Woman mocks coworker’s junky car, he refuses to give her a ride and she’s forced to pay for expensive Uber: “I wouldn’t want to subject you to my embarrassing junkyard car”

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    AITA for refusing to give my coworker a ride after she kept making fun of my car?

    "Why should I go out of my way for someone?" PRINTING CONTRACTOR
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    So I (34M) have this older car, nothing fancy but it runs fine and gets me where I need to go. I take care of it, do regular maintenance, and honestly, I don't see the point in spending money on a new car when this one works perfectly fine. The only thing is, it's a little... well- loved. Some faded paint, a few scratches, but nothing major.
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    Enter my coworker, Liana (28F). She's made little comments here and there about my car, calling it vintage in a way that doesn't sound like a compliment, joking that it looks like it belongs in a junkyard, and once even asking if I was saving up for a real car. I usually just ignore it because whatever, some people are just like that.
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    Last week, she had car trouble and asked around the office if anyone could give her a ride home. I was literally the only one going in her direction, so she asked me. I just shrugged and said, sorry, but I wouldn't want to subject her to my embarrassing junkyard car. She got all flustered and said she was just
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    joking before, and she didn't actually think my car was that bad. I just said, nah, I'd hate to ruin your reputation by having you seen in it.
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    She ended up getting an Uber, and later a mutual coworker told me I was being petty and should've just let it go. But I don't know, why should I go out of my way to help someone who constantly makes fun of something that's literally none of her business? I'm not TAH here am I? ☹
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    Biglrondude • 8h ago I learned a long time ago when I was giving a coworker a ride home and we got in a wreck and he ended up suing me. That was the last time I gave anybody a ride home. Now I just say sorry I'm not an Uber. Hate to be a ...., but I'm limiting my liability.
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    • NotYourCantaloupe48 8h ago NTA. You handled it well. She had an Uber. Some people don't even have that choice. Perhaps, just maybe, she learned something that will adjust her critical attitude going forward. People in Ubers shouldn't throw shade. Or something like that.
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    Resident_Pantologist • 8h ago NTA- people think it's funny to spew their dumb opinions at will and don't care about the consequences because there never are any― until there are) Good. You did right by yourself, keep doing that! Maybe she'll learn something from it.
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    gastropod43 • 8h ago NTA Perhaps she has learned a lesson.
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    MuttFett • 8h ago Petty? Yeah. Warranted? Oh absolutely. NTA
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    Howwouldiknow1492 8h ago People who make comments like that and call them "funny" or "not being serious" really me off. They are being deliberately critical to make themselves sound superior. F 'em.
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    Front Rip4064 • 8h ago NTA. "Jokes" that punch down aren't funny, they're buying, and maybe now she'll learn to keep her trap shut.
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    supvsvcmi2 ⚫8h ago NTA. She was petty about your car's appearance. You can be petty about your car and who rides in it.
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    BAR123587h ago NTA You don't have to share a tiny personal space, that you paid for, with an ungrateful judgmental a.
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    Liability, and flu season aside, my car is where I unwind, so I can be what I need to be when I get home. I could not do that with a j in my car. My family deserves better.
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    inkslingerben • 8h ago NTA Karma came back to bite her. Disrespecting your car is disrespecting you. As the saying goes if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all.
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    Pavica Malic • 7h ago NTA. I had a similar experience in college with a friend of a friend making fun of the color of my car (bright fluorescent green), calling it the Kermit-mobile, the antithesis of cool, etc. Then he needed a ride. Nope.
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    Srvntgrrl_789 8h ago NTA. But if she asks again, tell her she can pay you the same as what she'd pay Uber.:)
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    • Difficult-Shoe-9810 8h ago NTA sounds like your car was in better shape than hers!
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    DrKiddman ⚫8h ago NTA. She got what she deserved.

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