Are you referring to social media influencers? Or as I like to call them "Online Beggars".

I quite agree if I ran a business these people must be a pest, "give me a free lunch at your restaurant or I will tell my "friends" not to dine there."

I loved the guy in Greece or Spain who tells them "no you can't have a free meal but if you pay for it I will donate the fee to a local charity and you can score points with your friends by telling them that". He never hears from them again.

Luckily most of these idiots exaggerate your influence and many of their friends are bought and paid for fakes so their influence is not that great. Of course if Kim Kardashian rocked up to your place you might rethink your policy for her.

One more point

I know an old friend who in the 80s used to ask his girlfriend to put 10P in the box whenever she needed to use his home phone.

This same chap used to arrive at parties with a bottle of wine which of course was welcome to the hosts, hide the bottle, take it home and then take it to another party and repeat his actions.This same bottle of wine was taken to several parties!

He also used to latch on to someone at the bar buying a round in the hope that he was offered a drink. Never got away with it with me, in fact I called him a "Joiner" adding that whenever someone is buying a round he joins them! He was tighter than a camel's backside in a sandstorm.

The engineering terminology is ,."tighter than a gnats chuff"

And Palace have their fair share,....

and I still owe beers to Aquickgame2 and Eagleman13 from 2013 play off final

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (21 Aug 2020 5.03pm)

I disengage, I turn the page.

2001 I was working in Edinburgh with a colleague. We went to "The Fantasy Bar" for some entertainment. We were going for a "dance" with some ladies , when we decided to up-grade to a lesbo experience.
My mate asked for a receipt afterwards,...and the company paid up

and that really fcked me off, because I paid for dinner earlier, and then couldn't submit my receipt.

Fond memories

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (21 Aug 2020 6.35pm)

I disengage, I turn the page.

I worked with a fella who apparently drove a first date to a party and ask for her share of the petrol money. I know he used to charge his electric tooth brush at work, he was a Brighton supporter too.

One supporter of hacking argued that without it "you will do away with the courage and pluck of the game, and I will be bound to bring over a lot of Frenchmen who would beat you with a week's practice -Blackheath secretary at first meeting of the F.A

A now deceased pal of mine, a bachelor with his own house and a good pension (and a Palace season ticket holder) used his visits to Wetherspoons as an opportunity to stock up on sachets of salt, ketchup, etc.