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Re:You Don't Need a Full-Size Pickup Truck, You Need a Cowbo... by ourmandave on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @01:49PM (#19381395)
Being "that friend with a truck" is kinda nice. Sure it's a pain in the ass to be asked, and worse, expected, to help with so-and-so's move by some coworker you've hardly ever spoken to.

I hate being that friend with a truck.

Moving furniture for a barely-know-them coworker is bad enough, but when they don't bring help and expect you to haul their heavy ass table up flights of steps. Yeah, no.

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Re:You Don't Need a Full-Size Pickup Truck, You Need a Cowbo... by NavyNuke on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @02:04PM (#19381554)
> ...but when they don't bring help and expect you to haul their heavy ass table up flights of steps. Yeah, no.

Imagine being the friend with the F250 and a powerlifter...I get asked to help move all the time and some expect me to help move furniture because, as they sometimes jokingly say, "you like to move heavy objects in your spare time anyway"...

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Re:You Don't Need a Full-Size Pickup Truck, You Need a Cowbo... by RickS on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @04:00PM (#19383088)
I just politely say no to these. Being asked is awkward, but I rarely feel obligated.
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