Morning 6-Pack - Are You Too Frugal? Alright, folks, let’s dive into a wild stat: one in five married peeps are sneakin’ some gambling bucks without telling their better halves! Can you believe it? That’s a sneaky little 20%! I mean, I pictured a buddy of mine, Danny, who’s a total tightwad but somehow rakes in the casino rewards like a high roller. We’re spillin’ the beans on how frugal can go too far with a hilarious rundown of the top six signs you’ve crossed that line. From meeting the pizza guy halfway to ironing wrapping paper post-Christmas, we’ve got the giggles covered. So grab your coffee and get ready to laugh yourself silly with this episode!

Takeaways:

• Ever heard the stat that 20% of married peeps gamble without telling their spouse? Wild!
• Frugal folks, beware! Meeting the pizza guy halfway for a tip is a red flag!
• Danny, our frugal friend, is secretly a high roller at the casino—go figure!
• Kids getting their allowance in electricity kilowatts? Now that's next-level frugality!
• If you're ironing wrapping paper after Christmas, you might be too frugal, fam!
• Family outings to the truck stop for showers? That's some serious savings right there!

Good morning.

I'm Haystack and I do a bit occasionally about silly stats and surveys.

I have this thing that sends me all these interesting statistics for use and one of the ones that I stumbled across today, I was a little surprised.

I'm not surprised this is a thing.

I was just surprised that it was one in five.

Now, this is a survey of a thousand married people.

So it's not a huge sample size, but a thousand's pretty good.

20% Of that 1,000 married people admit that they spend money on gambling without ever telling their spouse.

And, and I saw that and I immediately chuckled because when I told you that stat, did you picture a specific person or couple?

Because I did for sure.

And it's a friend of mine that lives out of state.

So I can sit here.

I'm not going to use any real names, but I can sit here and talk smack because I doubt he's on the 479-Media-app listening to the station.

He could be.

And I'll be in trouble in just a minute if he is but one of my buddies.

Let's, let's call him.

Let's, let's change his name.

Let's call him Danny to protect the guilty.

Danny.

And I love Danny, but Danny is one of the most frugal people in the world.

I mean, will not spend money on hardly anything if he can get around it.

But he is a top tier like 7 star rewards member with, oh, who is it?

Caesars, I think one of the big Vegas properties because he gambles so much.

In fact, I'm almost sure he's not listening because I think he's on a vacation right now that was paid for by the casino where he's a top VIP or whatever.

But he and his wife, both super frugal, will absolutely not spend any more money than absolutely necessary and will sit and spend thousands, tens of thousands of dollars in a given week at a casino.

And I find that kind of fascinating.

And I'm not surprised that people keep gambling expenditures away from their spouse.

But 20%, that's one out of five.

That's a, that's a pretty good chunk.

I was also thinking about how frugal Mr. Danny is.

There are some signs that you may be just a little too frugal.

Best way to start your day, these six jokes he's about to say, listen up for old Haystack.

Crack open the Mooring six pack.

These are the top six signs that you are too frugal.

It's a thing.

Frugal people are going, you could never be too frugal.

You can be too frugal.

Like number six, you meet the pizza delivery guy halfway, so you only have to give him half a tip.

Number five, those daily family outings to the truck stop to take showers.

Oh, wow.

Number four, your kids allowances are in kilowatts of electricity.

Number three, you've asked your neighbors to turn their TV so you can watch it.

Hey, Bill.

Bill, the game's on.

I can't quite see it for the glare.

Can you turn it to the right a little bit?

Number two, toilet paper in your bathroom.

Sold by the sheet.

And the number one sign that you are too frugal.

You iron wrapping paper after Christma.