No one understands the necessity of saving more than millennials. We were born during a recession, graduated during a recession, and are now attempting to buy our first homes in the midst of a global pandemic.
But even the most conservative of us understand that there’s a difference between being frugal and being downright cheap. Have a look below and check out these 15 skinflints who are on a whole other level .
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What’s yours is mine.
Reddit user D_B_R was hosting a potluck dinner/movie night and told their group of friends to each bring some food and beer. One guy showed up without any beer and some raw ingredients. The friend proceeded to cook himself a meal (in the host’s kitchen) while drinking his beer.
I have to take this call.
Redditor pandakun_ was out at a restaurant with a group of friends, who all decided to pitch in on the bill. As soon as the check arrived, one friend up and left the table, claiming that he had a phone call.
It was my favorite fork.
A few years back, Redditor gman1955 recalled their father taking a broken dinner fork to the aerospace company he worked for and had one of the welders put it back together. Altogether, the fork couldn’t have cost more than $1.00.
Beware of the French-Fry Bandit!
Back when Redditor sluke827 was working at Wendy’s, there used to be one customer who would order a large fry, and then come back five minutes later claiming they weren’t fresh. In reality, he was dumping them into a bag and saving them for later.
This is why you don’t invite outside friends to a work event.
“I was working in a restaurant in Montreal and the staff decided to all have a picnic and a few beers together. We all pitched in to get steaks, salads and drinks. I invited a friend that didn’t work with us and he showed up with a potato. Yes one potato.” – Reddit u/Davowalshywalsh
Let’s go to Costco for lunch!
Redditor bob_koozie says that he’s heard of people who go to Costco “for lunch” when in reality, all they do is go around and eat from all the sample tables. This is ironic, considering Costco famously sells giant hotdogs for only a dollar.
That’s an abuse of store policy.
Reddit user Eskaminagaga used to have a friend whose father would blatantly abuse Wal-Mart’s return policies. He’d go in and buy a gallon of milk, empty out 2/3, and then fill the rest with water and attempt to get his money back.
You might just be the worst roommate ever.
When Redditor scattyjazzy was in college, every month he and his roommates would take turns buying toilet paper. One month, instead of paying his fair share, his roommate simply went into the supply closet at work and stole multiple rolls of TP.
That can’t be good for your health.
Years ago, Redditor kiloechoalpha was living in an apartment with their roommate who was also a close friend. They said that whenever they’d be out in public, the roommate used to pick through public ashtrays looking for half-smoked cigarettes.
“My mate lays out a certain number of sheets of toilet roll if you ask to use his loo.” – Reddit u/noodlemandan
Are you kidding me? What if your business requires more than the preset amount of toilet paper? Are you allowed to ask for more or are you just shit out of luck? And is it single or double-ply?
That’s quite the con.
Reddit user chicquimonki said that they once bought a fake Otterbox phone case online, and when it arrived in the mail they set to work destroying it. Then, they went to the Otterbox store to exchange the damaged fake for the real thing.
You do the math.
“Went out to dinner, check came in. Let’s say it was a total of $40 for 4 people. Three of us put in $12 each, for our parts and tips. The fourth person looked at the cash we put down, counted it, and put in $4.” – Reddit u/unknown
Improper weight distribution will cost you.
Redditor proof_by_abduction says that their uncle is an incredibly frugal man. Whenever he hits the highway for long journeys, he’ll take the seats out of his 1991 minivan in order to help increase the gas mileage.
That sounds like a lot of work for a little bit of lemonade.
When this Reddit user was working at a server, a select group of customers would always come in and order water, lemon slices, and ask for a few sugar packets. Apparently, they were using the raw ingredients to make their own lemonade.
Welcome to the machine.
“A school friends dad made her bread sandwiches because he didn’t want to ‘waste money’ on pointless fillings when the bread would swell in your stomach with water. Oh and that sandwich fillings were a part of the capitalist machine that rules us all.” – Reddit u/unknown
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