r/parakeetAi

That's pretty much the whole story. A coworker I'm on good terms with messaged me while I was on my way to work and asked if I could stop by and get him lunch, and said he'd "send me the money later." I hesitated for a second but said okay because he said it as if the fact that he'd pay me back was obvious.

I gave him the food, he thanked me, and then he just ate it like that, as if the matter was over. No mention at all of paying me back.

A few hours later, I brought it up in conversation and asked him something like: "Do you want me to give you my Venmo, or will you pay cash?" He seemed genuinely shocked that I expected him to pay me back. Then he said he didn't have anything on him right now and that he'd pay me next shift.

I don't want to keep chasing someone over lunch money, but this has happened before in smaller ways and I'm annoyed with myself for agreeing again. Any advice on how to politely say no next time without making it awkward?

My coworker came into my office and asked me to fill in some details on a few forms. I told her I had already sent her all that information before by email. She said she needed help finding it.
So I did exactly what she was supposed to do: I searched through the email thread. I filled in the details on a few forms, but left the last one so I could review it with her and see which part was giving her trouble.
When I went to her office and told her I wanted to show her how to find it, she said, "Forget it. Leave it."
About 20 minutes later, she called me and started yelling at me because I hadn't just done it for her. She said things like, "It wouldn't have cost you anything to write it," and "When someone asks for help, you're supposed to help them, like I do when you have questions."
I told her it also wouldn't have cost her anything to write it herself, and that I don't ask her to do things that are my job. Anything I've asked her about before was directly related to her actual responsibilities. I've never taken something I was supposed to handle and dumped it on her, or on anyone else.
I don't imagine a single word of that even got through to her.
I'm still annoyed by her nerve and her sense of entitlement that other people should do her work for her.