“Since my car is in the shop, would you be able to give me a lift to work tomorrow?” I asked my coworker who lives a few blocks from me in my same neighborhood.
“Sure, I’d be happy to,” he said, “and I can pick you up at 8:15 if that works for you.”
“Actually, I have an early meeting with my team. It’s scheduled for 7:00 so if you could pick me up at 6:30, that would be great,” I said.
“Perhaps you can either reschedule your early morning meeting for a later time or to another day when your car is back from the shop,” he suggested.
“As much as I appreciate your suggestion, neighbor, I cannot reschedule the meeting as there are people flying in from all around the globe,” I answered.
“Well, neighbor,” he said a bit sarcastically, “I don’t think I’m available to give you a lift to work tomorrow at 6:30 am, but the best I can do, at my own expense, is to secure for you a ride to the office with the Lyft car service or with an Uber if you’d prefer.”
Written for the Sunday Six Sentence Story prompt from Girlie on the Edge. The prompt word is “lift.”
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It was quite unreasonable of him to ask his neighbor to wake up 1.30 hours early just to drop him at the office. 😅
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His neighbor certainly thought so.
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😂
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There are many ways to get to work when the car breaks down.
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Indeed there are.
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It was generous of the neighbor to offer Lyft. Hopefully, the first-person speaker caught on.
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Asking a favor is one thing, asking to alter your schedule more than an hour and a half is a bit much. Good story!
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A ride, yes. On your schedule which is quite different from mine? Sorry.
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Best take care of that early-morning transport yourself, sez me! Don’t trust that neighbor, not for one minute. 😂
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