Extreme Cheapskates As A Series Of Revelatory Quotes

  • If I use a paper towel in a public restroom, I'm drying off hands that I washed clean, so I keep them and reuse them. You can reuse a paper towel many times.
  • This is my bed, where I sleep. These are actually yoga mats that somebody was trying to get rid of.
  • Beds cost hundreds of dollars, and that is absolutely outrageous.
  • The last time I bought underwear was 1998. I don't think I've ever bought socks.
  • These [shorts, purchased in 1999] are too wide now -- this elastic kind of wore out over the years. So I take this binder clip, and I clip it together, and it fits fine.
  • I used to get my hair cut once a year at a beauty school, and then I decided I would cut my own hair.
  • I have been eating dumpster-dived foods regularly for two years. After graduating from college, I found I was spending about twenty to twenty-five dollars a week on food. [emphasis mine]
  • This shirt has holes in it, and this is an old, crappy pair of shorts. Should help me look like a bum. Store managers don't want us dumpster-diving...but if I dress up like a bum, hopefully the store managers will have more sympathy and leave me alone.
  • I normally just eat my dumpster-dived food directly out of the package, but since I'm having guests over, I'm going to heat up the food in a pot. [She puts several unrelated packaged dinners in the same pot, including a cold salad.]
  • Smells okay.
  • So you don't pay for any furniture?
  • It actually is quite comfortable to lie on. You guys could try…?
    I don't think so.
  • I've been cooking up a surprise for you guys.
  • So everything's in the same pot?
    Yeah. This is a medley.
  • I was trying to make it a surprise -- I didn't tell them that I was going to serve them dumpster-dived food. I think that negatively affected their opinion.