Minuscule Bibbles 6

Part 1 - Cha-Ching!

There’s an Aldi market down the street. In order to use a grocery cart, you have to insert a quarter into a locking mechanism near the handle and unlock the chain from the next cart in line. When you return the cart, you put the chain back into the lock and the quarter pops out.

I wait until someone is ready to bring back their cart and I say to them:

“Here, I’ll take that from you, I’ll give you this quarter”

9 times out of 10, they give me the cart without taking the quarter. The cheap bastards that do take the quarter are not taking me for a ride however…… I always give them a Canadian Quarter.

Part 2 – Cha-Ching!

I’ve been called cheap before. It’s not necessarily a compliment, but I do like to think that I’m thrifty. In these hard times when people are trying to rip you off everywhere and prices constantly are going up, you gotta protect yourself. So I save where I can.

For instance, I like to go to lunch everyday. There’s a variety of markets and deli’s around. One Deli charges $4.25 for a salad, offers free parking and you can take as many napkins and croûtons as you want. They are the “soft think” napkins too (Not like the scratchy ones from McDonald’s)

The other deli is about 7 Blocks away. The salad there costs $3.75, but you have to use the parking meter for $.25 and they charge $.50 for croûtons, not to mention that they only give you one (1) napkin. TALK ABOUT CHEAP!

So, Thrifty Nukie, drives to the first deli and parks, Walks down 7 blocks to the second deli and orders a salad, then walks back 7 blocks to the first Deli to go inside to get some soft napkins and croûtons then I pick up my car and drive back to work.