the first taste is free

A co-worker lent me his golf cart so I could give my recent visitors the true suburban experience. I live in a city that has more golf carts per capita or more miles of golf cart path per capita or some ridiculous stat like that.

Here's my stat: I am one of the less than 3% of residents who don't have a golf cart. I drive a hybrid car — which feels like driving a golf cart. And I'm probably the only person who answered a recent city survey question, "What can we do to improve the golf cart paths?" with the answer "Stop having golf carts on them, so it's easier for us walkers."

As you can tell, I am not in the golf cart spirit.

My colleague has discovered he's not in the golf cart spirit right now either; he really likes having additional space in his garage. So he asked me for a favor: Please house his golf cart for the next few weeks. And please use it in the meantime.

I have had it for a week now and have used it zero times. I meant to try it a couple times, but I never got around to it. And then I realized — isn't this the same kind of "try it for free" business model that is used to hook people on something? I suspect the city is targeting me because of my survey answer. Hmm.