What's the weirdest thing you've seen someone do to save a buck?

I was working in a restaurant in Montreal, and the staff decided to all have a picnic and a few beers together.

We all pitched in to get steaks, salads, and drinks.

I invited a friend that didn't work with us, and he showed up with a potato.

Yep, one potato. He drank the beer, ate salad and steak,

and he ate his potato too. Ugh. My brother had an old Fiat 127. The gas dial hadn't worked

for a while, so sometimes he'd run out of gas. One time he was with my young nephew when it

happened again. They pushed it

for like half a mile. Arriving at the gas station, he realized it was rather more expensive than another

gas station further up the road, so they pushed it for another half mile. I mean, if he was really

smart, he'd just push the car everywhere and never have to pay for gas.

My mate lays out a certain number of sheets of toilet roll if you ask to use his loo.

My grandmother, as she didn't own a computer, had to mail in all of her bill payments.

One month, she didn't get her hot water bill, or it was delivered to someone else by accident. Whatever the cause, her next bill was for both that month and the previous month and included a late fee that was less than the cost of a stamp. For the rest of her life, she skipped the bill one month and then paid both the next because she saved a few cents by just using one stamp instead of two. This was a

woman who had somewhere around a few million dollars in the bank when she died. I went for a meal

with a group of about six friends. When it came time to divvy up the bill, one friend said he hadn't

got cash on him, but if we all chipped in the cash for our share,

he'd put it on his card.

He was also very keen to ensure we all put in a decent tip.

It was in the UK, so tipping is common in a restaurant but not required.

Our friend went up to the bar to pay, but unfortunately for him, another member of our party

went to the restroom at the same time,

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