Acceptable ways to save money?

[terry1156]

I had a discussion with a friend the other day about what is "acceptable" and what Is "unacceptable" in regards to saving money. Here are 5 questions...I'm curious to hear your answers and reasoning:

Is it okay to

1) Have a friend stay in a hotel room overnight when you paid for a single?

2) Sneak food out of an all you can eat buffet?

3) Taking lots of ketchup packs at a fast food restaurant so you don't have to buy a bottle?

4) Take you own food into a movie theater?

5) Giving a false age for your kids to get a discount?

[2moretrees]

1) Have a friend stay in a hotel room overnight when you paid for a single? Guilty

2) Sneak food out of an all you can eat buffet? Guilty

3) Taking lots of ketchup packs at a fast food restaurant so you don't have to buy a bottle? Not Guilty

4) Take you own food into a movie theater? Guilty - is this illegal. When I was younger we did it all the time as a family bring in our own popcorn without hiding it.

5) Giving a false age for your kids to get a discount? Not Guilty

[DivaJen]

Is it okay to

1) Have a friend stay in a hotel room overnight when you paid for a single? No- but you probably got overcharged to begin with.

2) Sneak food out of an all you can eat buffet? No

3) Taking lots of ketchup packs at a fast food restaurant so you don't have to buy a bottle? Lots? No. One or two because you had taken them but ended up not using them? Sure. My 80-something grandmother brings home creamers from McD's for her coffee at home. Hee hee - this is a woman who saves money on Social Security.

4) Take you own food into a movie theater? Yes

5) Giving a false age for your kids to get a discount? Guilty - DD was two months premature, so we didn't tell Disneyland she was three until her actual due date had come and gone. Now that she's old enough to talk and reason - and has a very well-developed sense of right and wrong - we wouldn't do that.

[Tree0164]

1) Have a friend stay in a hotel room overnight when you paid for a single? We had 6 people stay in a quad.

2) Sneak food out of an all you can eat buffet? Yes

3) Taking lots of ketchup packs at a fast food restaurant so you don't have to buy a bottle? Not a lot, a few here and there.

4) Take you own food into a movie theater? Absolutely... It is a crime on how they charge

5) Giving a false age for your kids to get a discount? No

[midnight]

Is it okay to

1) Have a friend stay in a hotel room overnight when you paid for a single?

Yes

2) Sneak food out of an all you can eat buffet?

No, but I have

3) Taking lots of ketchup packs at a fast food restaurant so you don't have to buy a bottle?

lol a few is okay. More than a few is not.

4) Take you own food into a movie theater?

Yes

5) Giving a false age for your kids to get a discount?

No, but I might do so

[crosses]

I don't think it is proper to do any of them, but I'm sure many people do.

[emily1067]

There's a difference between acceptable and right. I think all those ways are accepted in our society these days...but that doesn't make them right. There are plenty of other ways to save money without cheating anyone.

[BeckyD_214]

s it okay to

1) Have a friend stay in a hotel room overnight when you paid for a single?

2) Sneak food out of an all you can eat buffet?

3) Taking lots of ketchup packs at a fast food restaurant so you don't have to buy a bottle?

4) Take you own food into a movie theater?

5) Giving a false age for your kids to get a discount?


The only one I wouldn't feel a tiny guilty about is sneaking food into the theater. The theater does belong to the owners, and legally they get to decide what you can bring in. But morally, I just don't have a problem with busting someone's monopoly.

[rodmick]

Is it okay to

1) Have a friend stay in a hotel room overnight when you paid for a single? No

2) Sneak food out of an all you can eat buffet? No

3) Taking lots of ketchup packs at a fast food restaurant so you don't have to buy a bottle? No

4) Take you own food into a movie theater? Yes, none of our theatres have a sign saying no carry ins.

5) Giving a false age for your kids to get a discount? no

[marla]

1) Have a friend stay in a hotel room overnight when you paid for a single?

A very college thing to do, but not right.

2) Sneak food out of an all you can eat buffet?

the same as staying for 2 meals..no.

3) Taking lots of ketchup packs at a fast food restaurant so you don't have to buy a bottle?

That's being a cheapskate.

4) Take you own food into a movie theater?

It's ok

5) Giving a false age for your kids to get a discount?

Not right, but I would probably do if it was on the borderline.

[genchan]

These are interesting - here are my answers

1) Have a friend stay in a hotel room overnight when you paid for a single? I have done this many times.

2) Sneak food out of an all you can eat buffet? I have never done it, but have alot of friends that have

3) Taking lots of ketchup packs at a fast food restaurant so you don't have to buy a bottle? ??????????? would someone actually do that?

4) Take you own food into a movie theater? I have done this many times. even a beer or two on occassion.

5) Giving a false age for your kids to get a discount? I have no idea about this one.