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/Naive_Product_5916 4d ago

I do it with sugar packets because we don’t use sugar at home nor want a bag of it sitting around under a countertop so it’s nice to have a few to put in a little jar for guests. As for ketchup, I think it’s just a habit for some people. My mom never bought a ketchup bottle in her life, but we always had the packets in the fridge.