Ways that you beat "the man"

MonkstownHoop · 09-02-2014 02:01AM

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

I pay for a one way train ticket on Sundays, the ticket office for my return journey isn't open on Sundays, there's no electronic way to purchase my ticket at said station, eat my **** Irish Rail ticket inspector.
I owe the library about 20 odd euro for a few years, whenever I'm getting more books out they say, and would you like to clear your fine, ...no, and I walk out like a boss.
At the self service desk in Dunnes I put my large loaf through as a small loaf. At least there's plausible deniability, it doesn't scan and there's over 20 different bread options. Saving 30 cent on a 70 euro shop is pathetic, but by god, it makes me a feel alive.

Who brings a €70 shop through self service?

beano345 · 09-02-2014 02:03AM

I got two aeros and 2 euro from shoving a vending machine after it robbed 50cent on me...I always knew crime would pay!

Cucking Funt · 09-02-2014 02:03AM

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Who brings a €70 shop through self service?

I do. I like to pack my bags in my own time instead of being rushed at the normal tills. besides 70 isnt all that much, and you can use your tesco vouchers etc and loose change in peace

Senna · 09-02-2014 02:05AM

I owe Paypal €800, my account was hacked years ago and someone got a payment of €800 into my account and then transfer to a UK bank account soon afterwards. I informed Paypal that something was wrong, told them it wasn't my money and the whole thing had nothing to do with me.
They then transfer €800 back into my account, it sat there for 6 months and when I heard nothing more, I spent it.

TheFatness · 09-02-2014 02:06AM

I have f*cked 'the man' on quite a few occasions, but one evening up in Stepaside sticks out in my mind for being particularly cheeky.

Myself and a friend went up for a game of Pitch & Putt - the course that also has the driving range. I don't know if any of you are familiar with it, but it happens to be criminally easy to sneak on to the course instead of paying the €10 - and we did because we were short on money and keen to play.

Anyways, we jump over the little fence and begin playing from hole seven because you risk exposure if you try and play the full-18. However, on this occasion we had to leave early because we had both lost all of our balls. We didn't hit the water hazards, or tee off into particularly big bushes, we lost them in the long grass, far too long for my liking.

I was a little upset that we were forced to call it a day on a bum note, so I decided to complain. I went down into the club house and confronted a man at the desk and complained about how long the grass was and how our session came to an abrupt end. I can feign frustration along with the best of them.

I demanded my €10 back - which I never paid remember - and eventually he gave it to me. The customer is always right.

Vito Corleone · 09-02-2014 02:06AM

If you have one of the rambler cards for Dublin bus and you scan it through the thing really quickly it doesn't register, however, it makes a different beeping noise and some of the drivers have copped onto it now.

09-02-2014 02:07AM

antodeco wrote: »

I go to the jax during office hours and sit there for a good 30 mins. They pay me to poop!

I used to work in a place that had a barber arrive one day a week, so we would get our hair cut.

Well it grew in the firms time, so we'll get it cut in the firms time as well.

syklops · 09-02-2014 02:21AM

Vito Corleone wrote: »

If you have one of the rambler cards for Dublin bus and you scan it through the thing really quickly it doesn't register, however, it makes a different beeping noise and some of the drivers have copped onto it now.

Dublin Bus's fare system seems to be designed around an honour system and is therefore very vulnerable to beating the system, man. Most people don't say where they are going, they say how much they are putting in, he glances at the amount and gives a ticket for that amount. I regularly get the bus to kildare street which is 2.35 but I could say 1.40, and just stay on for the extra stops, and still get there. A 95 cent of a saving. Not much but over 5 days thats 4.25 which will nearly pay for my friday evening night pint.

I don't do this. I still say 2.35 or recently I have been buying the 7 day combi ticket, even though I only use it for 5 days.

There was a pub I frequented in Swords and they had a vulnerability in how they tracked peoples bills. If you ordered a pint at the bar and told them you would be having food, then moved to a table and ordered another pint and food, then having eaten, ordered the bill, there would always only be one pint on the bill. I informed them everytime, and they never thought to look at the system. I tried telling them a few times but the staff i talked to didnt care.

MonaPizza · 09-02-2014 02:25AM

mloc123 wrote: »

Sounds a lot like stealing to me?

There was a time when you went to a cafe and there was salt, pepper, sugar, vinegar and ketchup on the table. Why does one have to pay for ketchup now but salt is still free?

syklops · 09-02-2014 02:26AM

Vito Corleone wrote: »

If you have one of the rambler cards for Dublin bus and you scan it through the thing really quickly it doesn't register, however, it makes a different beeping noise and some of the drivers have copped onto it now.

In the 80s hackers(well technically speaking, phreaks), discovered that if you put the money for a long distance call into a phonebox, and recorded the tones, you could hang up and get the money back, then replay the tones and make your call. You could do the same in that scenario. Put in a valid ticket and record the tone. Then next time you use the bus, slide an old bus ticket into the slot and play the tone. Most drivers would be unaware.

RikkFlair · 09-02-2014 02:27AM

You're looking at "the man"

Joan Burtons Sexy Knickers · 09-02-2014 02:42AM

RikkFlair wrote: »

You're looking at "the man"

Hello Mr. Flair!

Wurly · 09-02-2014 02:43AM

tim3000 wrote: »

I have that Hola unblocker extention for chrome allows me to watch stuff on youtube thats region locked, like some BBC documentaries. I was so happy when someone told me about it. I don't know if that counts

You have changed my life. Thank you!!

pragmatic1 · 09-02-2014 03:04AM

I'm very liberal with my lunch breaks if I'm not busy.

tim3000 · 09-02-2014 03:31AM

Wurly wrote: »

You have changed my life. Thank you!!

Enjoy stickin it to the man

WilyCoyote · 10-02-2014 04:17AM

I do the fruit and veg shopping in our house. Always putting the grapes in the basket first as I saunter around doing the rest of the weekly shop I enjoy stuffing my mouth with said fruit of the vine and presenting partially denuded bunch to the teller. I know, I know ........ please don't try and make me feel guilty. 'Cause utter failure will await you.
Having done this in, maybe, nine countries and in four continents I think I can contend Portugal, Ireland, Italy Greece and Spain as PIIGS Pilfering Irish International Grape Sucker.
Coat already on etc.

kjl · 10-02-2014 04:35AM

Sometimes when using the self scan aisle at tesco, I buy thorntons donuts which are normally 1.50ish and I scan the as a plan old 30c Jam donut.

About 10 years ago, I had a palm pilot. I downloaded a program that allowed you to region unlock DVD players, I would to go into electronic shops and unlock all the floor models so they would be region free.

Lapin · 10-02-2014 05:02AM

Back in the pre Euro days vending machines on the continent didn't know the difference between the old Irish 5p coin and French Franks and Deutchmarks.

I spent a glorious couple of Summers inter-railing my way around France and Germany smoking Marlboros for about 20p a pack and eating lovely the lovely junk food you get in vending machines over there for 5p.

i chop your dollar · 10-02-2014 05:05AM

I've beaten the man on more than one occasion but I'm too conscious of the fact that what I say hear might be used as evidence against me in a court of law

sawdoubters · 10-02-2014 05:08AM

stick it to the man

intransitive verb: to perform an act of vandalism or general civil disobedience in order to oppose the power of the man

unaoz · 10-02-2014 05:19AM

syklops wrote: »

I regularly get the bus to kildare street which is 2.35 but I could say 1.40, and just stay on for the extra stops, and still get there. A 95 cent of a saving. Not much but over 5 days thats 4.25 which will nearly pay for my friday evening night pint.

I don't do this.

People who do this could be in line for a hefty fine if the bus inspector got on.

unaoz · 10-02-2014 05:27AM

I used to live in a hostel in Australia. ..they had loads of washing machines that took dollar coins, some Einstein found out if we used cotton ear buds in the coin slot, with the cotton removed, that the machine would work. It was one of those coin things where the coin stood upright. So six months of free laundry! :cool:

Kidchameleon · 10-02-2014 06:41AM

My car failed NCT last year over something stupid, I didn't bother getting a re-test, been driving car for a year un-NCT'd!

Arthur Beesley · 10-02-2014 08:09AM

antodeco wrote: »

I go to the jax during office hours and sit there for a good 30 mins. They pay me to poop!

You should probably make an appointment with your GP. Constipation is no laughing matter.

17larsson · 10-02-2014 09:00AM

unaoz wrote: »

I used to live in a hostel in Australia. ..they had loads of washing machines that took dollar coins, some Einstein found out if we used cotton ear buds in the coin slot, with the cotton removed, that the machine would work. It was one of those coin things where the coin stood upright. So six months of free laundry! :cool:

That sounds like the hostel I stayed in. But then that was probably the same with all the hostels in Oz

unaoz · 10-02-2014 09:08AM

17larsson wrote: »

That sounds like the hostel I stayed in. But then that was probably the same with all the hostels in Oz

Id say the owner was scratching his head when he opened the coin box and saw them as the used to occasionally fall in! This was in qld...

Slunk · 10-02-2014 09:19AM

When living in oz and on a budget we used to do the shopping where they have self service tills. Some vegetables and in particular cashew nuts where crazy expensive p/kg yet carrots where only 99cp/kg. Everything was wieghed and scanned as carrots. Sometimes if you were quick you could put a steak down to be wieghed. Only caught once and played dunb and got away with it. Moved to a different store after that.

Cotton buds trick saved us a fortune too. Be disgusted moving to a hostel only to find a modern machine