unpaid taxi!

anyone else doing this role for free??lol its all i seem to do these days with the teens / 20 somethings!!

 

thing is they aint daft ! they wouldnt dream of asking dad but mums a soft touch lol x

 

I used to always get my dad to drive me to places. Now I'm the dad (although only to young kids still), and I'm the unpaid taxi driver, which normally I don't mind, except that my current motor (dear old Gothilda) like a drink, and currently she has major problems with her plumbing (wife noticed a hissing sound when I arrived home from work, so I popped the bonnet, and saw the old girl spraying coolant all over the engine bay).

 

oh dear! cars cost so much to maintain dont they!! anyway the daughter is off to a hindu wedding tomorrow and i have to drop her off at the brides house at 7 AM so i best get to bed!! unpaid taxi of course!!

 

Kids: give them an inch and they'll take a mile

 

My stepson would ask me instead of his mum, because I gave him a nicer reply than his mum would. Not much nicer though
'I' was the soft touch!
I would rather drive him about and pick him up, than see him on the streets at night though. Especially since they turned off most of the street lighting here......to save money.

 

It's either that or pay higher council tax.

 

Also, my ex would pretend to be asleep at 9:45pm, so that 'I' had to collect him from town. Or, was that the other way around

 

I think I would rather pay higher tax than see some of these streets in darkness @"M"
If someone high up, had their daughter attacked, I suspect the lights would soon be back on.
I understand the idea, but some of the streets around here are dangerous even to drivers, hence the need for them when first installed. There is one road in particular, used by many pedestrians, which is absolutely pitch!
I bet crime has gone up too, and when I tried to get someones number plate in my street, I couldn't because the lights were out. I couldn't even make out the car type, or colour
The safety of our loved ones, is more important than a few extra quid. IMO.

 

That must be a new thing then. When I was a youngster it was more like 20 miles.

 

yep just me and my bro on my side of the family who drives however he seems to get out of quite a lot of driving and im left with it!

 

The only lifts our daughter gets now she's at uni is to and from halls, and we've found it cheaper to pay her air fare back home for Xmas and Easter as, booked in advance, it's less than half the cost of fuel & tolls and saves me getting knackered, lost, stuck in traffic jams, etc. Only doing the return trips for those 2 holidays.