]Believe me it is true. He was a very close confidant who obviously got his thrill from taping and listening others' conversations. In the heated exchange at the time, he told me he taped all his conversations. I class him as a pervert. Different strokes for different folks but alas and without an apology I will never speak with him ever again.
This is from mercman where a mate was taping all his phone conversations (hope you don't mind me using this MM).
So have you encountered anything odd/weird/strange from friends?
A friend recently quoted back to me something I said in an email in 1999, I jokingly asked has she kept every email I ever sent her, apparently yes. was a bit weirded out.
Reminds me of an acquitance of mine who I've had to deal with through work from time to time. Seems to keep copies of every email, all correspondence and recordings of important phone calls. Once asked him for his opinion on someone else I was dealing with - was expecting to get the usual sort of reply "yes, he's good to deal with" or " no, he didnt do X,Y, Z etc last time I dealt with him..." Instead, a couple of days later I got couriered a large ring bound file of 100s of pages with detailed background information (including personal life) plus copies of emails/correspondence, transcripts of conversations etc with commentary attached. A bit over the top. Ever since I've confined my conversations and emails to this person to basic one liners and dont engage in smalltalk.
Stinginess really annoys me.
But I wouldn't hold on to emails unless they could be used as slagging against the best of friends.
And that's totally allowed!!
Stinginess is the worst.
Im of the opinion, in a restaurant, Im having the same night out as the rest of my table, regardless of if I drink or not. When it comes to bill splitting I just pay whatever the split is. The way I look at it, sometimes I get a more expensive starter, sometimes I dont bother with a starter, sometimes I drink, sometimes i dont drink, sometimes I get a big steak main course, other times I get a salad, sometimes I get dessert, sometimes I dont etc... A lot of variables come into play and if you were to start calculating exactly how much each person owed itd be endless.
It does my head in when someone goes 'oh I didnt drink so Im giving a fiver less' - eh, I didnt have dessert but Im still paying!!!
I was in a restaurant last saturday night and a table of 12 or 14 people were seated near me, one guy got up and went downstairs, came back and announced to the group 'Ive spoken to the waitress and requested we are billed seperately for food and alcohol'.
I would have gotten up and left that table were me.
I know someone who is tight with money even though she insists she isn't. The amount of times she has to confirm this speaks volums imo.
A few of us shared a taxi one night and we were the last drop. Total fare came to €18 and she waited for the taxi man to give her the €2. The 2 other drop offs gave her €5 each, as I did, so her fare only cost her €3. This is a regular occurance.
Another night we were out for dinner and the bill was paid while I was in the bathroom. We had all thrown in €30 or so which was covering the tip - just about because she doesn't believe in tips normally (not her problem if the employer doesn't pay the staff enough). When I came back to the table she handed me a €1 as my pizza cost €1 less because I didn't get an extra topping.
I avoid being in rounds with her as every 3 or 4 drinks she works out how much the person drinking volka and coke owes the pint drinker.
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