MMD: Should Axl pay back his mates?

katfishh

Of course he should pay it back - its not his .
If it were me I'll email all and say I had the if £4 and say that it could go into akitty for next time or just say @if you want it back I'll give it to you next time I see you. Otherwise, hes nit just keepng £4, hes keeping £16 of money thats not his and thats pocketing from others. Not very nice!

jamesOMGthatsbig

as it's nearly christmas he should be a bit more generous and leave it as a big tip.

sluggy1967

rambo1987 wrote: »

man mostof u must be oldschool because if your age 20 and under and your friend tries to give u back 4 pound they will LAFF at u. maybe buy a bottle of alcohol instead n havea session but apart from that i would keep quiet.

morals have changed in society, most kids nowadays are not from the world war era i guarantee they wont give money back.

i found a purse on the floor at university and i kept it. came in handy for lunch and my bus expenses for the day

RaMbO

I know plenty of people under the age of twenty and every one of them has the morals you seem to mock and lack. Shame on you and whoever brought you up with such an appalling attitude.

halia

hang onto it until the next time they meet and buy everyone the first two rounds! (unless they aren't likely to meet for a while in which case buzz a quick email/txt to them all.)

Dorrie

I'd leave it as a tip, after all, everyone paid the amount agreed quite happily, so they won't mind.

As for Rambo - I'm assuming his comments were a wind-up?

hjdx

Wow, there's a lot in this one isn't there?!? Usually I just read them to kinda check my moral compass... but I've had some thoughts this time!

If Slash is an accountancy student, would he not have noticed that the bill included service, and allowed for a tip on top of that? In other words, Slash probably doesn't think they've over paid and has given everyone a figure that appears to over pay deliberately. In this eventuality, the money should stay with the restaurant. There's nothing wrong with tipping over 10% if the meal was great and the service also, (provided you can afford it.) Some waiting and kitchen staff literally live off their tips, and one guy I met in a restaurant recently had to use his tips to pay for a table that had run off without paying, and without that extra income his family would have been really stuck.

If Slash didn't notice that service was included then all the people at the dinner have agreed to pay the amount that he worked out, so the money should stay with the restaurant. Perhaps they shouldn't have been so ready to have someone else do their maths for them? (see above about waiting staff living on tips)


I think that the money should stay with the restaurant unless the amount being tipped is then really excessive (I'd say like over 15/20%). Or in the case of Axl having already left. In that case I would email/text everyone and say "Look guys you over paid, its like £4 each, when can I give it you?" Most people who can afford a slap up dinner won't miss £4 and will tell him not to bother, and so either Axl is £4 per person better off, or he can give it to charity.

However, I think it should be offered to the rest of the party as you just don't know what financial situations everyone is in, even people you think you know really well. I know there have been times in my life where £4 has literally been the difference between heating and lighting on a card meter or sitting in the cold and dark.

I'm really quite appalled that someone on this thread would actually find a purse and not return it, or hand it in. When I think about all the cards in mine, and especially things that are irreplacable like photos and appointment reminders etc I'm horrified to think that someone would literally just not hand it in because they wanted to bank roll themselves. I *would* absolutely give a reward for a lost wallet or purse though, so the person who found it would have some money from me, and know they'd really helped someone out. I actually think this attitude is one of the things that's wrong with society today.

And, no, I'm not part of the "old school" I'm in my 20s too.

MJay

Text them that he's got it and has put it away to start a 'kitty' for their next night out.... me and my friends do this all the time so get to see each other more often cos it will be a 'cheap' night out!!

Tiglet

What would he have done if they'd all paid £4 short and left him to pick up the tab? I bet he'd be in touch pretty sharpish - he should do the same in this case.

WRabbit

Assuming the £20 tip was 10% then the meal itself cost £200 including service charge. Depending on what %age the service charge was (and how good the service had been I would have just left the extra £20.

If the service charge was an adequate tip, then it was ok to not leave it if Slash hadn't realised about it being included. But Axl should let his mates know, and offer the money back. If his friends are anything like mine the likely response would either be forget it or we'll sort it out next time we're together.

Done it myself - shared a taxi home with 2 friends. I was the last one dropped off so we didn't know the fare till then. Each friend had given me £10, but the fare was only £20 (including tip). I owed them £3ish each - so I dropped them a mail and they both said forget it. But the next time we got together I repaid them in drinks/cakes. It's only fair.

It's not worth have a petty fight over such a small amount of cash.

naughty_10382

rambo1987 wrote: »

man mostof u must be oldschool because if your age 20 and under and your friend tries to give u back 4 pound they will LAFF at u. maybe buy a bottle of alcohol instead n havea session but apart from that i would keep quiet.

morals have changed in society, most kids nowadays are not from the world war era i guarantee they wont give money back.

i found a purse on the floor at university and i kept it. came in handy for lunch and my bus expenses for the day

RaMbO

Firstly - why not go without a bottle of alcohol and get yourself some spelling and grammar lessons instead?

Secondly - I hope karma comes back to bite you in the backside, maybe one day you'll lose your purse and some lowlife scum will keep it and use it for travel expenses and lunch.

I hope most people realise that most of us 'young uns' do NOT think like this at all. I'm 22, and if I found a purse, I would do all I could to trace the owner myself or, failing that, hand it in at the local police station - it's the way I've been brought up.

As for the extra money - if one of my friends tried to offer me £4 back, no, I probably wouldn't worry about it, I'd just tell them to buy me a drink next time we met.

Why not leave the £20 as an extra tip, or donate it to charity?