How much should a colleague pay to have a car share journey to work?

Spiderjonifer

I have been in a similar situation with giving lifts.

What started as an informal arrangement soon became a massive albatros.

Situation new work collegue moves close by. Seen a bus stop given a lift becomes a regualr arrangement. Pays 50 p a day. Jurney about 15 miles sort of going in that direction not a major issue.

College starts chatting to mates and before I know it I have 4 adults expecting lifts and to be ferried to work for 50 p a day. Get very silly as their hours change and coild I hang on a bit up to an hour or more.

Then could I drop them all off different places as they need to do things. Petrol starts to go up, ask for more money, the passengers could not possible afford it. State pay up or dont bother. Things get very nasty as I am taking money from their megre budgets. They all earn 18 k plus. All have a very hectic social life.

The vastly extortianate price of £5 contribution for a trip to work from 4 people pays for the petrol just. This is not paid, never paid or promised to be paid.

My solution was to dare to move to a different area and leave them to find their own way to work costs them £16.80 for a travel pass. I now dont give lifts as it is too much hassle. I do wave when I see them at the metro stop, they still look hopeful as I drive past.

So it is never simple because some people are too selfish and take liberties.

inspector_monkfish

Spiderjonifer wrote: »

I have been in a similar situation with giving lifts.

What started as an informal arrangement soon became a massive albatros.

Situation new work collegue moves close by. Seen a bus stop given a lift becomes a regualr arrangement. Pays 50 p a day. Jurney about 15 miles sort of going in that direction not a major issue.

College starts chatting to mates and before I know it I have 4 adults expecting lifts and to be ferried to work for 50 p a day. Get very silly as their hours change and coild I hang on a bit up to an hour or more.

Then could I drop them all off different places as they need to do things. Petrol starts to go up, ask for more money, the passengers could not possible afford it. State pay up or dont bother. Things get very nasty as I am taking money from their megre budgets. They all earn 18 k plus. All have a very hectic social life.

The vastly extortianate price of £5 contribution for a trip to work from 4 people pays for the petrol just. This is not paid, never paid or promised to be paid.

My solution was to dare to move to a different area and leave them to find their own way to work costs them £16.80 for a travel pass. I now dont give lifts as it is too much hassle. I do wave when I see them at the metro stop, they still look hopeful as I drive past.

So it is never simple because some people are too selfish and take liberties.

:rotfl: :rotfl: don't wave, give them the finger instead :rotfl:

APV1

It's a little like going to a restaurant, when everyone says, "We'll split the bill equally at the end, regardles of what we all have!". It always gets messy when one person says, "I didn't have..." or, "But he had..." and doesn't want to pay their full share. They need to live a little and worry less!

These car share arrangements either have to be very formal - with an absolute agreement made in advance - or between GOOD friends, who will not take liberties and be fair to each other. The issues seem to have arisen here because the individuals were too close for a formal agreement, but not close enough to care if they were taking liberties and advantage of another person's good nature.

Anyone else wondering what the actual arrangement is? It's high time we got the answer...!

inspector_monkfish

APV1 wrote: »

It's a little like going to a restaurant, when everyone says, "We'll split the bill equally at the end, regardles of what we all have!". It always gets messy when one person says, "I didn't have..." or, "But he had..." and doesn't want to pay their full share. They need to live a little and worry less!

These car share arrangements either have to be very formal - with an absolute agreement made in advance - or between GOOD friends, who will not take liberties and be fair to each other. The issues seem to have arisen here because the individuals were too close for a formal agreement, but not close enough to care if they were taking liberties and advantage of another person's good nature.

Anyone else wondering what the actual arrangement is? It's high time we got the answer...!

Thats exactly why its GOT to be women !!

Blokes just divvy it up and pay more than they actually need to - women always argue over who had what, and how much they should pay;) !!

sleepy

I think, for that distance £100 a month / £25 a week sounds about right. It's saving loads over the price of any alternative.

neilbond007

Spiderjonifer wrote: »

I have been in a similar situation with giving lifts.

What started as an informal arrangement soon became a massive albatros.

Situation new work collegue moves close by. Seen a bus stop given a lift becomes a regualr arrangement. Pays 50 p a day. Jurney about 15 miles sort of going in that direction not a major issue.

College starts chatting to mates and before I know it I have 4 adults expecting lifts and to be ferried to work for 50 p a day. Get very silly as their hours change and coild I hang on a bit up to an hour or more.

Then could I drop them all off different places as they need to do things. Petrol starts to go up, ask for more money, the passengers could not possible afford it. State pay up or dont bother. Things get very nasty as I am taking money from their megre budgets. They all earn 18 k plus. All have a very hectic social life.

The vastly extortianate price of £5 contribution for a trip to work from 4 people pays for the petrol just. This is not paid, never paid or promised to be paid.

My solution was to dare to move to a different area and leave them to find their own way to work costs them £16.80 for a travel pass. I now dont give lifts as it is too much hassle. I do wave when I see them at the metro stop, they still look hopeful as I drive past.

So it is never simple because some people are too selfish and take liberties.

50p a day eh... where do you live? and can i have your number?

APV1

WHAT'S THE ANSWER..?!

lauraaurora

Only posting so I can remember where this thread is... Want to know the answer too!
I used to give a colleague a lift to work. I drove directly past her door, but she was on the wrong side for the morning journey. So she waited outside the petrol station on the right side of the road. Once a week she'd buy me a cappuccino from the Wild Bean Cafe as my reward for driving her.
I was going that way anyway, it saved two people driving, and I was further away. Why would I ask for any money at all?!

neilbond007

I have a story about a colleague that used to give me a lift to work.
I used to go by bus but by chance I saw the colleague drive by one day. He very kindly offered to pick me up. This happened more and more regularly and in the end we can to an agreement that he would stop by each day.
Now, as I was new, I was on such a low salary (rumours were flying around of £18k+.. I wish!) and could afford to give him very little. So we agreed on 50p a day. With my newly acquired paper round this was a sum I could just about manage (IF I also did the Sunday morning run - double money for the thicker Sundays you see).
We were both happy with this arrangement.
We'd spend many happy minutes talking about the previous nights TV and how my paper round was going. The journeys simply flew!
During the next few weeks a few of the other lads I knew from the paper round also needed a lift. I asked if, for the same deal, they could also get a lift. My friend was more than happy. He was now better off by £2 a day (a day!!) doing the same journey he'd normally do.
Then, out of nowhere, my "friend" wanted more money. "75p a day or walk" was the choice. 75p! Where was i expected to find the extra? That's a 50% increase overnight... With my hectic social life I was never going to be able to fit in another paper round
As the credit crunch hit the number of newspapers we needed to deliver dwindled. I wasn't too badly hit. But the others had real hardships. They commented that all copies of "Smash Hits" had now cancelled. This was a double blow as they enjoyed reading the latest gossip on "Mental as Anything" as they walked around... anyway, this crunch meant that they were falling behind with the petrol money.
Out of the blue one day we were told that my friend was "moving". oh well, it was great while it lasted. I got myself a travel pass and my friend lost his £3 a day profits.
I still see him from time to time driving past my stop. I wave hoping he'll stop so we can catch up on the latest happenings on "Grange Hill" but he never does. He just waves and carries on by.....

APV1

What is the point of this? People are trying to be helpful and you're making a mockery of their thoughts, comments and advice.