People who automatically ASSuME you'll give them a ride

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OutHouse

Lifer
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like others said i would say yes but make a grocery stop, gas stop, pizza hut stop then take them home. might as well make it a game and making them think to themselves. "WTF all i wanted was a ride home and dumbass is shopping" hahahahah

I am a lot like the OP i dont like to be tied down and i dont have a set schedule, someday's ill leave at 5 some days i wont leave until later. and if i have been up during the night working emergency pages then im not leaving the house utnil i get my beauty sleep. Also im pretty blunt when it comes to stuff like this and have no problems telling people NO.
 

GRIFFIN1

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Drive to the projects. Give your passenger $20 and tell them to go buy you some crack. If they get out of the car, drive off.
 

AMCRambler

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That's pretty messed up. I've asked for a ride on days I have my car in for service from people who live nearby. One time I accidentally overslept on the day a person was giving me a ride and she was nice enough to wait 5 minutes for me to throw on clothes and comb my hair. But just expecting someone is going to pick you up and drive you to work everyday is crazy. I could see if you were neighbors or they were the next block over or right on the road you drive to work everyday. Otherwise, heck no.
 

imported_Truenofan

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no no no, you gotta tell them you want to go to an electronics store to look at the games, tv's sound systems, ect ect. and let them know your going to take an hour or two inside of it to consider what to get. that or tell them to fk off.
 

paulxcook

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Sounds like you already handled the situation. Where the heck do you work/live that no one has a car? And that they're presumptuous enough to "tell you" that you're giving them a ride?
 

FreshPrince

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if they live "close" to you then do the real carpool which is every week, someone else drives and those aren't driving contributes to:

Originally posted by: Rage187
gas
grass
or ass

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
 

trmiv

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Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
For starters, I'll admit that I'm a selfish bastarde. Now that's out of the way....

Relatively new at work. I'm the only one who has a car. One lives along the way (not really, I'd have to reroute and take city road instead of my usual speedy highway route) and asked me if I can take another route for his convenience sake and drive him home everyday. Funny guy.

The other has a husband who already picks her up everymorning. She lives by my area as well.

Then comes along a new chic today who also lives in the same vicinity as myself and said outright "when it gets cold I'm going to get you to drive me home since we live in the same area". So instead of inconveniencing her husband, she wants me to drop her off. Then she goes off and makes the suggestion to the lady above and she comes to me. I thought it'd be the same request of dropping her off at home. But no, she actually dare tells me, not ask, to pick her up at the bus stop so we can go to work together. WTF??

Though I am friendly to all people, it seems like I'm thought of as being easy, lol. No fackin' way. From beginning to end I haven't said a word to imply any act of kindness. In the lunch room before we get off finally I respond to her second attempt at the "demand", talking to one directly and the other was listening. Basically told her to get lost.

I'm not always home before I head to work. I may be out somewhere else doing something, far away from my home. No way in hell am I going to make a special trip up to pick them up then drive back down again. Or some mornings I would like to go by and drive my sister to work. I'd like to leave my options open. No matter what my excuse, better yet, I don't need to give one.

I like being independent and going anywhere on the fly without being tied down for whatever reason.

Similar incident happened prior at another job where I was hired to help this individual and he/she offered my "service" to the manager of the warehouse 'cause he needed it. Maybe before offering my service it would be nice if you came up to me and asked if it's something I'd want to do. I refused to go and he/she ended up going himself/herself. Please don't volunteer me before asking me first.

Assuming just makes an ASS out of you, not me.

Solution

or http://www.metersfortaxis.com/images/centro4.jpg

your car could be a profit making enterprise!

That would be funny as hell! Imagine the look on their faces when they get into the car and you flip on the meter! HAHAHAHAHA!! :D