Amy M., free ride no more
The next time your regular ride leaves you hanging and you call me for a ride to work, you are going to be shit out of luck.
I don’t care if you don’t have the sick time or vacation days to cover the absence, or if you are on your final final written warning. We work at the same place and I assume make about the same amount of money. We live in the same neighborhood, so I assume you pay about the same in rent. But somehow, somehow I manage to be a real grownup and budget for transportation.
I would feel differently if your freeloading ass had a car and you wanted to carpool to save the planet. Or, while we’re at it, if you would compensate me at least as much as you do the Central Ohio Transit Authority when you get your ride from them.
The ride to work must be considerably more comfortable and considerably less time consuming in my car than on the bus, but somehow you can’t even muster up a sincere “Thank you.”
So next time, sorry, I don’t think I have the time to swing by and pick you up.
Rantasaurus Says: Next time, give him my number. Funny, a person rarely realizes how fast they can run until I start chasing them.
Set up a meter and charge that bastard next time he weasels a ride out of you. Also, engage your child locks, make him sit in the back, and don’t let him out until he pays you.
Or something.
p.s. I hate freeloaders, too.
Next time he calls be like ’sure I can pick you up, but I’m gonna need $20 for gas”
Watch how fast he stops calling.