Mr B
Mr B was an old neighbour of mine, back on the council estate.

Avid readers of my posts will know that times were hard, but Mr B took the biscuit.

His favourite tightwad trick was to recycle tea bags.

This didn't mean reusing a teapot full straightaway. Oh no.

What he would do is rinse the tea bags in cold water, then PUT THEM OUT ON THE WASHING LINE, for all who lived on our side of the street to see. When they were dry, he'd break open the bags, and put the leaves in tin to be used again.

So not only was he a tightwad, he advertised the fact, which for me is the ultimate in tightwaddedness.

Oh, and as a postscript - years later I used to work in the local post office, and he used to come and collect his benefits from there. What he got in benefits then is more than I get paid a week now, ten years later. And he was still 'recycling' his teabags.

Un-fucking-real.
(scentless_apprentice takes two bottles into the shower!, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 9:45, Reply)