There are two types of people when it comes to loyalty cards, those who save up for months and spend on a 'special occasion', and those who spend as they go with little care.
For one angry social media user however, they were robbed of the opportunity by a friend trying to say 'thank you'.
They then took to Mumsnet to check whether they were being unreasonable in their anger.
The user, named HollowedOut, wrote: "I’ve had a friend staying with me for the last few days, she due to go home tomorrow. As a thank you for letting her stay she offered to cook us a meal this evening which I gratefully accepted. She needed to go up to Co-Op to get the ingredients so I said to her to take my membership card if she hasn’t got one."
The meal was lovely and they even enjoyed a bottle of wine, however, when the user returned to Co-Op for a shop, they found out the friend had spent all the points.
"There was about £30 on there that I have saved up for months. I like to know that I’ve always got a bit on there in case I’m short one month, it’s just a bit of reassurance."
Not wanting to jump the gun and get angry at their friend, they checked on the parenting platform whether "take my loyalty card" should be interpreted as 'spend my points' or 'get me points'.
Users were quick to chip in with their responses.
"That’s like stealing from you! No way would I have used your points," one wrote.
"So she owes you thirty quid basically," said another.
Another added that if the meal was a thank you, they definitely shouldn't have spent the points, stating: "I would just add the points, I certainly wouldn’t spend them if I was doing a meal to say [thank you].
"Tell her your points have gone and ask her why."
Others were more lenient, stating it may have just been an understanding but to talk to their friend before getting angry.
"It could have been a misunderstanding - i.e. you gave her the card so she thought that's for payment - but if she had offered to go and buy food before you gave the card ( i.e. she thought she was going to pay for it ) then I don't think it would be dreadful to ask her to reimburse the points / value & just say - there seems to have been a bit of a mix up here. But I can see that puts you in an awkward position to broach it.
"If you haven't spoken about it I might just say "hang on - did you use my card points " and take it from there. If I am honest if someone was buying me a meal I would let them do it and miss out on the card points for that transaction," advised one user.
Another however, said to cut their losses: "It's £30. Suck it up."
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