Friends with camper vans needing lifts...

YANBU if she's 15 minutes away from you and she wants a lift there and back that's an hour extra to your journey every time!! Don't know how she's got the nerve, that's a right cheek!
I would have said I can't commit to every week too

Chef's kiss for your 'I noticed' response. Just keep holding up that mirror so they can check out their rampant cheeky fuckery.

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WTF is wrong with you for even asking these things? Of course you're not a taxi, they don't like it, that's on them, not you!

"When I saw the thread title, I thought it was going to be about the kind of people who buy motorhomes for simplicity of travelling on holiday, but then expect the caravanners and campers to give them a lift into town or to the supermarket every day, as it's an enormous faff having to pack everything down and drive there in the moho."

@TheHangingGardensOfBasildon
Have you actually come across this?
I have admit that in all our decades (old, I know☹️) we have never seen or heard it.
We have a moderately large moho but when we want to move to go somewhere it only takes a few minutes to square away anything on the sides, unplug the EHU, wind in the awning and put the wheels on the ground. Anything outside (table, chairs, bikes, rug, dog pen etc stay in situ ready (locked together) for when we get back (never had anything pinched either).

Good for you OP. I would be tempted to say how about you sell the motor home and buy a car and then you can have your classes back again? Wouldn’t that be great

PS Do I understand it right that you are driving for an hour each week to collect and drop her off? (15 min in wrong direction there and back twice)? Not to mention your time. And not a murmur of petrol costs or a thank you gift? Wow!

The bit about the e-bike is spot-on. I have a campervan but bought one small enough to run around in as DH needs our car for work.

If I don't fancy driving the van, I cycle or take the bus.

You are in the right, OP. Stick to your guns. They both sound cheeky and lacking in self awareness, esp the first one. I'd upgrade your 'can't promise anything' to a hard 'no' if she persists.

I'd have been more pissed off about the time than the money. You can always ask her for petrol money but you can't get back that hour of your week that you're giving up to be her chauffeur (assume the lifts are drop and pick up, so half hour round trip each way... that amount of time adds up!).

OP it really, REALLY isn't you that's been Cheeky!

Your response was absolutely PERFECT.

The bloody nerve of her!

Your reply was great, definitely stick to your guns!

"I wish I could give you a lift but the problem is it means wasting £x of my money and half an hour of my time.
What a coincidence, we both have the same problem that we don't want to waste our money, I can't see a solution can you?"

she didn't want to waste money on taxis

But you are happy to tell me to waste my time and money on your behalf, so you can avoid doing this?

This would infuriate me. A class which is nearby and convenient suddenly becomes a far larger undertaking if you're going so far out of your way. It amazes me that the MoHo lady is so lacking in self-awareness.

To me a motorhome (or MoHo as I will call them from henceforth!) is a bigger, less wieldy beast than a campervan. Campervans are smaller and much more usable in every day life. When you buy a 'MoHo' you should be aware they can't be a proper second vehicle if they don't fit in most parking bays, won't go under 2m max headroom barriers and need everything secured before you can move off. I imagine it's just too much hassle for CF #1. Tough doo doo.

Yes, if this is the kind of decision she makes then unfortunately I can see why she doesn't have much dosh to play with.

Anyone else getting this ad 😂?

YANBU. I’d of also pointed out that whilst she’s wanting to not waste money on taxis, fuel isn’t free so it’s costing you more in money and time

I absolutely cannot fathom how entitled someone has to be to expect you to add 30 mins to your journey each time and not when offer any petrol money!

Usually, not wasting money on something you see as frivolous means that you simply do without it - not just find an alternative that somebody can waste their money (and time) on, so that you still get all the same benefits yourself anyway.

I always give lifts, but 15 mins out of the way, I wouldn’t be impressed, especially since there’s never been any petrol money or bunch of flowers. People take the P. My dad (god rest his gentle soul) was such a kind man and became known as ‘Roy’s taxi’s’. People began to take advantage, as usually happens. One neighbour offered to take my parents for a Carvery to say thanks for numerous lifts to the station (30 min round trip). My mum said as my dad had 2 pints of bitter as he wasn’t driving for once, my mum said shall we pay half when the bill came (which was less than £30). Oh yes please came the answer! I even mentioned his nickname in my eulogy, shame that same neighbour had got lost on the way to the crem so didn’t show up! Not that it was an attack on her, but she might have thought oh yes that was me he gave lifts too. He wouldn’t say no, much to my mums anger, but he was a nice person and people take advantage of nice people.

So you are wasting an hour of your evening every week, plus fuel and wear and tear on the car, to facilitate her attending? That would be a big fat no. She needs to tell her husband to organise his life so that she can use her car.

CF

15 minutes in the opposite direction works out as an hour extra per journey doesn't it? So 1hr40 driving time in total per class? Of course you wouldn't do that just for the dubious benefit of her company! How cheeky of her to think it's better to put you out than ask her own husband to use their car or pay for a taxi!

Love your I noticed reply.... nope why should you.. ?