Be a tight bastard.
Im sure the secret to being rich is simply being a tight bastard. The richer you are, the tighter you get too.

I had a friend who worked at a supermarket checkout and was suprised at how many people would stand there an argue about their bill being out by 5p because a tin of beans should have been marked down. They would stop the whole line get the managers involved and get people to go back.
Its understandable if youre really poor and that 5p is the difference between affording another meal before the next giro comes in. But when said persons then swan off back to their privated plated Mercs, it really does make you think.. hmm wtf?

A friend of mine recently was saying how someone was arguing over €10 on their medical bill at the clinic. Yet they live in a house worth over €4million .

Do you think these people would bend down and pick up 1ps off the floor if they find it?
Probably.
(Miggyman, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 7:49, 5 replies)

Your point is absolutely true.
I dated a guy for a couple of months who couldnt stop talking about how rich and successful he was.

I was really struggling for money at the time but he never once offered to pay for ANYTHING, and used to make me buy him dinner or cinema tickets etc.

He WOULD pick up pennies off the floor. Well, how else do they accumulate money unless they hoard it, I suppose!
( TheGirlWithNoName, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 8:03, closed)

That's a bit unfair
Just because someone is rich, doesn't mean they should be ripped off any more than someone who isn't rich. I always complain if a shop tries to do me out of money, regardless of how much it is. The shop is probably richer than the customer, so why should they haggle about a few pence if it isn't really that important?

A lot of rich people are rich because they are careful with their money, and don't allow others to rip them off.

On the other hand, a boyfriend who acts like a tight bastard... Why did you go out with him long enough to see this side of him over and over if he was such a twat?
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Wed 6 Aug 2008, 10:26, closed)

I agree with gnomes
Why should someone's merc-ownership make them acceptable targets for ripping off?
You're almost certainly better off than about 1/3rd - 2/3 of the population of Earth since you can afford a PC so would they be entirely justified in ripping you off?
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 15:55, closed)

It's this mindset when they were poor
That gets them rich in the first place.

Old habits die hard etc..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 17:22, closed)

It's weird
I am relatively poor, but I still act like a demented magpie everytime I see a coin on the floor.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 19:40, closed)