Imagine that you are planning a long and exciting cross-country trip by car. What is the first thing you need to take care of? Make a travel plan? Buy a travel map in case the Internet is unavailable? Think about places to stay overnight? No, you didn’t guess at all!
The most important thing is to take care of the availability of the car itself, because this is the thing without which the trip will not be possible, per se. But a close friend of the author of our story today, who was going on a trip seriously expected that their friend would lend them a car. And they were incredibly offended after facing a flat-out refusal.
More info: Reddit