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Situational question
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01/23/17 03:49 PM
01/23/17 03:49 PM
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ford150man
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I know a guy that owns a gas station that I frequent because he is a friend, not close and maybe more of an acquaintance but I still call him a friend so and I want him to do well. I stopped in today to get a drink that runs me $1.50, after tax. Today, when I walk in the guy asks me if I have a few minutes to spare to which I said yes and asked why. He told me he had a piece of his refrigeration equipment that sat on the roof of his building that wasn't working. He told me he was afraid to go up there and knew I worked in construction and was used to working at heights and asked if I would go up and take a look to see if I could see what was wrong. I climbed up there and immediately saw it was nothing more than a broken belt on the motor. He had a spare so he tossed it up to me and I replaced it. When I came down he fired the equipment right up and it ran great. He was so happy and told me how much money I saved him and told me the service call alone was $125.00 minimum, plus labor and parts. Then he turned around and charged me $1.50 for my drink. I don't mind, really I don't, because I really want his gas station to be successful but would it have been too much for him to have said the $1.50 drink was on the house? I'm not trying to be petty about this as like I said, I didn't mind paying because that's what I went in for and I'll keep going to him too. I would have offered the drink though had the positions been swapped. What do y'all think?
If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.-Mark Twain
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Re: Situational question
[Re: ford150man]
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01/23/17 03:54 PM
01/23/17 03:54 PM
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jbatey1
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I think next time I'd tell him to call "the man".
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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Re: Situational question
[Re: jbatey1]
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01/23/17 03:56 PM
01/23/17 03:56 PM
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I think next time I'd tell him to call "the man". Exactly
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Situational question
[Re: ford150man]
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01/23/17 03:57 PM
01/23/17 03:57 PM
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Reloader79
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I think he's a cheap ass, I would have given you the drink and some chips. And he can call someone next time is what I woulda told him. I deal with a guy like that all the time. No telling how much money he has and is scared to death to loose a dime.
Last edited by Reloader79; 01/23/17 03:59 PM.
If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
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Re: Situational question
[Re: ford150man]
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01/23/17 03:59 PM
01/23/17 03:59 PM
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Fellow got to be kin to my wife.
"The Heavens declare the glory of God;and the firmament sheweth his handiwork" Pslam 19:1
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Re: Situational question
[Re: ford150man]
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01/23/17 04:01 PM
01/23/17 04:01 PM
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I would just let it go but next time I would charge him the max for any help.
Some people just don't ever think about giving anything.I knew this guy who was married to a good woman. He screwed it up and a couple years later started going to church with me.
When he divorced, his wife didn't ask for anything,just left.One day after church he asked me if I thought God wanted him to let his wife have the $60 she had borrowed from him when she moved out. He was having a real hard time just forgiving her of a $60 debt.
Same guy borrowed $100 from me just before he stopped coming to church and hasn't mentioned it in over a year. I figure it's a small price to keep him away from me.
Last edited by R_H_Clark; 01/23/17 04:02 PM.
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Re: Situational question
[Re: ford150man]
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01/23/17 04:13 PM
01/23/17 04:13 PM
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Posts: 7,755 Montgomery, AL
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You did the right thing AND have a good heart about it. It's possible he wasn't thinking and just charged because that is habit.
Let is slide like water off a ducks back - otherwise, it'll eat at you.
"The struggle you're in today, is developing the strength you need for tomorrow."
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Re: Situational question
[Re: ford150man]
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01/23/17 04:13 PM
01/23/17 04:13 PM
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Maybe he's broke and just doesn't have it. Doesn't excuse it but that's got to be a tough business.
One day the right woman will come along and the next thing you know you'll be wearing her underwear!
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Re: Situational question
[Re: Hunting-231]
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01/23/17 04:17 PM
01/23/17 04:17 PM
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Remington270
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You did the right thing AND have a good heart about it. It's possible he wasn't thinking and just charged because that is habit. This is most likely the case.
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