TightwadsThere'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.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 13:58)
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The richer you are, the tighter you are.Back in 1998 I had just turned 16 and finished school for the summer. I walked into this guys computer shop and asked for a job. I did a days work for him and he drove me home in his high end Merc. This guy was proper loaded. His shop was just a front end for bigger things.
We had somehow got into the conversation of tight bastards. He said "You know, the richer people are, the tighter they are." And he was absolutely right! He thanked me for my days work and said that I had really impressed him. He then pulled out what must have been 3 grand in cash from his pocket and gave me a fiver.
Cheers! Lesson learned well!
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 15:58, 2 replies)
That's the wrong way roundIt's 'the tighter people are, the richer they are'.
Simple cause & effect...
(, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 10:48, closed)
Quite soYou don't get to be rich by throwing money away.
(, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 13:48, closed)
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