She ordered a Curry and hasn’t paid me

Sounds chewy.

She doesn’t have online banking yet does Justeat? Hmm. Definitely cf and her response re I’ll have to go into the branch-really? Or I’ll have to drop you cash round? Ok, go on, then! Sounds like an absolute try on!

She was bang on though, wasn’t she? The cost of the takeaway is irrelevant. The contents of the takeaway is irrelevant. The thread is about the tightarse cow who actually asked for a takeaway and then tried to claim she thought she was being treated!

I work for a huge wealth managers and people would be shocked how many of our clients still pay by cheque and request their withdrawals to be paid by cheque. It’s 100’s per day

My 20 year old DS was always bemused when my parents sent him a cheque for his birthday - think it’s the only time he’s ever seen one

For most people, a takeaway is a special treat. Just like most people have a blow-out on Christmas Day and you see all these sad, po-faced articles wagging their fingers and telling you that it's more calories than you should need for one meal - as though anybody eats that much every single day.

I always go to town when ordering a takeaway - I'll probably be ousted from MN for admitting this, but I often have rice, naan and chips - but we have a microwave (yay, go us!), so we tend to order a goodly amount and then whatever is left usually serves for our main meal the next day as well.

Her app was conveniently "not working"? But yours worked fine? Bollocks.
She doesn't do online banking? Again, utter bollocks. Even my 97yo great aunt does online banking.

I wouldn't be having her round again.

And £52 for a smallish takeaway?! You were robbed.

So much competitive eating here! I’m super impressed with the level and capabilities of some people.

OP she’s a CF! There’s no way she doesn’t online bank. I totally feel your frustration! I have a friend who was like that the entire time I went to visit her in London. I ended up paying for everything from eating out to going to a festival. (Including the tickets I’d bought months previously!)

I think this is just how she lived and still lives her life, getting people to pay for things for her. Some people are just like that but we always learn our lessons!

it’s not good when things are tight.

A member of the hobby group I go to has always had "important" jobs, done everything, been everywhere (even Elevenerife 😁) and generally likes to feel superior to everyone else, yet is such a luddite when it comes to technology.

My mum doesn't. She's only 60 and uses computers all the time but she is deeply suspicious of online banking; she keeps a handwritten tally of her income/outgoings in a notebook. I also found out recently that she uses an actual travel agent to book holidays.

My job title is literally Learning Technologist so you can imagine how frustrating it is that I can't convince my own mother to use technology 😭

You get a bag? Luxury!

Don’t let her involve another person. As PP have said, she’s an experienced and expert CF well practiced in her art.

Just message back saying “great, can you pay into branch then thanks.”

I'm not the one who started off telling people how - and what - to post. That poster had been telling people off for mentioning the carbs and how much the OP was spending. (And having a go at them for mentioning it.)

Ya know, as if it was her right to tell people how to post. No-one tells me what to post - or NOT post. Except MN moderators.

HTH hun. 😎

I was going g to say in what world is asking for money that’s rightfully owed ‘causing a scene’ and then i saw it’s our resident forum goader doing what they do - posting contrary comments to get a bite

I don't belive her at all.
She was going to use just eat but it didn't work AND she doesn't have Internet banking?
Assuming she fully intended to get a curry in the first place, how was she going to pay?

She's hoping that you'll either say "Oh you pay next time " so that it gets forgotten, or that it will appear to be too much hassle to get the cash.

And other people can respond saying they think what you, or anyone else said, is irrelevant.

”Say what you like” works both ways.

👏👏 this all the way!!
What a cheeky mare!!
I would even buy a card reader for “ ease of payment “ 😂

Why not? Why the horror of “making a scene”?

If you’re going to cut someone out of your life over a curry, you may as well get the 26 quid out of them first.

She was willing to order,therefore pay until she noticed her just eat app wasn t working??
Reverse roles...say you actually thought it was HER treat ,but you ll accept half, not all of the money
It was her suggestion after all.
If you were cooking dinner you d have paid for and prepared the food, but she requested the takeaway.
Her bag

The ONLY way this level of cheekyfuckery could be justified, is if she paid for a takeaway last time you were at hers.
I’m guessing not though

This has been one of those threads that I missed out on because we were out last night. I've been giggling all the way through the thread. Thanks for the entertainment!! The tyre gives a very visual image that is hard to shake off!! 😂

This! Sorted!

She ordered via JustEat - there's always a premium for using a 3rd party app to order. We phone our favourite Indian restaurant and collect the food ourselves - saves about 1/3 of the cost.

Teenytinyness notwithstanding, that is a bit much. Not least because they tend to be the size of a hearth rug from Indian takeaways... (Like the one in this pic.) Sometimes they're bigger than this one! Me and DH share one, and we are not 'teeny tiny!'

Oh, we do have rice too. But just one between us! (well, maybe we're a teeny bit teeny tiny!) 😆 We do have a curry between us too, but also a bag of chips between us, and 3 or 4 poppadoms each! And sometimes a couple of onion bhajis each. All together that is quite filling - for us!

😂😂

Well, it’s no wonder she suggested getting a takeaway…

I really cannot get my head around people being this cheeky. Imagine potentially losing a friendship/making a friend feel uncomfortable and awkward over a curry. The mind boggles.

Well done for standing your ground, OP.

Banging order by the way.
I am laughing at the “why rice AND naan?! you’re supposed to have one or the other!” comments. Try telling that to my Indian grandmother, you’d get a swift slap around the cheeks with the naan.