In the same light as the ' Things you never see again ' thread , how about people who always want to do things for them with no return on your time other than just a thank you.

There is a lot of people out there just like the borrowers who never return things. The just exist to steal your time and effort.
Users , with no remorse on taking your time, skills and knowledge. I give people a couple chances to donate their time back to you as a courtesy. But only a couple chances. Then that's it.

I know several single women who say " I don't need a man " until something needs fixing or hard labor is involved. These types have a mental list of people who they know how to fix their car , do plumbing or replace a board on a deck. You get a call quick and they want it done right away.

Conversation goes like this -
Can you fix my plumbing?
Yeah
I need it done right away at my convenience

I stop right there and ask what is in it for me , then you get this puzzled look.

Conversation continues -
You get to do a favor for me
How does that benefit me ?
-Another puzzled look-
You can help out a friend

At this point , all I am looking for is a minor return on the favor by maybe cooking a meal for you or a case of beer , gas money - just something small to show appreciation. Not looking to get paid big bucks just a little something-something.

Conversation continues
So what is in it for me ?
You want me to give you something In exchange for your time and labor ?
Yes
I don't have anything for you , I just want your labor for free

At that point I end the conversation with -
Call a plumber

I guarantee that person will right away behind your back will gripe that you would not help them and tell all their friends that you are a jerk for not helping them. Good. That helps me. I know now that they will not call me for free help again. Let them find someone who will simp for them , not me.

A week or two ago , I posted about how I helped out my 84yo neighbor with changing out his water heater. He has helped me out a lot and will help me out in the future. Mutual respect. I will drop what I doing anytime to help him out.

Don't ever be and enable is my motto.

Axiom of Life:

The more you do for someone the more they expect it and the less they appreciate it.

Ohhhh it makes me so mad!!!

I get the “heyyyyy girl!!!” Text from someone I haven’t heard from in ten or more years wanting veterinary advice or they expect me to get them a same day appointment at the clinic. Or they call in the night when something urgent is happening like a seizure or a laceration and they don’t wanna hear “go to an emergency clinic now” and they say “you can’t see him in the morning??”
“No not with my already full schedule and only one doctor”

Or I tell them to spay their pet for like eight years and they call me when it gets a pyometra but then they don’t have money for an emergency surgery….because they just spent two grand on a French bulldog puppy that they didn’t need.