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Employee Gives Coworker A Ride To Work, Finds Out She’s Been Offering Seats In Their Car To Other People
Carpooling is a great way to get to and from work. It’s friendlier to the environment, helps people get to work faster, and decreases traffic jams. Regardless, only about 8.5% of American workers carpool to work. Sometimes it can be unpleasant, and coworkers may be the culprits.
This person started offering to take their colleague to work after her car broke down. For a few weeks, everything was fine and dandy, but then the coworker started using the OP as a taxi: daycare drops, pharmacy runs, and even invitations to other coworkers to carpool. They never agreed to this, but later asked the internet whether they were the jerk in this situation.
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A woman started carpooling with a coworker after her car broke down
But her entitlement showed its claws when she started treating the coworker like a taxi service
“Let her get her own car and taxi people around,” the commenters wrote
The OP wasn’t the only one who had unpleasant experiences with carpooling
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Rick Murray 1 hour ago
Lightly the AH, it's not that guy's fault. If anybody deserves to be left standing there, it's her. If it were me, I'd take them both and say clearly this was me simply doing a favour, it was never a carpool, and you're *well* out of line inviting random other people; so as of tomorrow find alternative arrangements. I'm done with it.
Paul C 28 minutes ago
That is the mature way of dealing with this, but I'd have just driven past without stopping for either of them. If someone is offering a ride in my car, they can walk. If someone thinks they are getting a ride in my car without talking to me, they can walk too.
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Bobby Elgee 1 hour ago
Some people are entitled and clueless. Had a friend with a car problem that I was helping out. Added 40 minutes to my commute if you don't count the fact that she was never ready when I went to pick her up. Ended up consuming 5+ hours per week. No offers to pay for gas. When I pointed out that it was getting to be too much for me? Her response was "It's not that far." GFC!
Papa 17 minutes ago
It sounds like you're more patient than I am. I'm afraid the first time she wasn't ready to go at the agreed time I'd tell her that the next time she wasn't ready I was leaving without her.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 1 hour ago
Lightly the AH, it's not that guy's fault. If anybody deserves to be left standing there, it's her. If it were me, I'd take them both and say clearly this was me simply doing a favour, it was never a carpool, and you're *well* out of line inviting random other people; so as of tomorrow find alternative arrangements. I'm done with it.
Paul C 28 minutes ago
That is the mature way of dealing with this, but I'd have just driven past without stopping for either of them. If someone is offering a ride in my car, they can walk. If someone thinks they are getting a ride in my car without talking to me, they can walk too.
Load More Replies... Bobby Elgee 1 hour ago
Some people are entitled and clueless. Had a friend with a car problem that I was helping out. Added 40 minutes to my commute if you don't count the fact that she was never ready when I went to pick her up. Ended up consuming 5+ hours per week. No offers to pay for gas. When I pointed out that it was getting to be too much for me? Her response was "It's not that far." GFC!
Papa 17 minutes ago
It sounds like you're more patient than I am. I'm afraid the first time she wasn't ready to go at the agreed time I'd tell her that the next time she wasn't ready I was leaving without her.
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