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See what I did there?!

Original thread here..... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=88733360#post88733360

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Frynge

OhHiMark wrote: »

Were you looking over his shoulder?

No, walking across the landing. He doesn't close the door either but the other things he does to annoy me are for another thread.

OhHiMark

Frynge wrote: »

I think I have a first, altruistic stinge.

Brother in law was taking a piss and left the jacks without flushing the toilet. Conversation went like this.

Me; will you flush the toilet.
Bil; but I just took a piss.
Me; flush the toilet.
Bil; but we have to pay for water.
Me; do you pay for water?
Bil; no, but someone does.
Me; yes that someone is me now flush the god damn toilet.

Were you looking over his shoulder?

Frynge

I think I have a first, altruistic stinge.

Brother in law was taking a piss and left the jacks without flushing the toilet. Conversation went like this.

Me; will you flush the toilet.
Bil; but I just took a piss.
Me; flush the toilet.
Bil; but we have to pay for water.
Me; do you pay for water?
Bil; no, but someone does.
Me; yes that someone is me now flush the god damn toilet.

sligojoek

I was at a 50th birthday party last night. The conversation went like this.

Mate: will you keep an eye on that pint for half an hour?

Me: No problem. Where are you going?

Mate: I'm going home for a smoke. No cu*t has any weed with them.

ChampagnePop

Sapphire wrote: »

Would her tea not taste...rubbery??

If you don't rinse out the kettle it would, WHERE'S THE WATER SAVING THEN???

Utah

It would definitely smell nice. Hot water bottles smell deadly

Dan Jaman

Frynge wrote: »

But cool water boils quicker than warm water, or maybe it's warm water freezes quicker then cool water.

Hmmm... simply adding heat to warmed water seems to be straightforward enough, but in the latter, I'd suspect that water that's already been warmed has had the dissolved air removed and therefore might freeze quicker.
Otoh, that might be total balleaux.

Frynge

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Pre-warmed though; saves on electric.

But cool water boils quicker than warm water, or maybe it's warm water freezes quicker then cool water.

miezekatze

ChampagnePop wrote: »

My sister reuses the water from her water bottle every night, pours it into the kettle and reboils, night after night.... I don't drink tea in her house

My mam used to reuse the water from the water bottle too, but just as water for the washing up and stuff like that. One day she made tea from it by accident, it was disgusting! I think that was the last time she reused the rubbery water!

Sapphire

ChampagnePop wrote: »

My sister reuses the water from her water bottle every night, pours it into the kettle and reboils, night after night.... I don't drink tea in her house

Would her tea not taste...rubbery??

ChampagnePop

ButtersSuki wrote: »

One from my college days (pre water charges!) that I forgot to post.

Guy I was sharing a house with one morning comes down the stairs one morning, opens his hot water bottle and pours it into the kettle. Then makes a cup of tea.

I still don't know whether it was more miserly or disgusting.

Waiting for someone to say "ah shure that's grand shure the water was bolied".......

My sister reuses the water from her water bottle every night, pours it into the kettle and reboils, night after night.... I don't drink tea in her house

Dan Jaman

ButtersSuki wrote: »

One from my college days (pre water charges!) that I forgot to post.

Guy I was sharing a house with one morning comes down the stairs one morning, opens his hot water bottle and pours it into the kettle. Then makes a cup of tea.

I still don't know whether it was more miserly or disgusting.

Waiting for someone to say "ah shure that's grand shure the water was bolied".......

Pre-warmed though; saves on electric.

ButtersSuki

One from my college days (pre water charges!) that I forgot to post.

Guy I was sharing a house with one morning comes down the stairs one morning, opens his hot water bottle and pours it into the kettle. Then makes a cup of tea.

I still don't know whether it was more miserly or disgusting.

Waiting for someone to say "ah shure that's grand shure the water was bolied".......

gigantic09

check_six wrote: »

Mortification, disgust, and delight that you'd have a marvelously stingey story to post on here!

The secret thrill of the stinge-spotter!

That's true.Did get some revenge a couple years later after she got married.Again she was home for the weekend,and was looking forward to opening a late wedding card left in by a neighbour.we drafted a fake card and inserted a voucher from a leisure center in town as the "gift".She was pretty pissed,so rang up the center to see what exactly the voucher entailed(assuming it must have included spa treatments etc).After getting her to describe the voucher and realising it had no serial number as such,they informed her it must just be a general voucher that entitled her to a single use of the pool and gym facilities.She was livid "thats all the ****er's got me,a voucher for a ****in swim".We left her hanging till she went to ring the neighbours to tell them where they could stick the voucher.In fairness she joined in,in the laughter when we gave her the genuine wedding card.

Dan Jaman

gigantic09 wrote: »

My sister was home for the weekend and decided to take part in a local running event that I was helping out with.Turned out that I was unable to attend on the day but I rang her that evening to see how she got on.She was delighted with her time,and the free tee shirt and all the food they put up afterwards.When I remarked that her name didn't seem to be in the results,she replied "o I didn't bother signing up so just jumped in at the start,and saved myself the 30quid".I was torn between mortification and disgust.

<cough> Late entrant. Didn't have the time for all the admin.
There are a few at every event, but if they had the decency to just bung a couple of quid in the pot, it would help all round.

check_six

gigantic09 wrote: »

I was torn between mortification and disgust.

Mortification, disgust, and delight that you'd have a marvelously stingey story to post on here!

The secret thrill of the stinge-spotter!

gigantic09

My sister was home for the weekend and decided to take part in a local running event that I was helping out with.Turned out that I was unable to attend on the day but I rang her that evening to see how she got on.She was delighted with her time,and the free tee shirt and all the food they put up afterwards.When I remarked that her name didn't seem to be in the results,she replied "o I didn't bother signing up so just jumped in at the start,and saved myself the 30quid".I was torn between mortification and disgust.

Lollipops23

rawn wrote: »

I refill my water bottle from the cooler in work

Not stingy at all- but bad for you as those bottles are not designed for re-use and will start degrading!

rawn

I refill my water bottle from the cooler in work every day before i go home. It just kind of struck me that my colleagues might see me as a stinge

i recall seeing it mentioned on this thread a few times

JCX BXC

Was behind a well-known tight arse in a supermarket today, he got very annoyed because his shopping came to €50.67, and after handing in 2 €50 notes, the cashier gave him change of "only" €49.30, leaving him short 5c as he rounded incorrectly.

Not completely stingy, but very fecking annoying to watch.

Dodge

Bad manners and annoying, sure.

That's not stingy IMO

NufcNavan

Dodge wrote: »

That's not stingy. That's just haggling. They did nothing nothing there IMO

Except the owner said there was no box upon agreeing a price. He kept asking which was met with the same answer. That's not haggling. It's bad manners and also a bit miserable tbh.

Dodge

pgj2015 wrote: »

I was selling a piece of jewelry on adverts for 40 euro, it was worth around 80 but I was selling it at 40 for a quick sale, someone asked me if I would sell it for 35, i said no its very cheap at 40, so they agreed to buy it at 40 euro, they asked me if i had the box it came in, i said no. they drove 2 hours to come pick it up, arrived in a brand new bmw, and kept asking me if i had the box for the piece of jewelry, i said no, you can get them in a pound shop for a euro or two. it was christmas time so i guess it was a present for someone.

That's not stingy. That's just haggling. They did nothing nothing there IMO

pgj2015

I was selling a piece of jewelry on adverts for 40 euro, it was worth around 80 but I was selling it at 40 for a quick sale, someone asked me if I would sell it for 35, i said no its very cheap at 40, so they agreed to buy it at 40 euro, they asked me if i had the box it came in, i said no. they drove 2 hours to come pick it up, arrived in a brand new bmw, and kept asking me if i had the box for the piece of jewelry, i said no, you can get them in a pound shop for a euro or two. it was christmas time so i guess it was a present for someone.

TerrorFirmer

Not exactly 'stingy', but I just saw this on the "Is selling on adverts a joke?".

Actually breath-taking.

I gave away a perfect dvd player with the remote with batteries for Free

.....the person that got it left negative feedback because it didn't have a scart cable included.........New dvd players dont come with scart leads ether

I never mentioned it did nor was it pictured

El_Duderino 09

OhHiMark wrote:

How much was her starter for 6? Was she really hungry?

That's really not the point of the thread.

OhHiMark

How much was her starter for 6? Was she really hungry?

benjamin d

This is just a minor thing but I notice it so often and it really grinds my gears. Went for a bite to eat last week with my girlfriend and two others and when we were paying mine came to 22.50 so I threw in 25, my girlfriend only had a starter for 6 or something and gave 7 or 8. The other two paid together and I had a glance at the total when we got up only to see that the tip was less than €2 total! I see that sh1te all the time and it drives me bananas. Whatever about not tipping, at least pay your bloody share you stingebags!

gramar

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

If someone tried to sell me a quarter of an onion I could not hide my contempt and vitriol.

It would bring tears to my eyes.

Squall Leonhart

If someone tried to sell me a quarter of an onion I could not hide my contempt and vitriol.