Comments on: Frugal, Cheap and a Cheap Opportunist

By: Liv

Liv — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:56:00 +0000

Ouchh ! i hate those kinds of people, who take advantage of other who is being nice and generous to them, Totally cheap!

By: Hootieman41

Hootieman41 — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:01:00 +0000

I love your comment about mugging him.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:15:00 +0000

hahahaha, I’m rolling tears in my eyes that sounds so much like my family, LOL!
Except it’s not just my brothers, it’s all of them, and I’m the single parent, who makes less than them, some people are just brought up that way, being “cheap opportunists”

By: Darrell

Darrell — Sat, 28 May 2011 20:06:00 +0000

Also, this kind of sucks and I’m totally not blaming you, but you’ve sort of set a pattern of you paying for everything and you’ve reinforced it. Really, they should be paying for YOU when you spend the $ and the time to come visit them. Anyway, it’s a bad position to be in but you now have to break your family of the habit/expectation because you’ve sort of reinforced that behaviour by always paying when you visit them, which sucks I know.

Re: splitting bills, I’m not cheap by any means but I’m not rich. If anything, I go way overboard on treating others and I always over tip (like 20-25%) because I know what it’s like to work in the service industry and I feel bad. This is why I only go out once a month now, especially since I have no income at the moment and am returning to school in the fall to get my Masters. Anyway, when I do go out with friends and I know we’re splitting the cheque, I will only pay my share because I don’t order drinks (usually) and I don’t get expensive items normally because I’m broke. I hate when people expect to split the cheque evenly and they’ve ordered 3 beers and steak & lobster or something, especially since I don’t normally eat dessert either. I’ll usually ask for a separate cheque at the beginning because i know that the server appreciates it (makes it easier for them to do it in advance) and because so often in a group setting, I’ve paid for my share plus a huge tip and we still end up short because of the cheapwads who won’t tip. Drives me insane!!!

By: Darrell

Darrell — Sat, 28 May 2011 19:59:00 +0000

Wow, that is so disgusting. I’ve been so broke I’ve been barely able to afford groceries (but always paid rent and bills) and I would still pay for a night out with friends once in awhile. Yeesh. And I agree with you, if you can’t afford to tip then you can’t afford to eat out at a nice (or even so-so) restaurant (where they have waitresses). Stick to McDonald’s if you don’t like to tip…

By: 101 centavos

101 centavos — Sat, 21 May 2011 19:08:00 +0000

Wow, that is one cheap dude. Nice story. Or rather, painful story with a nice ending. Glad to see your brother got shamed out of being such a wanker, at least for the moment.

By: SavingMentor

SavingMentor — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:22:00 +0000

Reading that made me SICK to my stomach. I literally had a bit of a gag reflex going on!

Stick to your guns. Never pay for him EVER again. For that kind of lousy treatment he deserves to pay for all of you for the rest of his life – payback with interest!

By: Pew! Pew! Pew!

Pew! Pew! Pew! — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:13:00 +0000

I think you’ve just described my brother. Are you sure we’re not related?

By: FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com

FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:09:00 +0000

OMG YES!!!!!!!! Good point.

I loathe COs.

Me, I just order what I want to eat and that’s all I pay for, especially
since I don’t drink alcohol!!!

By: GregT

GregT — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:54:00 +0000

I would like to add that the worst of the cheap opportunists are the ones that like to invite everyone to lunch, orders the most food, (double what everyone else orders) then want’s to split the bill evenly. I don’t mind a split but that is obviously a scam.