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What's your favorite frugal find this week? (self.frugal)
submitted 2 months ago by IonAddis to c/frugal
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Mine--don't laugh--is random fruit from fruit trees hanging over walls and over the sidewalk.

Although, I once tried to take a plum from a wasp who was sitting on the fruit, and she turned and looked at me, and I quickly let go and let her have it.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Ordering the kids meal for myself. Plenty of food and priced as a regular-sized meal should be! Try it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There are restaurants that do not allow you to order a kids version for an adult. Yeah, it is that weird. Allegedly those meals are cheaper per amount of food than the adult versions in those places.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Kids meals are generally subsidized by the restaurant as a loss leader for the adult meals. That's why some places even do "kids eat free" — the additional adult meals make up for it. Which is why they don't want to sell kid meals to adults — they're losing money on it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

But there are some that do, and say “of course!”

[–] JamesNZ 6 points 2 months ago

As someone with fruit trees that are on the road side boarder of my property, I agree, it is theft and really annoying. Especially people taking the fruit when it is not quite ripe. To be honest if some one asks for some I am happy to let them take a small amont. When I see what looks like a copious amount of fruit on an overhanging tree, I ask the property owner. I have never been denied.

[–] IonAddis 3 points 2 months ago

I used to do that sometimes. But I did on purpose, and I resent nowadays due to inflation that in order to get the old "adult meal" price I HAVE to choose a kid's meal.