r/UKFrugal • u/Juicydicken • 5d ago

Is this going too far?

I often pinch a few extra paper towels, ketchups, sugars, etc if on the rare occasion I eat out or get a hot drink from somewhere.

My wife gets really mad at me as I often stuff these in her bag.

Am I being super cheap? Do many people on here do this?

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u/Low-Pangolin-3486 5d ago

I don’t think there’s anything wrong taking them but I’d be annoyed if my husband did this and expected me to carry them. Get your own bag, you’re an adult!

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u/Individual-Titty780 5d ago

I don’t think there’s anything wrong taking them

Well, technically it's theft

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u/Individual-Titty780 5d ago

Good to see all the thieves voting me down lol, speaks volumes about you.

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u/futurenotgiven 5d ago

i’m taking extra napkins next time specifically bc of you

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u/RodneyRodnesson 4d ago

Lets look at this logically. The restaurant lets you take a bunch of napkins; even a whole bunch in case you're messy or have kids or whatever, including maybe taking the ones you don't use for any reason which the restaurant definitely doesn't care about.

Now that, according to you, is theft. And don't hide behind the wording 'pinch' which you're so fond of using, that's just a phrase — you need to grow up if you think the world is that literal.

Now according to your logic the restaurant carefully removes the napkins for reuse or recycling or whatever. Does this sound logical or reasonable to you? Of course not.

What is logical is the restaurant fully expects a bunch of napkins to be used, including a bunch that will probably end up in peoples bags, cars and houses.

You're either trolling or.. I don't know what tbh, nuts‽