Man 'Abandons' His Friend on the London Underground 3 Hours from Home Rather Than Pay His Way

Detailing the story in an anonymous post shared to Reddit, the man says his friend has "pretty much no experience with budgeting"

A 25-year-old man says he "abandoned" his 20-year-old friend at a transit stop some three hours from home after the friend ran out of money.

Detailing the story in an anonymous post shared to Reddit, the man says his friend has "pretty much no experience with budgeting."

"Last time I was on holiday with him, he spent all his money then said he'd need to borrow money to [take] the Underground [London's mass transit system]," the man continues.

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While the man did lend his friend the fare at the time, the friend "never repaid."

Cut to this trip, and the same thing happened, with the friend "spending money at an alarming rate." This time, the man writes that he told his friend to "put £10 in your suitcase and leave it there until it's time to go," to ensure he had enough to pay the fare back home.

"Good idea right?" the man writes. "He didn't seem to think so as he spent it all."

When it was time to head back home, the friend again asked if he could borrow money to pay for the Tube ride back. But the poster had had enough.

"I said he couldn't, he never paid back last time. He said he would. I told him he should still pay me back for last time, but I'm not lending this time," the man writes on Reddit.

He continues: "I then told him to do whatever he'd do if I wasn't there, or if I'd been as reckless as he had been with his money, scanned my card, went through the barrier and went home, him still on the other side of the barrier."

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Ultimately, the friend's brother had to take a six-hour round-trip drive to get him.

"His brother told me I should have lent him the money and he'd pay me back. I said that my actions might help him to remember next time," the man writes.

Commenters on the Reddit post have by and large argued that the "friend" who is always running out of money isn't a very good one.

"This 'friend' also clearly has no understanding of the value of friendship if he treats people like walking ATMs," wrote one.

Others have applauded the original poster for being "clear" about his boundaries.

"That's a lotta tough love," another commenter wrote. "But you warned him!"

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