What is the cheekiest thing someone has asked of you?

[Conniebygaslight]

There have been many but reading on another thread about the CFery of a school mum reminded me of a time when my DC were at primary.
A mum asked if I’d mind picking her DC up from school and taking them to another school a few miles away where they were competing in an intersports thing. My DC were competing too so I agreed assuming she was working.
When we got there, said mum was already there in the front row with her DH & DPs. I asked what was going on, she replied that they wanted a good seat and parking so didn’t want to wait until their DC finished school so they could get their first. I was absolutely stunned…I still laugh at the audacity of this years later🤣🤣

At the time this happened circa 1991 I worked in a bank. They would have taken a very dim view of that.

I’ve been to a similar party and it was great. We had a bbq, drank beer, but down dead bushes… The key bit is that the guests knew in advance so could say no!

Wow the entitlement hey. But yes definitely taking advantage of our kindness. I've learnt to be kinder to myself. Rest can get in line ❤️

SIL invited herself to stay with us for a week with her 8yo in summer so she could WFH here and save leave while we took leave and looked after the niece.

We said no.

@MargoLivebetter

However, I was still asked to deliver the canapes that I had agreed to make, as obviously she couldn't find anyone else to do them at short notice. To my ongoing disgust at myself, I actually delivered them! I can only think I was still in the haze of post-natal bewilderment. Under normal circumstances, I would have been telling her exactly where to shove her canapes.

Loads of water under the bridge now, but you and DH could have eaten them yourselves at your own private little NYE party. I bet you're more assertive to CF/unkind people these days though. 🌹

I was organising interviews and someone asked me if I could book them an office for the afternoon as they had another interview for a different company an hour before!

This is like an episode of Motherland!

As a borderline myself can promise you it’s offensive that’s the first thing you can think of when someone is obviously a spoilt selfish person

My sister and her husband were invited to a housewarming party, so they donned their gladrags and went. On arrival they were given a paint pot and a couple of brushes, and told which wall to paint. There were lots of people at the party, and no one was forewarned; no one stayed, and I think the party guests ended up in the nearest pub.

You Should not have been asked to do this, but if it was your husband’s daughter surely he should take his turn regardless of what happened.

My cousin was an aspiring model about 14 years ago and had been asked to do a shoot at a local country estate to publicise it as a wedding venue. But the clothes weren't provided. I had recently got married and she asked if she could borrow my wedding dress, promising she was only going to be standing on steps, posing next to the columns etc.

Turns out a black horse was used in the photo shoot, which she had ridden bareback in my wedding dress. It was returned covered in black horse hair, that awful grey grease that comes off dirty horses, grass stains and mud. Someone had also trodden on the train and ripped a huge hole in it.

I was very upset and she half heartedly offered to get it dry cleaned but whenever I asked her about it she just said "oh yeah k must get that sorted" or similar.

I would love to say I've learnt my lesson with her but sadly she remains a cf and I've lost hundred of pounds and been disappointed or let down many times by her over the year.

Oh. She never made it as a model btw.

What did she say?!

So many cheeky stories here but not all say how they ended!!

I was best friends with someone in secondary school who was always quite self-centred. I overlooked it because she had some great qualities and we had a lot of fun together.

We had quite a major bust up in uni due to her objecting to the fact that I had a boyfriend and didn't give her all my time and attention. We repaired the relationship some years later, but it was always a bit shaky. Still I considered her to be important to me due to our history.

Fast forward 15 or so years and we live in different countries. We're still sporadically in touch, and see each other now and again. There were times when I really missed her and wished we could be closer.

She contacted me out of the blue to ask if I could help with a presentation she was preparing. It wasn't a huge amount of work, but I had two small kids and was running my own business so it took a chunk out of the little free time I had. I agreed, as she was desperate. Did the work, she said thanks and then pretty much ghosted me. Bailed twice on meetups, didn't respond to texts.

I'm glad she did it in a way because it was the only thing that would make me let her go - I was too nostalgic for our years at school to see that she was full of herself and a bad friend. Still, it hurts to be treated like that by anyone, never mind someone you value.

Why? If they have dd 50/50 then why should DH help his ex out on her days when she’s so nasty?

Perhaps you are one of the CFs?

What a cheeky sod!
One of my neighbours wanted to install a gate to my garden in the wall on our boundary so their kids could play in my big garden whenever they wanted. Erm no fuck right off.

We don’t know they do 50/50 and even so there is a child in the middle.

That’s outrageous, I’m so sorry that happened to you.
Hope Karma bites them on the arse.

But you don’t know it’s 50/50 and you’re still saying DH should take his turn.

There is a child, and the ex needs to sort childcare like everyone else.

No neither of us know what the circumstances are but in most cases, the women seem to get left with the childcare.

An employee, on being sacked, stole a company van and refused to return it. Police had to be involved.

Week after it was all settled, he got in touch to ask for a reference.

this thread is about to go into 18 pages, mostly child care - I could have filled ten pages myself with similar tales, mums who then won’t even look at you at the school gate if you decline their invitation to look after their child, often as though they are doing you a big favour - Users, thick skinned, hard faced, yes entitled, will
climb over your good nature to enhance their own lives, career, free time, affair/s, pockets, awful people

My shrewd Mum used to tell us, ‘Users always know who to ask’ a negtive response is a surprise to them, they act aggrieved, then move on to the next Mug - don’t be that Mug, just say No, it saves so much time, upset, money, your own children’s upset and your Sanity.

Colleague was buying a holiday home in France and asked me if I could “translate something”. I said yes, thinking it was a few lines. Nope… 84 page legal document. In tiny print 😂

I lived beside an illegal full time airbnb for a few years, 3 bedroom house, advertising to sleep 20! The amount of times I had people ringing my bell during the day or after coming home drunk at night, they wanted me to do everything from let them in next door, let them wait in my house until their friends came back, let them use my toilet, I was asked to lend so many things, fix internet, let them use my internet etc. Needless to say my response was the same every time

Selling a house a few years ago and got a number of cheeky offers but the cheekiest one went like this.

Agent calls after viewing and informed me of the following.They love the house and want to buy it. They want to extend and so want to arrange to come back with a builder for quotes for the work. They are also planning on installing a swimming pool in the garden and the total cost they estimate for this is 75k plus they think it's overpriced by 50k.

So taking what they want to spend into account they are looking at offering 125k below asking price. When will it be convenient for them to bring the building firm around?

Er....never.

What, you don't want to consider this offer?

I have considered their kind offer to permit me to buy them a swimming pool but surprisingly it seems I am going to pass on that opportunity.

The agent tried to persuade me! She couldn't see anything wrong with their plan.