The tightarse thread

[heath74]

I used to work with a bloke that drove a crappy little hatch, he had a 20l jerry behind each seat, and when petrol went up, he just poured them in the tank, of course he stank of petrol.

He would also bring his washing in to do in the company washing machine, using the company soap of course.

[MrsRenno]

My dad used to work for a company where the owner had built the company up from the ground and became quite wealthy. The owner had a multi million dollar waterfront place overlooking the ocean in Sydney. Kept the heavy drapes drawn on the windows  because he didn't want the sun to fade the carpet!

[wilson79]

I currently work with a lady who brings everything into work that she has that is rechargeable and charges at out the back so she doesn't pay for the power at home..

One morning there was 2 x mobile phones, a set of hair clippers, camera battery, drill battery, rechargeable work light, 12 AA rechargeable batteries and 2 x Colman camp lights.

[Mallory Black]

 Notable Tightarses

Ingvar Kamprad, who  founded IKEA, gets around in an old Volvo (what else) recycles teabags and eats the cheap meatballs at his restaurant/cafes.

Hetty Green- the Witch of wall street, worth zillions, once scoured her carriage for half a night looking for a 2 cent stamp

Michealangelo- slept in his boots, ate crap but was worth more than the Pope of the day

There's no bigger tightarse than J Paul Getty. At the time the world's richest private citizen
Worth 2 Billion
tight as a fish's arse
Absolutely refused to even think about paying a ransom of $17 mill (yes it's a lot but is 0.85% of his wealth) when his grandson was kidnapped so the kid got his ear lopped AND THEN the old man talked his captors down to 2.2 million

[MrsRenno]

There's no bigger tightarse than J Paul Getty. At the time the world's richest private citizen
Worth 2 Billion
tight as a fish's arse
Absolutely refused to even think about paying a ransom of $17 mill (yes it's a lot but is 0.85% of his wealth) when his grandson was kidnapped so the kid got his ear lopped AND THEN the old man talked his captors down to 2.2 million

There's a big difference between "tightarse" and "mean"...

[Ynot]

I worked for a mining contractor once and I went into head office to pick some stuff up to take back to site and the owners wife was weighing a teaspoon of coffee out of a large tin of international roast. I asked her what she was doing and she told me that she want to know how many cups of coffee were in a tin because if each person has two cups per day the the tin will last for ten days and they aren't getting anymore than that!
I ordered a box of staples once for the site office and on the next delivery came two little rows of staples in a envelope.


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[Garfish]

When the Qantas Club first opened and there was no requirement to fly to use the facilities I worked with a guy (single) who lived in Queanbeyan.  Every evening he would call into the Canberra airport - have a few drinks - have a meal at Qantas expense - watch the 7pm ABC news and then drive home. Very put out when they changed the rules so that you had to produce a current boarding pass.

Even if there was no requirement to fly with the parking fees at most airports it would be cheaper to buy your own nowadays

[fishfinder]

started this new job and after a couple of weeks at work one friday arvo i got to knock off 1/2 hour early as the boss was putting on drinks and bbq, I thought this was not a bad place to work until i got my next pay slip, I thought it was a bit strange to be docked for the 1/2 hour I knocked off early but to be deducted for the drinks and the feed made me decide i wont partake in any more bbq's

[speewa158]

l know a bloke that's so tight that once he dropped a 5c piece as he bent down to pick it up . lt hit him on the back of the head 

[Bird]

started this new job and after a couple of weeks at work one friday arvo i got to knock off 1/2 hour early as the boss was putting on drinks and bbq, I thought this was not a bad place to work until i got my next pay slip, I thought it was a bit strange to be docked for the 1/2 hour I knocked off early but to be deducted for the drinks and the feed made me decide i wont partake in any more bbq's

You win!

[rockrat]

You win!

You bored Bird, trolling through old posts?


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[edz]

Our works loading dock got a non commercial automatic washer dryer early this year .. No more industrial laundry deliveries ..
Bloody place looks like a Reffo camp now ..