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There's saving money, and there's being tight: saving money at the expense of other people, or simply for the miserly hell of it.

Tell us about measures that go beyond simple belt tightening into the realms of Mr Scrooge.

(, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 13:58)
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Booze Tightwad
I was once staying over for the night at a friend's, and beforehand I called her saying "I'm getting some booze, do you need any?" She says yes, and that she'd like some cider. So off I trot to the local off-license and get it. I get there not only to hear complaints that she's not too keen on that particular brand, but that she also has a 2 litre bottle of booze anyway! I wouldn't mind, but I said need, not want and she knew I was short of money. I say I'm taking it back if she doesn't like it, and all's well, although in my hungover state I forgot it.

Fast forward to the next week...

I ask her where it is as I'm setting off. "Ummm, I don't know where it is, my mum's moved it." So when leaving (she would never see me out, always stayed in her room) I asked her mum where it was. "Oh it's in the storeroom, where she put it" Cheek! I know exactly what she was plaaning as soon as I heard it, she was going to give them to another friend of hers, one she was trying to get into her bed!

Then there's countless times where she said I could have tea at hers, so long as it was pizza. I'm not a huge fan of pizza, but there ya go. The only reason it was always pizza i recently discovered is she had a relative who owned a pizza place and she could get it for free! I wouldn't mind, but the pizzas weren't the best, and I always forked out for chinese whenever she came to my place.

Then there's the time when she phoned me up whilst I was at a different friend's across the road asking if I would give her friend (the one who almost got the cider) a lift home... but she "couldn't afford" to give me any petrol money. She knew I'd be there drinking, and that it was a 10 mile round-trip to do so. Obviously, I said I'd ring her back in 5 mins and promptly switched my phone off.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 10:31, Reply)

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