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  • wayne foundation 07
    Time to feed the cat
    • Dec 30, 2007
    • 5705

    Would you loan money to people you work with ?

    Just wanting to get your take on this.We get paid every other week at work and it seems that no matter what the same 2 guys are broke in a matter of days.I mean I could understand if something came up but its all the time!Two or three days after payday they start there rounds asking for 20 bucks.It just gets old.I'll admit it I have loaned it before,but haven't for a while,and I feel like heck now when I tell them no.Well would you or do you loan money to your coworkers,how do you avoid the whole issue.
  • Mikey
    Verbose Member
    • Aug 9, 2001
    • 47258

    #2
    If I liked and trusted the person, I throw them a 20 once in a while (if I could spare it)

    If I didn't like and didn't trust them, i'd make up a long excuse why "I don't have it" ...
    If you go on and on about YOUR money problems, they wont bug you in the future.
    The whole trick is getting it stuck in their heads --- "not to ask this guy ever again"
    Last edited by Mikey; Sep 5, '08, 4:27 PM.

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    • SUP-Ronin
      Stuck in a laundry shoot.
      • Oct 8, 2007
      • 3146

      #3
      I don't loan money unless I can afford to never see it again.

      If I loan anyone money and they pay it back without me having to ask for it, like within a few days, I would probably loan it again. If I loan someone a small amount and they never pay it back, they certainly won't get a nickel out of me the next time. I suppose you have to look at it like charity. They may get all "Help out a guy" this and that, but trust me, they won't be anywhere around if you need 20 bucks.
      "Steel-like jaws clacked away, each bite slashing flesh from my body - I used my knife and my hands, and when they were gone, my bloody stumps - and yet the turtles came."

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      • wayne foundation 07
        Time to feed the cat
        • Dec 30, 2007
        • 5705

        #4
        Originally posted by type1kirk
        IIf you go on and on about YOUR money problems, they wont bug you in the future.
        The whole trick is getting it stuck in their heads --- "not to ask this guy ever again"
        Thats a pretty good tip thanks.

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        • toys2cool
          Ultimate Mego Warrior
          • Nov 27, 2006
          • 28605

          #5
          I would'nt loan it to them more then once


          One of my best friends is always asking for money,it got to the point that I snapped at him and he's never asked again

          It would be $5 here,$3 there and he'd never offer to pay it back.It adds up man
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          • GSPUSA
            General Patton
            • Apr 9, 2005
            • 1506

            #6
            I believe in helping someone in need if they actually need it and I can afford it. I don't believe in giving someone my money when they can't or wont manage thier own, or if it's for thier beer/ cigarette habbit.
            It

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            • Mikey
              Verbose Member
              • Aug 9, 2001
              • 47258

              #7
              Question:
              Hey man, what's up ?
              Do you think you could spot me a 20 till payday.
              I'm running short and I don't know if i'm gunna be able to get through the week.

              Reply:
              Hey dude,
              I'd love to if I could but times have been tough... I barely have coffee money for myself.
              Last week I was running low and the damn car battery went.... Worst time ever... Totally cleaned me out plus I had to borrow money from my kid --- you don't know embarrassment until you ask your kid for 50 bucks. ....... So I got the 50 and kicked in 25 more .... My luck, I bought the battery, put it in ... and it still won't start .... My buddy looked at it and it turns out it's the starter ....... Don't even ask how much I had to beg borrow and sleal to get that damn thing fixed.....
              Sorry for going on and on....
              What were you saying ?

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              • Marvelmania
                A Ray of Sunshine
                • Jun 17, 2001
                • 10392

                #8
                I don't mind helping someone out now and then but no way would I do it on a regular basis. I knew a guy like that once, always borrowing money. Found out he just used it for partying on the weekends. The next time he came around I told him he should get a second job. He never bothered me again.

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                • wayne foundation 07
                  Time to feed the cat
                  • Dec 30, 2007
                  • 5705

                  #9
                  Originally posted by GSPUSA
                  I don't believe in giving someone my money when they can't or wont manage thier own, or if it's for thier beer/ cigarette habbit.
                  They both smoke like crazy,and the one smells like beer every morning
                  Last edited by wayne foundation 07; Sep 5, '08, 5:01 PM. Reason: typo

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                  • txteach
                    Banned
                    • Jun 17, 2005
                    • 3769

                    #10
                    So, does anyone have a 20 they can spot me? I'll pay it back the second Tuesday of next week.

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                    • Dave Mc
                      Administrator
                      • Oct 20, 2002
                      • 17827

                      #11
                      Yes, I would, but my co-workers have never asked, so if they did, I wouldn't mind. However, if they started asking often, I wouldn't do it anymore. I have enough to support without having to support someone else. I'm all for helping someone out, but if they do it over and over and over again, then it's not helping them, it's enabling them.

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                      • Zemo
                        Still Smokin'
                        • Feb 14, 2006
                        • 3888

                        #12
                        For small amounts like a 20 spot, I always do. If they pay me back promptly, without me asking, then I'll do it again. If they don't pay me back, I'm actually happy as they won't ask again and if they do I have no guilt about saying nope.

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                        • wayne foundation 07
                          Time to feed the cat
                          • Dec 30, 2007
                          • 5705

                          #13
                          Originally posted by txteach
                          So, does anyone have a 20 they can spot me? I'll pay it back the second Tuesday of next week.
                          Sure give me your address and I'll send it out COD,with insurance and delivery comfirmation it should only cost about $34.00

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                          • The Toyroom
                            The Packaging King
                            • Dec 31, 2004
                            • 16653

                            #14
                            Uh....no
                            Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!

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                            • vulcan2074
                              Live Long and Prosper
                              • Mar 23, 2008
                              • 7817

                              #15
                              I don't lend money, only because it's very awkward. I Love to Shop and spend it just like the next guy. Now when it comes to Family. Like my Sisters for instance, I just Give them the Money. No worries, they would help me if they could.
                              V~2074

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