Your tightest friend

Used to knock about with a lad who dropped a quid on a night out in a club and he spent about an hour trying to find it and it genuinely ruined his night. It made ours we were in stitches but he is a real tight **** and glad I don’t speak to him now.
 
I have a mate who never used to bother to take any toiletries or sun-cream etc on holiday when away with 'the lads' as he knew someone else would have all that. Tighter than a gnats chuff!
 
If you know that you are ordering more expensive things for yourself, when the bill arrives chuck in £20 first and then say split the rest of the bill. Works for me.
 
I had a mate who when he knew it'd be his round next slowed his drinking to a snails pace. Everyone else would finish and be sat waiting for him to drink up and get to the bar. More often than not someone would crack and go instead rather than wait (needless to say he never said anything or offered the money). They have an array of tricks these types.

Me and the Mrs once met him and his friend at a restaurant. We we running late and by the time we got there they'd been waiting 40 mins and there was still a wait on a table. Neither him or his friend had had a drink in that time. Of course as soon as I offered to go to the bar for a drink while we wait though.....🙄
 
Used to have a drink after work, with a few lads from my office. I was considerably older than some, it used to wind me up that some of the more naive ones expected me to be like their parents and buy the rounds for them. I told them in no uncertain terms what the etiquette was. I got even more annoyed when I found out that some were paid more than me.
 
I've got a mate who whenever he orders a beer at a bar, always asks "which draught lager is the cheapest mate" and drinks that all night, fair enough it's his choice, however if he gets in to rounds, which he always tries his best to avoid "think we should get our own" is his usual retort, when he gets the round in, no matter whatever beer you order, your getting what he's drinking, I've even caught him asking the bar staff to put a cheap lager into a more expensive branded glass! Just become a bit of a running joke now, used to **** people off but those who did get ***ed off just drink with him anymore
 
festa5 said:
I had a mate who when he knew it'd be his round next slowed his drinking to a snails pace. Everyone else would finish and be sat waiting for him to drink up and get to the bar. More often than not someone would crack and go instead rather than wait (needless to say he never said anything or offered the money). They have an array of tricks these types.

Me and the Mrs once met him and his friend at a restaurant. We we running late and by the time we got there they'd been waiting 40 mins and there was still a wait on a table. Neither him or his friend had had a drink in that time. Of course as soon as I offered to go to the bar for a drink while we wait though.....🙄
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That is an easy one to handle, get the round in, but miss him out as he still had a drink.
 
There were always people who could hear a bell ring in the Chiefs mess whilst up the main mast of a type 23 frigate. Generally they had the lowest bar bills at the end of the month

Dad said to me always get your round in first. Then you can bail when you want. End up spending more in the long run but better than being a tight %$£. But some people have no shame
 
When we all used to go out for a few drinks on a weekend (feels like decades ago now!), we would always start in the local social club. One of our mates would insist on staying there for 'one more' when it was his round knowing fine well a pint was around £2, whereas in town, the average cost of a drink nearly doubles in price, and by that point, he's asking for spirits instead of lager/beer too!

He's an electrician, need I say any more...
 
Wyke Red said:
There were always people who could hear a bell ring in the Chiefs mess whilst up the main mast of a type 23 frigate. Generally they had the lowest bar bills at the end of the month

Dad said to me always get your round in first. Then you can bail when you want. End up spending more in the long run but better than being a tight %$£. But some people have no shame
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Yeah I like to try and get the first one in. Feel under pressure until I've bought a round! Plus it's often less busy and easier to get served earlier on in the night.

There's even sometimes a benefit for tight arses if not everyone has turned up yet - smaller round!
 
LaPennaBianca said:
He's not in the NE.

It's more that for someone so tight, he's happy to line a landlords pockets while losing money. Even if prices were stable, he'd at least be buying an asset. Especially when interest rates are so low.
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Where is he based? The UK I assume?

It's not as straightforward as you think it is, a house isn't always an asset, especially when you're starting off, it's a liability if you're buying it with a mortgage. People getting their first set of keys thinking they own their own house, that's "worth" 10x their annual wages is one of the biggest misconceptions in the world. All they own is a 30-year debt. Just because everyone does it, doesn't mean it's correct or efficient.

The average UK house price was 215k in 2016, in May 2020 it was 230k, but with inflation that 230k should be nearer 240k if houses were tracking it. If his wages have gone up with inflation, then the average house he would buy now is actually effectively cheaper at 230k than it was at 215k. That matches what he would have paid off his "asset". If he's been renting for less than his mortgage would have been, then he's even better off.

Then with Brexit around the corner, and a delayed covid impact there could easily be a 10-20% price drop coming so that 230k could easily go below 200k. The economic forecast is bad for the UK, there are droves of people leaving and the birth rate is low (and has been low for a long time, and is miles lower than previous years which helped drive the property boom).

You should never criticise someone for saving, especially when their main reason they're saving is in line with what most investors believe (that brexit is going to cause a mess), and you also have covid that is going to amplify that.

Keeping his money in the bank was his worst choice (if that's what he's done), the saving and not buying was a sound choice (and will become evident over the next year or so).
Spending hours to save £1 on a shirt is also a bad choice.
 
Had a mate who i used to go to the village pub with and we always seemed to have 5 pints. He could see the entrance from his house so used to watch for me going in and so always arrived after me and I'd got a round in. That means for years I always got rounds 1, 3 & 5 in, he only ever got 2 & 4. On the odd occasion he got a final round 6 g&t but that was rare, sneaky sod owes me a few hundred pints!
 
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festa5 said:
Yeah I like to try and get the first one in. Feel under pressure until I've bought a round! Plus it's often less busy and easier to get served earlier on in the night.

There's even sometimes a benefit for tight arses if not everyone has turned up yet - smaller round!
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This is theory I use, it can be a gamble though because as soon as you've got them in, somebody can turn up and head straight to the bar and get their own, whilst asking if the people with full pints want one 😁
 
tipping ? Why ?
i build wind turbines, but I’ve never had a tip for doing it.


i did once do the brakes on my mates car, parts were something like £57.46.
when he picked it up he gave me £57.46
dunno if that’s described as being tight
 
Family of three here, used to have meals out with family of four.

We used to get 1 course only, possibly a dessert for our son. They’d be having starters, mains, sides and desserts the suggest we split the bill....my wife used to make me do it to keep the peace. Drove me mad, until after the 4th or 5th time I made sure I only had enough cash to cover our side of the bill - really sorry, left my cards at home, let’s have a look at the bill and I’ll make sure we cover ours, oh yeah, 3 pizzas, drinks, I’ve got £60 that’ll be enough, sure that’s ok with you? He was rather annoyed their bill was double ours.

Never happened again, funnily enough the amount they ordered went down as well.
 
Terryterrycooper said:
tipping ? Why ?
i build wind turbines, but I’ve never had a tip for doing it
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probably because you're paid for everything in your job description, a description you accepted the role and its remuneration for. Tipping is for those who provide extra to just plonking your plate in front of you: they might recommend dishes on the menu, a good wine to accompany it, take your coat for you, respond to your additional requests, book a taxi for you when ready to leave, etc. those aren't usually specified in the job description of waiting staff and so it is both customary and courteous to pay slightly extra for, and only on a voluntary basis. I won't eat anywhere that includes a service charge as soon as I've sat down, or if I do go somewhere like that, I ask for the service charge to be removed. Never had that request denied, they accept it, if they want my custom that is
 
Pak_Doo_Ik said:
This is theory I use, it can be a gamble though because as soon as you've got them in, somebody can turn up and head straight to the bar and get their own, whilst asking if the people with full pints want one 😁
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Also a tense moment if you spot a few arrive just as you're being served. A race against time to complete the transaction and be stepping away from the bar before they get there. 😬
 
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