Is he right to ask for half the gas money? (Roadtrip etiquette theory)

[chesspain]

This sounds like that episode of I Love Lucy, where the Mertzs' tag along with the Riccardo's on their roadtrip to CA, and Fred complains about chipping in for gas since "the back seat is going there anyway."

[RoundGuy]

We are now at 7% retarded douchebags (not counting admitted mis-clicks).

The real question -- will the retarded douchebag percentage increase overnight? I say yes.

[suzzer99]

Yeah he should probably offer I agree. Or before the trip say something like "I'll go if you want company, but I'm pretty broke at the moment".

It's just hard to say stuff around non-poker friends like - "I just won $10k". Then a few hours later - "hey can I get $60 for gas?", for me anyway. I'd rather just pay for stuff so I can still brag about my winnings w/o feeling like a dick.

Now if I just lost $10k, he's paying for gas, and he has to listen to me whine the whole trip.

[traz]

I never bug anyone for gas money, but I remember the people that don't offer

[scott1]

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If you were a good friend you would have already offerred to pay for gas

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[keepitreal]

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I never bug anyone for gas money, but I remember the people that don't offer

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im the same way in all walks of life. one time we ordered delivery for breakfast some saturday morning and i happened to be the one to deal with the delivery guy. nobody ever offered up their share. i never asked. in my head, it was like buying the last round or whatever but those 2 of those 3 lowlifes will never be able to climb too high on my life power rankings (they were girls, i hate girls because they think they can get everything free in life...and i especially hate girls who think this that are not very very hot)...the other of the 3 is my roommate and we sorta never worry about money knowing it will even out so i dont hold it againt him.

bottom line: i'd rather find a reason to hate some people than get paid back the $20 i paid so these girls could just get fatter.

[Ser William]

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yeah people like you suck

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OP you probably also don't like to split big group tabs evenly because everyone else got a soda and you got a water.

[J.A.Sucker]

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Sucker,

" do people really take road trips any other way??? "

Yeah, in some situations I pay all the gas when the other guy drives. My rule is generally that if I was willing to drive and that person wanted to drive or neither of us really cared and we just picked a car, then I split the gas. If I really didn't want to drive and the other guy is doing me a favor by being willing to drive, I pay for all the gas.

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Agreed. But you know what I'm saying, right? It's really not that tough. At least make the effort - if the buddy is like "nah man" then that's OK. The flip-side is the situation you describe - but that's an ususual situation.

The norm is alternate gas or split it - but alternating is so much easier. Jesus.

[Apathy]

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I never bug anyone for gas money, but I remember the people that don't offer

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exactly same thing for me. Around most people I operate on the "round" system for almost everything that is to be shared in any way and for drinks and stuff obviously. Some people suck at it and you just need to notice that and then avoid doing the "round" thing with them.

[El Diablo]

Apathy, traz:

I'm the same way. I generally don't cut people out of the round system, I normally just stop hanging with them if they are that type of person. There are some people who really try to take advantage of every situation. I usually just drop them from my life once I realize that's what they're like.

I'm the same way w/ girls too. At least at the start, I pretty much pay for everything. But I always remember which girls offer, as well as whether or not those offers were actually sincere.