To ask your stingiest stories?

[iLoveFoood]

Tell me some of your stingy stories. The ones where you've had a friend out to dinner and they inspect the bill down to the last €0.20.... or the guy at the office who refuses to bring in the Friday biscuits but eats everyone else's!

I know a guy at my work who is a full time smoker but never has a box of cigarettes. Just asks someone different every time. He gets away with smoking ten a day, one off a different person every single day!

I asked him for one before after giving him my last few a couple of times and he said 'no, these need to last me 2 days' 😆

That may actually be more of a CF story.

Name changed. My sister who is rich but acts as if she is on her last dollar. Gave her an ebook reader for Christmas and got a packet of dishwashing tablets (must have got them on sale as she also gave a pkt to my brother for his present). The following year, I gave her $100 gift voucher and got a gardening pack which she got free from the city council (it even said complimentary on the pack!). She has form as I gave her daughter my old car and she complained to my mom that I was mean as I didn't give her the seat covers too (I wanted to use them on my new car). The following year she asked me to pay the registration on the car as it was still under my name - they refused to transfer the car to their name as they didn't want to pay stamp duty. I should have sold the car on gumtree for $4,000 instead!

When I was 16 I worked the summer school holidays in a garage. As office staff I got an hour for lunch, but the mechanics only got 30 mins. A couple of times a week I'd eat out for lunch - a sandwich place, McDonalds, a local McDonalds rip off place, baked potato place. It got so busy that the mechanics didn't have time to walk up to the shopping area, order, wait and get back in their 30 mins so each time a few would ask me to grab them something. It built up to the point that I was getting 15+ meals each time I went lol so I refused to get cup drinks as they were impossible to carry.

Anyway this one time I'd been to the burger place and the money didn't work out after I got back and I was out of pocket by £1. Which wasn't a lot, but I couldn't work it out for ages and it annoyed me as I was always meticiulous with my money so I could eat out. Then it turned out the place had a special deal on a meal deal thing which made it cheaper to buy a complete meal than just a burger and chips so one of the tightwads had only given me the money for the cheaper deal despite knowing that I wouldn't get the deal as I couldn't carry drinks and I'd be left out of pocket.

Every 3rd or 4th time I went the lads would insist on giving me a bit extra to pay for mine as a thanks for going. It worked out about 10p more and a few of us quickly realised that anytime someone suggested that he didn't get lunch out that day.

A friend of mine was having a miscarriage and her stepfather asked her for the Petrol money to get her to hospital!!! It was sickening and we called him out on it, bastard.

I will never understand why posters say they have name changed, no one cares or takes any notice really.

I once had a birthday party organised the next day after my actual birthday date. One guy told me he wouldn't tell me, "Happy Birthday" because my birthday party wasn't on my birth date. He and a few others came empty handed but happily munched on the food.
A few people came to see me and my new baby. They came without a gift.

Drove a friend on a 60 mile round trip, picked her up and dropped her off at her house (which wasn't on the way). Went for a pub lunch on way home, she asked if we could order chips to share and I said no Im getting my own as I'm hungry so don't want to share. She didn't order any herself and still just ate half of mine anyway despite me politely asking not to!! my meal cost £2 more than hers and she said she would pay £2 less than me as her order cost less. Erm ok- what about the £30+ petrol and parking I just funded, plus personalised door to door taxi service, and you eating half my meal when I specifically said I didn't want to share!! She never offered to contribute towards my costs but made a big deal out of £2. Needless to say I've been 'busy' any time she wants to go anywhere now. I was actually quite upset by it. How do other people respond to these CFs - id like some tips

In a previous house, only moved in a week beforehand, neighbour knocked on the door at 9pm to ask us to pay for her teenage sons taxi. Obviously told her no. Then a few weeks later she knocked and asked us to drive him to the shops or give him money for a taxi! We only lasted six months in that house, couldn’t get away fast enough.

My friend Jean got married to John (not their real names)

Jean’s mother paid for a very lavish wedding in one of the finest hotels in Scotland. Free bar all night , fabulous food sort of thing. Jean’s mother was a widow and not rich or anything. It was a wonderful day .

Next morning John’s parents invited the wedding party ( about 6 of us including Jean’s Mum) to a small health club they owned for lunch. They did a salad buffet for about £10 a head. I was the bridesmaid so I was invited.

They charged us all for our lunch.

Jean’s Mum insisted on paying for us and was rifling through her purse to find the cash. It was beyond embarrassing.

Jean and John are now divorced

We were on holiday, brother & sister in law were in same place but we weren't on holiday together (if that makes sense) anyway, we agreed to meet for lunch, a friend of brother in law is also in town, do you mind if him and his wife come along, of course not!

Bill comes, we split it between the three couples, us and in-laws produce the amount expected.

Friend then produces a card that gets him discount in the restaurant, gets the bill reduced, pays much less than the rest of us, didn't split the reduced amount.

I was speechless (and that's unheard of!)

A friend's cousin and her husband didn't go to the funeral when my friend's Mother died, but turned up to the lunch complete with Tupperware dishes.

They ate their fill from the buffet, put more food in the dishes and left soon after.And barely said a word to anyone.

I’ve caught my work colleague on a few occasions pocketing toilet roll (not full rolls but strips of it). When I questioned this he bragged that he’s never had to buy toilet roll since he’s worked here!

Same colleague also brings in a freezer bag to take home enough tea / coffee. Not exactly extreme but I’m always a little as he is on 20k more than me, has no dependants and brags how cheap the rent is on his flat.

Why oh why?

Whilst in Yorkshire with an ex-friend we went to Betty's cafe. The bill arrived and she refused to split it because after adding up what she had ordered, my bill was 24p more than hers

In town with my mother once

She wanted change of £1, I had 90p in change in my purse, she refused.

She is the stingiest person I know, she doesn't like me spending money either on things she deems "unnecessary "

After splitting with XH, I was given a council house for me and the DC, was given a Community Care Grant to buy carpets, but it didn't stretch to carpeting my bedroom, we had Guinea Pigs at the time, she told me to put some of their straw on my floor instead of buying a carpet!

I should add that my parents are very wealthy, but every penny is a prisoner with my mother

Not the most stingy but funny - I was out to dinner with three friends, the bill was $60. Myself and friend A threw in $20 each. Friend B said no, we should pay our own as she couldn't afford extra. Fair enough, but we calculated and friend B bill was actually $25, friend A $20 and me $15. Friend B then suggested we just forget it and put in $20 each.

One of my relatives used to buy nice apples for herself and cheap apples for her children. Ditto with toilet paper - quilted stuff for her en-suite and cheap stuff for the family bathroom.

I have a friend who always takes home 'her' semi finished bottles of wine from parties/evenings in etc even if she's been cooked or otherwise provided for. It's kind of become a standing joke. We were at a NYE party one night and I'd taken along a bottle of bubbly. As we left she fucking dove across the room for this half finished bottle of prosecco and said 'heres yours to take home with you'. I was horrified that she thought I would think this was acceptable behaviour just because for years I hadn't found a tactful way to call her out on her mean ways previously, and said there was no way I'd ever take back a contribution to a social gathering and did she really think I was that tight. She still didn't get it though!

The most stingy was a former workmate at a fast food restaurant. He would eat food that customers left behind on the table. And I'm not talking about a burger in a bag they forgot about, I mean half eaten burgers and cold fries. He would try to eat enough so he didn't have to eat until he was back at work the next day. He wasn't poor and he lived with his parents, in fact he would boast about how much money he had saved. He was doing it because he didn't like spending money on food. How low he could get his food bill was like a game to him.

Heres mine,

1 My ex would time me in the shower only allowing me THREE MINUTES maximum (worried about his water meter)
2 i was round his late one night and when it came for time to take me home we found his sisters car which he had borrowed had been broken into,drivers window smashed glass everywhere both big shards and very small ones.I couldnt believe what he then said.
"well it will be a bit cold but i will brush the glass of the seats and drive you home" He actually expected me to risk sitting on broken glass rather than fork out for a taxihe insisted he had no money i only had 10 pounds to my name until payday. It wasnt until we went to the cashpoint i found out he had 700 pounds and it was only 4 days till his next payday.He begrudgingly lent me 30 pounds for a taxi after i phoned the cab company and got an exact quote from them and yes i paid him back.No way could we drive around in car with a smashed window.Police might have thought my ex was the one who pinched it and it would have caused complications getting the crime number which you need for the insurance payout.Oh and it was November so it was cold
He refused to by a present for his brothers 40th not even a cheap bottle of plonk even though i offered to go halves yet he insisted on going to the party
He saw a duvet set in my catologue that he fancied so he asked me to order it and he would pay me back when it was delivered.
On the day it came i met him for dinner and took the duvet set with me and instinct told me to take the invoice as well.I gave him the set we went and sat down and i asked him for the money so i could pay off the invoice.Every time i asked he kept changing the subject and this went on for a good hour and a half.In the end i had to put the invoice in his lap.
The straw that broke the camels back in the end?He invited (insisted) that i pop round three days before Christmas and didnt tell me he had a really bad tummy bug and then he CRAP**D the bed I KID YOU NOT.He said he thought it was safe enough to try and fart HIS WORDS I went down with said bug on the Boxing Day.I was absolutely furious.I ended the relationship on New Years Eve.
Incidentally he would NEVER buy groceries at all unless he knew i was coming over 1 packet of pasta 1packet of pasta sauce 1 bottle of diet coke and garlic bread.One time i was too ill to go over and he had a right go at me cos he had already bought this stuff. He did deliveries for an Indian takeaway five nights a week and they gave him a free meal to take home every night.When i pointed out this was bad for his health he just said "Its free.
In the summertime i used to buy ice cream and leave it in his freezer.I gave up on this after a while as he would just let the electric run out and the ice cream would melt. One time i was getting out of the shower at his one NIGHT and the electric just went off and i nearly slipped.He would only get a tenner out of the cashpoint at a time but then would get the car out to take the five minute drive to the cashpoint every time he needed more

There was also a time that he refused to go out and buy more toilet roll when he once ran out when i was over there and told me to take my Imodium so i woudnt need to go.(i suffer from IBS) I sincerly hope that no woman ever has children with my ex.It would be a pass port to poverty. I will NEVER tolerate a tightwad again!

Loved reading this post. I've met some seriously stingy people turning up places without money is a new low!

@Onecutefox

They came without a gift

That's not stingy.
They came to see you and baby, why do they need to bring gifts?

One of my friends gave me an empty bubble bath container for my birthday. To be fair it was shaped like a dalek and I did like Doctor Who at the time. However, it had originally been given to them as a present and once it was empty they'd 're-gifted' it on to me. To make it worst I had gone out my way to get them something (while not expensive) that they really wanted.

My eldest had a Saturday job in Debenhams, when people returned clothes they would sometimes ask for a refund for the carrier bag as well.

My brother in law is tighter than a duck's arse. Could buy and sell me three times over, but washes and reuses cling filmcand boasts aboit how long he can make clingfilm last. Another friend managed to avoid buying a drink by involving himself in several different rounds on group nights out and then leaving before his turn came up. He would never buy food and would hoover up any leftovers like a human vacuum cleaner. I once nearly made myself sick finishing up a meal when I was full just to stop him helping himself to the scraps.