DEBT RECOVERY

How do you cope with the indignity of asking for your money from people who happily borrowed or used your services but have now gone Birdbox when the time to honor their pecuniary obligations comes? I've just watched someone raise an ugly scene. She worked in this pub but got laid off during the pandemic. They had her salary arrears which they promised to pay once things looked up.

Well things seem to be looking up. The pub is having a sizeable crowd of patrons but the owner has- like he has done so many other times in the last 5 months - told her that he cannot pay her arrears since things are not looking up. She lost it this time, got hysterical and told everyone who cared to listen how she's on the edge, her house locked up by the landlord and her kids unable to go to school.

She recounted the many trips She's made here, following up on her money and receiving endless promises that are never honoured.

As a final nail on the coffin, she's reminded the bar owner of the numerous times he used to mount her on a stack of beer crates after doing the stock take for the night.

To avoid further embarrassment, the proprietor fished out 5000 bob from his wallet, hurled at her, while promising to sue for defamation. And she was gone.

Some people only pay their debts after being dragged through the mud 😐