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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Few years agowhen I was working on a ward I chanced to pop into the day room and noticed a teenage lad and his dad, hanging around looking a bit stressed.
Being a kind nursie I offered them a brew. The father accepted but the boy said politely no ta, I have a drink with me, and waved a can.
I wittily replied 'Dr Pepper! What's the worst that could happen?' - that being the Dr Pepper TV jingle at the time.
In the ward kitchen where I went to brew up, my mate told me about the family who were waiting to hear if their mum would die that night...
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