time.

Are you one of my brothers or sisters? My mum used to do the exact same

rawn · 29-01-2014 10:03pm

aya startin wha wrote: »

well my friend is the least stingiest person i know, however, she was taking pills one night, puked up a pill straight after taking it.

so she bent down and picked it out and swallowed it again

Sadly, I have seen many of my mates do that. Usually accompanied by the excuse "Well I paid a tenner for it, and it was just sitting there like!" Gross.

we'llallhavetea · 29-01-2014 10:08pm

rawn wrote: »

Sadly, I have seen many of my mates do that. Usually accompanied by the excuse "Well I paid a tenner for it, and it was just sitting there like!" Gross.

i suppose its because she was worried she wouldn't be able to get more but still :P i slag her relentlessly about it

Electric Sheep · 29-01-2014 10:39pm

ncmc wrote: »

That reminds me, my mum used to use my dad's old undies for dusting (not dishes - that's gross) she didn't even cut them up to try and disguise it, we'd be quite happily dusting away with dad's giant Y fronts. Lol I think I'd suppressed that memory til now! She wasn't stingy though, just grew up poor and in a more frugal time.

Nothing stingy about recycling textiles instead of buying disposables. Sensible and evironmentally concious I'd say.

Voodoomelon · 29-01-2014 10:54pm

I use old inside out socks for cleaning and conditioning leather in the car. Pull them down over my hand and wipe the seats down; the inside of the sock is soft and the coverage is fantastic.

Sir Arthur Daley · 29-01-2014 10:54pm

Electric Sheep wrote: »

Nothing stingy about recycling textiles instead of buying disposables. Sensible and evironmentally concious I'd say.

Recycling underwear to dry the dishes and clean down the hob after cooking is wrong on so many levels, J cloths and tea towels are not exactly expensive.

Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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