Day 34 - Mo' Money, Mo' Problems

Apparently this bathroomie drama is now traveling a little further past the bowl...

Quite some time ago (5 weeks to be exact) I lent a girl in my program $5.00. No biggie right? I mean it's just five bucks. I told her not to worry about it, but she insisted so then I figured, ok might as well get my $5 back.

So I didn't see the girl for a little while, and then I forgot that she owed me, and blah blah blah, you know how it goes. You want it back, but you don't want to ask, and when you do remember to ask she isn't around. Pretty standard.

So Friday night we're all hanging out drinking and preparing to go out to the bars. I was a little short on cash and didn't feel like opening a tab wherever we went so I thought it a perfect, least awkward scenario for me to ask her if she had that $5 she owed me.

But when I asked her she gave me this weird look: "[Roomie's Name] never gave it to you?"

Huh?

"I mean I usually don't do that, give money I owe to someone else to give to the person, but [Roomie's name] said she was going to your guys' place and that she would give it to you. It was like the day after you lent it to me."

Which, if we remember, was FIVE WEEKS AGO!

Me: Wait so you gave it to [roomie?]

Borrower: Yeah. I guess I'll have to ask her about it, and if she doesn't remember I'll just repay you again.


No no no, I assured her. I would be asking my roommate about the incident, and I would be getting that $5 from her. No worries.


Now I must confess I have yet to ask my roommate about this because I haven't really seen her since I found out on account that her friend was here all weekend. The person I lent the money too could also not be telling the truth, but for some reason I just think that unlikely. And maybe my roommate just forgot you know?

But I mean come on! Not only does she make my life hell with the bathroom, but now her thoughtlessness and forgetfulness are affecting my wallet to!!!


Grrr. I'm getting that five dollars back. And when I do I'm buying as much antiseptic as I can and spraying down that godforsaken hellhole that is my bathroom.