Sometimes New Coworkers Can Be A Total Gas
I work at a dog hotel. I drive twenty-one miles each way. It’s in California in the city, so it’s considered a long way. A coworker lives fifty miles one way.
One day a new coworker, my current coworker, and I are talking:
Me: “The commute can really suck if you live far away from work.”
New Coworker: “Yeah, I get money on my gas card from grocery shopping at [Grocery Store] through their rewards system, but my car is completely electric! It doesn’t use gas at all.”
Current Coworker: *Joking.* “Haha! [My Name] and I would be happy to put that gas money to good use!”
New Coworker: “Take it. I’m serious.”
My current coworker drives farther so I say nothing more so the they can have it instead; I live happily with my family.
Current Coworker: “Really? Are you sure?”
New Coworker: “Of course, it’s going to expire soon anyways!”
She tells her the information and my current coworker is so grateful, she’s about to cry.
Current Coworker: “How much is on it?”
I assume $100-$200. Every penny counts.
New Coworker: “I don’t know, like one or two thousand?”
The current coworker officially starts crying. Now she’s able to actually save up for a new apartment and leave her toxic parents’ house.
That new coworker hasn’t even been here for a week, and she gave them $2k in gas money!! Pretty soon that coworker is going to be able to adopt a dog! (Her parents will kick her out if she gets one.)
