Dear Queenie,
My next door neighbor has a part-time job (just a couple of days a week) at an office next to where I work, so on the days they work they also drive me to work, because I don’t have a driver’s license.
I work full-time (five days a week) and on the days my neighbor doesn’t work one of the people I work with picks me up on their way to work and takes me home at the end of the day, and I pay them for doing it because they have to go out of their way for me, but I don’t pay my neighbor because they don’t have to go out of their way for me.
Recently when we had to stop for gas my neighbor asked me to help pay for the gas.
Queenie, is this fair? It’s not as if taking me to work costs them anything extra and I’m on a tight budget.—Car pool Etty Ket
Dear Etty Ket,
Your neighbour is doing you a favour and if they stop you will have to make other arrangements which probably will cost you a lot more than the gas money they asked you for. Ask your neighbour how much they want you to pay and if it is more than you can afford try to work out a compromise.
