What is the cheekiest thing someone has asked of you?

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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🤣🤣

A girl I became friends with at work about 10 years ago asked me to help out with her cats whilst away on holiday. Lived 15 min walk away 5 mins in car so happy to do. Meant emptying litter trays and feeding once per day. Not major but hassle after long day at work. Did about 4 years in a row. Asked her to reciprocate once (after those 4 years) and she ‘couldn’t commit’. Didn’t come back to me or let me know. Once again following year asked look after hers and I declined. Thankfully don’t see her any more!

Years ago in a previous career I was asked to go on a work trip abroad via Eurostar. Just a few colleagues and it was a bit of a jolly if I'm honest. As we were having some drinks in the train, colleague asked me if I would hide her weed in my bag when we got to Paris as I looked 'less suspicious". When I asked why she thought I looked less suspicious, it was heavily implied that being less attractive (and tragically , brunette) meant I stand out less. Surprisingly I did not take her up on her kind offer.

Years ago I went away for a few days, a friend of mine and my housemate stayed in my room while I wasn't there. When I got back, she asked if I could find somewhere else to stay for the rest of the week as she wanted some more time away from her family!

Surely you ring Social Services/ police as this is child abandonment??

Collapses in hysterics? At getting the wrong address? Huh? Also how is he a CF

Wouldn’t your housemate live in your house anyway? Presumably in their own room!

This is an odd one.

I was running for a bus and I dropped my hat and scarf. A woman saw me and shouted that she'd pick them up and called out her address. I saw her pick them up as I got on the bus.

That evening I called around to her and she said there wasn't actually anything there at all, and she made a mistake.

I was so astounded by the bare-faced cheek I just thanked her and left. She must have taken a liking to them and decided she wanted them for herself.

A small group of us did this with decluttering - three of us with clutter plus a fourth friend who just really enjoyed tidying. We’d then go to the pub for a meal and sighs of satisfaction.

It was their friend, she didn't live there.

it wasn't because of the wrong address but because he was so damn definite that he was right.

I had a colleague who wanted me to cancel/re-arrange my wedding so she could have my annual leave. I was eloping so hadn’t actually told many people just my closest work friend and my T/L.

Her son had a routine hearing test, (also had a father who could take annual leave from his job and an 18 year old brother), she asked if I could cancel one day of my week off so she could take him. I said no and she was so insistent that I eventually told her I was getting married. She just shrugged and said ‘I’m sure you can move things around?’ I said ‘no but I’m sure you can re-arrange a hearing test’. She became very distant and bitchy to me after that.

Nowhere near as bad as some stories but two family members went on a super fancy holiday. They asked me if I would pick them up from the airport when they got home
But I was 37 weeks pregnant, had just been signed off work because I had pelvic girdle pain and couldn't really walk and I was exhausted.
I also lived over an hour from the airport , flight arrived at rush hour so the trip would have been a minimum of 3 hours round trip for me between waiting in the airport, dropping them off and making my way home.
And I NEVER ask for lifts to or from the airport myself.

As it happened, I had a prior engagement so could decline graciously

I mention it was a super fancy holiday to emphasize they had plenty of money to pay for a taxi, they just thought it would be less hassle if I collected them

DH is the kind of person who likes to help people wherever he can. One of his so-called "mates" had arranged to go on a first a date at a pub about an hour's drive away from us. The day before the date, his mate's car broke down, so he couldn't get there. He asked DH for a lift, and when DH reluctantly agreed, his mate said, "I should only be a few hours."

Turns out, he wanted DH to drive him to the pub, wait in the car park while he had dinner and drinks with the lucky lady, and then take him home again afterwards!

And what happened?

I'm not sure if this was a practical question or a case of wtf?
We've had a death in the family, my ex husband, grown up children are dealing with his house and estate.
My sister messaged me 5 days after he died and said they needed a new bed for her grandchild, and did my ex have a single bed, save having to throw it out.

He's a CF because he kept insisting that he was in the right.

An older woman knew at College who had a council house wanted to move in to my house with her 10 year old child -FOR FREE no idea why!

The answer was a big fat no.

She then said she'd got a puncture outside my house, and would I pay for her new tyre?

Again, NO.

This woman was an out and out user.

No, it was a someone who was a friend of both the poster and her housemate. The friend wasn't a housemate.

I work for a company that sells very expensive gears but with my employee discount it is affordable. My ex husband and I were having trouble but everything was going great at the timd, I had ordered him a very expensive item that he wanted and guess what after he got it he left. He was only nice to me to get the item it turns out. My company has released a new item and I know he has his sight on it he talked about it to my son asking him if hecould they get him for him but my son told him no.

I gave someone who was known to me but doing his usual begging bit a couple of quid, he asked if I could make it up to £15 so he could buy some fish and chips.

no that's not the definition of a CF.

That is just bizarre. Did she want money, do you think?

Oh I’ve just remembered being woken at 2am by a call from a friend asking if I could vacate my flat for a few hours so she could bring a married guy back there. She was living with her parents

About 25 years ago, when the London phone codes changed, my office number and the number of a bakery would be confused.
People would call me to place an order of bread and cakes. I would tell them they had the wrong number, which most people accepted and apologised.
Some would get really cross at me and insist I was a bakery. So I would take down their order and tell them they could collect at the date they wanted. Serves them right.

I asked her a couple of times and she got annoyed at me for asking.

The only thing I can think of is this giving of £200 as a wedding gift is ubiquitous amongst the aunts/uncles, so maybe my mum doesn’t even see it as cash anymore, just as a gesture that needs to be passed from person to person.