'My coworker should have defended me': Employee forced to pay coworker's boyfriend $20 for a ride after coworker had been carpooling with employee for free

Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor

Jun 26, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

There are so many things this coworker could have done to avoid these consequences. Apparently, she had been getting a free ride to work with this Redditor for over a year, and this didn't seem to bother OP because it was on their way to work. Still, a very generous offer that in and of itself is worthy of some real gratitude.

When the Redditor's car needed to go to the shop, the coworker was informed that they wouldn't be able to use the employee's car on Monday and Tuesday of that week. First, the Redditor said they would find their own ride, but the coworker explained that since her boyfriend was off work that week, he could drive them both to the office. This is where things started to take a turn.

The boyfriend requested $20 from OP for those two days of carpooling. Perhaps he didn't know just how much OP had done for his girlfriend, but even if he didn't, this wasn't an offer worth accepting. OP declined and when the coworker asked about using OP's car again once it was fixed, OP decided to request some money for carpooling as well. It's called reciprocity after all!

The coworker got upset about it, clearly not seeing the hypocrisy in her behavior. Still, the fact that she couldn't confront her boyfriend about the $20 or even pay that amount herself since it was the least she can do says all we need to know about the health of this relationship. Not only do we hope she has a hard time finding transportation to work, but we also hope that this coworker will start to see that her relationship with her boyfriend is insanely backward.

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