From yesterday’s comments to QOA. Joe is doing my house painting on a volunteer basis and would not accept payment even if I offered it. Sometimes, having brothers really pays off!
By the way, I have 6 brothers. There is one though, who not only will not do anything for anyone else in the family, but he expects all of us to do things for him. We still remember the time many years ago when we drove for hours to help John and his then-wife move (we actually helped him move more than once, but after the way he treated us on this occasion, we never helped him move again). We had some trouble getting there, so we were later than he expected us. But was he concerned? Did he ask what the problem was that caused the delay? No, he just yelled at us for being late. And he immediately grabbed a can of pop from our cooler, which we had brought for ourselves (we brought food, too, knowing John would not offer us anything to eat). Never mind that John had several cases of pop in his house. The only reason why we did not tell him to “kiss off” and find someone else to help him move was because our dad was with us. John’s lease was up and he had to be out that day. Our dad would not have approved of us leaving John in the lurch like that. Otherwise, we would have turned around and gone home. And to keep the long trip from being a total waste, we might have stopped someplace to play miniature golf or to go bowling or even just to eat someplace. But just for our dad’s sake, we helped John move to his new place. Did he appreciate it? No. In his view, it was our duty to do it, because “family members help each other.” We got home very late that night (past midnight). John did not offer to feed us and he did not thank us. He got mad when his wife offered us something to eat. John has never done anything for anyone else in the family and now, we won’t do anything for him, either.
From yesterday’s comments to QOA. Joe is doing my house painting on a volunteer basis and would not accept payment even if I offered it. Sometimes, having brothers really pays off!
By the way, I have 6 brothers. There is one though, who not only will not do anything for anyone else in the family, but he expects all of us to do things for him. We still remember the time many years ago when we drove for hours to help John and his then-wife move (we actually helped him move more than once, but after the way he treated us on this occasion, we never helped him move again). We had some trouble getting there, so we were later than he expected us. But was he concerned? Did he ask what the problem was that caused the delay? No, he just yelled at us for being late. And he immediately grabbed a can of pop from our cooler, which we had brought for ourselves (we brought food, too, knowing John would not offer us anything to eat). Never mind that John had several cases of pop in his house. The only reason why we did not tell him to “kiss off” and find someone else to help him move was because our dad was with us. John’s lease was up and he had to be out that day. Our dad would not have approved of us leaving John in the lurch like that. Otherwise, we would have turned around and gone home. And to keep the long trip from being a total waste, we might have stopped someplace to play miniature golf or to go bowling or even just to eat someplace. But just for our dad’s sake, we helped John move to his new place. Did he appreciate it? No. In his view, it was our duty to do it, because “family members help each other.” We got home very late that night (past midnight). John did not offer to feed us and he did not thank us. He got mad when his wife offered us something to eat. John has never done anything for anyone else in the family and now, we won’t do anything for him, either.