To think this is quite rude? I paid for her £72.34 shopping.

[LilacBearberry]

I work part-time in a supermarket and it was someone's last shift. I do have a gift for her at home (as she didn't know her leaving date) but I told her to grab a few bits and I'll treat her (I didn't know what else to do).

The shopping came to £72.34! She then goes "thanks so much".

She also knows I'm a student :(

Maybe it's my fault for doing what I did, but don't you think that's quite rude?

[Poppyfields21]

So did you get your money back?

[PistFump]

"Bantz"

I proper loled at that!

Also suspect @essexgirl2018 is the CF in question.

Giver OP her money back grabby fucker!!

[DrRanjsRightEyebrow]

Do you think Daily Mail screenshot so many posts in the hope DM readers don't bother to then search for the original threads and get all the 'Daily Mail are colossal cunts' messages?

[SparklyMagpie]

Lilac I dare you to text CF a link to the daily mail page and comments section!

Go oooooon!!!

[LilacBearberry]

embarrassing! There's hundreds of comments on the daily mail one on their website

[BulletFox]

Lilac how did you feel about your media fame?!

[LilacBearberry]

@HotelEuphoria - I have been using Mumsnet since I was 17. Even HQ know that. This is a new account - had it about a month. I am odd, I know that, but I do enjoy it.

[DreamyMcDreamy]

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but seriously what draws a 19 year old student to MumsNet? and to have been around long enough to know the lingo/MN speak "To think this is...."

I'd have thought there'd be loads of different ages on here. You don't have to be a mum to be on here,either despite the name.
Apparently some people just come for the bantz and "company"

[tiffanysfanny]

Wow this gets even better 😂

[HotelEuphoria]

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but seriously what draws a 19 year old student to MumsNet? and to have been around long enough to know the lingo/MN speak "To think this is...."

[DreamyMcDreamy]

It's funny you say that, I'm actually in Essex. Coincidence?



< grabs popcorn>

[MichaelBendfaster]

Just seen her message. What a twat she is. OP, if I didn't feel strongly before that you should take it to management, I bloody well do now.

[Lonesurvivor]

Essex girl, your attitude sounds awful.
I would never take advantage of someone else only horrible people do this. In this scenario any decent person would be too embarrassed to take any gift off a much younger student colleague. Shame on the person who did this.

[SparklyMagpie]

oooh the plot thickens

[LilacBearberry]

It's funny you say that, I'm actually in Essex. Coincidence?

[SparklyMagpie]

essexgirl2018 what a lpad of crap youve just wasted your time writing

I suspect like others do that You're the CF

[Poppyfields21]

Essex not a very helpful, or nice, post. Suspect maybe you’re the CF...!

[starray]

essexgirl2018, absolutely nothing wrong with what Op offered. The only person who has anything "lacking" here, is the awful woman who took advantage of Op's strength - generosity and kindness.

[ignatiusjreilly]

essexgirl2018 I would hazard a guess that your opinion is similar to the CF's. Perhaps she thought OP was trying to curry favour or buy friendship with her nice gesture, so she used it as a way to take her down a peg or two, show her who's boss, etc.

Like you, the CF probably thinks this is all OP's fault for offering what she doesn't have and trying to make people like her, rather than seeing her own actions for what they were.

She would probably even think a post like yours was actually helpful to the OP, and might help build up her self esteem.

[essexgirl2018]

hopefully you have learned a lesson here and that is to never do this again! perhaps you lack self-esteem and confidence to have bought a present and to offer to buy shopping for someone who just worked with you and the fact you had little money in the first place! you have to ask yourself why you did this to yourself?! why you had the urge to give your money away to someone you hardly know?! and you never knew this person well - they were just someone you worked with! remember if you work with someone they are just a colleague unless you hang out with each other frequently outside of work. ask yourself were you doing this so as to make people think you were a better person for spending money on someone?! if so then you now know all this does is make people take advantage. honestly there is no point coming on here going over what you did when you should have not done this in the first place. if you are so poor then why give what you have away?! giving money away does not make you a better person. i am not suggesting you are an awful person but merely giving away what you do not have makes you no better a person and it does not make people think better of you. you do not need to buy presents for anyone you work with unless they really mean something in your life and have done stuff for you. just because someone is nice to you it does not mean you have to treat them. you have to love yourself before you can love other people. so learn from this and love yourself more. hopefully once you love yourself more than others you will have more confidence and self esteem not to even want to do anything like this again.

[CornforthWhite]

I hope she sees sense OP. She should be ashamed of herself.

[raspberrysuicide]

And The Sun has it too, it also appeared on my upday news feed

[Emmageddon]

For the first time ever, I am pleased to see that the Mail has picked this up. The woman in question will be cringing if she sees it - I hope she does!

[SandyDenny]

For once I'm glad this has been picked up by a newpaper website, maybe the CF will get to hear about it and see that amazingly for MN no one thinks she was being reasonable.

[rcit]

Well if the Daily Mail picked it up, the CF will be publicly shamed. The OP did nothing wrong and clearly had advantage taken of her.