People have been sharing tales of the tightest person they ever knew – 23 hilarious tales of outrageous penny-pinching
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‘We had a bloke at work who, when someone brought homemade cakes in to sell for a Cancer charity, told me he was waiting until the end of the day, because they’d be much cheaper. Also, when he used to buy a newspaper, he would try and resell it to people in the office after he’d read it.
When I mentioned he didn’t like sharing, he thought about it for a bit before saying “I like sharing from people…”.’
–CrocodileJock
14.
‘I knew a guy that was well off but incredibly stingy. He used to water down orange juice and one Christmas the only present he gave his son was a pack of batteries.’
–Total_Rules
15.
‘Flatmate – had the most well paid job, never paid for bins, washing liquid, all the small stuff that really add up after a year. After a while we got fed up and just hid them from him.
Breaking point was we all always got someone something small for their birthday, and yet he would never contribute, but was devastated when he got nothing for his. That’s accountants for ya.’
–Wait-Whos-Joe
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‘I worked with a guy that had a ton of stories. Bought his wife flowers, on sale, at M&S. Apparently they’re guaranteed to last two weeks. They did not. He took them back.’
–iambeherit
17.
‘I lived in a house share with seven people. Five girls, a dude studying accountancy and me. We had a kitty where we all put £5 a month in to cover the cost of toilet paper, cleaning stuff, tea bags etc. things we all used.
We went through toilet paper really quickly, so the accountant started counting how many pieces of toilet paper he used a week. He then presented to the girls explaining that as men we used considerably less than them and wanted us to contribute 60p less to the kitty a month. Went down like a lead balloon.’
–Nandor1262
18.
‘My aunt. Refuses to drive over 50mph, doesn’t watch the TV over volume 10 because “it costs too much” and she visits my gran to take showers because it saves her money on hot water.
This from a pensioner living alone in a £700k house, who takes four foreign holidays a year.’
–Mdl8922
19.
‘My grandmother’s brother takes the battery out of his watch every night before he goes to sleep.’
–polyrhythmwinters
20.
‘When my son was in the Neonatal Intensive Care at a well-known London hospital. They used to leave lunches and snacks for parents in the parents’ room — a small but genuinely appreciated gesture when you’re exhausted and barely holding it together.
On the day one mum was getting her baby transferred out, I overheard her casually mentioning that she’d been going in every single day and clearing out all the biscuits into her bag to take home to her dad.
I was speechless. These are emotional, sleep-deprived parents who’ve been sitting by their baby’s incubator for hours — all they want is a custard cream to keep them going. And someone going through the exact same experience thought that was okay. Honestly, it just killed my faith in people a little.’
–Spenceriscomin4u
21.
‘My partner, alas, thinks it’s okay to haggle over everything, which I put up with – until he tried it at a Hope House hospice shop. Something was £5, and he said to the guy, ’I can give you £2.50 for it.’ I was horrified, pointed out it was for dying children, and pulled a tenner from his wallet instead. He’s amazing in loads of other ways but he got an absolute earful from me over that. He hasn’t dared do it again.’
–GoldBear79
22.
‘I knew a guy who would wait until kicking out time at a pub and he would scrape any bits of tobacco out of the ashtrays and put them in his pouch to smoke later. This was before the smoking ban.’
–alexmate84
23.
‘My auntie’s partner. My mum asked him for a small bit of string to tie something with and two weeks later he asked for the string back.’
–chadgalaxy
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