Um, I’ll Let You Know…Things People Say Just to Be Polite
2. Do you need a ride?
I have issues with being lost or stranded so I always nominate myself as chauffeur when I’m out with friends to make sure everyone gets home safely. But the other day an intern who was perfectly happy with taking two buses to get to our office asked me to give her a ride two blocks away from a site we were visiting, and I had to reassess my willingness to give. It wasn’t raining or bad weather and the ride would have taken me further from my destination. There is nothing wrong with telling someone to be careful riding the train, especially when they aren’t giving up any gas money. Better that than you huffing and puffing behind the wheel because you’re now driving 20 minutes out of your way to somewhere they probably could have gotten to faster on their own two feet.
