Doing some work for a friend - would you ask for petrol money?

[Yankydoodledandy]

Have arranged to do an hours work for a friend - making up a very small buffet and delivering to a venue for him whilst he's on holiday.

He has said he will pay be for the hours work. Should I ask for petrol money as well as that's not been mentioned!!!!

6 miles? No, I absolutely wouldn’t charge anyone for driving 6 miles ever 😱

Charge your hourly rate for the traveling time. That should cover your petrol.

EIGHT POUNDS? That's not even minimum wage.

That is very poor payment. I can see now why you were asking about petrol money. Round your price up to at least £12 and be firm that you can't do it for less

Don't do it full stop. Even if the food is costing you a fiver, it's not worth your time for £3 even id he does pay patrol. KMT

Yes, this is standard.

This sounds a very cheeky request to me, OP - especially with the rise in food costs and in fuel costs. Has he heard of those? 🌹

Please tell me you forgot to type the zero

Who is paying for the food?

£8???
He's not your friend. He's a CF!

Bloody hell, he's taking the piss
That's not nearly enough

What’s he paying eight pounds for exactly op?

I was going to say no until you said he's only paying you £8 for an hours work. I assume he's covering the cost of the buffet ingredients?? He's taking the p*ss, have you seen how much caterers charge for delivered buffets?? Even the ones that include trays of shop bought cake and pastries cut into pieces are a small fortune.

In total?
i hope not

Unless the 'buffet' is a few ready made sandwiches and other bits that he's paying for and having delivered to your house and all you have to do is arrange it on a serving platter and deliver it to him, £8 is an absolute piss take.

Why would you bother for such a tiny amount of money and why can't he just arrange for something to be delivered by Just Eat or similar?

Even if he’d done all the planning and shopping and all you were doing was spending the hours delivering the items to the venue and putting preñase things on plates, £8 woukd be massively underpaid.

I bet that hour goes t include your planning time, your time in shopping for ingredients, enough time to make everything, your time (not just your petrol, in delivering to the venue.
Are you expected to hang around and clear up afterwards?
Even if everything is on paper plates they still need clearing up. If on non-disposables, everything needs washing up and putting away.

Who came up with the figure of £8?

Blood phone “pre made”

and
”I bet the hour doesn’t include…”

Why did your 'friend' ask you to do this and why did you say yes do you describe it as 'work'?

Are you a caterer? If so, you must have a minimum order amount, standard price per head and delivery charge?

I wouldn't charge petrol money for such a short distance but I wouldn't do this 'work' unless it was worth my while, which would mean covering all the cost of the food and vehicle use plus time for planning, buying and arranging the food, delivery and clearing up afterwards at NMW as a minimum.

The person who asked if there was a zero missing from the £8 is probably in the right ball park. It's not going to be worth the while of any caterer to take on such a small job without a decent minimum price.

You need to give your friend a price that reflects everything you are providing and doing. Please reassure me that the miserly £8 doesn't include food...otherwise I would be reassessing the friendship.

It is miserly but hard to go back on if it’s been agreed.