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Asking work colleague for money for giving lift to work

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  • #302
    SouthWesterly
    Registered Users Posts: 6,454 ✭✭✭SouthWesterly


    I give a colleague a lift home but it's in the understanding that I do it if I can. If I've something else on they get the bus.


  • #303
    mouldybiscuits
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭mouldybiscuits


    If you're not going out of your way then I wouldn't ask or expect anything in return. It's just a nice thing to do and I'm sure it's appreciated.


  • #304
    con___manx1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭con___manx1


    mouldybiscuits wrote: »
    If you're not going out of your way then I wouldn't ask or expect anything in return. It's just a nice thing to do and I'm sure it's appreciated.

    im guessing you dont drive.
    if the op has an accident. do you not think that scabby passenger is not going to claim off the ops insurance? the op is paying tax insurance diesel and car maintenance.
    depending on how far the journey is an extra passenger in the car will add to the already expensive fuel costs. he is being taken for a mug.


  • #305
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,385 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    mouldybiscuits wrote: »
    If you're not going out of your way then I wouldn't ask or expect anything in return. It's just a nice thing to do and I'm sure it's appreciated.

    It doesn’t sound like it’s appreciated. Else the op wouldn’t be posting about it


  • #306
    Chicoso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 122 ✭✭Chicoso


    con___manx1 wrote: »
    im guessing you dont drive.
    if the op has an accident. do you not think that scabby passenger is not going to claim off the ops insurance? the op is paying tax insurance diesel and car maintenance.
    depending on how far the journey is an extra passenger in the car will add to the already expensive fuel costs. he is being taken for a mug.

    Raises another issue

    If he's getting paid to drive the guy to work and there's an accident, op will likely get his insurance policy cancelled


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  • #307
    mistersifter
    Registered Users Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭mistersifter


    Chicoso wrote: »
    Raises another issue

    If he's getting paid to drive the guy to work and there's an accident, op will likely get his insurance policy cancelled

    Not sure about this. He's not making a profit from it. It's not commercial use. The passenger would be paying for petrol directly. Buying him a little gift of petrol, if you will.


  • #308
    The Davestator
    Registered Users Posts: 3,394 ✭✭✭The Davestator


    My parents brough a colleague to work for years and wouldn't take anything for it.

    At the end of every week, she would stash some treats under the driver seat for us kids as a thank you!

    My folks knew, but turned a blind eye.

    OP - they should be at least doing something for you IMO as they are saving a fortune.


  • #309
    phill106
    Registered Users Posts: 6,810 ✭✭✭phill106


    Drive on fumes. Ensure every trip you have to top up. There and back, with them in the car :)


  • #310
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    He's a scabby asshole.

    JFC just ask him for money and if he refuses, tell him to find another way of getting to work.

    It's not rocket science.


  • #311
    4Ad
    Registered Users Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭4Ad


    nails1 wrote: »
    Is it acceptable to ask a colleague for cash for picking him up and giving lift to work. His house is on my direct route to work so I’m not going out of way or spending extra cash to give him a lift in and dropping him home.

    So what happened in the end ??


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  • #312
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,792 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    4Ad wrote: »
    So what happened in the end ??

    Don't know... Over 300 posts and just the one of them I think from OP..


  • #313
    SlowMotion321
    Registered Users Posts: 415 ✭✭SlowMotion321


    I was in the reverse position, the guy offered to pick me up as i don't drive and he was going my way anyway, several times i offered to pay for the odd tank of petrol, each time he told me to fcuk off and that he liked the company (we knew each other from our school days) in the end I just bought him a few pints and dropped the subject!


  • #314
    JustAThought
    Registered Users Posts: 5,323 ✭✭✭JustAThought


    So Nails - what happened!?!!’


  • #315
    I Am Nobody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 726 ✭✭✭I Am Nobody


    You shouldn't have to ask.Your colleague should have the common decency to offer.If they don't then they are taking advantage of your good will.Fcuk them,IMO


  • #316
    con___manx1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭con___manx1


    SlowMotion321 wrote: »
    I was in the reverse position, the guy offered to pick me up as i don't drive and he was going my way anyway, several times i offered to pay for the odd tank of petrol, each time he told me to fcuk off and that he liked the company (we knew each other from our school days) in the end I just bought him a few pints and dropped the subject!
    If the journey to work wasn't far then that's OK. I wouldn't ask for money either.
    I had a situation before of bringing someone over 50 k to work and the dirty bastard was trying not to pay me. I told him money or walk 😂 he was a non driver. I pay 40 a week for fuel roughly to and from work. That's 2000 euro a year roughly.


  • #317
    mutley18
    Registered Users Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭mutley18


    I had the same problem op. I got fed up with it and just started making excuses as to why I couldnt take them. "Ah I am heading up to a mates house after work" etc. They soon got the message and stopped asking/expecting. No time for freeloaders.


  • #318
    SlowMotion321
    Registered Users Posts: 415 ✭✭SlowMotion321


    con___manx1 wrote: »
    If the journey to work wasn't far then that's OK. I wouldn't ask for money either.
    I had a situation before of bringing someone over 50 k to work and the dirty bastard was trying not to pay me. I told him money or walk �� he was a non driver. I pay 40 a week for fuel roughly to and from work. That's 2000 euro a year roughly.

    Can't speak for anyone else but for that kind of distance i would insist on paying my share, after all that's the kind of travel you would already have budgeted for!


  • #319
    Oranage2
    Registered Users Posts: 11,131 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    I love Irish people's passive aggressiveness. Just tell home straight that it costs you 100+ quid a month on petrol. Tell him to pay some or find another way to get to work


  • #320
    Third_Echelon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,889 ✭✭✭Third_Echelon


    The weirdest thing for me is that the OP has been giving this guy lifts during the lockdown/stay at home order?! Am I reading that incorrectly? That would have been my very first go to. Not safe - good luck!


  • #321
    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 957 ✭✭✭80j2lc5y7u6qs9


    con___manx1 wrote: »
    If the journey to work wasn't far then that's OK. I wouldn't ask for money either.
    I had a situation before of bringing someone over 50 k to work and the dirty bastard was trying not to pay me. I told him money or walk �� he was a non driver. I pay 40 a week for fuel roughly to and from work. That's 2000 euro a year roughly.
    what did he say and did it affect your friendship how you got on after on the trips?


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  • #322
    seagull
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭seagull


    I think it's one of those things where you wouldn't necessarily ask for money, but you'd certainly expect the person getting the lift to make an offer every so often to buy petrol, or that they would be buying your drinks if you ever socialise together. That's assuming that giving them a lift isn't taking you out your way.


  • #323
    I Am Nobody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 726 ✭✭✭I Am Nobody


    Put a sign up in the car stating "Ass,grass,or gas no ride is for free"


  • #324
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,792 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    OP has only posted twice in total (including the 1st post) in this thread... I don't think he has posted at all in the intervening 3wks or so - Maybe there was a confrontation :eek:

    Thoughts and Prayers :)


  • #325
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,027 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    The OP shouldn't be paid as there is no inconvenience to him, however the passenger should be paying for the convenience of a lift!


  • #326
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Deleted User wrote: »
    OP has only posted twice in total (including the 1st post) in this thread... I don't think he has posted at all in the intervening 3wks or so - Maybe there was a confrontation :eek:

    Thoughts and Prayers :)

    Hard to believe this thread is still going.

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #327
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,792 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Feisar wrote: »
    Hard to believe this thread is still going.

    I guess it's a case of 'Slipping through the cracks' :D

    Happens :pac:


  • #328
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭Feisar


    GreeBo wrote: »
    The OP shouldn't be paid as there is no inconvenience to him, however the passenger should be paying for the convenience of a lift!

    I'd a situation like this years ago, I wasn't driving at the time and my mate was in a house share with me. We worked in the same place so he drove. Friday night take away was on me.

    First they came for the socialists...



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