House-sitting locust style

j.e.j.

*max* wrote: »

I'm curious as to how many loo rolls there was in your stock pile that she used them all?? I can understand using up food if you pig out constantly, but toilet paper?

I was wondering about that, - think the implication is that she's nabbed them all and taken them to her own flat! :rotfl:How tight-fisted can you get!

gibson123

Valli wrote: »

sounds like a plan;)

as has been said, she is doing you a favour - but she will have been able to stash a month's wages there - less rent - unless she let her flat out :rotfl:

LOL, she probably did that, she also buys stuff off people like and always sells them on for a profit. She bought my aunts 3 piece suite for £50 and sold it the following week for £150, my aunt was gob-smacked, but she hadn't actually done anything wrong, it's just if it hadn't been going to her niece my aunt would probably have asked more. It has been a bit of a family joke for years now, so i really should have known better. We also say that when she is finally carted off that we will find a million in notes under her bed. To be fair, she is my sister and I would give her anything she wanted if she just asked. She is generous with her time and support, she is just mean with money.

Welshwoofs

I guess one thing to do is work out how much she is saving you. For instance when I got away it costs £15 a day for my dog to go to a dog sitter. If you have a few animals it may well work out that a sitter would cost you an awful lot more than the groceries your sister used.

That said, I'd simply not stock up as much next time you go away. She can't use what's not there.

gibson123

j.e.j. wrote: »

I was wondering about that, - think the implication is that she's nabbed them all and taken them to her own flat! :rotfl:How tight-fisted can you get!

OMG there were 48 in the cupboard! and there would also have been about 6 in the bathroom. there is no way one person could have used all those unless she had a party. She didn't use the 3/4 bottle of creme de menthe or the bottle of Noilly Prat (what is that any way?) they are both still in the cupboards.

VfM4meplse

*max* wrote: »

Do you think the amount of stuff was humanly usable in a month, or could she have actually gone shopping in your pantry for her own place?

As a measure, I use one per month (there's just me).

gibson123 wrote: »

She wont kick off.. she wouldn't make a fuss, butter really doesn't melt, she is deceptively sweet and as she is quite a bit older than me she can act quite fragile, i do love her to bits but get quite frustrated when she takes advantage, she is also last to take out her purse when the bill comes and people often buy her things or do stuff for her.

OMG, she sounds just like my aunt - are you sure we're not related?

Strangely, my sister looks the spitting image of my aunt and shares the same tightwad habits - I often tease my mum that my sister is Aunt X's secret love-child. Ironically, her own daughter spends money like it is going out of fashion.

ETA: I meant one per week :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

*max*

gibson123 wrote: »

OMG there were 48 in the cupboard! and there would also have been about 6 in the bathroom. there is no way one person could have used all those unless she had a party. She didn't use the 3/4 bottle of creme de menthe or the bottle of Noilly Prat (what is that any way?) they are both still in the cupboards.

54 toilet rolls!!! Well then she has been carting off your stuff to her place. That's not just tight, it's actual theft and proper nasty, especially coming from your own sister! :eek:

Valli

we NOW know why she's offered to do it again - she has almost run out of toilet rolls now :rotfl:

barbiedoll

Sister or not, I can't believe that she scoffed all of your store-cupboard food and then left you to come home to an empty fridge, what a cheek! :eek:

We have stayed at my friend's house whilst she was on holiday, she lives near the coast so it was a cheap holiday for us and she got a free pet-sitter. (One elderly dog and two goldfish, not really hard work!) We bought our own food and if I used anything from her store cupboard, I replaced it. We left fresh bread, milk, butter, cheese and eggs for when they came home and I also gave the place a good clean and tidy-up before we left. I did pinch a bit of her expensive shampoo and I used the kiddy bubblebath for my son, she told me not to lug loads of toiletries with me and to use hers. She had a good stock of wine but I wouldn't have dreamed of drinking it, we bought our own from the local shop.

Your sister is a free-loader, no matter that she looks after the pets, there is no excuse for what she has done. If it were me, I'd rather pay for the animals to be boarded or else ask a neighbour to do it. Stealing toilet rolls from your own sister? What a tightwad! :mad:

jellyhead

If she weren't there would you need to pay somebody to water your garden too? It may be cheaper to have her there, and probably nicer for the pets, but I agree with stockpiling things in the loft or shed.

I do think you should leave her with a pack of loo roll, a bar of soap and a few days worth of food though - she is doing you a favour and it might incur extra travelling costs to work etc. for her.

purple.sarah

gibson123 wrote: »

OMG there were 48 in the cupboard! and there would also have been about 6 in the bathroom. there is no way one person could have used all those unless she had a party. She didn't use the 3/4 bottle of creme de menthe or the bottle of Noilly Prat (what is that any way?) they are both still in the cupboards.

She must be stealing from you then