Should I pay my neighbor?
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06-06-2011 | 11:24 PM
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Should I pay my neighbor?
Well, most of you know I have a nice neighbor who helps me with doing mods on my bike on his day off. He knew I was getting new parts for my bike, and he told me before to let him know when they get here. One day he txted me and told me that he won't have day off for long time, because he will be going back to school and still will be working close to full time.
So I try to do things on my own. I bought one man brake bleeding tool to attempt doing stuff. As a starter, I try to remove the fairings off to do very easy mod, applying the decals on lower cowl. You know that was a failure. I couldn't not remove the lower cowl on my own.
So I got discouraged and dropped off all but one parts to my shop and told them I was coming sometime this week to have them done. Then my neighbor txted me today and said he is off on Wed, so he will help me with things.
I started to feel like I should pay him for his help because I was going to have them done at the shop. He doesn't know that. But I feel guilty having him do it for free. If I were to pay him, how mich should I pay him?
So I try to do things on my own. I bought one man brake bleeding tool to attempt doing stuff. As a starter, I try to remove the fairings off to do very easy mod, applying the decals on lower cowl. You know that was a failure. I couldn't not remove the lower cowl on my own.
So I got discouraged and dropped off all but one parts to my shop and told them I was coming sometime this week to have them done. Then my neighbor txted me today and said he is off on Wed, so he will help me with things.
I started to feel like I should pay him for his help because I was going to have them done at the shop. He doesn't know that. But I feel guilty having him do it for free. If I were to pay him, how mich should I pay him?
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06-06-2011 | 11:34 PM
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I wouldn't offer to pay him. Although you'd think your being nice to him he might be put off by it, at least if he's anything like me. If your going to offer him something make it more personal, buy him a gift or something to say thank you. He sounds kinda self sufficient and likely doesn't need the money, however a thoughtful gift to thank him would prolly really be appreciated. Also it's alot harder to turn down a gift than it is cash.
I've helped a few elderly neighbors out recently and one of them stopped by trying to give me money for my time, which I politely turned down. She came back later with a prepaid giftcard for a local pizza place, which I took, lol. If it had come with a 6 pack of beer I'd likely have camped out on her lawn in case she needed more help, jk...ish. In all seriousness cash is a really impersonal and kinda crappy way of saying thank you.
I've helped a few elderly neighbors out recently and one of them stopped by trying to give me money for my time, which I politely turned down. She came back later with a prepaid giftcard for a local pizza place, which I took, lol. If it had come with a 6 pack of beer I'd likely have camped out on her lawn in case she needed more help, jk...ish. In all seriousness cash is a really impersonal and kinda crappy way of saying thank you.
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06-06-2011 | 11:37 PM
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I would say stay away from paying him cash. Too little and its a slap in the face too much and it would be better to pay the shop. Does your neighbor drink beer? When he does stuff for you if you dont show up with a reasonable amount of beer/ his favorite beverage its not cool. One of the things you can do is maybe help him with some of the things your good at and he isnt. Maybe mow his lawn or something like that especially if he dont have a lot of free time its something you can do that will help him out a lot basically if he dont have time to do something for himself maybe you can do it for him so that he dont have to spend the cash to get it done or the minimal time he has off on it. Anyway thats my .02 cents
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06-06-2011 | 11:54 PM
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06-06-2011 | 11:59 PM
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06-07-2011 | 12:00 AM
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Just make sure if you do it's not for the GAP or something lol. Honestly if you know what kind of beer he drinks that's actually not a bad idea. Protip#437 about men, we will literally do almost anything if you give us beer. Protip#438 was something or other about not giving us too much, or after midnight or don't get water on us or something. Can't always remember that one. Regardless, 437 is solid.
