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To ask what little freebies you get in life?

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Funfreethings · 10/07/2025 13:20

So not much in life is free…we all know that.
im moving house soon and i was on the hunt for boxes so i asked in work. The waste management guys told me they would keep some boxes to the side for me. When I went down he had a stack for me already flattened so I could get them in my car and he gave me a big roll of tape to use also. I was so happy, I feel like I’m haemorrhaging money at the moment so even though it was something small it made such a difference for me.
we also have free tea/coffee/milk/water in work! Love that too!
whats your freebie? ☺️

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Davros · 10/07/2025 13:51

That must be the modern equivalent of Luncheon Vouchers. I took a friend’s whole stack off them once playing poker at lunchtime. They were free!

hairyunicorn · 10/07/2025 13:46

A friend is a delivery driver for a bakery. He gives us leftover sourdough and other fancy breads. I love it

Also, work gives us £12 per day to spend on Deliveroo for lunch, it's not free as we are taxed on it, but lunch for under £2 is amazing and I think of it as a freebie 😆

Howmanycatsistoomany · 10/07/2025 13:46

Eggs from my lovely chooks (I know they're not strictly free because I buy food etc but still).
One of my chooks went missing recently and when I found her hiding in the barn a few days later she was sitting on eggs, so now I have 12 free baby chooks!

Tillow4ever · 10/07/2025 13:44

Our workplace used to have a “dinnertime matters” bay where there were loads of some of the products we make. You could help yourself from this stand to take home and cook for your dinner. That’s stopped for a while as we rarely go into the office, but it was still lovely.

Last year when we launched a new product range, and changed the jar size on another product range, we were all authorised to buy 1 of each product from each of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons online. Bear in mind the value of the jar size range was around £40, the value of the new range around the same, that was a huge amount of products for free for us! We were encouraged to give to family/friends/food bank if there was anything we wouldn’t use to avoid waste.

The business also regularly donates product to food banks, and has raised and donated money to them as well. Makes me very proud to work for a company that genuinely cares - you always get cynical at big companies that do this but knowing the actual people involved etc I know these were all done to do good, not to raise the profile of the brands.

MrsMoastyToasty · 10/07/2025 13:44

In the days when Midland Bank was becoming HSBC I got a filing cabinet as a result of a branch rebranding.

BitOutOfPractice · 10/07/2025 13:42

I get a smoothie every week in the gym cafe if I go 4 times a week. It brings me joy.

Bris1234 · 10/07/2025 13:39

IHopeYouStepOnALegPiece · 10/07/2025 13:27

Bamboo socks. I signed up for a free pair from BAM maybe 8 or 9 years ago and have received 3-5 pairs a year since. Its slightly bizarre but I do enjoy receiving the even if someone else will be getting them as I don't wear them 😂

OMG me too! It's such a nice treat to get their lovely socks in the post

Oreosareawful · 10/07/2025 13:38

I do a lot of volunteering, and we get given a little bag for the day with tea bags, milk cartons and coffee sachets with a flask.
I don't drink coffee, so the sachets go home for my husband. It's a more expensive brand than we usually buy, so husband is extra happy.

Coffeeishot · 10/07/2025 13:28

Someone dh i know gets good antibacterial wipes from work that may occasionally turn up in my kitchen 😀

IHopeYouStepOnALegPiece · 10/07/2025 13:27

Bamboo socks. I signed up for a free pair from BAM maybe 8 or 9 years ago and have received 3-5 pairs a year since. Its slightly bizarre but I do enjoy receiving the even if someone else will be getting them as I don't wear them 😂

DragonTrainor · 10/07/2025 13:25

Our office has fruit on Fridays and I always take an apple and banana home for the kids. I can afford fruit but it feels so good to get it for free!

MummBRaaarrrTheEverLeaking · 10/07/2025 13:25

A Christmas tree! There was an office move and it was going to be chucked. A decent homebase 7ft individual branches full on tree! It lasted me over 10 years, but it was a faff to put up, so we eventually got one quicker to put up and pre lit. Gave the homebase one away on facebook, so it's still out there going strong!

ssd · 10/07/2025 13:23

I work in a shop and sometimes rarely I get a good bargain