To tell my friend I can't give her a lift?

[thevengabus]

I'm going out for a meal with my friend tomorrow.
It's about a 25 min drive away.
My friend doesn't drive.
I have to drive past her house but with this covid situation,it's probably not a good idea to give her a lift.
Aibu to tell her I can't give her a lift ?
And that she will need to get the bus or taxi

Does your car have a sunroof? Maybe she could stand up with the top half of her body sticking out as you drive along?

What's the difference between sitting opposite each other in a restaurant and next to each other in a car?

It’s questions like this that makes it clear people just don’t understand the situation. No wonder we are still seeing spikes.

@Pobblebonk

How many restaurant tables are two metres wide?

I'm not saying they are, I'm saying the air in the room is a factor. Especially the. viral load presumably.

You said all that matters was table size. I disagree.

@Bananarama101

Does your car have a sunroof? Maybe she could stand up with the top half of her body sticking out as you drive along?

This would be fine do long as you wipe down the touchpoints

I hope she cancels on you for being such a shit friend. Absolutely ridiculous

Yep this.

Does your car have a sunroof? Maybe she could stand up with the top half of her body sticking out as you drive along?

Here is you solution right here!!!

Nanny state alert 🚨

Theres more risk in her getting a bus or a taxi than you giving her a lift

errr....proof? Stats? Science?

@Soubriquet

I swear more and more people are losing their common sense

You will go out and have a meal with her but won’t give her a lift...even though you are driving right by her house?

Jesus Christ

This! Peak-Covid. FFS.

FGS You’re going to breathe while you eat, closely beside each other.

Stay at home and cancel

I’m fed up with people this evening

Give her a lift!!

You’re at less risk sitting side by side in a car than you will be in the restaurant facing each other. Have the car windows open for ventilation if it makes you feel better.

@MintyMabel

What's the difference between sitting opposite each other in a restaurant and next to each other in a car?

It’s questions like this that makes it clear people just don’t understand the situation. No wonder we are still seeing spikes.

Then please explain what the difference is. Is it because the car is even more of an enclosed space than the restaurant? Couldn't the OP just open the windows?

I’m fed up with people this evening

Yeah me too. In fact I am so completely and utterly fed up with this whole COVID thing because of the way people are behaving. You've got people playing at being the mask-police; people claiming to have superior knowledge and implying that others are stupid because they don't understand certain aspects of the rules; increasing aggression from people with polarized viewpoints; conspiracy theories... it's just relentless.

Just give your friend a lift for goodness sake or cancel the whole meal out if you are that concerned.

Offs , put some sanitiser in the car Ask her to use it as soon as she gets in , and both wear a mask for the journey . Done !

Ask her to sit in the back and wear a mask

I’m giving a lift to a friend A to take her to a second friend B’s house for coffee and cake in her garden next week.

My friend A doesn’t drive and lives in completely the opposite direction to host’s B’s house but I think it’s the right thing to do when you’re a friend and you don’t live in a Covid hotspot.

We’ll both wear face masks in the car and the windows will be open.

@fwwaftp I could not agree more

@SpookyNoise

You’re at less risk sitting side by side in a car than you will be in the restaurant facing each other. Have the car windows open for ventilation if it makes you feel better.

This is not correct.

I would give a friend a lift under the circumstances you describe.

Though three days ago I was asked to give a friend's child and partner (both adults, one with no health issues the other with some) a lift to a holiday cottage which would involve (one way) 120 miles. And a probable return trip too.I declined, not least because they are both capable of taking the train and also because although I am very fond of friends child I cannot bear their partner and the thought of several hours in their close company is more than I can face. Friend can't take as dog, other children and luggage would fill their car.

I'm afraid I used Covid as my reason .[embarrassed]

@fwwaftp

There are three ways to catch covid:

1. Someone sneezing or coughing a droplet onto you
2. The virus being exhaled into the air and you breathing it in
3. Touching a surface that has virus on it and then touching your face

The car is worse for all three than the restaurant imo, unless you choose to sit very close together in the restaurant.

Cars are confined spaces. Confined spaces ae a bad idea.

SissySpacekAteMyHamster

Get her to sit in the back, masked up with windows open.

I did this when my friend gave me a lift last week. My friend wore a mask too.

I feel like a lot of people are using "because Covid" as a handy way of getting out of things they don't want to do

Masks, back windows open, sitting in the back. Unless she works in a customer facing role/NHS the risk is very minimal. If you're that bothered, why even go to a meet up?

Just give your friend a lift for goodness sake or cancel the whole meal out if you are that concerned

Don't understand why people object to following guidelines, go for a meal but not share a car.

@JinglingHellsBells

Theres more risk in her getting a bus or a taxi than you giving her a lift

errr....proof? Stats? Science?

Lol don't need proof just common sense. If you're spending time with the friend anyway and u have the virus they've already caught it from you at the meal. What would be the point of risking exposing to someone else who may or may not have the virus if they've already been exposed to you. Seriously, it's common sense. I think this has gone out the window in covid times

*The taxi I went in didn't have a screen?

Then ask for a taxi with a screen*

Private hire/Uber don't have screens. Black cabs are limited to cities so lots of people with no other option