What is something you do that really makes you look cheap?

[exitseven]

I save the plastic ziplock sandwich bags I take in my lunch every day.

[Rosexøxø]

I reuse water bottles, and any drink container from outside. Sometimes so long- it's not cheap, but disgusting lol

One had milk in it and... yeah long story short: mold.

Those bottles do expire and need to be completely dry for longer uses ofc. It's more me being lazy and wanting personalized, than being cheap lol

After my showers, I'll use a tissue or kleenex to wipe any stray hair after my conditioning, clear up my glasses, and sometimes blow my nose, so instead of using three types of tissues, I'll wipe my glasses and use the other side to blow my nose, or blow my nose in one and the other one clean my glasses (of dust), and then the other side to gather the strands and toss it to the trash. I don't know I felt better being able to cut down on my generous use of T. P. and kleenex :]

I'm trying to think if I can use one for all three, but I don't know.. may be too much for me lmao

I suppose any hot drink made at home and put into any thermos/ or mugs with Starbucks logos LOL (hot cocoa/ coffee/ tea).

I tried reusing water that was used to boil a pound of spaghetti... yeah- DON'T save that lol

BUT

you can reuse that boiled water for other cooking tasks, that same day.

Don't drink that water though... lol- don't save it. God, it smelled horrible. I'm lucky I am alive for 20 years here lmao

[sage2021]

I get a lot of things from Dollar Tree and other dollar stores.
It's funny, when people come into my apartment, they really like the way it's decorated. Little do they know it's decorated by Dollar Tree 🤭

[peedy]

I have a wood burning stove so I save the brown paper bags you get when you get food to go or at the drive through
Also im a scrapper I collect all types of metal to sell or recycle even though I dont need the money now back when I started the money I got was the difference between making it or breaking eating or going hungry, and I just kept doing it, example I will save metal cans soup, spaghetti Os pork and beans etc. than ill crush them down and put in a pail well whens its full its 100 lbs at one time scrap metal was 280 per ton do the math it all adds up

[Jaximus-Lion]

Nothing i/we do makes us look cheap. We are smart, saving money helped us buying a house, a 2020 model car, vacations, clothes and a lot of farming tools. Being smart is not cheap. Saving plastic ziplocks with all this plastic bonanza out there is good. It means we got our shit together, what's the point of looking like a million bucks and being broke?

[Apple1996]

My extreme couponing makes me look cheap all the time

[exitseven]

it makes you look smart.

[TrueConfection]

The first time I broke out coupons in front of my husband, he got embarrassed and disgusted. Then, he saw that I saved $50 and I tucked that money in my pocket. He never complained again. He thought I'd save 30 cents or something.

[Apple1996]

@TrueConfection haha yeah my husband always gets embarrassed since it can take a few extra mintues at checkout

[exitseven]

@TrueConfection I bet your husband was angry because you didn't give him a cut of the 50 bucks.

[TrueConfection]

@exitseven That's exactly what happened next. 😂

[exitseven]

@TrueConfection hahahahaha too funny. You told him to get his own coupons right?

[TrueConfection]

I told him the money was mine because he spent it needlessly. I wouldn't budge. 😈

[exitseven]

@TrueConfection there you go! 😊😊😊😊

[AnusNdaPainus]

Last time I went to the store and used coupons it took 80 dollars off a 300 dollar grocery list
In this economy I don’t see how people can afford to not use coupons? I love a deal.

[Anemone978]

I used to just dress like shit and not buy much of anything because I felt like shit but not anymore.. now I look nice and I blow money because I am making my own money... so it comes and it goes and I never spend more than I have... its stupid to live out of your own means...

[Rosexøxø]

Was definitely happy to read this

[Реrverted_creep]

I have memorized this poem:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/hGNHPjtj3Wg

As if I don't even have paper to write it on or a pen to write with.

[exitseven]

That is really cheap.

[humanearth]

I always buy junky old cars from 1960s-1980s and drive them.

I will never ever buy a newer vehicle, I don't like cars with computers.

Like yesterday I just bought a 1975 Chevy Impala Station Wagon for 900 bucks. It runs and drives, but looks like total piece of shit

I'll fix some of the biggest problems and drive it for a daily driver.

[DermalPunch]

That's not being cheap. I also do this. Especially the large thick ones. Totally reusable. It feels wrong to chuck them especially before they get all crinkly.

You can use them for the bathroom with makeup and other stuff that messes up the drawer.

I resuse spice containers. So I have salt in a plastic thyme shaker.

[exitseven]

I put them bck o my lunch box and reuse them the next day. i usually get a whole week out of them.

[DermalPunch]

nice!!

[ilikesnow]

i don't wear jewelry or make up or anything to change how i look whenever i go out (because i don't want to or forget) so i guess that makes me look cheap- but i have a lot of jewelry that i never use lol

[Reem12345reem]

Same here

[TrueConfection]

I add water to my almost empty shampoo bottles, conditioner bottles, hand soap, etc. so I can get every last drop.

[Lliam]

I do the same thing. It makes perfect sense.

[TrueConfection]

@Lliam Thank you! It took some convincing, but I have the whole family doing it now too.

[jennifer_bloom]

My mom and I get regular needle shots for medical reasons so I always look through our shopping bags for odd and tiny shaped bags that are not big enough to be used as garbage bags and then I hide them in my room so I can use them for future medical appointments cause I know my parents do not care about the environment and will throw out the odd shaped small bags.

[notwoke]

hey guess what, if they go in the trash they end up in the landfill not the ocean so this is no more a terrible thing than say, people going to Starbucks and wasting a paper cup vs. drinking coffee at home from a ceramic cup

[midnightmoon05]

I put my food in a tubberwear…too cheap to buy ziplocks. 😛

we are trying to move away from ziplocks and use containers. So we don’t keep buying ziplocks.

I generally prefer hot food so it’s in a glass container.

[Alessa13]

I reused old water bottles, fill from the tap then add some crystal light to it. Stick them in the fridge and when people come visit and want water I let them think its real bottled water with the flavoring added.

[Rosexøxø]

you re-seal them? or..

( I re-use bottles too, but I don't know if I'd offer tap).

[Alessa13]

@Rosexøxø I put the lid back on them then if anyone asks I can say, I opened them to put the mix in, put lid back on and shook them to mix it.

I lived with someone who said that he could tell it if was tap but then he kept drinking all the flavored tap thinking they were new ones

[Rosexøxø]

LMAOOO that's funny. I'd die to see this in some show/ scene/ film/ skit.

He doesn't seem like the nicest guy... so that's why I laugh at his case. I'd never say that to someone while being a guest at their place- wtf? XD

[Alessa13]

@Rosexøxø He was a roommate that insisted I buy new bottled water all the time because he could tell if it was tap even if it was mixed. I didn't want to spend the money so I did this trick, at least until the bottles started to look old. Then I'd get some new ones.

I have had some pretty shitty roommates and he was one of them.

[SixOfClubs]

I keep some old coins in case I can sell them dearly to a collector years later.

[bean2k21]

This may be a more common trait nowadays, but I abhor wastefulness and continuously strive to eliminate it. I think it comes from parents who's parents lived through the Great Depression, but also environmental concerns. I don't live in a million dollar home, because I don't need it. If I make too much soup, I freeze half of it. I recharge a portable solar battery just to recharge my electronics because why pull 5W of power when the sun can do it. Maybe others can relate, I don't know.

[Anonymous]

At Starbucks I always get extra straws and put it at my bag since they are wrapped.. in case I’ll use it for any other beverage I might buy outside 🥹
Last time me and my friend we bought sparkling can water and I gave her one of my free straws 🥹

[exitseven]

I do the same thing at Wendy's. I have a good supply of straws and napkins in my truck

[lightbulb27]

tear paper towels in half, even if they are already halfs.

unplug devices at night...

[mobiusforniner]

Wearing pjs ro walmart.

Using wolf ammo in my semi auto ak47. Lol

[wittymilf]

I forage. I love all the free food that grows in the wild. I pick fruit from trees that overhang the foot path when I’m out walking.

[Lliam]

As long as a phone or TV or other appliance works, I keep it. I don't care about having the newest stuff.
I even bought a used i8 phone recently to replace by old i6s.

[CrimsonAngel09]

Drink out of restaurant cups until they wear out.

[jamesgoldman]

Picking stuff out of gutters and trawling heaps of rubbish for scrap cables, free money is free money in any language

[RobT312]

Saving broken things because I think there may be a use for them. I’m getting better at tossing them now.

[SnowedIn]

reusing the "disposable" aluminum baking pans from the store

Reusing foil and plastic wrap several times

[notwoke]

I avoid using the dryer, its a huge energy hog and wears out your clothes prematurely, also using it more means replacing it sooner.

[Rosexøxø]

how do you dry?

[notwoke]

@Rosexøxø hanging, especially I usually wear the breathable shirts and they come out of the washer not too far from dry. think about it, your house is usually too dry in the winter so hanging your wet clothes will add a little mositure.

[exitseven]

Yes, we keep a clothes line outside and my wife often dries the clothes outdoors in the nice weather.

[Unit1]

Being born penniless. Absolutely no interaction from my side was needed.

[LordOfThePines]

I repurpose a lot of things. Jelly jars now empty? Free cup. Broken pallet? Into the mulch pile. Used coffee grounds? Into the garden.

[anon1903]

Forgetting your wallet more than once

[exitseven]

do you really forget it or just leave it home to get out of picking up the tab?

[anon1903]

I really forget it. I'm just careless.

[anon1903]

I once forgot my pens during exam

[AnusNdaPainus]

I make coffee in a tea kettle not a coffeemaker

[Rosexøxø]

are you painus.. n D/ or Dee? an*us?

[AnusNdaPainus]

@Rosexøxø no but I saw that guy’s profile name and thought it was funny

[Rosexøxø]

lol that's adorable. You guys are cute :]

it's a 2.0!

[AnusNdaPainus]

@Rosexøxø hey girly we are men we aren’t cute or adorable we’re fabulous 💯

[Rosexøxø]

yeah if you wish to be. I find straight men adorable. Gay men- definitely fab.

You have my vote!

[AnusNdaPainus]

@Rosexøxø I’m not gay I always say no homo after I swallow

[Rosexøxø]

XD lmao how fabulous

<3

[Sparkie460]

When I cut off zip ties I do it so I can reuse them.

[magiusX26]

collect cigarette butts with tobacco stil to them to put the tonacco in a bag to smoke with my pipe, even while having cigarettes of my own already.

[Jmmmfi4]

Smoking is disgusting

[magiusX26]

not as disgusting as being a judgmental prick

[magiusX26]

especially when you feel the need to be one online, coming into. comments not to you, about you, or for you, and its on (as far as this platform goes) a question you dont gave the balls to answer yourself.

[magiusX26]

wait. i guess you did answer, in a round about way, by leaving your comment. that was your way of saying your habit is to try pushing your morals and values onto others as a pathetic keyboard warrior.

[Jmmmfi4]

Disgusting filthy habit

[magiusX26]

i'll smoke a bunch just for you

[Jmmmfi4]

Enjoy the emphazima

[Wraith_Cemetery]

@Jmmmfi4 Emphysema **

If you're gonna call someone out at least know how to spell.

[Jmmmfi4]

@Wraith_Cemetery no

[Rosexøxø]

@Jmmmfi4 what was accomplished lol

one wants to smoke
one wants to type improperly
one wants to cast correction to one who actually spoke against a killing toxin

I don't know you guys lol I just don't know.

I'm not better. I'm just reading your comments and wondering.

I suppose we all make choices. I don't know.

I have to think on this.

[NostalgiaSenpi]

Make lunches at home vs most coworkers at work getting take out everyday

[Sour-rose]

better cheap than broke tho :)

[Rosexøxø]

amen

[Anonymous]

I have an overpriced phone but always use extremely cheap, plain colored, basic phone cases

[LiamJHayden]

I save candle scraps, melt the scraps and make new candles.

[TrillXHippy]

None of this makes anybody look cheap like at all

[Jamie05rhs]

I don't care about looking cheap. I am cheap and I'm proud of it.

[Anonymous]

I like to hoard ketchup packets from mcdonalds or whatever it is 😂😂

[msc545]

Nothing I can think of except I tip based on service rather than on the amount of the bill.

[BCRanger10]

I do the same thing 😆

[Msputiton]

I hope you don't eat sandwiches everyday

[exitseven]

just about every day i go to work.

[Msputiton]

Try to mix it up some. That doesn't sound to healthy.

[Rosexøxø]

what if it was the perfect balance of veggies/ meats/ carbs/grain?

Could be a combination of the food groups into one ;-;

[Anonymous]

Go to Missions to Shop.

[Rosexøxø]

sounds thrifty (in a good sense).

[Opinion Owner]

@Rosexøxø hahaha Wonderful seconds.

[Likes2drive]

Save the condiments from take out, lol

[Fuentes]

I use garbage bags when moving clothes

[Malwi93]

I Go to Beauty Shop to do makeup

[HowardB]

Wearing the same pants

[Anonymous]

Buy last year's model BMW.

[Anonymous]

I reuse condoms with different women.