'Life is not a YouTube tutorial': Tradesman gets vindicated when DIY neighbor devalues his professional skill and totally ruins a welding project

Many of us are DIYers and YouTube tutorial survivalists by necessity. Sure, an online tutorial video can help an amateur complete a project at a lower price, but none of us are out here diluting the value of an actual professional's skills. As I stare at the cattywampus angles of the tilted tiles in my DIY bathroom, it becomes painfully clear that a pro would have done it a lot better than me.

For some, though, admitting a professional's value is hard. It seems like every friend-of-a-friend is always asking for a professional's 'free' advice or assistance simply because they feel entitled to their friend discount. Friends of lawyers are always asking for free legal advice, friends of doctors are showing pediatricians their weird mole at a party, and friends of teachers are just expected to teach their neighbor's kid algebra after hours.

Sorry, everyone, but these pros do this for actual money, not for charity.

In this story, a tradesman offered to help out his neighbor with a complicated welding project and sent him a simple 'friend price' quote for his time and expertise. Being a snooty DIYer, the neighbor decided that, at that price, he was willing to roll the dice and figure it out himself because it 'looked simple enough on YouTube.' Scroll onward to read further about a job that would have taken the tradesman 4 hours to complete and the bittersweet satisfaction he had as he watched his neighbor struggle from afar for almost a week with the same project.

For more audacious entitlement, check out this story of a bride who invited her sister's ex to her wedding in the hopes of rekindling their love– except it backfired royally, and the sister decided to not even attend.

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