WALLET GLUED SHUT
PATX
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YEAH I'M TALKING ABOUT TIGHT-FISTED BASTARDS!Who has one in their life?I knew this dude called Stuart who plays bass in a dub band and he was known for being super stingy. One time I got in an argument about money and he threatened to "cut" me. I didn't know if he meant with a knife or that I was going to be socially ostracized. This other guy, family friend, was known to "forget his wallet" every time he went to the local pub, years later he poisoned his wife for the inheritance.I say these people need to be called out!Ordering a martini when you just bought a round of Rhinegold is almost as bad.Also, girls who never buy weed but are always stoned... Nice, must try that sometime
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only problem is now the kid is like 30 yrs old and gas was $4 a gallon last summer!
Oh yeah, how bout the people who always want to split a food bill halfway when they're the one who ordered those appetizers you didn't even want?
I think I'm doing this thread backwards, but oh well.
You sound vegetarian.
Stay away from Japan then...
how bout the ones who dissect the bill and say "i ordered this and thats it so here is my dollar and i had a water"
cheap bastards
you still have to tip. and remember there is tax
I had a roommate like that about ten years ago. I finally gave up and starting buying groceries for just myself. He ate those anyway, saying he'd replace them as soon as he went to the store. In the six months or so we shared an apartment, he never once went to the store on his own. I had to resort to hiding cereal boxes and shit in my dresser drawers. For the first few days I think he lived off of dry ramen packets. This dude worked at the same place I did and made the same amount of money! He wasn't on drugs, so I have no idea what he did with it.
I used to be like that but have learned to let it go; it's not worth the aggravation. I just make sure to order extra shit to and even it out.
That said, if I'm only hanging out with a small handful of people, and I'm not drinking but they are, I'd balk at footing their alcohol bill (since I don't drink).
The worst was he would keep the thermostat at like 50 degrees in the middle of a Boston winter. So his roommates would use electric heaters, as they would so as not to freeze to death. Then when the electric bill arrived, el cheapo would use a formula to deduct $$$ (including tax) from his share of the electric bill, because other people were using heaters to heat "their" space. Other parts of living together were a similar turf war.
I had another roommate in college. There were 6 of us... we had two bathrooms, and one was just for him and this other guy nobody wanted to deal with. He would forget to buy toilet paper regularly, and pretty much go weeks without any. So he would have a stack of napkins from burger king, which would stop up the toilet. Then he would blame the toilet for overflowing. Oh, and he wouldn't clean that up either, as they generally never cleaned the bathroom ever. They had their own bathroom pretty much for this reason. Needless to say I was brokenhearted when I moved out of that place.
...it turns out he would see how much everyone had put in and instead of putting his (fair) share, he would just put whatever was left on the bill.
Now that's fcukin' cheap! And fraudulent...
I had to manage that whole part of it for my wife's birthday dinner last year (12 people, a bunch showing up late, only half the people ate, etc) and it was one of the most stressful things I've had to do in a while.
ALWAYS throw a little extra into the kitty at a group dinner. It's just good manners. Use the excess for a nice tip (if warranted), if not redistribute as necessary.
Uh, I think you just did.
I'm the same. I don't drink. I'd have a drink on occasion, but I am usually the driver and prefer to just stay level headed if I'm the driver. My wife's friends always order lots of drinks and the bill always gets split evenly. I don't really mind much because if I like the food I will basically eat about twice as much as them.
Make sure you give just a bit more than enough , it is common courtesy. Also don't go to baller ass restaurants if you're broke and then act surprised at the bill.. that is another tip for cheapos/non money havers.
i got caught out there at a wedding bachelor party. my boys meat head high school friends were getting all kinds of steak and shit. i, the ass out vegetarian, and a friend, ended up getting some weaksauce steakhouse veggie option (basically a baked potato). when fratboy bitches tried splitting the bill evenly, i put the gauntlett down and said hell no. the fucked up shit was that i actually forgot my wallet. other potato boy sported me, so it was cool...but the shit got super weaksauce when we had to go to the stripclub and i had no wallet. embarassing. i swear i woulda spent money on bachelor boy getting his lapdance on
Every year at ARC we go out to dinner on Friday & Saturday night in a party of 15-20 people.....lots of drinking.....lots of food......lots of Strutters.
When it comes time to pay the bill every single person throws in more than their share, voluntarily.
We never redistribute...it all goes to the waitperson.
Last Fall the tip was almost as large as the bill on both nights.
You best believe those folks look forward to us coming back every six months and we get the royal treatment.
On a similar note...when you go to a bar and expect to spend $50+ for the night leave a ridiculous tip when you buy your first drink and make sure the bartender knows it....in the long run you'll come out ahead.
I do have to ask you guys though, is this cheap?
Strip club bathroom attendants:
I know you are broke as F*ck if this is your job, so you might get a couple of pity bucks, but I really don't need any help in there. I would rather help myself, and grab my own paper towel. The majority of the time, I hate you, and sometimes shit just gets awkward.
/confused
holy shit that's excessive.
I pass on group dinners now.
There's always a freeloader or 2 that has champagne tastes w/ 40oz orders.
"Bitch, what the F*ck u ordered that for, u never eat that shit on your own!"
F*ck that. Worfless bitches ordering 70 dollars worth of food and trying to lay down 35 eagles. Hell no. Talmbout my times is hard.
Im not eatin' w/ fake ballers.
All of a sudden you taste in wine is in the 50+ range. GTFOHWTB.
I had those problems with one member of a particular group of friends I sometimes ate with. This guy always ordered the chef's specials, suggested (pricey) bottles of wine for the table, or got himself Belgian Quadruppels. He always wanted to sample a couple drams of 30-year scotch after dinner, and then ended up throwing in a fraction of what he owed at the end of the meal. I fixed it once night. All you need to do is step to the restroom after you place your beverage order. Find your waiter/waitress, request separate bills for your party, and give them something for their trouble right off the bat.
At the end of that meal, this cat was suck with a large bill, and a real pale face. He asked to borrow money from some folks, got denied, and eventually he pulled out the credit card.
"Ahhhhhhh nooooooooo we'll take care of you..." WE'LL?!!! ok... I don't want to pay for you dude....
After an enjoyable meal and sparkling conversation, the last thing I want to deal with is a bunch of bottom line accounting dealing with who had what and what did it cost to two significant figures after the decimal point. Generally speaking, people I've been with have had the good manners to not order outrageously over order above what others are getting, or if they have, have offered to kick in a little extra commensurate with their exuberance.