AOL’s “The Cheapest Person I Know” Contest

September 29, 2007 · Filed Under · Comment 

I had a few laughs when I discovered AOL’s “The Cheapest Person I Know” Contest. Some of these folks are frugal to the point of no return. The folks at AOL.com seem to think they are all just REALLY cheap, what do you think? There are a definetely a few I would consider frugal, not cheap. Here are some highlights with my names for all of them included for free…

Penny Pinching

  • The Cherry Picker. Submitted by Anonymous, “While shopping at a roadside fruit stand, I watched my friend Wally remove the stems from the cherries he was buying. I asked him why and he said they would weigh less at checkout. Wally also only allows his turn signals to flash two times because, according to him, the bulbs will last longer!”
  • The Never Say ‘Yes’ Friend. Submitted by Glendale5, “I know someone who … on the way to your house, stops at a store and will call to see if you need something. If you say yes when she gets to your house she will ask you for gas money.”
  • The Resourceful Lady. Submitted by JRZUB, “I had a cheap friend that when she had a run in her panty hose, she would cut the leg off and wear just the top half, so she would have a pair made from two pairs.”
  • The Nasty Tomato Soup Guy. Submitted by JPHUF, “Back in 1969, one employee in my department would have a totally free lunch every day comprising of: many packets of ketchup, salt & pepper, hot water, several packets of saltine crackers, glass of cold water.”
  • The Resourceful Boss. Submitted by Marylindah, “My ex-boss used to water down the Windex bottle and hang up the paper towels to dry and reuse them on the glass.”
  • The “My Feet Smell Like Pepperoni” Guy. Submitted by The Mrs., “My sweet husband is so cheap — when he wears a hole in the sole of his moccasins, he uses the cardboard from a used pizza box to re-sole them! He makes over $100,000 a year too. That is why I love him — he is humble.”
  • The Knock Before Entering Guy. Submitted by civilguy27, “While growing up, my next door neighbor disconnected the light to his doorbell to save on electricity.”
  • The “I Like My Coffee Sweet” Guy. Submitted by IsprayLiz, “The cheapest I know of was a mailman my brother-in-law worked with. A bunch of mailmen would stop for coffee in the morning and this guy would pocket the extra creamers when they finished.”
  • The “I Can’t Believe You Ever Had A Date” Guy. Submitted by Anonymous, “My ex-husband was so cheap. He bought me candy and flowers for Valentine’s Day. He said I could look at the flowers for about an hour and have one piece of the candy and then he took the candy and the flowers to his mother and his sister for their Valentine’s gifts.”

The last one is incredible, no wonder it is her ex-husband. I also like the guy who uses the pizza box to re-sole his shoes, awesome! And as for Wally, I think his ideas would qualify as time-wasters. So what do you think, cheap or frugal?

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