Best CF Stories

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Lockdown sucks, what’s the best CF stories you’ve read?

My case of wine would have mysteriously disappeared after the "piece of furniture" request...into my trunk

I bet the wine went into the CF's car and wasn't left for the house-owners at all.

Saturdaysnotforexercise it was such a shock to us all. Admittedly we all new the husband better. Never seem them be CF before.
I think he regrets everything as he keeps trying to get in touch.

As with all these threads it amazes that people let themselves be walked over in this manner!
Noidea2114 why did no one just say 'that would have been a lovely idea but we already got them the wine'?

Cottage couple did question it some time later and were astonished that we weren't impressed at the cost. They thought we should have recognised the honour of being allowed to use the cottage as it was private and not a holiday let.

We were invited by them to go out to a casino for the evening. They said the plan was to have a meal at the casino restaurant first and it would good to have a catch up. Four of us turned up at their place and then were told we were going to pop to a pub for a quick drink first. We got to the pub and discovered that we were at a birthday party. Didn't know anyone else from Adam. Party moved onto a private room at the casino restaurant (about 30 people). Cottage couple sat with birthday boy and we were abandoned at the other end of the table. We all just had a main and soft drinks due to driving later. Everyone else was pushing the boat out. Cue the end of the meal and of course bill was split and their friends decided we were covering the birthday boy's share. We were too far from the decision makers to object. We were left with a tenner each for betting with. Cottage couple got upset that we weren't participating in the gambling. Pointed out how embarrassing it was for us to be shoehorned into someone else's evening without any warning. They still didn't get it so we walked out. Ended the friendship.

Basically they had become very aspirational and wanted us to join them in splashing cash around to impress other people. The rest of us remained friends and were kept amused by their new lifestyle when we got to hear about it.

The wine had been given to the couple before the bill was handed out and we didn't want to sink to their level to demand it back. Just vowed never to stay with them again

I suspect lots of us got targeted by CFs when we were younger and had less confidence. No way would I stand for it now.

The casino story!

Sorry, I'm on my phone and keep tagging the wrong people!

When I worked in an office years ago, a group of us would go to lunch once a week in a nearby restaurant. They had lunch offers on etc so it was good grub and cheap and we always split the bill with no issues - it was usually about 20 quid between 4 of us. One week a couple team leader CFs and a couple of other CF workers decided to join us. I had two sides and a glass of water (my standard order as the sides were quite big) so it was £5 for me, the rest of the original group did the same. The CFs were drinking wine, ordering starters, mains etc. When the bill came, the CF who had done most of the alcohol ordering, decided we would split the bill 'because that's what you say you usually do' and informed me my 'share' was £17.50. I told her 'not a chance, I ordered £5 worth and that's what I'm paying. I'm not paying over three times that.' She smirked 'you're forgetting the 10% tip as we're over a group of 6.' I thought that was fair enough and added my share (50p) on the table and left. They never came again.

Went to the local library with my child.
I sat down on the end of an empty sofa.
Two women come in with their daughters and the women sat on the sofa also.

The girls chose books and came over to the sofa.
One girl says to me ,we want to sit with our mums so can you move.

I looked at the mothers and they smiled at me....I think they were expecting me to get up.
I turned to the girl and replied NO.
I looked at the mums and they were no longer smiling at me..

I stayed put

I had just reunited with, what I considered to be, a very good friend after a falling out in which she tried to get me sacked. A whole other story but anyway friendship was back on track after the "misunderstanding". We had met when we worked in catering, her husband still a chef, when she asked me if I would work a wedding they were catering. It would be like "old times sake", we did have a great time, and she would get some of the "old crew" to work as well. Ok -I'll do it.

She asks if I can arrive at 7am on the Saturday to set up-absolutely not, I work full time and remember this is a favour. (I was getting paid but it was less than minimum wage) So it was about 10am I was set to arrive, but I get a call to say can I go via Mcdonalds and get her and the husband breakfast on route. I do this.

Turns out the "old crew" are not old crew at all and I've never met the other girl before. We are to serve on the buffet, only my partner is completely deaf, so I'm serving and I'm having to point at what guests want so she can serve her section. The day is stupidly busy and obviously as my partner can't hear a thing I'm left to do all the running round. Another member of staff turns up at 4 but now isn't really needed as food service over. Myself, friend and husband are the last to leave the venue at roughly midnight (deaf girl left 8ish), I am paid but deducted half an hour for "lunch"-which was a beef roll left over from the buffet which was eaten in the kitchen. I am gobsmacked but can't be arsed to say anything, I'm knackered and I just want to go home.

I later learn I was paid £2 an hour LESS than the other staff, never was reimbursed for the Mcdonalds and my friend made £600 from that day. In a nutshell my "friend" shafted me for about £20-showed the value she held on our friendship. I never spoke to her again.

Kellie that’s dismal of her, and reinforces my belief working with friends always ends up with a falling out

My mum and I were out to lunch at a local cafe. It was a friendly place with lots of regulars and there was always a fair amount of table hopping, people going to other tables to chat while waiting for their food to arrive etc.

An acquaintance of my mum spotted us and came over to chat while we were eating. CF stood chatting and eating the chips from mum's plate while mum was still eating! Then said "Got to go, my food's ready. Sorry - I think I've finished your chips!"

cleanasawhistle your story reminds me of something that happened not long before lockdown. I was in a queue for the ladies, and a woman walked up to join the back of the queue. The woman standing in front of me, who was obviously her mother, said to her (without looking at me) go behind me, the woman (meaning mind) won’t mind.

If she’d asked me directly I would have said yes.

The queue stories have just reminded me of a CF I encountered a couple of summers ago. Big social event where a lot of people bump into people they know. I'd been queuing for the bar for about five mins - a very proper British orderly queue - and this woman, a complete stranger, wandered up, put an arm around me with a huge 'hi, how are you, so good to see you' and proceeded to jabber at me whilst I tried to work out who the hell she was. Soon enough the penny dropped and I said in a very loud voice 'please do not pretend you know me to try and queue jump all of these people behind me'

I have reverse buying rounds CF story - my friend and I used to go out frequently with a group of other friends from a shared hobby. We were both students whereas everybody else had full time jobs so we used to make it clear from the outset that we wouldn't get involved in rounds and never did. Most of the others would always offer saying "don't worry we know you're students so we don't expect you to buy back" which was lovely but we still preferred to stay out of the rounds. One evening one of the group finished his pint, put it down and loudly declared "it's Liverpool's turn to buy a round". Everybody in the group turned to state at me. Luckily one of the group jumped in and defended me because I was young and too mortified to stick up for myself (not that shy any more!). But what a twat. He knew I hadn't been in on the rounds, he did it deliberately to embarass me.

@RapunzelsBuzzcut...yes too many CF about

Stupidly we all felt we had no alternative than to pay and we had already given them the case of wine. We never went away with them again even though they kept pressing us to join them at the cottage for a long time afterwards.

See, what if you literally didn't have the money?

I've never been victim to pisstaking fuckers like this because I honestly didn't have the money to pay for their attempts to rip people off.

And seriously, when they keep trying to get in touch, why do you not just tell them, seeing as you're never going to go with them again anyway, 'You completely ripped us off with that cottage crap and we were too trusting not to say that we needed cost breakdown up front or we weren't going. We feel used and robbed, you're a real twat to have done that so that's why we don't see you anymore. Don't really know how you sleep at night because you've probably gone around ripping off people for years. That's sick. Goodbye.'

Why hand them all the power. You've established the CFer is a twat you don't want to associate with anyhow, so why not clype up and tell them no?

Friends hen party
At a restaurant in town, I was pregnant but only a 4-6 weeks (didn't know it was twins yet❤️❤️) and had no appetite
Ordered pizza and water(I love water), other bridesmaids ordered loads of cocktails/milkshakes
When the bill came it was split between sections, I put down the £10 for my food and the two bridesmaids in my section kind of stared at me- their bill was much higher

I agree with Biker47 - the expectation should be that you pay for what you buy in a restaurant, as in any other circumstance. You wouldn't randomly chuck a friend (or someone you've never met before as in lots of these stories, such as hen parties) a twenty for no reason, so why would you subsidise them in a restaurant? Perhaps it was easier to split the bill 'back in the day' when you had to worry about having cash, swapping around to get the right change etc but now it takes seconds, just look at the bill, round up to the nearest pound if your maths is bad for everything you had, and quick swipe of your card, done. Or use a specialist app, or whatever.

Also agree that it's always the people who have spent the most who suggest splitting!

I used to be a people pleaser but seem to have become a CF refuser without realising it, which is useful! Said no this week when a colleague who is paid more than me asked me to finish their work for them because they had spilled something over their laptop and it needed to be finished by the end of the week. They weren't exactly grateful when I told them no, but IT dept could courier them a new laptop and if they rang today they could get it by tomorrow. Strange really, almost as if they were hoping for a reason not to work for the next few weeks

You do have to watch out for CFs even when paying for what you are especially in large groups. I worked a holiday rep job where staff went out for a meal once a week. Start of the season it was all good, pass the bill around, put in what you owed plus tip and it always came out right. As the season went on the number of staff increased with the high season only reps arriving. Suddenly the money stopped adding up. Clearly people weren't being honest or were leaving the tip off. A couple of weeks and those of us who were there since the beginning had had enough but we couldn't prove who the CFs were... We settled for going up to the bar and asking to pay for our share while people were still eating and then we would bugger off and leave the rest of them to sort themselves out.

A tram works Christmas meal at the Alchemist. The meals were pretty much equal in cost but 4 young women ordering a constant flow of cocktails and if you've been you'll know how pricey they can be. The rest of us had a glass of wine or beer or soft drinks - we weren't up for a big boozy night. Our accountant was with us so he suggested at the start. paying on company credit card and he'd work out what everyone owed the next week and was cleared to do that and everyone was aware before ordering. The company were also hosting a paid for all company party. He produced a spreadsheet the next week and I owed around £25 and the younger women around £80 each. They were staggered and couldn't understand. Our accountant asked who did they think was paying for the cocktails they ordered?

Team, not tram

@joanofparc I am liking the accountant. No CF is getting by them. What was the response from the cheeky fuckers?

@TreeTopTim absolutely no flies on this guy. 3 paid up without question but did say they hadn't realised how much the cocktails were (they were regulars at that bar, they knew) but 1 who was completely indulged by her parents looked confused and kept saying "I have to pay £80?" She did pay after being chased repeatedly by the accountant. I suspect she was used to people older than her smoothing her way.