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Originally Posted by georgeyw
THIS!!
People ring up all day just wanting to chat because they are taking a break from work or some such bullshit. Oh and can you just quickly do this and this cos you do nothing.
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The friend I had a falling out with really pissed me off. He and his wife have three kids. At the time this happened two of them were in school, but too young to be home alone and the third was at daycare all day and too young for school. One day he calls me up because he is stuck at work. He asks if I will go to his house so when the kids get off the bus someone is there and I can hang out for a couple hours until he gets off work. I do it, no problem.
A one time thing turned into another time turned into a few days a week and pretty soon he and his wife pretty much assumed that they didn't need to pay a babysitter, because I could just do this for them. When I told them I couldn't they didn't understand why. I explained that if I sit at their house 2 hours every day that is 2 hours later I have to work that night. They still didn't get it. Apparently they thought I just sat at home all day doing nothing and money just appeared. Eventually, I told them I could maybe help them out a few days per month, but I had to work and couldn't do it every day. They got pissed and thought I was being an asshole.
Fast forward seven years and my buddy gets laid off from work. He gets a chance to freelance work for a company and does so while looking for another job. One thing led to another and he ends up just working for himself and suddenly he realized it isn't just stilling at home watching TV all day.