These are some of the reasons I stick to doing these sorts of jobs for friends and family. I’ve finished dealing with people who want something for nothing. The culture of reciprocity I believe in where there has to be enough in every business transaction to keep all parties satisfied seems to have missed these clowns. Somewhere along the line they’re rewarded for exploitation and they keep at it, it’s the same philosophy as telephone scammers.
The circle I engage with shrinks and grows over time but there’s multiple generations involved, I hope they will all, with a little occasional correction, look out for one another.
