Another classic from 2007, asking the question are you cheap or just frugal?
Just how cheap are you? What is the cheapest thing that you do or have done (and are proud of it too)?
I have a cell phone for work that I have had charging at work for a while and never thought twice about it. Then one day, I realized, “Why am I charging only my work cell phone here?” So now I charge my personal cell phone at work as well. Is this fraudulent use of company resources? I don’t think so, but it is darn cheap!
Why is cheapness frowned upon? Isn’t it our money, so trying to keep it shouldn’t be a bad thing? But holy cow, the funny looks you get when you tell someone just how cheap you are and the “I’d never do that” looks you get? Lighten up, folks!
The other thing that I still do, that I learned from my mother that I have spoken about before, is the emptying of old ketchup bottles into the new ones. Yup, I sit there and decant the remaining dregs of the old ketchup bottle into the new one. How much ketchup am I saving? I don’t know, but it makes me happy. Now, my mother also used to mix old cereals into the new ones as well, so you’d end up with Cheerio/Shreddies/Puffed Rice in your cereal in the morning as well, but you get used to it, and you save a little money too.
So what cheap things do you do?
Yes indeed, frugality at the work place… just depends on your point of view I guess? –c8j
It’s funny that you mention charging the cell phone at work… a few years ago, my former employer sent out an email to all employees suggesting that people charge their work cell phones in their own cars as opposed to in the office to save electricity! It was a pretty good joke around the office for a while 😉
It’s not “cheap” to be frugal and thrifty. 🙂