My ex-boyfriend told me this story about his uncle Timmy: When uncle Timmy and his family would stay in a hotel, he would take out the cardboard core of a roll of toilet paper and put it back on the holder, and then take the toilet paper to use at home. He would do this every day they stayed there, so at the end he’d have three or four free rolls of free toilet paper.
Also, where his parents live you can get free refills of popcorn at the movie theater. His dad would save old popcorn containers, bring them into the movie, and then about 20 minutes into the movie would bring the empty container to the front to get a “refill”.
I love these stories. Like gailcalled’s mother, they can afford both toilet paper and popcorn, but why pay for them when you have these awesome little schemes to get them for free?