There is an interesting thread going over at FatWallet Finance discussing the “cheapest” things people do. Some are good frugal suggestions, some are just plain cheap, and others are just plain weird. Here are some of the ones I thought were most questionable:
- Pooping at work to save on toilet paper.
- Taking extra condiments and napkins from fast food restaurants for use at home.
- Diluting whole milk with water to make two gallons into three.
- Order water with plenty of lemons and then squeeze the lemon juice into the water and add in a few sugar packets to make a poor man’s lemonade.
- When traveling, take the extra roll of toilet paper from the hotel room each day to bring home.
- Go in after lunch meetings at the office to eat all the leftovers.
And a few that are most certainly inappropriate on some level:
- Going to other floors in your office building and stealing a couple of rolls of toilet paper each day, sneaking them out in your lunchbox.
- Covering up the return address on the business reply envelopes to use to send to other recipients.
- Using items and then returning for a refund before the return period is up.
Anyone else care to share your odd money saving tips?
