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OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: space-time
Date: February 20, 2007 07:38AM
So a bunch of us go to a farewell lunch about 2-3 weeks ago because a colleagues was leaving the company. Another guy organized the lunch and put on his CC. back at the office, did the math, came to $13 each. I gave him a $20 bill and he said he doesn't have change (I believed him since he had to give change to everyone). I said OK, you give me change next week.

So 2-3 weeks later and I still haven't got the change back. Now I don't care about these money, it's a cheap lesson that I learned. I decided to forget about it, however next time I make sure that I pay exactly what I owe and not a dollar more.

What would you have done instead? remember, this is a co-worked, not a friend.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: mikebw
Date: February 20, 2007 07:40AM
Ask to borrow $7, then if that jogs his memory pretend like you didn't remember the fact that he still owed you that money in the first place. Don't pay him back.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: SteveJobs
Date: February 20, 2007 07:43AM
I would eat the $7.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: mattkime
Date: February 20, 2007 07:56AM
I carry around a polaroid camera. whenever i lend someone money, i photograph them and use the label to write how much they owe me.


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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: tronnei
Date: February 20, 2007 08:06AM
Don't be so squeamish. Just say "I'm sure it's slipped your mind, but remember you still owe me $7 change from that lunch a couple of weeks ago."
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: RonT
Date: February 20, 2007 08:12AM
How could you ever forget these immortal words:

"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."

From the moron himself
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: SteveJobs
Date: February 20, 2007 08:19AM
You need to include your "I'm a perfect public speaker" registration number in your signature line. smiling smiley
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: AlphaDog
Date: February 20, 2007 08:24AM
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tronnei
Don't be so squeamish. Just say "I'm sure it's slipped your mind, but remember you still owe me $7 change from that lunch a couple of weeks ago."

What could you have done instead of giving him the $20? Well, you could have written him a check for the exact amount. Or, you could have been better prepared in the first place and had enough cash in small bills to cover your lunch. Or, when you found out he didn't have change, you could have told him that you'd pay him "on Monday", because that $20 bill is all you have.

I have had things like this happen in the past, and the guy probably did forget, so I'd just do as tronnei suggests.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: BigGuynRusty
Date: February 20, 2007 08:30AM
Seems to happen all the time here.
Well, it started at DM, but same "ForGetFul" folk migrated over.

BGnR
Oh, in pertaining to your problem SpaceTime, most folk are egocentric, it isn't that they are actively forgetting, you just don't rate that high on his meter.
If you were a boss, or a SuperHottie, they would have remembered.
Get some spine, just say, "Where is my change?"


"Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto! You're beautiful!"
"If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster."
"Near the day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky."
"A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans."
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: threeprong
Date: February 20, 2007 08:34AM
"I want my SEVEN DOLLARS!!!!!!!"
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: kap
Date: February 20, 2007 08:39AM
Perhaps. some of us don't want to appear as a cheapskate.

Kap


SoCal for now.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: Fritz
Date: February 20, 2007 08:45AM
baseball bat


!#$@@$#!

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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: SteveJobs
Date: February 20, 2007 09:25AM
Did you loan it to an Apple Genius that lives in a car? Yah, you ain't getting it back.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: LaserKun
Date: February 20, 2007 09:26AM
I'm with Fritz; right beside the haid really jars the old memory... ;)
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: voodoopenguin
Date: February 20, 2007 09:48AM
Leading on from this example, at what point do you say it's not worth the effort? $5? $10? $20?
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: February 20, 2007 09:56AM
Just ask for your money. If it makes you feel less awkward, make up a story such as, "I have to stop and get some milk on the way home, do you have that $7 so I don't need to hit the ATM?" Or something else along those lines.


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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: PeterB
Date: February 20, 2007 10:17AM
Gently remind him of it. You have to assume that he may have just forgotten (rather than assuming he has intentionally chosen not to return it). If after reminding him a few times, he hasn't given it to you, eat the loss-- but then next time it happens, make sure only to pay the actual amount as someone else said. Or, next time around, remind him that he owes the $7 and deduct that from whatever you pay. It kind of depends on how friendly you are with him-- you said he's not a friend, but there are different levels of friendiness-- with some co-workers, it's no big deal and it's a sort of "I owe you seven, don't worry, I'll take care of you later", whereas for others, you know you'll never see your seven again. grinning smiley



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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: Fritz
Date: February 20, 2007 10:40AM
OK, how about a stickball bat?

I also find that a finger flick on the forehead gets attention with much less violence then my aforementioned techniques.

I mean, if you're concerned about the blood and prison time.


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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: kap
Date: February 20, 2007 10:44AM
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voodoopenguin
Leading on from this example, at what point do you say it's not worth the effort? $5? $10? $20?

My S/O used to work with a jerk who always 'forgot' to give people, esp his female co-workers, back their changes. That was how his extra income came about!

Kap


SoCal for now.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: DaviDC.
Date: February 20, 2007 11:10AM
I have a friend who has owed me $30 since last May.


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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: February 20, 2007 11:53AM
What was the question?
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: Chupa Chupa
Date: February 20, 2007 11:56AM
Call in the goon squad. A couple of Louisville Sluggers should bring back his memory. OK just kidding...

If I loan out money (which I rarely do) I give it with the expectation that I'm not getting it back. Co-worker, friend. Doesn't matter. Which is why I don't loan out $. I'm neither a bank nor charity. I've also found that people who borrow money from friends or co-workers usually do it with the expectation they are not going to pay it back. Responsible people don't borrow money from friends or co-workers.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/20/2007 11:57AM by Chupa Chupa.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: space-time
Date: February 20, 2007 12:17PM
we're not talking about BORROWING or LOANING money here. it's just change.

penguin, regarding your questions, IMHO around $7-10 is the threshold. if it were $20 I would definitely remind him.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: voodoopenguin
Date: February 20, 2007 12:58PM
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space-time
penguin, regarding your questions, IMHO around $7-10 is the threshold. if it were $20 I would definitely remind him.

As I thought. It's just in that should I/shouldn't I zone. Much less or much more and you know exactly what to do but $7 ..... hmmm...difficult.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: SteveJobs
Date: February 20, 2007 01:03PM
You know I have the opposite problem. Last time I borrowed $5 from a co-worker, I tried to pay him back TWICE. He looked at me like I was testing him. But, in the end he proved too honest to take me up on it.


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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: Seacrest
Date: February 20, 2007 01:09PM
Why is this thread so long?

Either politely ask for the money or forget about it.
Those are your only two choices.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: February 20, 2007 01:14PM
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Seacrest
Why is this thread so long?

Either politely ask for the money or forget about it.
Those are your only two choices.

If you look at the original post, he asked "what would you have done?" -- I read that as an invitation to Discuss Amongst Yourselves more than as a plea for help.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: SteveO
Date: February 20, 2007 01:24PM
If it were me, I'd probably make a joke out of it when I reminded him. "Hey, get me that $7 by Thursday or I'll call in the Sopranos." This lets him know that you havent forgotten but are not being a jerk about it, either.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: raz
Date: February 20, 2007 01:46PM
Hmmm... what's the vig on seven large?


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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: Seacrest
Date: February 20, 2007 02:03PM
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$tevie
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Seacrest
Why is this thread so long?

Either politely ask for the money or forget about it.
Those are your only two choices.

If you look at the original post, he asked "what would you have done?" -- I read that as an invitation to Discuss Amongst Yourselves more than as a plea for help.

Doesn't matter.
This thread is a waste of time, to which, I admittedly have contributed.

<sigh>

Of course this whole forum (and most of the Internets) is a waste of time. ;-0
Not that there's anything wrong with that.




I am not Ryan Seacrest, and I do not approve this message.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: February 20, 2007 02:07PM
I find it a pleasant diversion to fill the gaps in between the brain surgery and the rocket science.
grinning smiley


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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: BigGuynRusty
Date: February 20, 2007 02:07PM
No wonder you GUYs don't get laid!
No Nuggets.
They owe you change, be it a penny, be it a hundred bux, it is the principal.

BGnR
Not meant for the females in the crowd.


"Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto! You're beautiful!"
"If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster."
"Near the day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky."
"A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans."
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: Seacrest
Date: February 20, 2007 02:09PM
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BigGuynRusty
They owe you change, be it a penny, be it a hundred bux, it is the principal.

But what about the interest?




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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: BigGuynRusty
Date: February 20, 2007 02:29PM
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Seacrest
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BigGuynRusty
They owe you change, be it a penny, be it a hundred bux, it is the principal.

But what about the interest?

Seems no one has any interest in what you say!
:-)

BGnR


"Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto! You're beautiful!"
"If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster."
"Near the day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky."
"A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans."
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: pinion
Date: February 20, 2007 02:42PM
Find a penny stock that has done an outstanding job in the past couple of weeks and let him know that had you been able to invest that money you would have a lot more. Then make your kids put dirt all over their faces and hold up soup bowls like they are very hungry. If you don't have kids then borrow some.

Why did you fall into the trap of letting someone split a bill evenly between so many people? You should always just pay for your own. Unless of course you got the "Surf and Turf" then I guess you got a deal. Or did I understand your post wrong?


---“What you permit, you promote. What you allow, you encourage. What you condone, you own.”
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: BigGuynRusty
Date: February 20, 2007 02:47PM
It seems some folks can't even have a bowel movement without a freakin' quorum!

BGnR


"Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto! You're beautiful!"
"If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster."
"Near the day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky."
"A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans."
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: February 20, 2007 02:59PM
"Say, do you have my $7 change from that lunch?"

It may be a matter of principle to some, but my threshold in that situation is $1- if it doesn't fold, I'm not worried.

But I'm also no worried whether or not someone else think's I'm a cheapskate. They can think what they want, but I'll have my money.

And there's a difference between those who don't have change, and those who never seem to have change. The latter tend to short change people at other opportunities, and in other areas. They get *no* slack.





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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: Carm
Date: February 20, 2007 05:37PM
I would tell that biotch that I own him until he pays me. Again on principle, Amount really doesnt matter. Bastiges try to get away with that @#$%& all the time. Who cares if they think you are a cheapskate. They are the bastige for not paying you back.

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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: kap
Date: February 20, 2007 06:09PM
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Chupa Chupa
Call in the goon squad. A couple of Louisville Sluggers should bring back his memory. OK just kidding...

If I loan out money (which I rarely do) I give it with the expectation that I'm not getting it back. Co-worker, friend. Doesn't matter. Which is why I don't loan out $. I'm neither a bank nor charity. I've also found that people who borrow money from friends or co-workers usually do it with the expectation they are not going to pay it back. Responsible people don't borrow money from friends or co-workers.

I feel the same way about loaning out money ... I only loan money or things if I could afford to lose it. On the other hand, I only borrow if I could pay back. Most often in a small amount, i.e. less than $10 with co-workers; $2,000 is max from close friends. Even then, it's a rarity.

Kap


SoCal for now.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: SKYLANE
Date: February 20, 2007 07:21PM
I would want to be reminded. The friendship credit system breaks down when memory lapses set in. I would do it soon though... he may not be able to pay the interest you placed on it by the end of next month.... :0
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: SteveJobs
Date: February 20, 2007 07:47PM
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BigGuynRusty
No wonder you GUYs don't get laid!
No Nuggets.
They owe you change, be it a penny, be it a hundred bux, it is the principal.

BGnR
Not meant for the females in the crowd.

It's BECAUSE I get laid that I don't care about seven measly dollars. smiling smiley


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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: BigGuynRusty
Date: February 20, 2007 11:08PM
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SteveJobs
It's BECAUSE I get laid that I don't care about seven measly dollars. smiling smiley

LOL!!
Lot of Rosie Palm and her sisters!!!

BGnR


"Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto! You're beautiful!"
"If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster."
"Near the day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky."
"A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans."
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: Racer X
Date: February 20, 2007 11:30PM
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threeprong
"I want my SEVEN DOLLARS!!!!!!!"

inflation.
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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: Buzz
Date: February 21, 2007 01:01AM
while everyone else is at lunch, send him a few emails from other people's computers blaming different third parties inquiring about the repayment...

from threeprong;
"voodoo was wondering if you ever paid space back the $7 change you owed him from buster's lunch a couple of weeks ago?"

from Seacrest;
"Sally, the hottie in accounting, wanted to go out with you until she found out from BGnR that you stiffed space at buster's lunch."

from kap;
"I overheard pinion talking to raz at the water cooler this morning talking about creative ways to get you to pay space the dough you owe him from buster's lunch, and I gotta tell ya, a couple of ways were VERY creative..."


shortly after he gets back from lunch, he'll suddenly remember his debt to you, come up to you and repay you, whereupon you give him a puzzled look, softly thank him, then exclaim that, wow, you had completely forgotten about getting your change back from buster's lunch...

don't ya just love happy endings?


Sometimes it is what it is...
and then there's times when it's really better.



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Re: OT: someone owes you $7, but doesn't remember... what do you do?
Posted by: SteveJobs
Date: February 21, 2007 07:05AM
LMAO - good one...

BGnR - I had to stop dating a girl named Rosie - I could not STAND the jokes. And, wife works well for that sort of stuff.


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