I don't mean towards me personally, I'd rather do without it if comes from a 'sense of duty'
....but really some of the people I know are SO desperately unhappy and they just don't seem to understand it's mostly down to the fact that they're 'penny-pinching' 'tight-wads'
Anymore ways of describing a mean person?
Nothing gross.
My favourite is, ....'he's got deep pockets & short arms' !!
2007-08-23 02:17:07 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I call my father in law ebenezer scrooge, when my husband and his siblings where young there were no light bulbs up stairs dont need lights on when your going to bed, he used to look round the streets and alleys for scrap metal to weigh in he even scrapped their own hot water tank so they had no hot water my mother in law had to boil the kettle to bath the kids wash the clothes etc much to his annoyance as it used more electric he only got a colour telly just recently. He even complained at £3.30 for a main and pudding from meals on wheels.
He is the most miserable person i know, i'm always skint as we take the kids out to places every weekend and enjoy ourselves but i'm very happy and content.
2007-08-23 02:33:27 · answer #1 · answered by emma 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
my boss won't let us buy things for work. she acts like the money will come out of her own pocket and not the budget. at the end of every fiscal year, she's rushing to spend the money she's still got. she can get blood from a turnip. she's so tight, she makes the buffalo on the nickel holler. I keep wanting to quote a phrase from "A Christmas Carol" when Scrooge is with the Ghost of Christmas Past at Fezziwig's.
"Why! Is it not! He has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. Is that so much that he deserves this praise?"
"It isn't that," said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. "It isn't that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count them up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune."
2007-08-23 03:09:10 · answer #2 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I work in an office and bring in homemade cakes to sell on for a local charity - some times I had left the cakes in the communal kitchen and asked people to leave a contribution, some did, others just took for free and they earn loadsa money!!!!
I've got so called "friends" who come over to dinner and don't bring a bottle of wine or dessert to the table and who also still owe me money. They never offer to pay for anything and I know they are quite able to do so. I do feel resentful because I'm quite the generous one and always pay my way.
"Tight as a gnats ****" - is my fav.
2007-08-23 03:03:19 · answer #3 · answered by JonesTheMiner 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people are in a situation where suicide is the only option. Extreme depression brought on by personal failure could be one example or physical frailty. If possible close friends should be supportive in helping someone to die if that is absolutely necessary. Rational people do commit suicide sometimes. It is a permanent and sometimes the only solution to permanent problems. Getting around the social worker and psych types can be very difficult though.
2016-05-20 22:57:41 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hes so tight he only cries out of one eye!
I went on holiday with a few girls one year and when it came to meals etc i thought it would be easiest if we just split the bill down the middle as we all had the same (starters and main with 2 drinks) but OH NO they wanted to work out penny for penny what they had spent - sooooo pathetic!!
2007-08-23 02:22:03 · answer #5 · answered by Katie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OH, oh!!! You are talking about me. I have blessed financially in my life and really believe that the rich do not get richer by giving money away. I complain if my cell phone bill is over by $3. I never want to have to scramble to pay the bills again so I know by saving and being FRUGAL I will always have the money for a rainy day. Sorry!! But...I am always there for family and friends who need a loan and I know they will pay me back (with interest - not). Non payers need not apply.
2007-08-23 12:24:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont know about the sayings but my uncle who is also my office manager is like that. I do a lot of volenteering and giving its just part of my nature. about a month ago i was raising money for the MDA. Now i live pay check to pay check. i barely make enough money to save but i always find the extra money to give to less fortunate. Now im asking a man who drives a BMW his wife doesnt work and also drives a BMW they have a very nice house and a house in the moutains in New Hampshire (an exclusive part) Waterville Valley. He gave me $5... I was shocked i asked is that it and he gave me a look like YES. I was like seriously give a little dont you have enough but i know it took him a long time to get those things and he is very "HARD UP" its so aggravating that someone who has so much gives so little and yet someone who doesnt have much can give so much!
2007-08-23 03:29:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since losing muscle strength I seldom entertain at home so we take friends out to dine-many and often and we are the generation of givers who find it hard to receive (pride!)-but it bugs me if they don't at least leave the gratuity for the waiters/waitresses,etc.!
Also some people just can not afford to reciprocate and others do so in ways that are so neat but isn't costly.
2007-08-23 04:58:48 · answer #8 · answered by marlynembrindle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when people have a hole in their soul, they look for something to fill it. Most often, that 'something' is money. It can also be food, ego, drugs or any number of 'evils'.
But here are a few:
He'd squeeze a nickel until the Buffalo pees.
He likes to keep chickens (because they go 'cheap, cheap, cheap"
How do you drive (so and so) crazy? Put a penny in a round room and tell him it's in the corner.
How do you spot (so and so's) house? It's the one with used toilet paper hanging out to dry.
2007-08-23 02:22:47 · answer #9 · answered by Fancy That 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Yes, tight people (deep pockets and short arms) do offend me. Don't waste your time trying to cultivate a friendship here. They are users big time - its all about them and what they can get from you.
This happened to me - went to dinner w/a couple and the $400 check came. The other couple never lifted a finger or offered to pay their share - they ate, drank and had desert. Its been almost a year and no invite - yes, they are Jewish! its true what they say about them
2007-08-23 02:39:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋