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That's a weird comment on his part, but I think there is often a large mismatch between the cost that a carless person assigns to "bumming a ride" and the cost
by lawnchair_larry 9y ago
That's a weird comment on his part, but I think there is often a large mismatch between the cost that a carless person assigns to "bumming a ride" and the cost that the car owner assigns to that. If you are not a car owner, you may not realize how much of a pain in the ass it is to stop whatever you are doing and play taxi.
- bb611 9y agoThe solution seems simple: "I can't, I'm busy right now." That's what people say when someone asks them to do something they don't want to, or where the cost outweighs the benefit.
- sethrin 9y agoHe believed that money was God's way of showing favor, and somehow that worked out to, "Anything I do to get money is okay." He ended up appropriating most of my possessions. This was of course the first and last time I asked for a lift from that guy, so if you like you can consider him to have appropriately valued his time and effort. However, not mentioning that until we were in the car and driving was frankly extortionate. As I recall, he did back down on the charge rather than pull over, but it provided an extremely sharp life lesson.
- lawnchair_larry 9y agoYeah, the two choices are either provide a free ride or don't provide one at all. Billing people for rides is bizarre behavior.