EPT
Alright, can't believe I'm writing this but I need to get it out.
I'm currently living in the UK and sharing a student house with a Kenyan, a Greek, a Frenchman and an Englishman. The Kenyan guy is going home for Christmas on Monday night and is leaving to go to London tomorrow. He bought his plane ticket through some travel agency paying most of it initially and has £220 left to pay. His parents transferred the money to him during the week and he got it Friday, however he lost his bank card that night. He now has to pay the £220 by 12 o'clock tomorrow or he can't go back.
Unfortunately, the others in the house got in an argument with him earlier in the week about money as he didn't have the money to split the gas and electricity bills on the day we agreed so now they're not going to help him, I wasn't there when that happened so I escaped that.
So he asked me for the money tonight. Though I don't make much, I do have the money, however £220 is a lot and there are question marks. For example the fact the others said he told them he didn't have £20 pounds for gas and electricity earlier in the week yet now he claims he had the money but lost his card, also the English guy lost his card earlier in the week (how often do two people in the same house lose their bank cards in one week?). He also initially said he needed £300, not £220, the fact that he had booked this a few months ago and waited 'til the weekend of it to pay seems odd. There's always the chance that he won't come back after Christmas, etc. etc.
Anyway, I am a bit of a sucker and I decided I did want to help but I didn't want to give it all as there is too many question marks, so I lied and said I only have just over £100 in my bank account but I could give him that, so I ended up strolling down to an atm at 11 o'clock at night and gave in a bit more giving him £120. I suppose my hope was I felt it would be easier to ask four or five different people for £25 or £20 now than to ask one for £220. It didn't work, the other guys in the house still won't help and his friends don't seem to have much money.
Now the Greek guy is making me feel bad saying that I should have either given him all or nothing, but giving him half was just mean cause it gets his hopes up but he still won't be able to get back but it will help me sleep tonight. And he's got a point, I could have done more. I still could, got about 6 hours.
Has anyone any advice? I'm not going to make a poll as that seems like a cheap way of finding out what people think. So much for going to bed early tonight, it's not 2a.m. ACE are playing in two hours...
I also want to add that I've only been living here about two months and in that time I haven't seen too much of him so I don't really know him that well.
I'm currently living in the UK and sharing a student house with a Kenyan, a Greek, a Frenchman and an Englishman. The Kenyan guy is going home for Christmas on Monday night and is leaving to go to London tomorrow. He bought his plane ticket through some travel agency paying most of it initially and has £220 left to pay. His parents transferred the money to him during the week and he got it Friday, however he lost his bank card that night. He now has to pay the £220 by 12 o'clock tomorrow or he can't go back.
Unfortunately, the others in the house got in an argument with him earlier in the week about money as he didn't have the money to split the gas and electricity bills on the day we agreed so now they're not going to help him, I wasn't there when that happened so I escaped that.
So he asked me for the money tonight. Though I don't make much, I do have the money, however £220 is a lot and there are question marks. For example the fact the others said he told them he didn't have £20 pounds for gas and electricity earlier in the week yet now he claims he had the money but lost his card, also the English guy lost his card earlier in the week (how often do two people in the same house lose their bank cards in one week?). He also initially said he needed £300, not £220, the fact that he had booked this a few months ago and waited 'til the weekend of it to pay seems odd. There's always the chance that he won't come back after Christmas, etc. etc.
Anyway, I am a bit of a sucker and I decided I did want to help but I didn't want to give it all as there is too many question marks, so I lied and said I only have just over £100 in my bank account but I could give him that, so I ended up strolling down to an atm at 11 o'clock at night and gave in a bit more giving him £120. I suppose my hope was I felt it would be easier to ask four or five different people for £25 or £20 now than to ask one for £220. It didn't work, the other guys in the house still won't help and his friends don't seem to have much money.
Now the Greek guy is making me feel bad saying that I should have either given him all or nothing, but giving him half was just mean cause it gets his hopes up but he still won't be able to get back but it will help me sleep tonight. And he's got a point, I could have done more. I still could, got about 6 hours.
Has anyone any advice? I'm not going to make a poll as that seems like a cheap way of finding out what people think. So much for going to bed early tonight, it's not 2a.m. ACE are playing in two hours...
I also want to add that I've only been living here about two months and in that time I haven't seen too much of him so I don't really know him that well.
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So what happened in the end is he went to London but didn't get the money in time so his ticket was cancelled and he lost his deposit. I got my money back and he didn't get home for Christmas, I still could have done more but at the same time, no one else did anything so I don't really feel guilty but I am sorry for him.
