to think she was being a CF?

[Theonewiththecandles]

I had a call earlier from a friend I very recently used to work with. I finished at the end of December, and start a new job on Monday. At this moment, I am unsure when my first payday will be, it could be end of Jan or end of Feb.
She called saying she needed to get an uber to work as she didn't have time to get the two buses she needs. She said hers wasn't working (something to do with having a hold on it) and if she sent me a picture of her card, could I add it to my account and then order her a taxi.
A small annoyance, but fine.
She gets to work just fine and then I get an email saying "payment failed" and I message her to tell her.
And she calls me again to say, yeah I know that's why mine won't work I don't have any money til payday it'll just take the money then.
So she knew she had no money, and didn't think that it would either a) default to my card and bill me instead or b) if i remove my cards, not let me use uber until it is paid. It's over two weeks til she gets paid!
I wouldn't have agreed if I knew that she knew her card wasn't working! And she just stuttered on the phone like oh I'm sorry I didn't realise that would happen.
I might not get paid til the end of February and she thinks it's okay to charge a £10 taxi to my uber because she didn't get ready early enough to the the bus. AIBU to be peeved?

Tell her you need it now, not in 2 weeks. She's a CF.

This is why the correct response to her, no argument needed, would have been 'No, sorry, can't do that. I'm brassic till payday and that's weeks away' because it's the truth, you don't have it to spare. Simple. No drama or argument needed. Learn to be more assertive.

She won't pay you back so yes, use her card for an Uber back.

Don't invite her to your wedding.

she definitely knows i'm not happy about it. i can't yell down the phone unfortunately as i've lost my voice. i think she gave me her card details to put it on as she knew if she had said "can you get me an uber and ill pay you back on payday" i'd have said no i cant sorry you'll just have to be late to work. i think she didn't want to be late as shes skating on thin ice - i've had a good friend who is a manager quietly tell me to tell her to put her notice in before she gets sacked.
bit of a bad egg all round - think i will be limiting contact, will be easier now i've left.

That’s awful! Get her to pay you back now n

I'm pretty but if you have her card details now I would buy something of equivalent value online with her card.

may get you in trouble so probably shouldn't do this

FFS PETTY!! definitely not pretty

I'd write off the ten quid, write off the friendship, write off the wedding invitation and think it was a good-value lesson in the avoidance of cheeky fuckery.

Oh, and I wouldn't start charging things to her card. That's card fraud, and definitely not worth it for the sake of a tenner.

As someone said, you’ve saved the cost of someone who’s not a true friend attending your wedding, so every cloud has a silver lining.

If you’ve got her card details could you just buy something with it or maybe charge your next Uber after Pay day to her - not the point but at least you’ll get your money back eventually.

'Oh, and I wouldn't start charging things to her card. That's card fraud, and definitely not worth it for the sake of a tenner.'

This. Please ignore those who are suggesting you do this, however tempting it is.

Write off the money and the friendship. Block her and don't engage with her again.

Total CF, she knew exactly what she was doing!

Write off the money but also write her off as a friend and guest at your wedding

£10 is not a significant amount, but if you let her get away with it, it will be a signal for her to do the same to someone else. If I were you, I would politely ask her to pay the money back. I wouldn't use her card to get the money back though! Hope you can get the money back and show her that you're no pushover!

Remove the card from your account. Don't use it to buy anything. Two wrongs don't make a right. Tell her how much she owes you and that you expect repayment on . Since you worked there you probably know what date that is. But don't expect to ever be repaid. Someone who would be that dishonest to a 'friend' isn't really interested in that friendship and will probably never pay the debt.

What a cow.

Remove the card details,you dont want the CF accusing you of anything.

And ask for the money back.What a wanker to do that to someone.

Can you block your uber account so she can't use it to get home from work. And wait for her panic call about how she is going to get home.

Thankfully @clutterbugsmum the Uber account is on my phone and my name/email etc. She sent me her card details to attach, she has no access to anything herself. I imagine she swindled someone into a lift or just got the bus home.
She has been looking at teaching English abroad and asked me to be a reference for her, now I'm dreading seeing a reference request

Tell her she needs to pay the £10 back immediately, tonight, otherwise the reference may be tricky when it asks about honestly and integrity...

Shes not your mate