Tuesday, July 25, 2006

How nuts am I?

Today, I saw a colleague at work. Seeing him reminds me of something that irritates me, but I think it would be petty to say anything now. Still, it irks me.

So here's the deal. Weeks ago, there was a party for the staff. This colleague paid for it, and several of us management types chipped in and reimbursed him. The initial estimate was $55 each, so I gave him a check for that. When the final bill was tallied, we each had to chip in another $14. So the next chance I got, I gave him a $20 bill. He didn't have $6 change, but he said he'd give it back to me as soon as he could.

Then he apparently forgot about it. I have no doubt that he forgot--it's not like he's trying to make off with six whole dollars!

It's not the $6. If he needed the $6, I'd gladly give it to him. Much more, in fact. I'm not tight-fisted. If anything, I've been told that I tend to be too generous sometimes (if there even is such a thing as "too generous"). It really isn't the $6. It's just that... well...

I don't know. It bothers me. It's like something left undone. Crazy, right?

3 comments:

PatCH said...

Trust me. I know *exactly* what you mean. I've had that happen to me a couple of times at work too. What's up with that? On the other hand, I just remembered the other day that I owed a colleague money, and I was guilty exactly for that very same reason. I apologised profusely and now I'm paranoid that I might have forgotten others.

Yeesh.

Greg said...

Maybe he did just forget. Go ahead and casually remind him.

CoffeeDog said...

It's not crazy. I get mad when folks don't send thank you cards, and I'd be miffed if they forgot to give me my change.