Scenario: you are driving me and another person. That person is up front in shotgun, while I am sitting in the backseat. You drop off the person first at his or her location. I then refuse to move up front for the remaining portion of the trip, still sitting at the back. Would you be annoyed by this?
Apparently more than one friend is annoyed by this! One so much so that he insists I sit up front to begin with.
The argument I’m hearing back is that it looks like I’m taking an UBER ride from the outside. “We are not your chauffeurs!” said one friend. It’s also slightly disrespectful because I’m suppose to move up front to keep conversation with the driver. To navigate if necessary, be on a lookout for danger in traffic. By staying in the back it shows I’m refusing to take on those obligations. The driver - presumably a good friend - is left on their own.
My argument is I don’t want to move! I’m not so large in size; the backseat is perfectly comfortable. I concede it does look like an UBER ride on the outside. But in terms of having a conversation and keeping a secondary watch, I can totally perform those duties from the rear of the car. Yes, the left side of my face is my best side, but you - the driver - should be focusing on the road anyways!
Of course, being a good friend I will henceforth move forward to the front after the shotgun passenger departs. Or perhaps this is my sly way of claiming the front seat no matter what…
Now this is my kind of camping.