UglyMonsterFace
Arize from Azulon
So one day at work recently, I was paired up with a coworker to take care of this "large" party (I work at a restaurant). There were only 7 guests and I could have handled it myself but the restaurant policy is strange and makes servers share :/ So anyway, I only had 1 other table besides the "large" party, and my partner had a full section apart from the 7 top - meaning more tips for him to begin with. Well I ended up taking care of the 7 guests on my own for the most part. My coworker even said to me, "It looks like you're pretty much doing all the work, sorry about that." So he obviously was aware that he wasn't doing much. In the end however, he took half my tips from that table, and he had wayyyy more tips than I did, considering how few tables I had while his section was full. Then! He asked if he could borrow 50 cents from me. I obliged. But he hasn't paid it back yet. Or offered. So he obviously isn't planning on paying it back. Obviously it's not a huge loss, but it's the principle of it that's bothering me. If you borrow money, however small the amount, you should always pay it back and not assume that just because it's a small amount, that the person should just forget about getting it back. Anyway, the whole situation has me annoyed. He knows I need money, but he takes half my tip knowing full well that he barely did anything to deserve it. Then he borrows 50 cents from me even though his tip for the day was MUCH higher than mine, which he hasn't returned at all. Should I ask for it back? Or let it go? I'm too embarrassed to remind him about it, since I don't want to sound cheap. Honestly if he had just tried to return it the next day, I would have told him to forget about it and keep it. But since he isn't paying it back, I kinda just am annoyed and want it back. What would you do in this situation?