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'Disrespectful' woman blasted for charging her mother for a simple household task
A woman has received backlash after revealing that she charged her mother £40 to help set up her household bills.
Laura Shahu, believed to be from the UK, has 29,000 followers on Instagram where she often posts videos about tips and tricks she's learnt on how to save cash over the years.
The mother-of-two recently shared a clip in which she revealed that her mother needed assistance with setting up her household bills and wanted to get her advice on the best rate possible.
Laura said: 'Am I greedy for charging my mum £40 for setting up her own bank account for her? I know what you're thinking - what kind of person charges their own mother to help them manage their bills? Well I kind of did and kind of didn't - let me explain.'
She said her mother was 'not very tech savvy' and wasn't 'confident' in finding the best value for money when it came to sorting out her bills.
She said the pair 'came to an agreement' that led to Laura helping her mother to find the cheapest bills - if she gave her the £40 cashback she earned as a 'thank you'.
But some social media users called her a 'joker' and said that she should be willing to help her mother out for free.
The content creator explained: 'In return, if I get that deal through a cashback website for her, she would give me the cashback that she otherwise would not have got if she had done it herself.
'In essence, she gets the best rate for her household bills without having to do the work to find it and if the best deal happens to be on a cashback website, I get the cashback that my mum would have otherwise gotten if she had done the work herself.
'We see it as a win-win because she gets confidence in knowing that she is getting the best rate for her bills but doesn't have to spend any time trying to search for it and I get the little bit of cashback to say thank you.'
Laura asked for people's opinions on whether they would ask their parents for money in return for helping them with admin tasks.
One person wrote: 'That's madness. £40 is hardly anything, your mum birthed you, you joker. Just help her.'
Another penned: 'No, no, no this is so wrong after all your mum has done for you.
'Now is the time you should be helping her and showing her how to do things. If she wants to treat you for your kindness that is up to her.'
A third said: 'I personally wouldn't, I'd help her and show her and let her keep the £40.'
A fourth commented: 'I think this is wrong, I help my mother as much as I can, I would never want anything in return.
'To me, it feels somewhat sad how money-focused you are. Losing values such as respect for elders, family importance and giving back to the parent(s) who raised us.
'Who provided for us for decades. If you feel this is fair and justified - I wonder what morals you have in terms of finances.'
But others agreed with Laura and said that she was very fair in asking her mother for the £40 cashback.
One said: 'The admin I do for my mum-in-law- I should claim a salary! I just take the hugs.'
Another penned: 'No, you are not, this is essentially a referral fee and you are the one referring her. This is no different to you going to a broker and they take the referral fee.
'She doesn't have to go with your choice, but if she does, you earned that cashback, if it's a large amount you may want to split it, but if you are both happy with the deal, nothing wrong with it.
'She's getting the best rate and you get compensation for your time and effort without it costing your mum anything.'
