What do u do if a friend hurriedly borrows money for fare and forgets about it?

I learned a lomg time ago well not long ago not to EVER let a co-worker borrow money because it was never paid back or appriciated so.I know how you feel I just started totally ignorimg the person who I thought was not only a co-worked but was suppsed to be my friend ?NOT !!!!!

two years eh...reminiscing an old co-worker's forgetfulness or maybe intentionally i had this experience with a co-worker which i wasn't even close with. he actually didn't have money but pretended he just didn't have lower bills, forgot his wallet...etc, etc. $1-$3 is not that big if it happens once but it is when accumulated. what i did was i tried also to borrow money from him and called it quits and didn't let him borrow the next time. another co-worker lent him several times too but couldn't make him pay so when salary day came, she waited for him to receive his salary which at that time in cash. he couldn't escape

Man..tatz a difficult question..For me It really depend on my relation with that co-worker..If he/she is close friend of mine..i wont ask the cash back..I'll remind about it some other way..But if he is just a co-worker i'll try to ask the cash back with "no offense" method..ha ha..

Oh, my friend borrowed my car telling that he will going to return within the particular hour to the day he had promised but it took 1 week before he returned my car. If your story would happen to me, I will consider it since it only happens once and it has been 2 years past.

I should be thankful that i were able to lend a small amount of money to my friend. That i was able to help her even in a little way. For her, then if he can't pay men then thank you. And if he pays me back then thank again.

I can understand how you might feel ,as have faced the same situation but as you said you have charged it to your experience thats even better because for a couple of dollars you came to know about a person whom you trusted as a friend and who tends to forget about the small favours his or her friends have done for her. In a professional enviornment you can find such master pieces every now and than so the only thing you need to take care of is to be as suttle as possible in finacial matters. Its your hard earned money and you have all the rights to enjoy it and not you friend. But if by Gods grace you get a chance to prove your point to that co worker than please don't miss on that. Let her know. Cheers

You can do nothing except saying that you don’t have that cash with you! Preposterous as this might sound but I have lost so much money this way that if accumulated, I could have got myself a new pair of gold earrings! I could never refuse people especially for small cash and especially when they looked genuinely in a rush or maybe they’ve just come in by a cab and cant pay the cabbie for want of loose change…I would just hand over the required amount and expect the other person to remember and pay it back, which of course didn’t happen in most cases. I do feel that some forget conveniently…I mean how can you forget if you owe money to somebody you’re seeing everyday! So now what I do is that I make a very sorry face and in all my humbleness I tell them that either I don’t have that amount of loose change or (if the sum asked is more substantial), I’m not carrying that much money with me.

I'd probably do a straight forward thing and remind her about it. You just lend the money to her and besides she even did promised to give it back maybe she only forgot about it. I see nothing wrong in reminding her...

When I was younger I'd have done just as you did finding it too awkward to remind the person and at the same time wondering how they could forget. I hate borrowing money so so much that even a quarter is something I remember. It does happen tho and people do sincerely forget. Now , I would just remind the person....I'd say something like, "I know you probably forgot but would it be possible for you to pay me that $?"

I hate these kinds of people who always conveniently forgets about repaying. It also happened to me already. I have this one friend who always borrows money from me. I think she borrowed around 3 times already. Yet she did not repay me even once. After the third time, I got tired of it. I did not want to confront her. So I just made excuses to not lend her money. Thank goodness the amount she borrowed each time was not large enough. If it was a huge amount, I would definitely ask for the repayment maybe after 1 week.

Well I would have asked her about it the next day and if she did not give me I would not bother her if the amount in question is not much but I would never do such especially to her. But now its been two years and its cheapning and demeaning on your part if you ask her. You just have to forget about it

For me I said a joke to remind about the thing maybe to say I want something money do you have money for paying a taxi?.

Your unfortunate experience reminded me of my unhappiness memory. It's 7 years agao, I was a university student then.It's the first time that I left home so faraway, so students from my hometown were just like brothers and sisters for me. We call each other "Laoxiang", and one of whom named Lu, he cared us a lot at frst, while after we began to familiar with each other, he showed his intention. He borrowed money from all of Laoxiangs and promised that he would return back those money in time, not making us feel tightend for living. He was kind when he asked for money, but when we asked him to meet his promises and returned money after several months. He found all excuses he could use to delay the money back.We use all methods to urge him to return money, he use all methods to escape from our urgement till the end of the seimester. We finally lost hope of asking money back from him. After that lesson, I dare not to lend money to any unfamiliar people.

Well two years is a long time :o) If someone borrowed money from me like that, I would ask for it back. Otherwise, I would always remember it, like you did. But I'd do it in a really casual way. Say something like "Oh it was pouring the other night and I had to grab a cab and I...Oh, that reminds me, did you ever pay me back for that taxi fare you borrowed?" If it was within a week or two of the loan, I'd just say "Hmm I'm a bit skint, think you'd be able to spare that cash I lent you last week for the cab?" That way, you've reminded them, but in a friendly way. sophie :o)

After two years, I would just let it go. had it been back at that time, I would have just politely reminded them back at the office that they owed me money, and keep doing so until I got it back.