People owing you money & asking them for it.

[sbl]

Dh is a plumber and people regularly "forget" to pay him.
I've just met one of these forgetful people as they came up to me on the way out of the supermarket to have a look at lo.
I knew this person quite well as I went to college with them.
Anyway she say's Hi and I say oh Hi how are you? Funny we should run into you but we were actually out at your house the other day with a receipt for some jobs dh did for you that were left unpaid.

The reaction....Not me love.
I know she owes the money but now she's denying it dh say's he's not going to bother looking for it and I'm a little annoyed he's making me out to be the bad one.

Did I do the right thing?

 

[aimee-lou]

Dh is a plumber and people regularly "forget" to pay him.
I've just met one of these forgetful people as they came up to me on the way out of the supermarket to have a look at lo.
I knew this person quite well as I went to college with them.
Anyway she say's Hi and I say oh Hi how are you? Funny we should run into you but we were actually out at your house the other day with a receipt for some jobs dh did for you that were left unpaid.

The reaction....Not me love.
I know she owes the money but now she's denying it dh say's he's not going to bother looking for it and I'm a little annoyed he's making me out to be the bad one.

Did I do the right thing?

Depends how much the debt is. If its a full bill for a large amount of work, then I would send a new invoice by recorded delivery and go from there - small claims may be in order if it's a large amount of money and they're denying it. If it's a £20 job that was a good faith exercise and may bring more work in in the future then cut the losses.

This is your OH's livelihood....he should not sell himself short!