My friends have started a 'late tax' for being late to plans.
By @ellieliterally · Friends
We have a group chat for making plans and one person suggested we start 'billing' people who are chronically late. It's $5 for every 10 minutes you're late, payable to whoever was on time. I think it's ridiculous.
The full story
Look, I can be a little late sometimes, but who isn't? Life happens. But now they've made it official. We were supposed to meet for dinner last night and I was maybe 15 minutes late, and my friend seriously Venmo requested me $10 when I sat down. they said I was '15 minutes into the next 10-minute block.' I refused to pay it, and now the group chat is a war zone. Half of them are saying I'm being disrespectful of their time, the other half are saying this whole 'late tax' thing is insane and makes hanging out feel like a transaction. I'm just trying to have dinner, not get fined.
How people voted
- OP Is Right — 12% (5 votes)
- Both Messy — 56% (24 votes)
- OP Is Wrong — 33% (14 votes)
Readers say “Both Messy” (56%) — 43 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@avakk — I'd start Venmo requesting them for every minor inconvenience they cause. Let's see how they like it.
@owenlol — A friendship that requires an invoice isn't a friendship.
@tessactually — Weaponized incompetence is when you pretend you can't do something simple, like be on time, to get out of it.
@kirakay — do not pay them this is so funny
@ahyeah — Have you considered just showing up on time?
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