Thrifty old chap
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In the office we have this old chap he's in his 60's he's at associate level so decent salary, his house is paid for company car and so on.
It's perfectly clear from looking at him that he spend no money on clothes.
But it's his tightness that gets me most, a few examples.
Going out for a days surveying he drives in to work just to fill his flask up with coffee.
He has a little plastic mineral water bottle that he refills with tap water. He moaned the other day its was going a little green at the bottom. So as he walks through the park he will look for a discarded one, but he did clarify he would give it a good wash!!! as these things cost about 25p you know.
Today his wife phoned and asked him to pick some milk up, he said he would nip to waitrose which is more or less next to the office. His wife went mental there not paying there prices he had to walk to Asda about 3/4 mile away.
He then told me she is worse than him.
To clarify yes he is from Yorkshire as I am but this guy is unbelievable.
It's perfectly clear from looking at him that he spend no money on clothes.
But it's his tightness that gets me most, a few examples.
Going out for a days surveying he drives in to work just to fill his flask up with coffee.
He has a little plastic mineral water bottle that he refills with tap water. He moaned the other day its was going a little green at the bottom. So as he walks through the park he will look for a discarded one, but he did clarify he would give it a good wash!!! as these things cost about 25p you know.
Today his wife phoned and asked him to pick some milk up, he said he would nip to waitrose which is more or less next to the office. His wife went mental there not paying there prices he had to walk to Asda about 3/4 mile away.
He then told me she is worse than him.
To clarify yes he is from Yorkshire as I am but this guy is unbelievable.
Balmoral Green said:
I used to know a bloke whom if you offered him a coffee from the Klix machine (cost 10p) would decline, but would have the 10p instead. He also used to keep a jar for collecting shots of sugar from said Klix machine when folks were at the machine and not having sugar.
That's pretty bad!Many many years ago I worked in a kitchen of a french restaurant. When the waiter cleared the tables, he'd scoop up any leftover butter from peoples plates into a tub and take it home once a month!
You don't work at a structural engineers in Harrogate do you? (The waitrose near by)
Personally I think the company is a tight wad, coffee while you're out surveying goes on expenses
I'm at associate level in my pratice, but a big mortgage means I'm still skinter than skint, might need to start taking some thrift tips lol
Personally I think the company is a tight wad, coffee while you're out surveying goes on expenses
I'm at associate level in my pratice, but a big mortgage means I'm still skinter than skint, might need to start taking some thrift tips lol
Oi we are not all tight! Thats why I am broke.
Knew a guy, house paid for good job and wages. Wife works full time.
She was allowed £10 a week spending money all her wages he looked after.
She had to carry a little book around with her and write in it everything she bought to the penny and he would audit it to make sure it was right
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anyway apparently she has a bit more to spend now as she has taken an evening job on top of her day job.
Knew a guy, house paid for good job and wages. Wife works full time.
She was allowed £10 a week spending money all her wages he looked after.
She had to carry a little book around with her and write in it everything she bought to the penny and he would audit it to make sure it was right
the tt.anyway apparently she has a bit more to spend now as she has taken an evening job on top of her day job.
Edited by Pesty on Wednesday 2nd June 21:22
You've probably heard how tight Humphrey and Oliver Smith are (Previous owners to the John Smiths & Sam Smiths Label) The pair are listed in the top so many rich list yet they dress in rags. Humphrey who drives around in a 1991 Austin Metro which looks as though it's falling to pieces, bought his wife a £700 Proton after her clapped out fiesta finally died. She later left him 
Pesty said:
Oi we are not all tight! Thats why I am broke.
Knew a guy, house paid for good job and wages. Wife works full time.
She was allowed £10 a week spending money all her wages he looked after.
She had to carry a little book around with her and write in it everything she bought to the penny and he would audit it to make sure it was right the tt.
anyway apparently she has a bit more to spend now as she has taken an evening job on top of her day job.
If i was her i would tell him to get stuffed. Or taken his card and bought something outragously expensive... like a nice new motorKnew a guy, house paid for good job and wages. Wife works full time.
She was allowed £10 a week spending money all her wages he looked after.
She had to carry a little book around with her and write in it everything she bought to the penny and he would audit it to make sure it was right
the tt.anyway apparently she has a bit more to spend now as she has taken an evening job on top of her day job.
Edited by Pesty on Wednesday 2nd June 21:22
Yorkshireman, a Scotsman with the generosity squeezed out 
I used to mechanic for a guy who sprinted a Lotus 7 & earned an absolute bloody fortune. He was amazingly tight. e.g. if we bled brakes he'd keep the jar of fluid to top up the clutch with! Oil changes were kept & used in a squirt oil can, yup s/h oil.
I used to mechanic for a guy who sprinted a Lotus 7 & earned an absolute bloody fortune. He was amazingly tight. e.g. if we bled brakes he'd keep the jar of fluid to top up the clutch with! Oil changes were kept & used in a squirt oil can, yup s/h oil.
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