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Would you do this?

338 replies

Changename111 · 10/04/2022 10:17

Supposed to be having lunch with a few friends from work. One has just messaged me and said she has lost her bank card so if she transfers money can I withdraw it as cash.
I'm really not happy she's put me on this situation.

OP posts:
Lobaloo · 10/04/2022 10:18

I'd do it. What's the big deal?

dementedpixie · 10/04/2022 10:19

I'd phone first to make sure it's not a scam text and if not then I'd see no problem on doing what she has asked. What is your problem with it?

Simonjt · 10/04/2022 10:19

Or course I would, how else do you think they can pay?

Shoxfordian · 10/04/2022 10:19

Wouldn’t bother me

NuffSaidSam · 10/04/2022 10:19

I don't understand what the problem is?

Unless there are no cash machines nearby?

Teeturtle · 10/04/2022 10:20

What situation?

She has not out you in a situation.

MJ123 · 10/04/2022 10:20

What is worrying you OP?

I can't imagine money for lunch would be enough for you to be worried about laundering?

bumpertobumper · 10/04/2022 10:20

It would be annoying if she asked you to pay.
She making arrangements to pay her own way - what's the problem?

Original poster
Changename111 · 10/04/2022 10:21

I just think you'd sort this out yourself and not bother work colleagues

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LagunaBubbles · 10/04/2022 10:21

Not really sure what your objections are really!

pinpluf · 10/04/2022 10:21

I don't understand, she's transferring you money & she's meant to be a friend?

mycatisannoying · 10/04/2022 10:22

@Changename111

I just think you'd sort this out yourself and not bother work colleagues
You're all heart Hmm
pictish · 10/04/2022 10:22

Sounds fair enough to me. I’d do it no problem. What ‘position’ do you feel you’ve been put in?

Simonjt · 10/04/2022 10:22

@Changename111

I just think you'd sort this out yourself and not bother work colleagues
Banks aren’t open on a Sunday, you also can’t use the emergency codes at cash machines on a Sunday.

So how would she sort it out herself?

dementedpixie · 10/04/2022 10:22

@Changename111

I just think you'd sort this out yourself and not bother work colleagues
But you're going out for lunch with them and you described her as a friend.
LagunaBubbles · 10/04/2022 10:22

just think you'd sort this out yourself and not bother work colleagues

You said she was a friend....now she's just a "work colleague"?

singlepringlenotbychoice · 10/04/2022 10:22

I'd do it. If your socialising outside of work she's not just a work colleague and is surely more of a friend.
She's not asking to borrow money from you.

Chely · 10/04/2022 10:22

Are you being generous calling her a friend?
Is it more a colleague that you don't trust to have your bank details?

pinpluf · 10/04/2022 10:22

I just think you'd sort this out yourself and not bother work colleagues

Are you not friends then? I'm sure she has/is sorting it out herself or has she asked you to sort a replacement card for her? She's trying to sort a way of still meeting for lunch.

Cerridwen83 · 10/04/2022 10:23

I'd do it for a friend?

Why is it an issue?

fishonabicycle · 10/04/2022 10:23

Er I've got colleagues to pay for me then repaid them when I've forgotten my bank card? Can't see what the problem is. She's not even asking for a loan ... You are weird

cameocat · 10/04/2022 10:23

Yes but you are meeting outside if work fir lunch so I presume she's more than a colleague. I really don't see why you wouldn't help someone out if they've already transferred the money. She's not even asking for a loan, just a solution to her problem.

NuffSaidSam · 10/04/2022 10:23

@Changename111

I just think you'd sort this out yourself and not bother work colleagues
Confused

She hasn't bothered a work colleague, she's bothered a friend who she's going out to lunch with.

Starrylight · 10/04/2022 10:23

Tell her she's being absolutely unreasonable and should either not come out, or print her own money instead...

Halo1234 · 10/04/2022 10:24

That's not a big deal.
Just makesure the money is in your account before you lift it.