Habibi, I seem to remember someone spending $80 to $100 for a carry out meal, then having a fit because of a $1.50 charge to order it on the internet.

But I hear you. I also like to window shop and people watch - it's all part of the experience of shopping.
I have expensive taste, so I skimp on other nonimportant (to me) things. Expensive cologne, (worth it because you are going to be smelling it all day) cheap shampoo (cuz it's just going down the drain in 1 minute) , and the like, you know? Whatever it is, I know what I want, and what it costs. If I don't like it, I don't buy it.

I used to go shopping with a female friend of mine, and when we'd go through an expensive store, I would maybe see something I like and am considering buying it, when all of a sudden I hear "Oh My GOD!!!! Look at the prices!!!" which practically says "We don't belong here" Even if I didn't see anything I like up to that point, I know we can't stay because now that she opened her big mouth, we'll get no help from anyone.
I wasn't "out of my league" sometimes i am just window shopping. Hell if I really want something that is truly too expensive, I study it's design, then go home and make it. (Remember my Xena custume? I made that. Santa custume? I made that too.) But what do you expect from a girl who buys her intimate appearal from Kmart. You guys know you don't want to see some chick in a $6 bra, and $1.59 panties, anymore than the average girl wants to wear them. I haven't seen her in at least 10 yrs now.

Same with restruants. (which by the way, who ever invites you pays - everybody knows that) I once invited a male coworker to some semi expensive sea food place.
We get there, and I am looking at the appitizers when he goes "WOW, Look at the prices!"
I replyed "You aren't paying, I am"
I order something, and the waiter disappears.
Still looking at the menu, my friend goes "I don't know what you are trying to prove"
I said "What are you talking about?" and he goes "This place is too expensive for you"
I said "Let me decide what I can afford"
He then says something else which basically was like I wasn't good enough to be there. It was embarrassing, and I decided he was right - almost. The place was too expensive to be there with him. So to fix him, I called the waiter back, told him we had to leave, gave him a $50 and told him to keep the change. The way I figured it, I saved money.
Now, who looked like the ***? LOL

 

Milk in a bag, what the hell? Does it come in the utter or something?

 

LMAO, yep Habibi is a cheap basturd. He wouldn't even buy RockPick a Happy Meal...

 

I got rockpicks happy meal right here!

I am not cheap, I pretty much have the same views as ATST, if I want something, I don't care what it costs, I get it if I can afford it.

Sometimes my principles will make me look cheap, but it's not about being cheap, I just hate the thought of being taken advantage of.

There's a sea-food place down the road, on Mondays they have all you can eat fish and chips.

Every month or so I would take my mom, she likes the food, and I'd get her out of the house, be a good son, blah!

We've been there a dozen times, and the owner is a tool, one of those guys that tries to be funny, but he's not, he ends up just being an annoying ***.

So the last (and final) time we went, the owner walks up to us and I am cringing. It's the price you have to pay to be seated - put up with his lame jokes.

So he looks at me and says "Oh, I see you brought your daughter with you for dinner" and he gives a real sarcastic wink.
Now my mom is over 60, and his joke is so lame, not even close to being funny, but I bite my tongue and tolerate his stupidity.

Then he pours water into our glasses and says "Here's some rum for yas)
The guy is such a tool, I used to have daydreams about just kicking the living chit out of him and leaving him in the back dumpster.

Anyways getting back on track...

The menu says "all you can eat fish and chips $7.99, and it shows a nice color photo of fish and chips, coleslaw, and lemon on a plate.

The coleslaw comes in this tiny plastic cup, and it holds 2 forkfuls. It looks like the same plastic cups you used to get your fluoride in at grade school.

When my mom asked for a bit more coleslaw, the owner walks up and says "um, it's all you can eat fish and chips, the coleslaw is not included, I let it go the last time, but this time I have to put my foot down"

There's people sitting all around us, they can hear everything and I absolutely explode.

All the built up hate I had for this guy got unloaded in the next 3 minutes.
I told him he was a stupid ahole who had no clue how to run a business, and called him every name in the book.

I even said "You are unbelievable, you will lose 2 repeat customers because 1)you don't know how to talk to your customers, and 2) over 10 cents worth of cabbage

He replied "It's not 10 cents"

I paid the bill, pulled out a $5 bill, threw it at him and said "stick this in your ***" This is to cover the coleslaw from last time because you "let it go"

It was good too because the place was jammed full of people and all the customers heard everything.

 

Uncomfortable silence.

 

Well by working at Walmart, I get to see alot of cheap people. I get alot of people who will get an item and then say something like that it wasn't that expensive the last time they brought the same item and that they will not pay that much for it. I usually end up asking when the last time they brought the item. And most of the time it is something like 3 or 4 years ago. They then go ahead and buy it and either pull out a wad of cash or use a credit card.

 

Some people have to be cheap, or very money conscience. While not the smartest thing to do some people have no problems putting themselves on strict budget in order to get something very expensive such as a car.

Most people fall under one of two catagories: #1 the cheap b@st@rds and #2 those that watch their spending.

The first is self explanatory. The later covers a more wide range of things.

I fall under the second category. My philosophy is the more money I save on 1 thing, the more money I can apply to something else. If I need something I'll go out and get it, but I refuse to be ripped off. If I just want something but have better use for my money I can say no, which some people would falsely label as me as #1.

For example, I can't remember the last time I paid full price for any tool at Sears. But many times I have bought several items for the price of one of them or just a couple dollars more.

You would be surprised how many people have no clue or care about getting things on sale, clearence, etc. But in the end the more you save the more you can buy, so He who has the most toys when they die wins.

 

How do you think old rich people got rich? By pinching pennies their whole life! Most rich folks, that weren't born that way or didn't come into it easily, are cheap, or atleast very thrifty. Save a little over here, do without a little over there..... It adds up over a lifetime.

 

I know a resturaunt owner who was able to insulate his whole house with coleslaw.

 

 

 

Well, see, us guys are different, we dont care if the womens bra and panties cost 6 bucks or 600 bucks, we just want the opportunity to see them.

 

Oh, you just like to watch? The truth comes out now.

 

If you wann know what makes people cheap, go to your local Goodwill store and ask the little old ladies getting out of their $60,000.00 cars to go shopping.

 

Yeah well, once you see a $6 one, you'll care.