
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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We had just moved into Linbox Towers and I was stood outside having a fag when one of my new neighbours shouted a "hello, how's it going?" over the fence. To which I answered that the move had gone fine, but where the vendor had removed a washing machine from the downstairs bog, they'd obviously loosened something, because there was a bit of a drip. "Not a problem", says the new neighbour, "I'm a plumber, give me a couple of ticks and I'll pop around".
He was a boring wanker and managed to drag a 3-minute job out for about 5 cups of coffee and half a pack of my B&H. But it was a nice, neighbourly thing to do.
Next morning, he posted an invoice through the letterbox.
Cnut.
( , Fri 24 Oct 2008, 19:13, 2 replies)

He had no legal right to any money at all. If an agreement was not made that it would be a paid job, where a quote was given and accepted, then he can't invoice you just because he happens to be a plumber.
( , Fri 24 Oct 2008, 20:28, closed)

and posted it back through the door, with a bill for 5 coffees and a pack of fags. What a twunt.
( , Fri 24 Oct 2008, 21:31, closed)
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