Co-worker needed to borrow money, but wanted me to Western Union it to her. (member)
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On a somewhat related note, if you have a friend who contacts you and is looking for help getting home, remember that you can request an Uber for somebody else, even if pickup and dropoff are not where you are at.
No legitimate casino will let you run up a $20 debt. You can borrow $20,000 but not $20. If she was looking to borrow the money to spend at the casino, $20 wouldn't last very long, even playing penny slots.
gas money to get home from a casino ?
I've known idiots go to a casino ....BEFORE... ensuring they have enough gas to make it home.
Why should anyone have to give someone else a dollar?
Why would it be my job to manage someone else's needs or inability to think ahead?
I understand... to a point. Its a dollar, not enough to hold it against someone. But, Yes, that person should have paid it back. I know sometimes people forget too.
I understand... to a point. Its a dollar, not enough to hold it against someone. But, Yes, that person should have paid it back. I know sometimes people forget too.
I do not hold it aganst the person. She is generally pretty nice, sort of spastic, etc. I've neve said anything to her, but it does sort of irk me when I hear her asking for money from others, for her snacks. She hasn't asked me again.
Could this be a new Internet scam, as in someone hacked the OP's friend's email account? Like in the olden days when we got those "you'll never believe what happened I am on London and one one stole my passport credit cards an plane tickets, so please wire me $$$$"?
Is there anyone who's ever loaned money more than once or twice in their life and not ended up regretting it at least once?
My wife and I once helped out a friend who had a legitimate need so we gave them a little money to help tide them over. It wasn't even a loan, it was a gift. Some people like to repay gifts anyway out of pride, but it was just a gift. So normally, when you give a gift, you expect that to be a feel-good situation all around.
Anyway, when they went silent for a while, never sent a thank-you card or let us know how they were doing or anything like that, I figured, okay, I guess they moved on and we did a good deed and it's over now.
Then after a while they reached out to my wife and just said, hey, I should have asked you for more money. No "please," no backstory, no explanation, just, "I should have asked you for more money."
It really made us feel like dirt but it taught us both a lesson as to how we must have looked in that person's eyes. Like an ATM.
The lesson learned is, if you give, or loan, money to people you care about, the way they react may leave you no longer caring about them.
Is there anyone who's ever loaned money more than once or twice in their life and not ended up regretting it at least once?
My wife and I once helped out a friend who had a legitimate need so we gave them a little money to help tide them over. It wasn't even a loan, it was a gift. Some people like to repay gifts anyway out of pride, but it was just a gift. So normally, when you give a gift, you expect that to be a feel-good situation all around.
Anyway, when they went silent for a while, never sent a thank-you card or let us know how they were doing or anything like that, I figured, okay, I guess they moved on and we did a good deed and it's over now.
Then after a while they reached out to my wife and just said, hey, I should have asked you for more money. No "please," no backstory, no explanation, just, "I should have asked you for more money."
It really made us feel like dirt but it taught us both a lesson as to how we must have looked in that person's eyes. Like an ATM.
The lesson learned is, if you give, or loan, money to people you care about, the way they react may leave you no longer caring about them.
Had somelthing similar happen with my sister. She did thank me but behind the scenes but me in the back. Then she told her unemployed lazy husband to call and try to get more money from me. Pfftt. I washed my hands of both of them.
I have seen enough people do this before. By the way the OP describes it, she was obviously up to no good. If she was truly desperate for some cash, she would NOT complain about the way of getting it to her (as you offered to bring it to her in person right then!)
The fact she insisted on not meeting in person, and wanting you to wire it (and a $5 charge) indicates she doesn't consider your time and it taking it all for granted. Could be drugs, but I would be more inclined to think she'd just want it as quick as possible in such a case. The western Union thing just doesn't make sense unless if perhaps she didn't want you to see her--or she wasn't really home--or there was some sort of scheme involved...could be many things. I have seen enough people like this and I get them out of my life. They will just drain you of money and energy.
Uh, no I am not. I am several pay grades lower than this gal. My husband is on a small pension and Social Security. She has a working husband and lives in a very nice house.
Last time I looked, I wasn't a charity.
No, I am absolutely NOT kidding.
Politely ask for the dollar back, if you need it. she probably thought that wasn't literal. Like you don't really 'borrow' a cup of sugar from your neighbor and then literally bring them a cup of sugar later.
When I was in HS and college I would ask to borrow 50 cents for a soda and was met with shock when I brought the 50 cents the next day. They didn't expect to be paid back.
(I still do pay back if I borrow for a soda or whatever unless the person says to keep it. We have soda machines here where I live and none of my neighbors would want me to come back with $1.25 later. They would just say 'don't worry about it!') (as I would them too)
But, she could go to the casino bank and get cash. It's been a long time since I worked in one, but maybe they somehow take Western Union now to give cash. We gave cash advances on credit cards and cashed checks. It was so sad. I regularly heard gamblers tell me that they lost all their money and had to "win it back." It's that gambler mentality of not accepting that they need to stop.
Anyway, don't know if you can get the Western Union cash at a casino or not. Who knows, maybe she was hitting up 10 people for $20 LOL.
Many casinos do have WU stations inside.
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Noooo
That's a bit overly-dramatic.
