Things cheap people do
Discussion
Black_S3 said:
That is so true...
The restaurant condiment theives that have caused many places to start charging every normal person for sauce...
The old man swapping large eggs into a different box screwing over the person who wasn’t expecting someone to be that tight.
The couponer who springs the trap on you when infront at the checkout and only begins to unload their coupons after you have emptied your trolley onto the conveyer rather than warn you they’re about to waste half an hour of your time to save themselves a quid.... stick the stack of coupons on the end of the checkout and warn people ffs!
Trimming fruit and veg before weighing it - someone has to pay for what’s now waste at the per kg price & the shop has to pay someone to watch out for waste that no one is going to buy kicking about and contaminating other produce.
Ordering extra to get free delivery with the intention of returning it... basically tricking someone else into paying for delivery twice so you don’t have to pay once.
The majority of these tight arses cost other people much more than they save themselves. That said, the likes of knowing which cheapest local petrol stations are, having the best available utility deals, the cheapest available mortgage deal or having a cheaper mobile that still does everything you need is just being financially savvy and there’s nothing wrong with that.
I would say swapped utilities etc is no different to the other points you raised. It costs the utility company around £500 every time you switch so the serial switchers are being subsidised by the other customers. The restaurant condiment theives that have caused many places to start charging every normal person for sauce...
The old man swapping large eggs into a different box screwing over the person who wasn’t expecting someone to be that tight.
The couponer who springs the trap on you when infront at the checkout and only begins to unload their coupons after you have emptied your trolley onto the conveyer rather than warn you they’re about to waste half an hour of your time to save themselves a quid.... stick the stack of coupons on the end of the checkout and warn people ffs!
Trimming fruit and veg before weighing it - someone has to pay for what’s now waste at the per kg price & the shop has to pay someone to watch out for waste that no one is going to buy kicking about and contaminating other produce.
Ordering extra to get free delivery with the intention of returning it... basically tricking someone else into paying for delivery twice so you don’t have to pay once.
The majority of these tight arses cost other people much more than they save themselves. That said, the likes of knowing which cheapest local petrol stations are, having the best available utility deals, the cheapest available mortgage deal or having a cheaper mobile that still does everything you need is just being financially savvy and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Saleen836 said:
As far as I'm aware supermarket milk is imported from Europe (mostly) hence the cheap cost
I don’t think that’s true - have you got a source? I expect the taste difference has more to do with fat content. There is definitely a market for “white water” these days, and herds are increasingly stocked with breeds that produce lower fat milk.Most of the supermarkets in the populated areas of the UK are supplied by Arla, which is collected from UK farms in milk tankers overnight, taken back to their dairy and shoved into plastic cartons a short while later then loaded into the backs of trucks and taken to the supermarkets.
Edible Roadkill said:
I buy 100 toilet rolls on groupon and have them sent to the house when I’m away working so the wife has to take them in.
She rages each time, especially as I put in the notes to have them delivered to the fancy (considerably richer than yaaaaaou) neighbours for her to collect if she’s not at home. Haha
Yes I’m a b
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At first I started doing it solely because it bothered me how much a 16 pack filled the trolley in the supermarket and having several toilet training kids that thought it was 1xroll per visit I decided to bulk buy.
But now I see how much This annoys her I can’t help myself
Yes but doing it each week is a bit OTT. She rages each time, especially as I put in the notes to have them delivered to the fancy (considerably richer than yaaaaaou) neighbours for her to collect if she’s not at home. Haha
Yes I’m a b
d.At first I started doing it solely because it bothered me how much a 16 pack filled the trolley in the supermarket and having several toilet training kids that thought it was 1xroll per visit I decided to bulk buy.
But now I see how much This annoys her I can’t help myself
Jambo85 said:
Saleen836 said:
As far as I'm aware supermarket milk is imported from Europe (mostly) hence the cheap cost
I don’t think that’s true - have you got a source? I expect the taste difference has more to do with fat content. There is definitely a market for “white water” these days, and herds are increasingly stocked with breeds that produce lower fat milk.Britain does not produce enough milk to keep up with demand, creating a dependency on the EU, including on dairy-surplus countries such as Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium and Denmark for everyday items such as cheddar cheese and butter.
Outside of the farm gate any milk you buy would have been pasteurised where it’s super heated to kill any bugs in it. The stuff the supermarkets sell is also refined even more and comes from
cows bred for yield rather than quantity.
The old silver top out of a bottle was so nice and creamy so I’m assuming it wasn’t as refined. Waitrose do one that’s not been homogenised and so did Tesco until they stopped selling it. Their gold top Jersey one is ok though.
The local farm milk hasn’t been processed at all, is yellowish in colour and is amazing but only lasts 3 days in the fridge. I have to preorder it and I don’t work that side of town anymore either. Porridge made from it is pretty much my favourite food item.
cows bred for yield rather than quantity.
The old silver top out of a bottle was so nice and creamy so I’m assuming it wasn’t as refined. Waitrose do one that’s not been homogenised and so did Tesco until they stopped selling it. Their gold top Jersey one is ok though.
The local farm milk hasn’t been processed at all, is yellowish in colour and is amazing but only lasts 3 days in the fridge. I have to preorder it and I don’t work that side of town anymore either. Porridge made from it is pretty much my favourite food item.
Edited by dai1983 on Sunday 20th January 16:27
dai1983 said:
Outside of the farm gate any milk you buy would have been pasteurised where it’s super heated to kill any bugs in it. The stuff the supermarkets sell is also refined even more and comes from
cows bred for yield rather than quantity.
The old silver top out of a bottle was so nice and creamy so I’m assuming it wasn’t as refined. Waitrose do one that’s not been homogenised and so did Tesco until they stopped selling it. Their gold top Jersey one is ok though.
The local farm milk hasn’t been processed at all, is yellowish in colour and is amazing but only lasts 3 days in the fridge. I have to preorder it and I don’t work that side of town anymore either. Porridge made from it is pretty much my favourite food item.
Didn't it also have a higher "puss" content?cows bred for yield rather than quantity.
The old silver top out of a bottle was so nice and creamy so I’m assuming it wasn’t as refined. Waitrose do one that’s not been homogenised and so did Tesco until they stopped selling it. Their gold top Jersey one is ok though.
The local farm milk hasn’t been processed at all, is yellowish in colour and is amazing but only lasts 3 days in the fridge. I have to preorder it and I don’t work that side of town anymore either. Porridge made from it is pretty much my favourite food item.
Edited by dai1983 on Sunday 20th January 16:27
Saleen836 said:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/d...
Britain does not produce enough milk to keep up with demand, creating a dependency on the EU, including on dairy-surplus countries such as Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium and Denmark for everyday items such as cheddar cheese and butter.
Yeah so cheese and butter, but not milk.Britain does not produce enough milk to keep up with demand, creating a dependency on the EU, including on dairy-surplus countries such as Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium and Denmark for everyday items such as cheddar cheese and butter.
Jambo85 said:
Saleen836 said:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/d...
Britain does not produce enough milk to keep up with demand, creating a dependency on the EU, including on dairy-surplus countries such as Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium and Denmark for everyday items such as cheddar cheese and butter.
Yeah so cheese and butter, but not milk.Britain does not produce enough milk to keep up with demand, creating a dependency on the EU, including on dairy-surplus countries such as Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium and Denmark for everyday items such as cheddar cheese and butter.
pretty much all supermarket milk (bar aldi and lidl maybe) has union flags on them, supporting british dairy farmers, etc, there was a big drive on it a few years ago.
the guardian article is politically motivated garbage.
as for it tasting different from the milkman vs supermarket, pure placebo. its all the same
unless your getting green top.
actually it could taste slightly different in summer, depending on when milko comes round...bottles ripening in the sun early summer mornings is one of the main reasons people get it from the supermarket now.
the guardian article is politically motivated garbage.
as for it tasting different from the milkman vs supermarket, pure placebo. its all the same
unless your getting green top.
actually it could taste slightly different in summer, depending on when milko comes round...bottles ripening in the sun early summer mornings is one of the main reasons people get it from the supermarket now.
theplayingmantis said:
actually it could taste slightly different in summer, depending on when milko comes round...bottles ripening in the sun early summer mornings is one of the main reasons people get it from the supermarket now.
A local milk delivery service started up around ours a few years back, selling themselves on the support of local businesses to excuse the price premium. We gave them a shot but after a while they started to deliver their milk at 11pm onto the doorstep. This being the height of summer meant that on a few occasions the milk was sitting outside in 12-15C warmth until we woke up and realised it was there. We cancelled it after the first few times this happened.dai1983 said:
Tyre Smoke said:
You sound like a right barrel of laughs.
Do you always split the bill in a restaurant by what you've eaten rather than everyone throwing in their percentage of the bill?
No because if the lads from work go out for food then they go to ’Spoons* or other places you order at the bar. If I dine out with the family then I usually pay for it all! Do you always split the bill in a restaurant by what you've eaten rather than everyone throwing in their percentage of the bill?
- yeah I realise Weatherspoons is a Brakes supplied chain but if there’s a leaving do that’s where it usually is so no choice.
Edited by dai1983 on Sunday 20th January 10:39
What's wrong with Witherspoon's?
Or do people like the posh facade thinking higher end chains do it without the same supply chain?
As for splitting the bill, it's galling going out with people who drink to excess. Something you can't avoid if it's with work colleagues.
Should a non drinker pay the same percentage?
Or do people like the posh facade thinking higher end chains do it without the same supply chain?
As for splitting the bill, it's galling going out with people who drink to excess. Something you can't avoid if it's with work colleagues.
Should a non drinker pay the same percentage?
carreauchompeur said:
Saleen836 said:
The Leaper said:
Agree about the milk: supermarket cartooned milk versus doorstep delivered milk in glass bottles. We avoid the cartooned stuff and have milk delivered to the door. Unfortunately, what was daily delivery has been reduced over the years and now it's Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
R.
I have my milk delivered and it comes in plastic bottles (4 pinters) the taste however is much much better than supermarket milk, the full fat I have from the milkman makes supermarket full fat taste like semi skimmed!R.
GroundEffect said:
Why do you care if it's Brakes that supply them?
Because its usually a chain that deals in heated up frozen food so maybe I should have said chain restaurant instead of saying one that's supplied by a certain company. I'd rather either spend a little extra and go to a proper restaurant or cut to the chase and go to 'spoons where the cheaper microwaved Brakes food can be found. dai1983 said:
Outside of the farm gate any milk you buy would have been pasteurised where it’s super heated to kill any bugs in it. The stuff the supermarkets sell is also refined even more and comes from
cows bred for yield rather than quantity.
Is yield not the same as quantity?cows bred for yield rather than quantity.
Edited by dai1983 on Sunday 20th January 16:27
Sa Calobra said:
What's wrong with Witherspoon's?
Or do people like the posh facade thinking higher end chains do it without the same supply chain?
See my reply above about going to Weatherspoons instead of the other chains that charge considerably more for the same food. I don't like taking my son in there thoughOr do people like the posh facade thinking higher end chains do it without the same supply chain?
dai1983 said:
GroundEffect said:
Why do you care if it's Brakes that supply them?
Because its usually a chain that deals in heated up frozen food so maybe I should have said chain restaurant instead of saying one that's supplied by a certain company. I'd rather either spend a little extra and go to a proper restaurant or cut to the chase and go to 'spoons where the cheaper microwaved Brakes food can be found. Gassing Station | Finance | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff