b3ta.com qotw
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Question of the Week » Tightwads » Post 285419 | Search
This is a question Tightwads

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)
Pages: Latest, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, ... 1

« Go Back

Sharpness
I work in a knife store and we get customers coming in to sharpen their knives every day. The price is cheap and we prefer cash. Any way, one day a man comes in wanting to sharpen his kitchen cutlery. Looking to have all the earmarks of a golf membership bearing rich as god Jack; Snotty scowl, blingy watch, Ash(hole)worth polo, and highlighted gray feathered hair. I told him we could do that for $5 bucks. He flew into a red faced conniption that it was an outrageous price. This cost is our only insurance if we get our limbs hacked by blades flinging off the wheel and metal shavings in our clothes. Since we only have 3 employees, workman's comp. is an unheard of thing. I told him so and he stormed off fuming and cussing. $5 bucks. Guess that's how he can afford to "look" like a big spender in any case.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 17:09, 1 reply)
Do you have any of those knives that can cut through a tin can?

(, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 13:42, closed)

« Go Back

Pages: Latest, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, ... 1