To be put out that my friend is asking me to pay her money?

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I was given a very nice perk through work for myself and a plus one for an all expenses paid trip, it included hotel, all food and drink and entertainment for the value of £400 per person and I chose to take a particualr friend. My friend kindly drove us there and back (Bristol to London). She text me today asking me to transfer her half of the petrol money for the trip (£20)
AIBU to think if someone had done the same for me I would let the petrol money slide?

Sometimes I get lost for words. This is one of those times.

I'd have to just reply.....

Really???

If this is true then I’m truly staggered. You are, of course, not being unreasonable.

Wowsers!

Say yes here’s £20 and then send her an invoice for £200 for her share of your treat

Ask her for half your costs

Oh no yanbu. I am mortified for her! I would text her "are you seriously asking me for £20 petrol money towards the all expenses paid trip I took you on??? Really???"

Cheeky fucker!

That is tight beyond belief

Reply with a laughing face and "Good one! Can you imagine?"

Hopefully will bring her to her senses.

She probably thinks you can expense it?! but just wow!

Did you only ask her because she has a car?

That friend would be a not friend from this point on. You took her on an all expenses paid trip to London and she wants £20 for fuel?

Dear Cheryl, thanks for the text asking for the £20 for fuel, happy to call it quits in exchange for the trip. See you soon!

And do not see her soon. Or at all. Nightmare of a person, I cant stand a tightwad.

I'd reply telling her how much her costs are.

Im also lost for words....wtf..tell her to jog on....stupid cow cf.

Holy fuck, she's a lunatic..take her nowhere in future , the fucking cheek of some people 🤣

You reply

"WTAF? I take you along on this and you have the fucking nerve to try and get petrol money out of me? FOTTFSOFAWYGTFOSM"

"You could have declined my invitation you cheap fucker"

😡

Wow, that's truly shocking 😮

Dear Cheryl, thanks for the text asking for the £20 for fuel, happy to call it quits in exchange for the trip. See you soon!

I would say this too but you know her answer will be "but you got it for free, why should I be £40 out of pocket"?

I'd be very blunt in my reply. 'I gave you a free trip worth arguably over 1k. Do you really need me to give you 20 quid petrol money on top of that?'

Is there any possibility she thinks you'll get money back for travel expenses? Although if that was her motivation then I guess she would've asked for the whole lot.

She's unbelievably cheeky either way.

I change my mind, I'd say this...

WTAF? I take you along on this and you have the fucking nerve to try and get petrol money out of me FOTTFSOFAWYGTFOSM"

"You could have declined my invitation you cheap fucker"

I'd just reply "?"

And then see what she says to justify herself.

In a previous job, the company would hire a theme park for the day for all employees and their family and friends.

One colleague took his girlfriend and her dad. And then paid for her dad's petrol because he complained that he had to pay for his own as there wasn't room for him to get a lift with my colleague.

People are arseholes.

I would tell her to fuck off

TBH if the trip was all expenses paid so hasn't cost you anything, I'd have probably offered petrol money in your shoes. I definitely wouldn't have asked for it in her shoes though.

OOI how did she come to be doing the driving?