Well, they've got you where they want you! Of course they're going to be nice to you while they see you as a source of free tools. And if, when you have to say no, they get in a huff you will know that it is just cupboard love.
They're being manipulative!
David
Tell them to f*ck off & buy their own, like you did.
I hate lending tools to tools.
En el artículo , Rob escribió:
Or you finally throw out the wotsit you've been hoarding for years, and ten minutes after the binmen have been, you find a use for it.
Tell them that you have borrowed them yourself and have to give them back soon
I lent a drill and drill bits to a neighbour, he got snotty with me because "your 3mm bit broke, I had to use the next size down", like I had inconvenienced him. Did he replace the broken bit? No. Did I ever lend him anything again? Not a chance.
There was a 'wanted' post on the local FreeCycle group from one who'd borrowed a drill and bits, and broken the 2mm one. Asking for a replacement. Being a kindly soul I supplied one. They're 1.50 for 20 at my local market.
(I assembled a very decent Hi-Fi for a local community centre out of bits from FreeCycle, so felt I owed it something)
In article , Scion writes
We once lent our car to a family whose car broke at the last minute before they went to Scotland for a fortnight. On return minus petrol, they said "we had a blow out on the motorway on the way home - flat tyre's in the boot"
Ouch!
In the days before sat nav a friend asked to borrow my Derbyshire map book. He returned it 10 minutes later after ripping out the page that he needed.
But not everyone is like that. The last guy to borrow my cement mixer had to do with my old 110V transformer that had a damaged case. When he returned it he had fixed the case with fibre glass and he had done a brilliant job.
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