If you live near a coworker and they don’t have a car, does that automatically mean you have to drive them home?

That’s the question in today’s story, where one employee is sick of driving coworkers home from work.

Let’s see how the story unfolds…

AITA for lying to my coworkers that I moved far away so I wouldn’t have to give them a ride home anymore?

I work at a restaurant/diner near my University campus and the majority of my coworkers are international students without a car.

Those being our cooks, while the three other servers have cars.

I started a year ago, and ever since I got my car, they’ve been non stop asking for rides home when we close the store at around 10:30 PM.

It’ll be 1-2 people per ride every time and they used to ask hours in advance before we clocked out and were ready to go home.

His coworkers seem to expect rides home.

I would reluctantly agree because I have a “keyholder like” position and I have to stay and lock up the store and set the alarm and watch everyone leave.

It’s either we clock out in time after they ask me for a ride home or we’re waiting about 20 minutes past close for some ride they called.

Over time I thought this would go away, but our boss continues to hire more and more international students without a car.

And I think the others tell them I give rides and it’s become “expected of me” from the coworkers, to the point they won’t even ask me for a ride until we clocked out and I thought their other ride was here because they didn’t mention it AT ALL to me.

The coworkers never even offer gas money.

PSA NOBODY has ever offered me gas money or any compensation for driving them home.

Even if it’s on MY way home, it’s still gas, time, and I have to force conversation when I’m extremely tired.

One of our other servers mentioned they probably don’t even understand to give me gas money because they’re from India and they didn’t even know until recently you’re supposed to tip servers and food delivery people.

He lied to his coworker.

But a few weeks ago I went on a three week trip to Japan and I have no idea how these people have been getting home.

First day I come back, me and this other girl clock out and we’re walking to the door and she asks “can you drive me home?”

And I just flat out lied and said I moved forty minutes away and I need to go home.

He still had to drive her home.

She was SHOCKED I said no and started calling everyone she knew and nobody got her.

And then begged me to drive her home saying it’s only 10 minutes away.

I had to drive her home.

No gas money compensation. Nothing.

Some of his coworkers know he’s lying.

All the other servers know I’m lying, and they fully agree, but I think some of the cooks caught on, and they’re really upset with me because I’m known as like the “really nice one” to work with.

Quiet, does their job, doesn’t really manage that much even if I’m a little more in charge than most people.

AITA?

The coworkers are totally taking advantage of his generosity.

If they were able to get to work without his help, surely they can find a way to get home from work too.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story…

This reader wonders how the coworkers get to work.

This reader offers suggestions for other ways the coworkers could get home.

This reader thinks he needs “another excuse.”

Another reader thinks he should tell the truth.

This reader thinks that he needs to learn to say “no.”

You shouldn’t have to lie in order to get your coworkers to stop mooching rides off of you.

Just let them deal with the truth.

If you liked that story, check out this post about a group of employees who got together and why working from home was a good financial decision.