Stingiest thing you've seen someone do

[CC's left foot]

The girl that posted that on reddit said that if it's a party over 8 the 18% automatically shows up. They don't have to tip anymore then that. The party had 20 people.

story if you haven't read it: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/pastor-tip-receipt-155914258.html

yah, I know the story. As if the number of people in a party should dictate that you automatically get ripped off for 18%. That is not a tip. That is a fee.

 

[Tank_Kam]

Ok itd be too lengthy to fully describe his whole personality so you guys will have to read the things and take them for what they are. Keep in mind as I tell u the stories this is a kid I knew since kindergarten. I used to take up for him when people would want to fight him or talk shit about him. I taught him how to count with skittles when we were just kids. Btw he is a spitting image of will Ferrell in terms of looks, so much so that people would come up to him all the time asking for his autograph. Anyway, I used to have a slot machine that people would play when they came over. It was just for fun never cared about the money it made which most would be about $15-$20 in quarters if I had a big house party. He asked if I wanted to sell it and I said sure. Long story short, I guesstimated about $20 in change. He didn't count it there and took it home. I had a voicemail next morning from at 4:15 am and about 3 more after that with this kid yelling to the top of his lungs that I needed to call him back IMMEDIATELY!!! Wanna know why and I wish that I was making this up.... There was only $17.50 in there and I told him $20 even though I told him that amount was a guess. You'd swear I robbed him blind. He couldn't sleep because of it. Ok my son is acting up. I'll finish stories later

LOL! So much better that he looks like Will Ferrell!

 

[TSK]

I was already one hour late to meet my friends for a camping trip so I was in a massive rush when I went grocery shopping.

When I went to pay I chose the shortest line at the checkout. Only one woman ahead of me. Unfortunately the woman was some kind of extreme coupon user. She literally had coupons for every single thing she bought. And she was arguing with the cashier that she wasn't getting enough discounts. At one point they had to get the manager because of an argument over 8 cents.

As the minutes ticked by I kept thinking of grabbing my stuff and going to a different cashier, but every time I was about to move people would join the other line. But they'd still get out quicker than me. So finally I made the move. By the time I left 17 minutes had passed and she finally had her total. Her bill was $14. She may have been crazy cheap and fairly inconsiderate, but she did save a lot of money.

You should have said something. That is extremely inconsiderate. If she wants to haggle and negotiate with the manager over every little item/coupon, she should get out of line and do it on her own time rather than hold everyone else up.

 

[TrueBias]

I had a friend who to this day am convinced he needs psychiatric help for reasons outside of this. I was dating a girl at the time and she brought a friend who he he hit it off with and ended up dating. After they were dating and I know he did this with other girls, he would keep a tiny notebook and wrote down all the drinks she got and by end of night he would tear the paper out and hand it to her to pay her portion. Wasnt uncommon to see arguments over who ordered what and te girl would say something along the lines of "why the fuck am I still standing here talkin to you" and storm off. Needless to say , his relationships didn't last long. And he had no idea why?! More stories but I don't have time to post them

Why would he do that when he can just wait for the bill and have them split it.

-Boss bought a Prius to save a slight amount of fuel economy over his honda accord, while still getting paid .40 a mile from work.

-Same guy would travel with 2 gas cans in said Prius to fill up at gas stations that had cheaper gas.

-Same guy buys bananas at BJs. Not in bulk. (how much cheaper could the be?!)

-Bought a ticket for a 3d movie, kept the glasses, then bought regular tickets for the 3d movies and brought in the 3d glasses

-On a dull day, Id buy a ticket for one movie, then when it was over, go into another starting movie.

-Whenever I need salt or pepper shakers, I take them from resturants, along with anything else ont he table that id need.

-Used to hate 'seasoned' ice, but when getting refilled mixed drinks, Id keep the remaining ice (which holds alcohol) and get stronger drinks for the same price from then on.

-When bread is close to expiring, I throw it into the fridge.

-If supplementation is cheaper to buy separately then buying brand name fat burners, then I do.

- I usually flush only when I shit. "If its yellow, let it mellow, if its brown, flush it down."

-I refill a big bottle of water with water from the sink.

-I use shopping bags for waste baskets.

-I always take a dump on company time.

 

[Turismo]

I was at burger king once when a woman casually strolled in with a bin liner, and filled it with as much ketchup and salt packets as she could before being chased out by staff.

 

[Fearnight]

I knew a guy that would walk into a store wearing one thing ... and walk out wearing something else ...

Time to get new shoes? No problem. Wear in the old worn out shoes, try on the new ones, put old shoes in box, walk out with new shoes.

Need new black pants? Sure! Take new black pants off shelf, try on new black pants, put old black pants on hanger, re-hang old black pants.

Rinse and repeat for any clothing item you can try on. But try to stick to similar colors and styles just in case. Not sure how he suppressed the anti theft devices, but he did.

 

[OnionKnight86]

yah, I know the story. As if the number of people in a party should dictate that you automatically get ripped off for 18%. That is not a tip. That is a fee.

Is the 18% for the grand total or does the 18% go to each person?

 

[Quanta]

Is the 18% for the grand total or does the 18% go to each person?

It is the same thing either way.


If x(i) is the price of the ith persons meal, and X(i) is the total of the meal, then

Σx(i)=X(i)

and following from that

Σ(.18*x(i))=.18*Σx(i)=.18*X(i)

 

[TrueBias]

I knew a guy that would walk into a store wearing one thing ... and walk out wearing something else ...

Time to get new shoes? No problem. Wear in the old worn out shoes, try on the new ones, put old shoes in box, walk out with new shoes.

Need new black pants? Sure! Take new black pants off shelf, try on new black pants, put old black pants on hanger, re-hang old black pants.

Rinse and repeat for any clothing item you can try on. But try to stick to similar colors and styles just in case. Not sure how he suppressed the anti theft devices, but he did.

I used to do Loss Prevention for JCPenney and that was the easiest shit to catch. Shoes were my specialty.


Stingy isnt theft, unless its a ridiculous price (like movie prices).

 

[Elvis.]

I know a guy who is CHEAP , this is the kind of guy who shows up late to the bar orders a pint or 2 & leaves early every time . This is a man who will only drive his car when absolutely necessary 10 miles is walking distance to this guy, he is so cheap that he never pitches for takeout pizza but when it gets there he asks to grab a slice & god help you if you tell him beforehand that he has to pitch in 5-10$ like everyone els because he will make sure to get his money's worth , he attacks that pizza like it's the last meal in the history of humanity .
And if someone pipes up and says " dude there's 5 people here splitting this pizza & you just ate 60% of it wtf are you doing " he acts confused like he can't figure out the reason why he shouldn't be on his 14th slice .

 

[Stargazer Rex]

I know a guy who is CHEAP , this is the kind of guy who shows up late to the bar orders a pint or 2 & leaves early every time . This is a man who will only drive his car when absolutely necessary 10 miles is walking distance to this guy, he is so cheap that he never pitches for takeout pizza but when it gets there he asks to grab a slice & god help you if you tell him beforehand that he has to pitch in 5-10$ like everyone els because he will make sure to get his money's worth , he attacks that pizza like it's the last meal in the history of humanity .
And if someone pipes up and says " dude there's 5 people here splitting this pizza & you just ate 60% of it wtf are you doing " he acts confused like he can't figure out the reason why he shouldn't be on his 14th slice .

The bar thing and walking to place don't seem bad at all. More people should walk instead of drive. That pizza situation though...

 

[Groundswell]

Is the 18% for the grand total or does the 18% go to each person?

LMAO

 

[MrBoombastic]

I live in Florida, and when I have literally no.money for food, I go around to houses that have fruit trees in their back yard - mango grapefruit orange coconut etc. I tell them Im a student at the local college (this is true) and that I'm doing a study XYZ on the local fruit, and could really use some to research.

I come out with trunk fulls of fruit

When you're flat broke, you find a way to eat

 

[ODYSSEYMEMPHIS]

Why would he do that when he can just wait for the bill and have them split it.

-Boss bought a Prius to save a slight amount of fuel economy over his honda accord, while still getting paid .40 a mile from work.

-Same guy would travel with 2 gas cans in said Prius to fill up at gas stations that had cheaper gas.

-Same guy buys bananas at BJs. Not in bulk. (how much cheaper could the be?!)

-Bought a ticket for a 3d movie, kept the glasses, then bought regular tickets for the 3d movies and brought in the 3d glasses

-On a dull day, Id buy a ticket for one movie, then when it was over, go into another starting movie.

-Whenever I need salt or pepper shakers, I take them from resturants, along with anything else ont he table that id need.

-Used to hate 'seasoned' ice, but when getting refilled mixed drinks, Id keep the remaining ice (which holds alcohol) and get stronger drinks for the same price from then on.

-When bread is close to expiring, I throw it into the fridge.

-If supplementation is cheaper to buy separately then buying brand name fat burners, then I do.

- I usually flush only when I shit. "If its yellow, let it mellow, if its brown, flush it down."

-I refill a big bottle of water with water from the sink.

-I use shopping bags for waste baskets.

-I always take a dump on company time.

He did it because he got discounts for previously working at that particular bar so the discount applies to his tab only.

 

[ODYSSEYMEMPHIS]

I live in Florida, and when I have literally no.money for food, I go around to houses that have fruit trees in their back yard - mango grapefruit orange coconut etc. I tell them Im a student at the local college (this is true) and that I'm doing a study XYZ on the local fruit, and could really use some to research.

I come out with trunk fulls of fruit

When you're flat broke, you find a way to eat

Nothin wrong with that. U do what u have to. Can only respect that

 

[Mooner]

I live in Florida, and when I have literally no.money for food, I go around to houses that have fruit trees in their back yard - mango grapefruit orange coconut etc. I tell them Im a student at the local college (this is true) and that I'm doing a study XYZ on the local fruit, and could really use some to research.

I come out with trunk fulls of fruit

When you're flat broke, you find a way to eat

This isn't stingy, it's stealing. Different animals.

 

[MrBoombastic]

This isn't stingy, it's stealing. Different animals.

Sometimes I tell them I'm researching the fruit in the area's nutritional value.

By eating it, I see if it is filling, good for me, etc

Call it "conning" if you want to talk shit. Stealing would be jumping the fence and taking their shit

 

[HIMBOB]

I live in Florida, and when I have literally no.money for food, I go around to houses that have fruit trees in their back yard - mango grapefruit orange coconut etc. I tell them Im a student at the local college (this is true) and that I'm doing a study XYZ on the local fruit, and could really use some to research.

I come out with trunk fulls of fruit

When you're flat broke, you find a way to eat

Love it,

Don't see this as theft when you have permission to take what you took.

 

[HIMBOB]

I had a relative who would pull the little green things of tomatoes before they were weighed. I have no idea why she even bothered it can't have made any difference at all.

I do that with Brocoli ever since i was shopping in a rural supermarket and I noticed out there the stem is like 1/2 an inch long, while in city supermarkets its like 3 inches.
Seeing it is the heaviest bit of the plant, id say it comes out at near half price.

 

[mister who]

I live in Florida, and when I have literally no.money for food, I go around to houses that have fruit trees in their back yard - mango grapefruit orange coconut etc. I tell them Im a student at the local college (this is true) and that I'm doing a study XYZ on the local fruit, and could really use some to research.

I come out with trunk fulls of fruit

When you're flat broke, you find a way to eat

That's clever as hell. You could show them your student ID if they don't believe you too. Students gotta eat. I love how half this thread is about how to score free food. So many broke sherdogers.