Whats the tightest thing youve done...

abbecer

This is not me personally. Years ago i cared for an old lady in her home, her son was mega rich. He was the tightest person i have ever met!!! He wouldn't let me have sugar in my tea because he said it was expensive. He cleaned cooking oil through filter paper loads of times. One tea bag to three people. Worst of all i slept in the dining room through the night and it was freezing and i really mean freezing. I put extra coal on the fire and nearly got the sack because he had counted the coal and said i used too many. Plus i got into trouble for peeling potato skin too thickly, and he spent about half an hour showing me how to do it correctly!!!

Probably why he was rich and i'm not!!

Rebecca x

cathybird

yeah, but what's the point of being rich if you're going to be like that!!!!!!!

superflygal

I am an Air Stewardess and wanted to share a phenomena known in the trade as a "Delsey Diner".

The Delsey Diner (so called as "Delsey" is the standard issue luggage) is a Crew member (pilots too, this is NOT lilited to impoverished cabin crew) who takes a suitcase full of non perishable food to nightstop destination for consumption in hotel, pocketing the cash paid to cover meal expenses.

For example for a hotel stay, many crew would relax with complimentary tea and biscuits (provided by hotel), followed by evening meal.
Current "Specials on the Delsey Diner menu include:

mashed potato, sweetcorn (from small can) with gravy
pot noodle and bread rolls (removed from breakfast buffet discretely in napkin)
cup a soup and bread rolls OR passenger meal removed from aircraft and dligently carried. For dessert, one may enjoy some complimentary fruit filched from Reception desk, whilst simulataneously calling reception to complain that not biscuits were provided in their room.:p

Another favourite (this is used maily by pilots) is to coerce your crew into hitting town for slap up meal, ordering lobster, Champagne, vintage wines, dessert and liquer coffee, knowing full well the poorer paid crew will be ordering chips 'n' chicken in a basket. Then boldly announce- once consumed- that total bill of £150 will be just £25 each, split 6 ways, perfectly fair thank you very much. Ahem.:eek:

Also, a Delsey Diner may make more room in his/her case by minimising the amount of clothing carried, as small items (lingerie/blouse/hosiery) can be easily be washed in hotel shampoo, dried on radiator and ironed with complimentary iron. It has been rumoured that some folk boil knickers and boxers in the kettle. Yes Mr. Frankfurter.:rotfl:

Of course i may have slipped under the Delsey Diner category myself from time to time.....:A

cathybird

right, so your average hotel kettle has had not just some tasty frankfurters but also a pair of used knickers cooked in it by the previous customer?

last time I have a cup of tea in one of these establishments...

Firefly

Perhaps a thread should be started entitled 'What's the worst thing you've ever done in a hotel kettle?' :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Hoopylass

lilac_lady wrote:

I once put 1p into someone at work's leaving present sheet. I didn't like him but didn't have the nerve to refuse to contribute. I would just say "no" now!

PS- the penny went into a group envelope. Wish I had been there when it was counted.

I did that once, it was a woman who was leaving and she was a right cow to me, we had to put our names on the envelope once we had put money in. They never knew it was me:rotfl:

superflygal

Firefly wrote:

Perhaps a thread should be started entitled 'What's the worst thing you've ever done in a hotel kettle?' :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Yes, quite! Although i always make sure i rinse kettle with fresh water and boil a pot first, before emptying/refilling and making my afternoon tea!

Also on a "freebie" note,the Holiday Inn Hotel group will give you cute little toothbrushes/combs/razors/cotton wool/sanitary towels if ou "forget" yours.

gallygirl

Am currently amassing a lovely supply of coffee, tea & sugar to stock up my holiday home. Also packets of biscuits which DS takes to work.

cathybird

Snagglepuss wrote:

(quoting Grey Pilgrim)"We were skint, so we went to the toilet blocks and ran hot water from the taps to fill them up." I did this once too in a hotel ........ until I found out that rats can access the hot water tank, hence the reason it says 'not drinking water'......never did it again after this lol.:rotfl:

superflygal wrote:

Also, a Delsey Diner may make more room in his/her case by minimising the amount of clothing carried, as small items (lingerie/blouse/hosiery) can be easily be washed in hotel shampoo, dried on radiator and ironed with complimentary iron. It has been rumoured that some folk boil knickers and boxers in the kettle

casual wrote:

I remember reading a while ago that the best thing to eat when staying in hotels is frankfurters! You can simply pop them in the kettle in your bedroom and wait for it to boil - voila! I tried it with a colleague one night at a hotel and it was great. We bought some rolls from the Tesco Metro down the road, had some ketchup from breakfast and they tasted great.

so, hang on, have I got this right – if you use hotel kettles you're basically drinking residue of rat pee as well as used knickers and boiled frankfurters? ... no wonder all the other posts on this thread are about drinking your own brand vodka in the hotel bar - you'd need a stiff drink after that

lynzpower

Can I just point out to those among us ( not me sadly) who are responsible for ordering stationary at thier workplace, for heavens sake do it through your quidco account.

Will make no odds whatsoever to your employer, and extra cash for you :money: :T

Now, where can I get a job ordering stationary for a living :rotfl: