situation: 2 "friends" have purchased a bottle of wine. It was Friend A's idea. Friend B puts the charge on her credit card and they walk home ready to get black teeth from the wine. Friend A says she will pay Friend B for her half of the bottle of wine. The friends arrive home. Friend B pours her wine and drinks happily. Friend A pours her wine and sets the cup down, forgetting about the wine and then falling asleep face-down on the carpet (she has already had 1 bottle of wine).
The next week, Friend B suggests that Friend A buy her lunch to cover her half of the purchased wine. Friend A says "But I didn't even drink it!" Friend B thinks, yes, but you poured it making unsuitable for anyone else to drink and now it is some nastyass vinegar. Friend B starts to feel less friendly but isn't quite sure how to approach the subject again.
Please dear friends (none of whom are Friend A), sound off. Who is right? A or B? Assuming B is right, how should B go about getting her $7 dollars? And yes, $7 is worth more than the friendship- A and B are not that good of friends.
Sarah, I know this started out sounding like a standardized test. Sorry to disappoint but it's sort of like algebra what with the letters and all.
Advise.
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Steal from her wallet. Or take something of equal value from her. Um. Just kidding. Kind of. It's half of $7 each or $7 each? If the latter, Friend B should know that $14 for one's second bottle of wine is too much, should eat the cost and chalk it up to life experience. If the amount in question is $3.50... well, it's $3.50 and it's not hard to pour $3.50 worth of olive oil down the drain. Or let it go. Or just steal money from her wallet.
*please note, particularly Erica, I don't steal money from your wallet. But we are "good" friends and wouldn't break up over less than $10. But if you fuck with me at $15, adios!
it was $7 each. and if Friend B drinks cheap red wine, her teeth turn black so that's why there was splurging. Also, today, Friend A ate Friend B's favorite and only yogurt Yoplait Light Apple Turnover flavor for breakfast without asking. This is war.
What is it with people stealing Yoplait? It seems that everyone has a Yoplait story, which just goes to show that food-stealers have to be pretty ignorant at this point to steal it, because obviously it is not an offense that can go unnoticed. Two years ago, a certain someone ate not one but several of my strawberry Yoplaits, and only pledged to make it up to me after he was caught. I never got any compensation and am clearly still not over it.
See, this is why we shouldn't make new friends.
I've masterminded a plan to get back my money. Soon Friend A will no longer have to live with Friend B. While they will only reside together for 2 weeks in August, Friend B told Friend A that the cable company would charge them for the whole month (even when it's really been prorated down). So, Friend A has written Friend B a check for the entire month of cable which Friend B will deposit and will cover the red wine that was left to sour. I knew law school was good for something.
Drop the act. These people aren't "friends" at all...
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