Histoire de la Cheapskate!

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aka "Story of the Cheapskate"

Having a smoke on the balcony and a colleague told us about her last trip to the Spur at Cape Gate.

So everyone's having dinner, its a Monday night and they notice the couple a few booths away ordering the Double Burger special, but no drinks. But they did ask for glasses.
See where this is going? :D

My friend then sees, that positioned next to the lady in her booth, is her own 2L bottle of Fanta.
So throughout their meal, the lady is sneaking Fanta into the glasses, thinking that no one has seen.
My friend and her husband however had spotted them and had a good chuckle about it.

I think I'd have been very loud about it!

Another tale I now remember, shared to me by another friend:

Years ago, he had a mate. That would religiously go to various Spur's with a cockroach in hand.
Well, more like wrapped in some tissue paper.

This guy would invite friends and family with for dinner.
And then towards the end of the night, would toss the dead cockroach on his food. Or the kids' plate.
Call the waitress over, making a fuss and threatning to go to the papers and earning an Emmy during all of this - and then get a free meal for everyone and get vouchers.

This fscker was actually so smooth about it, that he would spread himself out all over the greater Cape Town area, not coming back to the same branch too often or to close to the last time he was there. :rolleyes:

You got any good ones? Well good, freaky, disturbing, etc. You get the jist of it ;)
 
With the Fanta folks I guess it could just be that they really are poor and Spur is their kind of "treat." So it's hard to really fault them for that.

The cockroach story... :mad: Some people really are pathetic...
 
The saddest I have seen was when I was studying, working as a waiter in a spur.

The kids club sends out a birthday voucher on the kids birthday entitling him/her to a free kids burger and a soda on their birthday when accompanied by an adult eating a meal.

A family of four presented this voucher to me and looked so broken when I pointed out the small print. I went and spoke to my manager and he said it was ok. I gave them a kids burger and a creme soda. The boy about 8 or 9, cut the burger into 4 and shared it and the chips with his family. Although the mom and dad protested they still ate their quarters. He drank his creme soda himself tho (the others drank water). I did manage to load the plate with chips a bit and I snuck them an extra soda or two.

And then off they went. Saddest birthday party ever.
 
Madman88 said:
The saddest I have seen was when I was studying, working as a waiter in a spur.

The kids club sends out a birthday voucher on the kids birthday entitling him/her to a free kids burger and a soda on their birthday when accompanied by an adult eating a meal.

A family of four presented this voucher to me and looked so broken when I pointed out the small print. I went and spoke to my manager and he said it was ok. I gave them a kids burger and a creme soda. The boy about 8 or 9, cut the burger into 4 and shared it and the chips with his family. Although the mom and dad protested they still ate their quarters. He drank his creme soda himself tho (the others drank water). I did manage to load the plate with chips a bit and I snuck them an extra soda or two.

And then off they went. Saddest birthday party ever.
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Jeez man - this is supposed to be a lulzy thread :o
Good on you though :)
 
Madman88 said:
The saddest I have seen was when I was studying, working as a waiter in a spur.

The kids club sends out a birthday voucher on the kids birthday entitling him/her to a free kids burger and a soda on their birthday when accompanied by an adult eating a meal.

A family of four presented this voucher to me and looked so broken when I pointed out the small print. I went and spoke to my manager and he said it was ok. I gave them a kids burger and a creme soda. The boy about 8 or 9, cut the burger into 4 and shared it and the chips with his family. Although the mom and dad protested they still ate their quarters. He drank his creme soda himself tho (the others drank water). I did manage to load the plate with chips a bit and I snuck them an extra soda or two.

And then off they went. Saddest birthday party ever.
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Damn. :(

If people know they are poor and will probably be poor for the rest of their lives .... they should think long and hard about whether they should have children.
 
Picard said:
Damn. :(

If people know they are poor and will probably be poor for the rest of their lives .... they should think long and hard about whether they should have children.
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I think a lot of parents think that their kids will be their ticket to a better life/retirement one day.

Often it doesn't quite work out the way they hope.
 
samr1wp said:
i often sneak in stuff bought from clicks or sweets from heaven into the movies

does that make me a cheapskate
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I'd love to be able to take fast-food into a cinema... Certainly can't be any more unhygienic/messy than chocolate EVERYWHERE :sick:
 
Shake&Bake said:
aka "Story of the Cheapskate"

Having a smoke on the balcony and a colleague told us about her last trip to the Spur at Cape Gate.

So everyone's having dinner, its a Monday night and they notice the couple a few booths away ordering the Double Burger special, but no drinks. But they did ask for glasses.
See where this is going? :D

My friend then sees, that positioned next to the lady in her booth, is her own 2L bottle of Fanta.
So throughout their meal, the lady is sneaking Fanta into the glasses, thinking that no one has seen.
My friend and her husband however had spotted them and had a good chuckle about it.

I think I'd have been very loud about it!

Another tale I now remember, shared to me by another friend:

Years ago, he had a mate. That would religiously go to various Spur's with a cockroach in hand.
Well, more like wrapped in some tissue paper.

This guy would invite friends and family with for dinner.
And then towards the end of the night, would toss the dead cockroach on his food. Or the kids' plate.
Call the waitress over, making a fuss and threatning to go to the papers and earning an Emmy during all of this - and then get a free meal for everyone and get vouchers.

This fscker was actually so smooth about it, that he would spread himself out all over the greater Cape Town area, not coming back to the same branch too often or to close to the last time he was there. :rolleyes:

You got any good ones? Well good, freaky, disturbing, etc. You get the jist of it ;)
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:D
 
Lycanthrope said:
I'd love to be able to take fast-food into a cinema... Certainly can't be any more unhygienic/messy than chocolate EVERYWHERE :sick:
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i know my friends used to take mcds into the cinema

shove it in the bag

i took popcorn from home once cause furk i aint paying R25 for little

Pooky said:
I'm sure you could pick some crusty nibbles off the seats
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hahaaaha
 
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