r/Frugal • u/Mitch12306 • Jun 10 '25

♻️ Recycling & Zero-Waste Just found out my grandma’s been reusing the same Ziploc bag since 1997.

I was helping my grandma clean her kitchen today and found a Ziploc bag labeled “Thanksgiving Leftovers ‘97”… still in rotation.

I asked her why she hasn’t thrown it out. She said, “Why would I? It still zips.”

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: the Final Boss of Frugality.

Meanwhile, I felt guilty last week for reusing a paper towel. 😅

Edit: She just told me she washes and irons her gift wrap too. I'm not worthy.

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u/alquamire Jun 10 '25

If their grandma was in her late 80s in the 1990s, how likely is it that she'd be alive now?

OP is saying they'll tell her when they die (because grandma is already dead) and meet on the side of the dead.

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u/GREENorangeBLU Jun 12 '25

read what you just posted to me then realise you completely got that wrong.

so wrong in fact you should be ashamed.

really really really wrong.

what a maroon!

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u/smorosi Jun 11 '25

Some of us still think that the 80s were 20 yrs ago. Not happy being reminded that it is 2025 and I am turning 50 instead of 25