Am I the Asshole?

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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Nearby-Sun-5826 on 2023-06-24 02:07:07+00:00.

Title makes it sound bad but that’s how my boss is describing it.

I was asked to drive a coworker to the company’s warehouse so he could pick up a vehicle and bring it back to the office.

This coworker has the worst hygiene of anyone I’ve ever met. He constantly comes into work without showering and he’s admitted he doesn’t brush his teeth because it makes his gums bleed. Dude smells like shit 99% of the time and can stink up our average sized office so I was not excited to be giving him a ride in my car.

I drove with my windows down and on the way to the warehouse we passed through an area that was a residential neighborhood with a bunch of small dairy and livestock farms.

He told me to (not asked) roll the window up because the farms smelled like shit. I told him they still smell better than his body odor and the windows are staying down. It’s worth noting that me and this coworker do not get along for reasons other than his poor hygiene.

We start arguing back and forth and he tells me to “pull your fucking car over”. So I did just that and he got out on a street that had a bunch of houses and a small convenience store and told me to fuck off, so I promptly left.

Not long after I got a call from my boss screaming at me for “abandoning” that asshole in the “middle of nowhere” and not doing what he asked me to. I tried to tell him that he voluntarily got out of my car in a residential area but he wasn’t hearing it and I got told to go pick him up. I replied that I would only get him if he popped a breath mint and I got told to start my weekend early and not come back to the office until Monday.

Feels like a reward to be frank but am I the asshole?