One night, I'm hanging out with my buddy Lance when I suddenly remember that I want to request from my job to work our screening of X-Men. Lance is like "oh I want to work it too." There are normally 2 reps, so

I send an email asking for the two of us to work it (and even jokingly, in the email, put "but mostly me")

Fast forward a couple weeks. Work emails that they've decided to do a daytime press screening, meaning they only pay one rep. They tell us to work it out amongst ourselves who will be paid or if we'll split it.

Although I can obv argue I'm the one that thought of it and wanted it first (and more -- she's the Spiderman fan, I'm the XMen fan), I know she'll argue to split it because who doesn't want money.

So I text her to explain it (because I know she doesn't read her emails) and ask if she wants to split it. She says yes.

Fast forward to this morning and the screening. She shows up like 10min late, works her other job on her phone while doing check-in (which, tbf, isn't a big deal). We both get comments. Then she says she's

heading off to her other job and can I do the report (which is most of the work at this type of screening). I agree because why wouldn't I do it? I'm a little bit irked, but okay.

Then our job emails that we have another screening on Wed for one rep. I say I'm available only to find out that Lance has already taken it for herself.

So I text her to ask for full pay today, which she hasn't answered.

BUT AM I BEING A DOUCHE TO DO THAT?

Nope

I did the lion's share of the work today (not that it's that hard), I originally suggested it, and I'm currently unemployed (versus her two full-time jobs).

But I can't tell if I'm being an asshole because I offered or if it's reasonable.

You did the work, she left to do another job, while also doing stuff on her phone and left you to do the report

I feel like it's reasonable, because that's really not fair if you arrange to split it and you do the work. Splitting the pay suggests you both do equal amounts of work.

no

yes that. You did the work

agreed, if someone wants to split the money then they split the work

We both got comments, which is like half the work. If she hadn't been there, it would have been rough for me. But then the report is the other half, which I obv did. :/ idk

Okay, so she did about 25%, that's still not a good reason to split it.

25% v 75% is still really unfair

You did the work. You get the pay. There is not splitting here.

Okay thanks guys.

It also occurs to me that she clearly was planning to ask me to do the report since she had to leave for her other job. So the least she could have done was shown up early and make an extra effort before?

Pretty much.

Yup.

i think you're totally in your right to ask her to let you have the pay since she bailed on you halfway through and very obviously didn't put in the effort she should have if she was taking the job seriously

all of this. yes. you're being extremely reasonable.

NEXT QUESTION. If she doesn't reply to me, which is possible, should I bring it up to work or just cut my losses?

if work said "figure it out among yourselves" then i would not bring it up to them, but i would also not split again in the future

Yeah, that's kinda what I'm thinking. Not that much money and I'd rather avoid the drama.

tbh I think I more want to bring it up because the whole "equal pay for unequal work" is a pattern I've been noticing (and have mentioned to them before but which got lost in the festival shuffle).

But.. probs not worth it for this.

yeah, if it's not that much money i wouldn't bother over this

but i'd basically start making a list of people who you don't want to split with in the future

I don't think I've ever split before. This was a p rare situation, so hopefully it won't come up again. c: