The Conclusion of the Bad Check Story

I met up with the mother of the bad check writer today at Starbucks. She handed me $90, even though she and her daughter technically owed me $100. She started to explain the money, and said that she was paying me for the braiding ($60) and for the bad check fee ($25). The bad check fee from my bank was actually only $20, so I corrected her.  I did remind her, though, that she said she would pay me $20 for gas, which meant that she actually owed me $100, not $90.  She then asked me to hand the money back to her so she could take back $5…because she only wanted to pay me $5 for gas, when the original agreement was to pay me $20 in gas to drive from Lakeland – her daughter told her that I did not drive from Lakeland, that I was actually only in Brandon and had not gone all the way back to Lakeland. That wasn’t true.  I refused to give her the money back. It was only $5, but damn it, it was my $5.  Even if it was decided that she didn’t owe me for fuel, I made the decision right there that I deserved every bit of that $90 to have to deal with their bullshit.  I got a bad check, then they were a month late fixing the problem after giving me a ton of attitude, then I had to meet the mother at Starbucks to finally get paid?  Ugh.  If nothing else, that $5 is the pain-in-the ass fee. I put the money in my pocket  and walked off, told her I was done dealing with her and her daughter, and she could keep the other $10 she owed me. She started YELLING on the patio at Starbucks, in front of several other customers, that I was dishonest, and that god would punish me and that it would come back to me…I said nothing else and got in my car and drove off. From now on, I am only braiding for people that I KNOW. I am so infuriated by this whole situation…I was shaking when I drove away from Starbucks.

Thankfully, I have a couple of wonderful horses and extremely sweet dogs to make me feel better about all this garbage.  :)

And, after all, it’s over now.  I didn’t get all of the money, but I got most of it, and I never have to see those self-righteous pieces of crap again.