About 12 years ago, we built a new house in the country. Neighbours are close but not too close. And we get alot of snow in the winter. (See where this is going yet?) I had a jeep with a plow on it and enjoyed being neighbourly and would plow the neighbours whenever it snowed as a gesture of good will. Then I bought a tractor with blower and continued to be neighbourly. I never got a penny from one neighbour while the the other neighbour brought a couple micro jars of jam over with a small gift card for home depot.
Couple of years ago, the tractor started developing issues and was expensive to fix. Its still temperamental and I told the neighbours that I couldnt do their driveways for them anymore.
Well…every time it snows, my phone rings and they don’t take no for an answer. I feel guilty and end up doing it for them.
How do i say no? So that they understand?
(I wasn’t awake yet this morning and my phone was already ringing.)
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I'd let them know your tractor needs some costly repairs. In this situation I'd say it's fair to ask the community for a little help. Who knows, maybe one of them is a mechanic and they can do their part to keep this kindness going.
And that takes balls to ask you when nobody has pitched in for a long time...
@ScreamingFox Ive let them know two years ago that it needed repairs and that its basically haywired together to get even my own driveway done. They still call. Ugh.
