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To have forgotten I owe someone 63p?

53 replies

listsandbudgets · 08/04/2015 09:14

In short went out for a coffee with a colleague and she suddenly said "I've been going through my accounts and you forgot to pay me back the 63p I paid for your chocolate bar just before Christmas".

I have some vague recollection of her grabbing us both some chocolate at a petrol station and when I offered her the money her waving it away and saying "don't worry about it just now we'll sort it out sometime" (or words to that affect).

AIBU to have forgotten about it and be a bit embarrassed to have been asked for it months down the line?

I did pay it back when she asked by the way - life is too short to war over 63p - in fact I gave her 70p as I was short on change wondering if I should account for the 7p and ask for it back in September!

OP posts:
ahbollocks · 08/04/2015 09:15

No frickin way. Definitely bill her the 7p

PicaK · 08/04/2015 09:17

Is she under stress? What was the rest of the conversation about?

Alanna1 · 08/04/2015 09:18

It is a little odd but just forget about it!

Original poster
listsandbudgets · 08/04/2015 09:19

A difficult client Pica (can't say mmore than that)

OP posts:
Ems1812 · 08/04/2015 09:20

What a tight arse! I would definitley send her the bill for your 7p change if she's going to be like that!

Twistedheartache · 08/04/2015 09:22

YADNBU how bizarre of her.
I have been known to do the reverse & suddenly remember I owe someone 90p because I never paid them at the time & then I feel bad for forgetting & tell them they should have reminded me. Unlikely to be 4 months later though!

sebsmummy1 · 08/04/2015 09:23

I was hauled over the coals by my ex boss over owing her 50p. I had forgotten, then a week later suddenly remembered and said 'oh god I owe you 50p don't I?, so sorry I'll buy the muffin today' and she snapped back 'yes you do, I did wonder if you'd remember at some point'. She had apparently been simmering about it all week and hadn't said a word. She was a strange egg though.

MrsFlannel · 08/04/2015 09:23

Some people have real issues with the tiniest thing...it's a problem for them. A friend was once told "You owe me an orange" from when they'd traveled together and he'd eaten one of hers.

Dukketeater · 08/04/2015 09:24

I wonder of you work in the same place as the 20p toilet lady...

rumbelina · 08/04/2015 09:38

Ha ha ha "you owe me an orange"

insancerre · 08/04/2015 09:41

You owe me an orange
Have you got change from a grapefruit?

TheOriginalWinkly · 08/04/2015 09:41

This is weird as fuck. I understand if you're truly skint worrying about it, but if you're truly skint surely you wouldn't be buying overpriced petrol station chocolate or coffee shop coffee anyway? 63p ffs.

makingthisupasigoalong · 08/04/2015 09:49

I once had a friend (ex-friend now please note Wink) that wanted to split the remainder of a bottle of vodka 3 ways after a night out. It was less than a third of the bottle left Shock. Myself and the other friend just told her that it was ok, she could keep the rest of it herself.

Eminybob · 08/04/2015 09:54

Wow. Tbh I would probably write off anything less than a fiver (as the lender, not the borrower). Me and my mates are always paying for each other's coffees and stuff, I don't think of it as a loan, I'd just get the next one. 63p is hilarious.

JudgeJudy79 · 08/04/2015 09:59

Jeeze wish that was all I had to worry about in life!
Grin

I would also ask for your 7p back if only to make her realise how petty she came across.

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keepsmiling2015 · 08/04/2015 10:09

YANBU that is so strange and creepy and bizzare!

TedAndLola · 08/04/2015 10:13

63p?! How bloody dare you. I'm surprised she didn't charge interest. I'd have taken you to see Judge Rinder Angry

butterflyballs · 08/04/2015 10:13

Please send her an invoice for the 7p.

Tell her she can pay in instalments.

Iggly · 08/04/2015 10:16

Ask for the 7p change with this face ---> :)

Really passive aggressive.

What a weird colleague.

PizzaFingers · 08/04/2015 10:17

If she's so tight then definitely bill her for the 7p!!

MistressDeeCee · 08/04/2015 10:17

Reverse AIBU re. the other thread about people who forget they owe you money...?

I think whatever the case if you owe someone money, you haven't repaid and they call you out on it..even if you think they're meanminded then you keep it to yourself as you don't have a leg to stand on. After all, you could be deemed mean for trying to get away with not paying back such a small amount. People don't tend to believe you've forgotten. & you can't call them mean if they lent you the money in the 1st place. A borrower who doesn't pay back shouldn't be moaning, really. Swings & roundabouts...

BerylStreep · 08/04/2015 10:18

Very strange.

Although I had a friend (now former friend for different reasons) who always forgot, and never had any change. I found it quite wearing after a while. I don't think I would have asked her for 63p though.

MamainMilan · 08/04/2015 10:21

I wouldn't remember someone owing me 63p by the end of the day, never mind months later.

Very odd behaviour.

UncleT · 08/04/2015 10:24

I really hate tight people. It's an awful trait.

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