Only asked for a loan of his jump leads!!

Only asked for a loan of his jump leads!!

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BigsimonY

Original Poster:

616 posts

125 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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So i asked my next door neighbor for a loan of his jump-leads this morning. 1st time I've ever knocked his door for anything. His response at the time was great. used them and handed them back. While at work i thought i'd pop on Facebook and send him a PM and thank him again for the loan of the jump-leads. We're not Facebook "friends" , but i can see stuff on his timeline as its not hidden. I see this post put up this morning....

People who ask for favors. Surely it's only a “favor” if you can offer something in return at some point to the person. The returning of the “favor”. If not, you're only asking the person to plug the gaps in your life you failing to address yourself . Either because you can't or are incapable of plugging them yourself. If you ask for their time/money/social connections / abilities, can you ever really return this “favor”? If not you're merely consuming their excess to plug your failures. You're absorbing the excess they have in reserve. The only other comparison I can think of is a leech. It lives of the excess of others. So before you ask anyone for a favor, ask yourself first. Do I have anything to offer this person? If the answer is no! It's a good chance you're a leech!

Jeez, i'll not bother next time. I did not realise asking for a go of a set of jump leads was such a big issue???

HTP99

22,530 posts

140 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Sounds like a right cock.

walm

10,609 posts

202 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Next time, explain that since the jump leads are his "excess" you'll be keeping them.

ManFromDelmonte

2,742 posts

180 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Buy him a bottle of fairly st wine to say thank you.

boyse7en

6,712 posts

165 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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How does he know you have nothing to offer him should he ever be in a time of need?
Pretty cocky to think he is entirely self-sufficient, and can do without any interaction.


He sounds like a total dick

If, on the other hand, if you go round and ask for jump leads on a regular basis for a couple of weeks, I'd probably think you were taking the piss a bit. If not, he's a dick.

KrazyIvan

4,341 posts

175 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Buy a really nice bottle of wine, drink it and send him the empty bottle with a note saying

"Sorry was unable to plug the hole due to my lack of excess, perhaps you'll have more luck with your excess"

anothernameitist

1,500 posts

135 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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You must have returned the jump leads in a bad state to get a rant like that.

Or he's a cock

Galsia

2,167 posts

190 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Unlikely but he might be on about somebody else...

BigsimonY

Original Poster:

616 posts

125 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Galsia said:
Unlikely but he might be on about somebody else...
this was what i was thinking. Hopefully he was

Zoon

6,689 posts

121 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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BigsimonY said:
While at work i thought i'd pop on Facebook
Therein lies your problem.

Digitalize

2,850 posts

135 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Just print it out, post it to him with purely the word - . - handwritten in lowercase on the bottom.

DragsterRR

367 posts

107 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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More than likely it was just a random repost and you have a guilty conscience smile

BigsimonY

Original Poster:

616 posts

125 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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DragsterRR said:
More than likely it was just a random repost and you have a guilty conscience smile
I hope so

GG89

3,527 posts

186 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Surely that's not about you, if he felt that strongly that you were a leech he probably wouldn't have given you them in the first place.

Chill.

Sump

5,484 posts

167 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Na, he's on about something else.

5-Oh

206 posts

107 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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OP I reckon it's probably unrelated. People post stupid passive-aggressive rants on Facebook all the time, it's likely he's aiming it at someone he has as a 'friend' on there.

This is why I am no longer a user of that website. Ignorance is bliss hehe

Digitalize

2,850 posts

135 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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On second thoughts, PM him anyway. He knows you've seen it, and that you're still trying to be decent. Unless you have enough mutual friends it will go in to an 'Other' folder though.

Ilovejapcrap

3,280 posts

112 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Purity14 said:
Let his tyres down and chain a foot pump to your gate, with a chain that doesn't quite reach the end of your driveway.
Brilliant but if your gonna do it have a proper compressor and tyre inflator

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

203 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Buy your own jump leads & don't disturb the poor bloke at 5:00 tomorrow!

wink

JuniorD

8,624 posts

223 months

Wednesday 25th November 2015
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OP - Send him the Facebook PM, that way he'll know you've seen his post. If he has 1% of non-dhead DNA in his body he'll be squirming

However, the US spelling of "favor" suggests that he might have reposted some american st.

Or maybe he knows you are a Sevco fan and is just winding you up

Edited by JuniorD on Wednesday 25th November 16:44