You cheap bastard!
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Exactly. You pay for it, so why throw stuff out before yo need to. Penny pinching, well, I don't know, I'll buy another one eventually, but hell, I'm not going to spend money on stuff I don't need right away.Mr. Moonshine said:
I can spend that money on VIDEO GAMES!!!
Erja_Perttu said:
Let me put it this way. Do you throw away the candy bar wrapper when you buy a Snickers bar? Why? Aren't you going to save it and get your money's worth?Kiefer13 said:
Because i don't actually buy the things in my house, i have to scrape out the last of the toothpaste and ketchup while people go through the process of forgetting to buy, then buying more.
It's not really because they're bad people, but waste is a bit of an issue you know. =P
It's not really because they're bad people, but waste is a bit of an issue you know. =P
I'll use toothpaste until it's a hassle to get any out of the tube. I'll use Mayo until I can't get a decent butter-knife blade out of the jar. I'll scrape the sides, sure, but I'm not getting out the rubber spatula to try and get every atom of Mayo out.
What? I really don't understand what you're trying to say here. Assuming I bought a Snickers bar, it would be because I wanted the Snickers bar, not the wrapper. The wrapper is merely packaging, and not what I paid for. Besides, what possible use could it be?Queen Michael said:
When it gets to the point of spending two minutes or more straining a bottle or tube, despite having a new one on the counter right in front of you, that's what i'd consider cheap. You're stressing out over forcing a tiny bit of the item onto your food, brush etc. Ever tried to squirt ketchup on chips, but had the thing scattershot all over the plat and yourself because there is no actual ketchip in it, just the dried up manky bits at the top that splatter all ov er the place from the air you compress out when you squeeze it? That's what i mean.Kiefer13 said:
Edit: In relation to your response to Queen Michael, consider this; say you buy a ketchup bottle that runs out of ketchup. Do you save all the little ketchup packets you get from fast food establishments to squeeze out and hoard into that bottle you paid for to 'get your money's worth'? After all, the stuff is free as opposed to buying a new bottle...
My Grandmother used to do this actually, but i think it was from the old WW2 mentality of having to save every little thing and make it last.
I abhor waste when it's not necessary. If I buy something that is consumable, which can be anything from bread to washing up liquid to toothpaste, then I make sure I use it all. I might have bought a fresh pack/tube/loaf/bottle/whatever when the "old" one was running low (or expired - I'm lazy!) but I will empty / use up one before I start another.
Wether or not you can afford to be wasteful is a moot point as you're wasting money as well as wasting produce. Even when I am left with a bunch of empty containers (and other waste) I have them all recycled (where possible) and my mother keeps things like vegetable leaves, used teabags, leftovers and bad fruit to make compost for her allotment (Vegetable plot).
I'm not being holier than though when I say such things, nor do I think I am any better than anyone else (even when I turn off the sodding TV that no-one is watching because no-one is in the room and yet it's been left on!), I just don't like waste. It's pointless, costs money for no reason and in many cases it's so easy to avoid that it seems daft not to!
Wardy
Wether or not you can afford to be wasteful is a moot point as you're wasting money as well as wasting produce. Even when I am left with a bunch of empty containers (and other waste) I have them all recycled (where possible) and my mother keeps things like vegetable leaves, used teabags, leftovers and bad fruit to make compost for her allotment (Vegetable plot).
I'm not being holier than though when I say such things, nor do I think I am any better than anyone else (even when I turn off the sodding TV that no-one is watching because no-one is in the room and yet it's been left on!), I just don't like waste. It's pointless, costs money for no reason and in many cases it's so easy to avoid that it seems daft not to!
Wardy
I wouldn't call that being cheap. I just get the impression that you're too lazy to squeeze another couple of brushes out of your toothpaste tube. Being a student and therefore monetarily challenged, getting the last drop out of everything is important. If I don't have enough money to buy any toothpaste for a week, then I have to go through all the "effort" to squeeze some out of my current tube.
Depends on how much effort is involved in being "cheap."
If I have to stick my hand down a drain for a nickel, then I'll pass. But if it comes to squirting out all the toothpaste, then I'll do that.
If I have to stick my hand down a drain for a nickel, then I'll pass. But if it comes to squirting out all the toothpaste, then I'll do that.
Native Americans living in the great plains had a great appreciation, and near worship for the Buffalo. When they would slay one of the beast, every part of the animal had a purpose. From meat for food, to bones for art and tools, to leather for clothes, everything was used, and nothing went to waste. Even the internal organs were used.
It was not because they were afraid to be wasteful, but because they had such an amazing awe of the beast that they felt it was their duty to use everything they could from such a magnificent animal. It was an honor to them to have this creature as a bountiful blessing, and so they sought to respect that animal in every way, shape, and form.
I don't think that's cheap.
But if you take tons of extra mustard packets and ketchup packets from restaurants because you don't want to buy a new bottle, that is cheap as hell.
It was not because they were afraid to be wasteful, but because they had such an amazing awe of the beast that they felt it was their duty to use everything they could from such a magnificent animal. It was an honor to them to have this creature as a bountiful blessing, and so they sought to respect that animal in every way, shape, and form.
I don't think that's cheap.
But if you take tons of extra mustard packets and ketchup packets from restaurants because you don't want to buy a new bottle, that is cheap as hell.
Me too. Not too lazy to spend a couple of minutes coaxing every last bit of toothpaste from a tube, but definitely too lazy to actually walk to the shops and buy more.Queen Michael said:
I once drank a bottle of tobasco sauce for a dare once. I love that stuff.Gralian said:
In answer to the question I just buy a new whatever when I think its too much of a pain in the ass to completely exhaust it.
This christmas my grandmother prepared an meal for all of us,
the dessert was ice cream, as i sprayed whipped cream on my ice cream it came out sloggy,
at the moment i didn't think about it because it had an christmas action sticker on it.
While eating it i found out it tasted horrible and found blue and green bits, after doing this i splurted out my ice cream and looked at the bottle, the ice cream was ONE YEAR old.
I told my grandmother about it and she told me it was perfectly fine and i got another bowl of ice cream with new whipped cream. (she ate the old one while lecturing me about how she is 85 and still alive while eating this stuff).
Afterwards i looked back to my youth when when my parents still had a bakery, i was at her house after school and ate there everyday when i was too young to care for myself!
the dessert was ice cream, as i sprayed whipped cream on my ice cream it came out sloggy,
at the moment i didn't think about it because it had an christmas action sticker on it.
While eating it i found out it tasted horrible and found blue and green bits, after doing this i splurted out my ice cream and looked at the bottle, the ice cream was ONE YEAR old.
I told my grandmother about it and she told me it was perfectly fine and i got another bowl of ice cream with new whipped cream. (she ate the old one while lecturing me about how she is 85 and still alive while eating this stuff).
Afterwards i looked back to my youth when when my parents still had a bakery, i was at her house after school and ate there everyday when i was too young to care for myself!
It has nothing to do with the money for me, its getting the most use out of it before i need to go get some more of something. It makes sense and its easier to use the same thing over and over rather than buy a new one each time. Its more convenience that i make sure everything is used fully.Kiefer13 said: