Efe and Mert are classmates at an İzmir MEB secondary school. For 3 years, whenever Mert forgets his wallet, Efe shares his 25 TL snack budget equally between them. Mert always promises to pay back but never does. Efe now realizes Mert owes him 450 TL. Which approach best teaches Mert responsibility without ending the friendship?
A)Continue sharing money because their 3-year friendship is more important than money, and hope Mert will eventually change.
B)Talk to Mert about honesty, explain the financial loss (he will have only 10 TL left for himself this month), and tell Mert he will stop sharing if Mert doesn’t start repaying.
C)Lie to Mert about having no money at all next time, to teach him a lesson and force him to bring his own wallet.
D)Ignore the problem, share 50 TL equally each time (doubling his share) to make Mert feel guilty and stop forgetting.