A stranger gave me $30 to buy my lunch, but it barely paid for two drinks – people say I’m ungrateful and entitled
People have branded a woman ‘ungrateful’ after she claimed a stranger gave her money to buy lunch but then moaned it wasn’t enough.
Ary Nicole, a nurse from Birmingham, Alabama, took her TikTok page to shame the man, who she said approached her on Instagram and said, “I want to send you money for lunch.”
After accepting the offer, she sent the man — who she thought was an admirer — her Cash App tag expecting to get “at least 100 balls,” or $100 — but was instead shocked when she received only $30.
She chided the man for apparently being inconsiderate of her needs, especially since it wouldn’t be enough to cover “half a tank” of gas in her car or “get me two drinks.”
However, viewers felt the opposite, calling the content creator “ungrateful,” while one person said the money was “more than enough” and even more ordered her to return the money.
People have branded a woman named Ary Nicole (pictured) ‘ungrateful’ after she claimed a stranger gave her money to buy lunch – but then moaned it wasn’t enough
Ary explained: ‘So today this guy wrote to me on Instagram and he said, “Let me send you money for lunch” and I said, “Okay”, I wrote him back and I was like “send it”.’
After the pair exchanged the pertinent details, Ary said, “I just knew that I would open my Cash App and I would probably have about a hundred balls at the very least – you know what I mean?”
She continued, “Because I eat the same way and that’s how much I spend on my food. Y’all, I opened my Cash App and this guy sent £30 – yeah’.
She paused for a moment to regain her composure after becoming visibly irritated by the ordeal.
At this point she briefly seemed introspective as she asked viewers, “Damn, am I ungrateful?” Like, I’m damned for wondering why on earth you would send me $30.”
She quickly went on to describe some of the ways in which the money was substandard: “I think no, because $30 isn’t even half a tank of gas in my car. What did you think: I went to Chick-fil-A?”
She shed light on her lavish lifestyle and revealed exactly why the amount wouldn’t cover her lunch bill.
She said: ‘When I go to dinner, I eat full meals, like if I order an appetizer, a main course, a dessert and a drink – I can’t even get two drinks out of that.’
The nurse from Birmingham, Alabama, expressed her displeasure when a man sent her $30 for lunch – when she expected at least $100.
The nurse explained how the unnamed man then asked, “Let me get to know you.”
She called the man “stupid” for thinking she would grant his request after sending just $30.
While she admitted that with things like this, “it’s the thought that counts,” she also explained that spending more on herself wasn’t enough for a man to spend less.
She concluded by telling viewers, “I’m not one of them.”
The video post sparked a fiery debate about dating etiquette — so much so that it attracted more than 8,000 comments and 700,000 views.
However, viewers felt the opposite, calling the content creator “ungrateful,” while one person said the money was “more than enough” and even more ordered her to return the money.
People seemed to completely disbelieve the woman’s position and labeled her as unappreciative. One person wrote: ‘It’s thankless giving… ‘Then send it back’.
Another added: “$30 for lunch is more than enough.” A third agreed, saying: ‘Yes, $30 from a complete stranger was more than enough, especially for lunch.’
Someone else said: ‘Some people are so entitled to be sick’. “Did you send the $30 back because it wasn’t enough?” one asked.
Meanwhile, someone asked: ‘Why are you talking about gas? It was money for lunch.”
However, one person agreed: I’m not mad at her. I went to brunch and spent $85 just on me.”