I'm not one to recklessly throw money around, but even I'm shocked at
@Accy cyclist for the extreme degree of parsimony demonstrated here! If you are going to mess someone around for half an hour who is due to finish work for the day, the least you can do is bung them a drink for their trouble. A lot of things in life operate on goodwill, and in my experience if you give someone a drink who does you a favour it often gets repaid again twice over in the future as they will be kindly disposed next time.
A friend of mine recently collected something I'd ordered online, which saved me the cost of delivery or a special journey to pick up. It was more or less on his route to work, so the inconvenience to him was pretty minimal, but that isn't the point. A favour is still a favour. When I popped over the other day to square up some money he was due, I gave him a drink on top of what was owing for his trouble. It's not going to buy much, but if someone does you a good turn its only right to show your appreciation. It works both ways; I previously did a car repair welding job for same friend as a favour - no payment expected or asked for. After it was done we got cleaned up and went down the local for some much-needed refreshment. He insisted on paying for my grub and beer.
