Saturday, June 04, 2011

cheaps will skate by us

“The single most loathed archetype in America: the skinflint co-worker.
Cheapskates preemptively ruin every meal, every road trip, ever ball game, every outing because they make us do a slow burn far in advance of the event, wondering how much cash we’re going to get stiffed out of this time.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304066504576343562151211764.html

Thank you grandpa, for teaching me the ways of pinching the penny. But I learned to pinch pennies in some cases, to save the money for the important things—to spend on family.