"The next day, Bill said he'd drop her off at the airport, and we used her car for the journey since it could fit all her luggage in. It was a favour to her, and she was very grateful. However, when she got home three weeks later, she called to tell us that she had a parking ticket at home, because we didn't pay the airport's drop-off charge when we arrived."
"I said: Oh, that's terrible, but you should have paid the fee. And Georgia said: I don't even know what that is. I was annoyed at the insinuation that I was to blame, and now Georgia is asking me for money to go towards paying the fine. However, when Georgia was away, Bill and I cleaned her car ourselves, so we've already done her plenty of favours."
"Georgia is appealing against the fine so we are at a stalemate until the verdict comes out, but I have offered to foot half the bill and she doesn't think that's good enough. She said it was our job to look after the drop-off fee as we were the ones driving her. I understand that, but we didn't really have to drop her in the first place."
Georgia stayed overnight because the family lives close to the airport. Bill and the mother used Georgia's car to drop her at the terminal because it fit her luggage. Three weeks later Georgia reported a parking ticket at home caused by the unpaid airport drop-off charge. Georgia expects Bill and the mother to pay the fine because they were driving. Bill and the mother cleaned Georgia's car while she was away, and the mother has offered to pay half the fine while Georgia appeals the penalty. The issue has created a stalemate and family tension.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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