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We all know that a favor is rarely just a favor. They have a way of snowballing into an expectation if the right guardrails aren’t put in place.

One employee had no idea the mistake she was making when she offered a coworker a ride home after a shift.

Before she knew it, that one kind act slowly expanded into a standing expectation of rides to and from work, even on her day off.

The final straw came when she learned her boss had been volunteering her for these rides without her consent.

Now she’s beginning to wonder how much more she can take.

Keep reading for the full story.

My boss has been relying on me picking up one of my coworkers and I don’t know how to tell him I don’t want to do that anymore

This is a part time job at a fast food restaurant that happens to only be 5 minutes away from my house.

One of my coworkers couldn’t get home one night, so I offered to drive.

This soon moved beyond just a one-time favor.

On my day off, she texted asking I give her a ride home, so I drove in to work, drove her home, and back to my place.

However, she has started asking for rides on all her shifts, regardless of if I have the day off or not.

A couple of days ago, I gave her another ride, and she mentioned I missed a call from her at 9am.

Then their boss started getting involved, which made things even more awkward.

She told me the manager asked her to come in, and when she said she couldn’t and that she didn’t have a ride, he told her to just call me.

This really just rubbed me the wrong way. It was my day off, and it’s not like I get paid to do this, and it takes an hour out of my day.

My coworker sends me $10 for gas, which is kind, but I really just don’t want to do this anymore.

How should I approach this topic with him? Any advice is greatly appreciated, thank you.

This is a textbook example of how a good deed can come back to bite.

What did Reddit make of this?

This redditor thinks being direct is the best way to go.

This user provides a potential script.

Sometimes you don’t owe someone an explanation.

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It’s worth being honest with her boss too.

Helping a coworker out once is generous, but getting looped into a boss’ own scheduling shortcut is just plain exploitation.

It’s sad that her coworker doesn’t have a dependable ride to work, but at the end of the day, that problem shouldn’t be her responsibility to fix,

Even the most kind people have their limits.