To think she should have not taken this job if she can't make her own way there?

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I know someone on FB who has recently gotten a new job - her old job was close to her house and she walked to work. New job is 5/6 miles away.

New job will involve working weekends and late nights, we live in a rural area so a lot of the roads are not really suitable for walking on, especially at night (narrow winding lanes, no streetlights, no pavements, etc). Public transport is not good and non existent on Sunday's/ after 10pm. She does not drive.

Every day so far this week she has posted on FB asking her friends for lifts to work - Aibu to think she shouldn't have taken this job if she has to rely on other people to get her to work? One of her friends actually responded that there was a bus that went to said destination but she responded "I know but it's easier to get a lift "!

Aibu to think she is being a bit cheeky expecting people to give her lifts to work every day? If it was as a one off then fair enough but constant lifts seem a bit much.

A one-off, I might offer a lift for, but she knows she has adequate bus transport, so definitely cheeky. I agree she shouldn't have taken the job without being certain she could get herself there.

Tell her u have seen some cycles on Gumtree for sale!!

I'd ignore it. She's clearly an p* taking idiot.

In answer to your question why not take the job she clearly has other people running around after her. But YANBU to think she's cheeky. Why exactly are you friends with her?

Of course she is cheeky. But just dont offer!

I haven't offered, I don't have a car so it's not directed at me but I just think it's cheeky!

She did it again yesterday, sent a message at 10pm asking for a lift home :/

People will get tired of this very quickly and she'll come unstuck. Big time.

I just wonder what she would do if no one offered a lift! At that time of night she wouldn't be able to get a bus and would be stuck with a pretty dodgy 5/6 mile walk home.

Is it the same people offering a life each time? They'll soon get fed up!

She would probably have to get a taxi home but a lift would be so much cheaper for her. People like this piss me off.

Suggest she sets up a gofundme page for lessons and a car

I can't see this job lasting very long!

Maybe she is learning to drive with the expectation that the need for lifts is only short term? It's a bit of a risk if that is the case, and a bit of a cheek of her to expect all and sundry to deliver her there and back to work.

There's a woman who keeps posting on our local fb page asking stuff like "anyone going to Tesco today? I need x/y/z". Cheeky cahhhh Not even a please.

She definitely isn't learning to drive yet!

She won't need to if all her friends play taxi

YANBU. I don't drive and I cringe when other non-drivers wheedle to be driven places. Adults need to take responsibility for getting themselves around. I sometimes accept lifts when they're offered (my friends are v generous about it actually and I feel quite uncomfortable that I can't reciprocate) but I would never expect or count on it to get me somewhere. If there was a bus I could get, I'd be embarrassed to have someone drive me!

Sorry but she is not a friend just someone you know on Facebook ..so presumably you don't actually know her reasons for changing jobs, furthermore you don't drive either so she won't be asking you for lifts .

Why are you motivated enough to open a thread about something that doesn't impact on you in any way whatsoever ?

Me too mellowfartfulness. They give those of us who don't drive but take responsibility for getting ourselves around and don't expect lifts a bad name!

Asking on FB late at night, when she knows that someone will give in and collect her out of concern for her safety, is especially manipulative.

I wonder if she was in a position where she had no choice but to take the job? You know how the job centre can make you apply for all sorts of impractical or unsuitable jobs?

Having said that there are few people who are always popping up on my fb feed asking for lifts when they could easily walk or get a taxi. Its really irritating.

Is there a reason she isn't learning to drive or can't drive?

YANBU. People keep offering, so she keeps posting. As soon as people get fed up with it all and stop offering, she'll stop.posting 😊

We've had a new member of staff start recently who is moaning that she lives such a long distance away!

As if our building has mysteriously upped sticks and moved itself 10 miles further away

How will she get there if the lifts dry up ?

She needs to get a bike (I live in an area where EVERYONE has a bike, so maybe I'm biased). Maybe the job is a step up for her, and she's going to use the extra cash to learn to drive and buy a car, so this is just a short-term thing?)