What experiences of tight-arse firms have you had? I’ve heard about a West Oxon haulier who when buying trucks (secondhand) they remove the aircon units to save money.
I’ve seen notices in bakeries telling staff they have the first ten minutes in the toilet “free”, after which they get the time docked. Also in the same place there’s a notice telling staff they must be the n their bakers whites before their official al start time, and must not change until their finish time is reached.
Places like this are so tight the bosses must squeak when they walk.
Are you not on tippers anymore
No word of a lie the Tesco near me opens at 11am on Sundays & on Remembrance Sunday they do the minute silence at 10:59. 
nearly there:
Are you not on tippers anymore
No I’m not. Just can’t do the to and from the same place several times a day anymore. One day I was driving along and thought “I’m actually fed up doing this.” Couple of days later I had a call from an ex employer, asking me if I’d go back. I now like the physical side (look at it as free gym membership) and enjoy planning my own routes.
My old gaffer told the boys smoking roll ups on site that they had to roll them at home because otherwise they were pinching his time
If there are tin rattlers about, I’ll walk to the next entrance of a shopping centre to avoid them. I’ll also start a conversation with the wife or son when I hear “Big Issue?”
I know of a certain shop which is “good with food” with all female workers who’s manager removes the toilet seat and keep it in her locked office and they have to ask for it
K5Project:
I know of a certain shop which is “good with food” with all female workers who’s manager removes the toilet seat and keep it in her locked office and they have to ask for it
I’d sit on the porcelain then lol. I’m reliably informed ( 
) that a lot of women “hover” anyway .
I get really annoyed with the aggressive charity collectors in town centres, even if you avoid them they walk up to you.
Muckaway:
If there are tin rattlers about, I’ll walk to the next entrance of a shopping centre to avoid them. I’ll also start a conversation with the wife or son when I hear “Big Issue?”
Bought a Big Issue in Glasgow once thinking it would get rid of the bloke. Mistake. He then says he’s tired and wants to go home - can’t I buy the rest off him, only ten quid, and sell them myself on the way back to the car?
bazza123:
I get really annoyed with the aggressive charity collectors in town centres, even if you avoid them they walk up to you.
Same here, I donate through DD to a few charities, but now they’re coming to your door and trying to make you feel bad if you say no, WTF! I don’t mind giving, but these ■■■■■■■ are getting out of hand 
Rat67:
bazza123:
I get really annoyed with the aggressive charity collectors in town centres, even if you avoid them they walk up to you.Same here, I donate through DD to a few charities, but now they’re coming to your door and trying to make you feel bad if you say no, WTF! I don’t mind giving, but these [zb] are getting out of hand
Thats because they are on commission 
They call those swine chuggers,its a cross between mugger and charity.They want your bank details for a direct debit but as said they get a cut no idea how much.I dont mind tossing a £1.00 in a bucket for a good cause but that is my limit.
Drift:
Rat67:
bazza123:
I get really annoyed with the aggressive charity collectors in town centres, even if you avoid them they walk up to you.Same here, I donate through DD to a few charities, but now they’re coming to your door and trying to make you feel bad if you say no, WTF! I don’t mind giving, but these [zb] are getting out of hand
Thats because they are on commission
There not doing out of the kindness of their hearts? Lol
Muckaway:
I’ll also start a conversation with the wife or son when I hear “Big Issue?”
Not worth talking to anyway?
switchlogic:
Muckaway:
I’ll also start a conversation with the wife or son when I hear “Big Issue?”Not worth talking to anyway?
Always see the special brew crew with their dogs just as one conversation ends but at that silent point before another starts.
How did this get from ‘So Tight they Squeak’ to Charity Chuggers ?
For years our major customer used to have a free drinks vending machine. Next to this was a microwave and kettle.
One day I pressed the coffee button and nothing happened. So I tried a few times, and then realised it was now 10p. When I decided to boil the kettle instead I noticed it had gone, and that the vending machine would dispense a Clix cup of hot water… for 10p.
A long time ago and well before my time, a tipper company in this area used to pay its drivers £12 week (probably 1950’s/1960’s). If however they got any punctures in the week they would have ten bob (50p) docked out those wages. As anyone that has driven tippers will tell you, punctures are far more frequent than on regular road vehicles.
Incidentally the company Aston Plant Hire is still going and into the third generation of the family, but no such deductions in this day and age.
one of my mates power steering pump went on his 7.5ton lorry, instead of his boss replacing it he removed the whole lot!
martinviking:
How did this get from ‘So Tight they Squeak’ to Charity Chuggers ?
Well, if a notice is up at work saying "(whoever) is doing a sponsored (whatever), I go into tight, chugger avoidance mode and dodge said person until after said event. 
We must deliver to Jewish bakeries; When I go to dump the pallet liner and shrink wrap into their wheelie bins, they’re padlocked.