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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They call it mean for a reasonI have a friend who is a well-off investment banker in the City who has a lifelong addiction to thrift. As a teen he ordered pay TV channels then charged his siblings to tape movies for them. He once charged friends who were staying over for two days for the mustard they used on their sandwiches.
He staggered out of a bar to get cash and see whether he'd gotten his annual bonus of 100,000+. He had. Number of rounds he bought: 0.
(, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 3:42, Reply)
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