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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)
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Not really.
If he was screwing each person out of 20p a day, that's 1 pound a week. Now a pound a week doesn't sound like much, but then that's 52 pounds a year: 52 pounds is quite a lot when you think about it. A lot of groceries/a really decent meal/some new clothes.

I think he was right to have been suspended. Although they could have offered him the option of paying all the money back instead...
(, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 14:16, 2 replies)
Actually
It's likely that a fair chunk of that went on running the car. It might well have cost 50p/£1 a mile to do the journey. At that, probably about a third of the money went on the petrol etc.
(, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 21:23, closed)
Did he drive though?
Original post says 'down the road', might not be very far, so it's not clear that he used a car at all...
(, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 9:27, closed)
payback
i dont think people wanted him working there after it'd happened.
(, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 0:35, closed)

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