Splitting the Costs

A friend of a friend who can't drive due to a disability, always leaves a wee bagful of loose change and trolley coins in the car when getting a lift. This seems very acceptable to me.

When my friend picks me up I don’t ask if I can contribute I just put £20 in the central console and she can decide what she wants to do with it, it saves the arguing.

I have an ex friend who was loaded through inheritance and every time we went out for lunch she wanted me to go halves. She would order surf and turf and drink champagne and I ordered a vegetarian salad and drank water. After a couple of occasions I started to take just the right amount of cash to pay for my £10 meal and no cards. She tried her stunt again for her £25 share and did not have enough money so had to pay for her meal using her card, which surprisingly she did have on her.

Grannyy23 that's a very nice practical gesture.

Cabbie21

These days so many car parks want you to input your car registration number, or use an app, so it is simpler for the car owner to see to this. Many machines only take cards, and in general, it is harder to get cash. So other ways of thanking drivers are useful eg paying for their meal. But motoring is costly, and if you are using someone’s willingness to drive, a financial recompense is due. Just need to find the best way to do it, and drivers not to be taken for granted.

When this thread started several years ago, cash payment may have been the norm.

Gosh this is why I choose not to have many friends it's always take take take. You soon know who your real friends are

JackyB

Cabbie21

These days so many car parks want you to input your car registration number, or use an app, so it is simpler for the car owner to see to this. Many machines only take cards, and in general, it is harder to get cash. So other ways of thanking drivers are useful eg paying for their meal. But motoring is costly, and if you are using someone’s willingness to drive, a financial recompense is due. Just need to find the best way to do it, and drivers not to be taken for granted.

When this thread started several years ago, cash payment may have been the norm.

Even more so now in November 2024
Do people troll through the threads to see if there’s something they can comment on🤷‍♀️

Such an old OP! Our L’il Miss had just been born …. And she’s in junior school now.

That said, it’s nice to scroll down ‘memory lane’ and see the names of posters who used to be regulars. 👋