Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : A coworker bought me a drink the first day I was at the job.  Voluntarily, I'd like to stress that point.  It was $4.  This was, admittedly, a few months ago.  Since then, I have kept forgetting to pay him back, but doing the occasional thing for him, like buying him a soda and the like.

I moved offices from my base location (with coworker) into a separate office.  Still within the department, but a solid 10 min drive away.  Yesterday was the last day I was to be in what was previously my home office.  I was left a sticky note and got a message saying "Hey, pay me that $3."

I woke up late due to an alarm malfunction, I was over an hour late to work, I was bouncing between three projects, including one I didn't even have the paperwork for (since it got moved into the next office already), and I was packing my desk.  In the shuffle, I forgot.

Today, I get a passive aggressive email stating that he \*NEEDS\* that three dollars from me.  That it's "silly" that he has to "resort to emailing" me.  I replied with what I said here.  It got lost in the shuffle, I'm sorry, etc.  I also stated (rightfully) that my phone bill pulls today and only have $8 in my bank account until Friday, when I'll pay him.

His reply, in a petulant child manner, is to state that there's an ATM right outside (not my bank branch, so fees asshat), that I need to get him the money ASAP (I literally told you I have $8 til Friday when I WILL PAY YOU), he'll never loan money to me again (I never asked in the first place dickhead) and that he hopes no one else will too (super professional, way to be a winner).  I can guarantee, considering this coworker's nature (a well-off 22 year old white male who just got married and has his own house) he is shit-talking me to the entire old office.

So, Reddit.  AITA for not paying back $3?