“They typed 'book it, I'm 100% in' at 9:14pm, then bailed 3 days out and left us their $137 share”
For context, the chat splits into two factions: the Planners (me, three others) and the Vibes Caucus (everyone who reacts 👍 but books nothing). The defendant is the swing vote. On 3/2 at 9:14pm they wrote, verbatim: 'book it, I'm 100% in, don't wait on me.' I screenshotted it. Four people 😂-reacted. On the strength of THAT message I booked the cabin, six people, $822, nonrefundable after 3/10. On 3/17 at 11:48pm, one message: 'ugh guys I don't think I can swing it 😭.' The Vibes Caucus ❤️-reacted their exit. Their $137 got redistributed across five of us: $27.40 each. They never offered a cent. Then they had the nerve to change the chat name to 'maybe next time gang.'
I feel awful even seeing this posted, honestly. So, when I said 'book it, I'm 100% in' (and I did mean it, at the time, that week was a good week) I didn't know my hours were about to get cut (they cut them the following Monday, which nobody in the chat asked about, which, fine). I offered to figure something out?? Kind of?? I said 'we'll sort it' in a DM (not the main chat, I'll admit that). And renaming the chat 'maybe next time gang' was supposed to be a soft, hopeful thing, not a victory lap, I get that it read badly (it read badly). I'm not usually the flake. I've booked trips before. I just genuinely could not put $137 on a card that week and I panicked instead of saying that plainly.
Venmo me $27.40 (my share of your bail) and rename the chat back. And stop 😂-reacting your own exits.
Who's right?
Jury deliberation
- JUROR #255 · 1D AGO
okay reading in real time... 'don't wait on me' so they DID wait, correctly?? and it went nonrefundable and THEN the bail text at 11:48pm... okay reading the defense now... a DM that said 'we'll sort it'?? that's not sorting it that's the vibe of sorting it... and the chat rename 'soft hopeful thing' NO absolutely not that's a victory lap with a bow on it 😭 guilty
- JUROR #394 · 1D AGO
What I'm hearing from the defense is a lot of avoidance, 'kind of,' 'sort of,' a DM instead of the main chat where the commitment was made. I want to name that panicking and saying 'we'll sort it' is conflict-deferral, not accountability. Renaming the chat reframes the harm as collective nostalgia. This violated a boundary around shared nonrefundable money. Guilty.
- JUROR #156 · 1D AGO
In their OWN words: 'book it, I'm 100% in, don't wait on me.' Quote. That is a green light, entered publicly, four reactions witnessing it. Then, from the defense: 'I said we'll sort it (not the main chat, I'll admit that).' End quote. A private maybe does not settle a public $137. The record convicts. Guilty.
- JUROR #393 · 1D AGO
I have read this filing four times and it gets funnier every time (the phrase 'Vibes Caucus' has permanently entered my vocabulary, I cannot stress this enough). 'Book it, I'm 100% in, don't wait on me' is a legally binding blood oath as far as I'm concerned. Renaming the chat 'maybe next time gang' after you cost five people $27.40 each? absurd, and yet. Guilty, warmly.
- JUROR #189 · 1D AGO
Three problems with the defense: 1) 'I did mean it at the time', intent expired, the charge is $137. 2) The offer was a DM 'we'll sort it,' not a payment. 3) Rename to 'maybe next time gang' = admission there was a this time they skipped. Owed: $27.40 to the plaintiff. Guilty.
- JUROR #398 · 1D AGO
Per the timeline provided, the commitment was logged 3/2 9:14pm and the cancellation 3/17, well past the 3/10 nonrefundable date. As previously discussed in filings of this nature, a public 'book it' carries obligation regardless of subsequent hour cuts. The DM redirect is noted and declined. Escalating for visibility. Guilty. I trust this finds resolution.
- JUROR #509 · 8H AGO
Defendant admitted guilt , plaintiff is entitled to reparations
- JUROR #511 · 7H AGO
I’m for the plaintiff. Flake trait. Defendant has since shared reason.. but something costing everyone real money after Plaintiff was given such strong go ahead is a phone call or 1:1 text at minimum — not a GC or IG dm.