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In this situation (details), who was the more ill-mannered one?

Person A is the only transport for a groups of friends, and recently volunteered to drive four of them to a nearby city. Two of the passengers were fine to drive around, but one of them spent the drive there criticising every part of Person A's driving - skills, speed, etc. Person A is not claiming to be the best driver ever, but has never caused an accident and no one has ever been injured under their driving, plus Person A follows the Highway Code and driving laws.

After Person A parked, the critical friend (Person B) said, "You're really an awful driver, you know?" By this point, Person A was frustrated with Person B and said, in all seriously, "Fine then - get the bus back if you don't want to be in a car with me." They separated, with three of them going to get shopping and Person B meeting up with a relative. Person A and the two non-critical friends met up, got into Person A's car and started to drive back home.

Halfway there, Person A's phone rings and one of the friends answers it. It's Person B, asking where Person A parked because they couldn't find the car. Using the friend who answered the phone as an intermediary, Person A told them that they (Person A) was under the impression that Person B found the car ride unsafe and was taking the bus back home. Person B proceeds to throw a tantrum and demands that Person A turned around and pick them up. Person A refuses to do so, then asked the friend to hang up on Person B.

Today, Person A receives a nicely worded e-mail from Person B, calling them ill-mannered, an unworthy friend and requests they spend time apart; in short, Person B breaks up with Person A, although in practise Person B will almost certainly still expect to use Person A as a free taxi service, in spite of the appalling driving skills.

In this situation, was Person A ill-mannered or does Person B have to share the blame for the situation?

Update:

tzddean, Person A is well-known for conserving words and only saying what they mean, but I appreciate where you're coming from.

Update 2:

Person B's response after being told to get the bus? "If that's the way you feel...!"

Update 3:

HappyChip, both A and B are female. The other passengers - the ones who didn't complain - were male.

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  • Afi
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Person A was right.

    ~

  • 1 decade ago

    In my opinion person B was rude and if it was my car and I'm the driver, it wouldn't have gone that far.

    I was driving somebody to hospital as they were having an operation on their knee and they were a back seat driver. I calmly stopped the car and told them that I had satisfied the testing instructor and I did not need any further lessons. If, however, they insisted on trying to teach me, they would have to get out of the car and would not be allowed back in. They allowed me to drive without any further instructions.

    As Person B said to your comment about getting the bus home "If that's the way ...." then they have basically said that they will get the bus home.

    As for the email, Person A needs to do nothing. When Person B wants a lift, Person A only needs to remind them that "you want to spend time apart, this includes taxi service."

    If Person A and Person B become friends again, I would, however, make it clear to Person B that lifts are not allowed. If you decide to meet up for a shopping trip or similar, they have to find their way there and back again and do not succumb to giving them a lift, regardless of their situation.

    KD

  • 1 decade ago

    B was definitely the more ill-mannered one. It is very bad manners to accept a lift and then be so critical.

    I would have dropped B off at a bus stop on the way there, never mind going back!

    I hope A won't be offering any more trips in the car unless B apologises?

    (By the way, can I hazard a guess that A is female and B is male? Some men just cannot abide being a passenger in a car driven by a woman and it brings out the worst in them!)

  • 1 decade ago

    Person B was the most ill mannered in the way that person expected a taxi service and then criticized the driver, how distracting. BUT person A should have made it clear that person B was to find their own way home. I would not have taken person B home either but I would have made sure person B knew that. I also would not be available to take person B anywhere in the future. Sorry no room, even if I only had one or two other people in the car.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Did person B give or offer any money for fuel? To me person B should have been more respectfull to person A for being good enough to take them. Two wrongs don't make a right though, person A should have taken person B back and explained that they don't like their attitude and that next time person B would not get an invite if it continued. Person B may have starded it all but person A was just as out of order for not acting like an adult in the situation.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I would say that Person B is ill mannered! For them to accept a free lift and then spend all the time criticising Person A's driving skills is very rude. Person A is well within their rights to tell them get the bus home and shouldn't be expected to provide a free taxi service in future for Person B until they apologise!

    Source(s): Just my view on it! :)
  • 1 decade ago

    The only fault I'd find with A is that they didn't sort out for certain that B would be getting the bus back. Saying "fine, get the bus back then" could be taken as just being said in the heat of the moment and B could easily have assumed that they didn't mean it, so I'd understand why B was upset to find that everyone had gone. But it was very rude to criticise the driving of someone who's kindly giving you a lift.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Person B may have been rude -- maybe extremely rude -- although it's impossible for me to say for sure, never having been in a car with Person A.

    Also, you didn't tell us how Person B responded when Person A suggested he take the bus. Unless Person B actually said he would find his own way home, Person A should not have left without him.

    But regardless of these details, Person A isn't obligated to chauffeur Person B in the future if he doesn't wish to.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    B was being a tw@t, A told her to get the bus home, to which she basically said "fine"... So B has no right to be angry. I'll be honest, if i was A i would have done the exact same thing. In fact, i think A dealt with it very well, if i was A i would have told her to get the bus home in a much harsher way.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    a & b share blame. a knew b was like this before the trip started and choose to drive b anyway, then abandoned b half way through the trip. not only ill mannered, but unsafe! a should simply refuse to drive b, but if a doesn't, then a needs to stop complaining.

  • unrue
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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