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Being A Cheap Bastard

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Batman, Sep 4, 2010.

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  1. Madhavok

    Madhavok Well-Known Member

    I like to grab a magazine and read it while I do some grocery shopping. If it's one I enjoy with some good reads, I'll buy it. If not, I'll just put it randomly in with the rest of the People and weekly gossip rags.
     
    Madhavok, Sep 11, 2010
    #37
  2. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Everyone who knows me gives me crap about being cheap. But if I'm so damn cheap, why don't I have any freaking money?
     
    YGBFKM, Sep 11, 2010
    #38
  3. Care Bear

    Care Bear Guest

    You don't have any money because you don't make any money. Also, you spend your paychecks on emergency situations caused by your lack of attention to detail. You bitch about purchasing a $2.97 jug of milk and go into histrionics when faced with spending more than $10 on a tank of gas. But thank you for the coffee and parfait this morning!
     
    Care Bear, Sep 11, 2010
    #39
  4. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    How does one read while one shops for groceries?
     
    Smasher_Sloan, Sep 11, 2010
    #40
  5. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    It's very easy to do, especially if you shop at Wally world.
     
    Drip, Sep 11, 2010
    #41
  6. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    There's a Barnes & Noble in Manhattan I like to frequent, but I just read stuff. I never buy anything.
     
    Buck, Sep 11, 2010
    #42
  7. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    I love going to Holly Farms outlets in Malls. I pig off the samples they have.
     
    Drip, Sep 11, 2010
    #43
  8. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    You know those little codes on the caps of Coke bottles? Type those into mycokerewards.com and for every 10 single-serve or 2-liter cap codes you enter (or roughly 3 12-packs will do it too), they'll mail you a coupon for a free 20 oz bottle.

    I pick up those little caps everywhere and it's damn near an obsession. If a co-worker tosses a capped bottle into the trash or recycling, I fish it out and take the cap. When I covered high school sports, i'd try to scoop up caps on my way out the door after filing.

    You can save up points from the codes for all kinds of random crap, but I take the free drinks. I estimate I've gotten at least 100 over the last 2-3 years.
     
    playthrough, Sep 11, 2010
    #44
  9. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    I guess I felt cheap because I had decided not to get air, then changed my mind. On some level, after the way it played out, it felt like I was hoping someone would drop in their quarters and I could piggyback off of them. Not the case, of course, but it felt that way to me.
     
    Batman, Sep 11, 2010
    #45
  10. Sic semper tyrannis

    Sic semper tyrannis Member

    Is the odd 20-ouncer really worth the cost of your dignity?
     
    Sic semper tyrannis, Sep 12, 2010
    #46
  11. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    I guess you're a cheap bastard if you smoke other people's cigarettes from public ash trays.
     
    Drip, Sep 13, 2010
    #47
  12. Dirk Legume

    Dirk Legume Active Member

    Man, you buy air for your tires in Cali and read in Manhattan. You do get around my friend.
     
    Dirk Legume, Sep 13, 2010
    #48
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