Discussion
Seriously, what the ever-living f
k?
The current Mrs WRXSEi has several friends, now nearing 30, who still don’t/can’t/won’t drive. We’re hosting a dinner for six of them this coming weekend, and we live in the country about 20-minutes’ drive from any of three different train stations.
Naturally, being non-drivers and thus not considering any of the costs/complications of running a car, they have assumed that it’s no bother for both of us to drop what we’re doing and undertake a 40-minute round trip to collect their sorry arses from the nearest station (assuming they can manage to be at the same station at the same time). Taxi? Sorry, what’s one of them?
And they always slam the bloody doors and leave st in the footwells. 
k? The current Mrs WRXSEi has several friends, now nearing 30, who still don’t/can’t/won’t drive. We’re hosting a dinner for six of them this coming weekend, and we live in the country about 20-minutes’ drive from any of three different train stations.
Naturally, being non-drivers and thus not considering any of the costs/complications of running a car, they have assumed that it’s no bother for both of us to drop what we’re doing and undertake a 40-minute round trip to collect their sorry arses from the nearest station (assuming they can manage to be at the same station at the same time). Taxi? Sorry, what’s one of them?
And they always slam the bloody doors and leave s
t in the footwells. Yep, strongly hinting that a cab between 6 people will be very little money (probably less than the round trip in two cars which struggle to muster 25mpg on Super Unleaded) seems to have done the trick. Still, it's the principle which grates.
Anyway, seems like they're getting a cab. Which means I can 'test' the cocktails before they arrive
Anyway, seems like they're getting a cab. Which means I can 'test' the cocktails before they arrive
maxdb said:
I can think of 2 options:
1. Get drunk before hand so they have no choice but to get a taxi!
2. Pick them up then recreate a scene from Colin McRae Rally on the way home so they won't want to get in the car with you again
You need to combine them. Option 2 when picking them up, then option 1 throughout the evening. Making sure to remind them of your heroics while knocking down your drink of choice, hopefully it will induce some minor PTSD 1. Get drunk before hand so they have no choice but to get a taxi!
2. Pick them up then recreate a scene from Colin McRae Rally on the way home so they won't want to get in the car with you again
BenWRXSEi said:
Seriously, what the ever-living fk?
The current Mrs WRXSEi has several friends, now nearing 30, who still don’t/can’t/won’t drive. We’re hosting a dinner for six of them this coming weekend, and we live in the country about 20-minutes’ drive from any of three different train stations.
Naturally, being non-drivers and thus not considering any of the costs/complications of running a car, they have assumed that it’s no bother for both of us to drop what we’re doing and undertake a 40-minute round trip to collect their sorry arses from the nearest station (assuming they can manage to be at the same station at the same time). Taxi? Sorry, what’s one of them?
And they always slam the bloody doors and leave st in the footwells.
Ah - I see the old tradition of courtesy to your guests is alive and well.k? The current Mrs WRXSEi has several friends, now nearing 30, who still don’t/can’t/won’t drive. We’re hosting a dinner for six of them this coming weekend, and we live in the country about 20-minutes’ drive from any of three different train stations.
Naturally, being non-drivers and thus not considering any of the costs/complications of running a car, they have assumed that it’s no bother for both of us to drop what we’re doing and undertake a 40-minute round trip to collect their sorry arses from the nearest station (assuming they can manage to be at the same station at the same time). Taxi? Sorry, what’s one of them?
And they always slam the bloody doors and leave s
t in the footwells. I know a fair few people who don't drive. I think it's weird but that's their choice. However, if I invited them to my place I am very sure that none of them would EXPECT me to come pick them up. I'd probably offer, or give them the number of a good local taxi firm or whatever.
Says more about them as friends than them as non-drivers, IMHO.
Says more about them as friends than them as non-drivers, IMHO.
Mafffew said:
maxdb said:
I can think of 2 options:
1. Get drunk before hand so they have no choice but to get a taxi!
2. Pick them up then recreate a scene from Colin McRae Rally on the way home so they won't want to get in the car with you again
You need to combine them. Option 2 when picking them up, then option 1 throughout the evening. Making sure to remind them of your heroics while knocking down your drink of choice, hopefully it will induce some minor PTSD 1. Get drunk before hand so they have no choice but to get a taxi!
2. Pick them up then recreate a scene from Colin McRae Rally on the way home so they won't want to get in the car with you again
My mid 30's male cousin doesn't drive, he's never learnt, he always worked and lived near a train station, his wife drives though.
My eldest doesn't drive; she's 23, she has had lessons and failed her theory 4 times but she does have this air of not really "wanting" it, if you know what I mean, she says she wants to drive but she just can't seem to be bothered.
Problem is she has a 2 year old and she lives across town from us with her 31 yo boyfriend; he doesn't drive either, he was banned many years ago in a previous life for drink driving and never re-took his test.
Anyway they live across town and have a 2 yo who we look after a couple of times a week so we have to collect him and drop him home which usually entails us dropping her to work and collecting her from work; she may be my daughter but I take umbridge to this as, as long as we are doing this for her then she really has no reason to get her arse into gear to get driving, I try and make a stand to make her life a bit more difficult so that she may think that perhaps it would be easier for her to drive but I have a soft wife!!
It does make me angry sometimes, like the other night when the wife had to collect my daughter and her son from the hospital at 1:30 am, it was nothing serious, the daughter is a worrier and 101 (or whoever the non emergency number is) always play it safe and sent an ambulance as a precaution who in turn took them to the hospital; as a precaution. But they couldn't get home so guess who she turns to, all because she can't be adrsed to get driving. There are other instances too.
My eldest doesn't drive; she's 23, she has had lessons and failed her theory 4 times but she does have this air of not really "wanting" it, if you know what I mean, she says she wants to drive but she just can't seem to be bothered.
Problem is she has a 2 year old and she lives across town from us with her 31 yo boyfriend; he doesn't drive either, he was banned many years ago in a previous life for drink driving and never re-took his test.
Anyway they live across town and have a 2 yo who we look after a couple of times a week so we have to collect him and drop him home which usually entails us dropping her to work and collecting her from work; she may be my daughter but I take umbridge to this as, as long as we are doing this for her then she really has no reason to get her arse into gear to get driving, I try and make a stand to make her life a bit more difficult so that she may think that perhaps it would be easier for her to drive but I have a soft wife!!
It does make me angry sometimes, like the other night when the wife had to collect my daughter and her son from the hospital at 1:30 am, it was nothing serious, the daughter is a worrier and 101 (or whoever the non emergency number is) always play it safe and sent an ambulance as a precaution who in turn took them to the hospital; as a precaution. But they couldn't get home so guess who she turns to, all because she can't be adrsed to get driving. There are other instances too.
Eric Mc said:
BenWRXSEi said:
Seriously, what the ever-living fk?
The current Mrs WRXSEi has several friends, now nearing 30, who still don’t/can’t/won’t drive. We’re hosting a dinner for six of them this coming weekend, and we live in the country about 20-minutes’ drive from any of three different train stations.
Naturally, being non-drivers and thus not considering any of the costs/complications of running a car, they have assumed that it’s no bother for both of us to drop what we’re doing and undertake a 40-minute round trip to collect their sorry arses from the nearest station (assuming they can manage to be at the same station at the same time). Taxi? Sorry, what’s one of them?
And they always slam the bloody doors and leave st in the footwells.
Ah - I see the old tradition of courtesy to your guests is alive and well.k? The current Mrs WRXSEi has several friends, now nearing 30, who still don’t/can’t/won’t drive. We’re hosting a dinner for six of them this coming weekend, and we live in the country about 20-minutes’ drive from any of three different train stations.
Naturally, being non-drivers and thus not considering any of the costs/complications of running a car, they have assumed that it’s no bother for both of us to drop what we’re doing and undertake a 40-minute round trip to collect their sorry arses from the nearest station (assuming they can manage to be at the same station at the same time). Taxi? Sorry, what’s one of them?
And they always slam the bloody doors and leave s
t in the footwells. LeoZwalf said:
I know a fair few people who don't drive. I think it's weird but that's their choice. However, if I invited them to my place I am very sure that none of them would EXPECT me to come pick them up. I'd probably offer, or give them the number of a good local taxi firm or whatever.
Yep, it was the sense of "oh, you've got cars. You can pick us up, right?" which grated on me. Edited by BenWRXSEi on Thursday 29th October 09:07
BenWRXSEi said:
And they always slam the bloody doors and leave st in the footwells.
I hate giving lifts to people for these reasons. I gave my partner and her friend a lift out on evening. Partner got out friend climbed out and nearly took the door off the hinges when she closed it. It nearly took a year to get the other half to not slam the door.t in the footwells. BenWRXSEi said:
Yep, it was the sense of "oh, you've got cars. You can pick us up, right?" which grated on me.
You might like this song - Edited by BenWRXSEi on Thursday 29th October 09:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3tYZfr5iw
My daughter is 26 she cannot drive. She isnt a dummy has a degree and a high powered job but no sense of what it means to drive.
Whjen she was 22 she had some driving lessons after the sixth lesson the instructor asked to see me.
'I have been an instructor for 20 years and I have never known anyone who shouldnt be driving, your daughter is the first'.
'Whats the problem?'
'She has no concept of control of the vehicle, doesnt even understand the purpose of the steering wheel and hope to move it gradually, I have given up and returned my fees to her'.
I thought surely no one can be that bad. after he had gone I told her to get into the driving seat, i would see what the problem was.
'In your own time, set off and go down into the village, about a mile away and pull up outside the newsagents'.
She was overly cautious with the indicators and looking over her shoulder but ok, better that way than reckless.
As we approached the Newsgaents she seemed to be going a little fast.
'Help, there is something wrong with the brakes, the pedal wont move'
I pulled on the handbrake, the car came to a halt in the middle of the road.
I thought it had stalled but there were no lights on the panel.
'Did you start the engine?'
'No you didnt tell me to, I just set off to the newsagents as you asked.'
A classic non driver.
Whjen she was 22 she had some driving lessons after the sixth lesson the instructor asked to see me.
'I have been an instructor for 20 years and I have never known anyone who shouldnt be driving, your daughter is the first'.
'Whats the problem?'
'She has no concept of control of the vehicle, doesnt even understand the purpose of the steering wheel and hope to move it gradually, I have given up and returned my fees to her'.
I thought surely no one can be that bad. after he had gone I told her to get into the driving seat, i would see what the problem was.
'In your own time, set off and go down into the village, about a mile away and pull up outside the newsagents'.
She was overly cautious with the indicators and looking over her shoulder but ok, better that way than reckless.
As we approached the Newsgaents she seemed to be going a little fast.
'Help, there is something wrong with the brakes, the pedal wont move'
I pulled on the handbrake, the car came to a halt in the middle of the road.
I thought it had stalled but there were no lights on the panel.
'Did you start the engine?'
'No you didnt tell me to, I just set off to the newsagents as you asked.'
A classic non driver.
LeoZwalf said:
I know a fair few people who don't drive. I think it's weird but that's their choice. However, if I invited them to my place I am very sure that none of them would EXPECT me to come pick them up. I'd probably offer, or give them the number of a good local taxi firm or whatever.
Says more about them as friends than them as non-drivers, IMHO.
My wife doesn't drive, and has been getting around by a mix of public transport, walking, and taxis for many decades. Without expecting people to go out of their way for her.Says more about them as friends than them as non-drivers, IMHO.
We still find things to talk about
Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff