Sapphire wrote: » Would her tea not taste...rubbery??
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.
OhHiMark wrote: » Were you looking over his shoulder?
Butterface wrote: » My workplace provides free lunches. I don't have the appetite for a large meal so early and I normally just take the main meal, and don't bother with starter (breads or salad) or dessert. I've noticed colleagues at desks in my area bringing up bread and bowls of salad (egg, tuna, ham etc), fruit and yogurts, and I've seen them transfer the contents into lunchboxes, presumably to bring home for a later meal. I mentioned it to a colleague once and he said he does it too, means he doesn't have to spend money on food during the week. The company obviously wants a happy workforce, and everybody is entitled to their free lunch with no rules about when you eat it. However, I like food and the food served at work is not great, especially the salad selection. Anyway, not sure if it counts as stingy. Maybe if the food was nicer I'd be at the same!:D
shar01 wrote: » However... if it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down
MRnotlob606 wrote: » Sister got a two pairs of socks from an aunt of ours as a present. Funny thing is there was a sticker on one of the socks saying "part of pack of 5, €3.50". Meaning she took the other three pairs !. Pretty sure this woman hangs out toilet paper on the washing line. She is in no way stuck for money either. Just pure parsimonious.
Sapphire wrote: » I was reading a Cries of Retail type thread on another forum and one said that she had a customer kicking up hell that she couldn't return a single pair of knickers she got from her boyfriend as a Christmas gift. She took great pleasure in informing her that the item was one of a 5 pack and seeing it dawn on the irate and abusive customer that he must have gifted the other four pairs elsewhere was a rare Schadenfreude moment in retail.
rawn wrote: » http://www.independent.ie/style/weddings/wedding-guest-gobsmacked-after-couple-asked-for-bigger-contribution-than-125-cheque-34704914.html
Ted_YNWA wrote: » I'd be straight onto the bank to cancel that cheque,
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Hollister11 wrote: » I once heard a story of a chap getting a takeaway after a night out, instead of getting a taxi, he got the delivery driver to drop him home for the delivery fee.
Shergar6 wrote: » This isn't stingy, it's GENIUS! :eek:
sullivlo wrote: » My uncle did that a few times. Not out of stingyness, more out of necessity as taxis were few and far between in his area. He would go into the Chinese after the pub and order for delivery and get a lift home with the driver.
arayess wrote: » not stingy. less money on food , more money for beer.
ProudDUB wrote: » arayess wrote: » not stingy. less money on food , more money for beer. Of course it's bloody stingy. The company are providing free lunches, to be eaten at lunch time, when the employees are at work, on their lunch breaks. It's not providing free breakfast, dinner and tea for its employees. Once you have had your free lunch, if you are taking additional food home, you aren't just being stingy, you are stealing imo ! :mad:
Electric Sheep wrote: » I'm not sure. What happens to the left over food if nobody takes it home? Is it thrown out? That is waste, plain and simple.
Maireadio wrote: » One of my friends said a colleague of hers hogs the free fruit delivery they get in work at the start of the week, hoarding a lot of fruit on her desk and leaving a much depleted supply for everyone else. I suppose you could say you snooze you lose, but it just comes across greedy to me.
