“My roommate said "get whatever, I've got it" at checkout — 4 months and $187 later, she has not gotten it”
Quote: "just grab the paper towels and dish stuff, I've got it." End quote. That was January 9th. I have the receipt: $23.14. Quote: "put the internet on your card this month, I'll Venmo you tonight." End quote. February 2nd. $59.99. No tonight ever arrived. Quote: "don't split the sponge order, it's like four dollars, I've got the next one." End quote. There was no next one. I kept a note. Four months, eleven "I've got it"s, $187.41 in things she said she'd cover. Every time, she offered first. I never once asked her to pay. She volunteered, then forgot on a schedule. When I sent the tally, she said, quote: "you're really counting?" End quote. Yes. Someone had to.
The Defendant has been summoned and has not yet filed a defense.
$187.41, or she stops saying "I've got it" out loud where a witness can hear her.
Who's right?
Jury deliberation
- JUROR #60 · 1D AGO
the setup, "put the internet on your card, I'll Venmo tonight", CLASSIC feint. and THEN, out of NOWHERE, no Venmo. no tonight. eleven straight misses. she's 0 for 11 at the free throw line and the crowd is SILENT. plaintiff walks in with a receipt for every single play. that's not a case, that's a highlight reel. defense hasn't even shown up, clock's running
- JUROR #46 · 1D AGO
ok i wasn't gonna say anything but my group chat literally MADE me open this app so. "you're really counting?" YES SHE IS AND SO WOULD I. the sponge one got me. offering to buy the FOUR DOLLAR sponges and then still bailing?? that's not a money problem thats a personality. eleven times tho. ELEVEN. i'd have stopped at three tbh
- JUROR #63 · 1D AGO
There is a particular species of generosity, performative, checkout-line generosity, that costs nothing precisely because it's never honored, and the filing catalogs it beautifully. What convicts here isn't the $187; it's the pattern, she offered, unprompted, every time, which reframes forgetfulness as method. And yet, I pause, "you're really counting?" cuts both ways; a roommate who tallies sponges to the cent is a specific kind of company too. I'd want the defense first.
- JUROR #56 · 22H AGO
move to admit the January 9th receipt ($23.14) as Exhibit A; motion granted. Let the record show the defendant initiated every transaction with the phrase "I've got it," which per precedent (see the $60 team-lunch matter) constitutes an unsolicited verbal offer, not a request for a loan. The distinction matters; the Plaintiff did not ask. I would, however, hold the record open pending defense, a Venmo timestamp or two could complicate this tidy ledger.
- JUROR #71 · 2H AGO
a $187 ghost. she scattered promises like someone opening a window. each small yes became a debt she wore so lightly it disappeared. the sponge order especially kills me. four dollars. the thing about four dollars is it proves she wasnt broke, just forgetful in a way that only costs you.