iVillage logo
Search iVillage
Money
  |  Money
Advertisement
Topics
Savings
Community
Budgeting
Property
Family
Insurance
Debt
iVillage shopping

Hot stuff
The cost of love
Do something new!


Promotions
Are you a cheapskate?
Is 20p your idea of a decent tip? Do you secretly buy single shots when all your friends are buying doubles? Do you get out your calculator when its time to pay up when you and your friends are having lunch? Then you could be a skinflint!

See how tightly you hold onto your purse strings. Ladies, brace yourselves….

 
send this quiz to a friendsee all quizzes
 
 
1. You’re on your lunch break. At the local shop, you see one of your colleagues at the till and she’s just short of money to buy her sandwich. What do you do?
  You ignore her but when you get back to the office you offer her the bag of crisps that the Temp left a couple of months ago – the one that’s been gathering dust in your desk drawer.
  You ignore her when she sees you. It’s her fault she didn’t have enough change. Who are you? The Bank of England?
  You come to her aid and buy the sandwich for her. What’s a sandwich between work mates?
  You go over to her and offer her the amount she’s missing and say that she can pay you back later.
 
2. Dave, from the IT helpdesk, is doing a sponsored marathon run to help raise money for a new community building. The sponsor sheet arrives on your desk. What amount do you fill in?
  You put down 10p. You’ll use that 10 pence piece that you found in the change tray of the coffee machine in the break room.
  Nothing. Give me a break, I don’t even know Dave!
  You put down £10. You don’t know Dave very well but he fixed your computer and, besides, a marathon is a long way to run and it’s for a good cause.
  You put down a pound but you say to him that when you do your sponsored walk for the Cats Society, he’ll have to chip in.
 
3. Katie, your aerobics instructor, has just got married and your group decides to buy her a gift. What’s your first thought?
  I’ll give her my Breville – well, I’ve only used it once.
  Well, I have been coming to this class for four years but do I really know her well enough to buy her a gift?
  Let’s send them to Vegas!
  The money I’ll chip in will match the amount of weight I’ve lost – all two pounds of it.
 
      page 1 of 5