Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Weekly News: Pay Up Kiddo!!

30-Day Blogging Challenge - day eighteen
Prompt: Pick a random article from the headlines and talk about it. Share your opinions and feelings about it. Encourage a conversation.

I’m sat at the End of the Earth (Weston-Super-Mare) in the biggest £50 hotel room I’ve ever been in. I’ve driven FAR! 200 miles to do 90 minutes of work tomorrow. As I sit here I’m trying to remember if I’m being paid milege. Fingers crossed!

NOTE: I know this was due yesterday (Sunday) and, therefore, the chosen news story should be taken from last week. I had a story all typed up and discussed. But then I heard one today that I much prefer.

Get this…

Party invoice: Boy sent bill for birthday no-show  

(BBC News)

A five-year-old was billed for failing to attend a friend's birthday party - resulting in threats of legal action.

This is brilliant. Even better when you can see both sides. The boy’s father, while sounding a little high in the interview, is quite right: it is ridiculous. An actual invoice, in this instance, is a bit far fetched. Maybe he would have been more understanding if the woman had made a nice, polite phone call instead.

On the other hand, how freaking rude of them to just not show up! I mean it’s not as if the party was somewhere free. It was a ski centre, where I imagine they had to pay per head. Or, more likely, £150 for 10 kids. Thus, the £15 bill.
I’m also wondering whether I should start doing this. Seriously, if I claimed money every time someone let me down (either for work or sociable), I’d be absolutely loaded!

I might try it. Who is with me?