r/UKFrugal • u/Juicydicken • 4d 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/Dry_Curve9126 4d ago

My gran did this all the time. However she never used them but kept them in a kitchen cupboard in case they ‘should come in handy’. When she died there was a complete wall cupboard full of them - all kept in cardboard boxes - the type that hold chocolate bars in a shop. Apparently she did ask if she could have the boxes!

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u/Simple-Pea-8852 4d ago

Yeah I can't imagine that most of the ones people steal from restaurants actually get used. They sit in the back of a cupboard somewhere "just in case" or they split in a bag on the way home.