Appreciation post: My roommate's $9 Venmo request taught me more about money than any talk
My roommate handed me a Venmo request for $9 after I ate two slices of his pizza on Sunday, and I laughed at first. Then he said, "I'm not mad, I just know you'll forget by Friday, so here it is." We sat on the couch and talked for 20 minutes about how he tracks every shared thing in a note on his phone, groceries, rides, even a $4 parking meter in Austin. Turns out he's saved like $200 a month just by asking right away instead of letting stuff pile up. Does anyone else have a system like this, or do you just eat the cost until someone snaps?