QotD: Cheapskate
Who is the cheapest person you know? (Not frugal... just annoyingly cheap!)
Submitted by kryan70.
Hmmm. No names nor bonds will be mentioned but I suspect it's common.
I'm annoyed with that person in the couple or marriage that requires their spouse to ask/beg/plead when it comes to going out or pitching in or doing something. Let's state, this isn't "I'm just letting x know what up", it's I can't my significant other won't let me. In these situation, the person asking earns a lion's share of the income and any such expenditure really isn't significant at all... It has to do with control more than it does being budget conscious.
Also, I can't remember who... But I remember someone barking at be because I left a nice tip for the busperson at a buffet. They busted their ass, they get paid shit, the work sucks and as far as I'm concerned it's money well placed.
Finally, I give myself the worst time with money. Specifically when shopping for clothes and food. Rules go out the door with friends and family though. I love treating my loved ones.
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I used to be with someone like that and I ended up leaving them in the middle of the night with nothing but the shirt on my back. Then they ended up throwing all my kid's toys away, just because I wouldn't come back. He was 4 at the time.
That's cheap, frugal and other things.
Cheap people bug me. I'll leave a 20% tip or more if they are awesome at what they do.
I hate guys like that because they're fortunate enough to have ended up with a good woman, great kid, nice life... But it isn't enough for them... They've got to ruin everything... Then they proceed living as if they've done nothing wrong.