'Make me one!': Entitled neighbor demands resident make him garbage can cart for free, resident refuses

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
May 22, 2025 4:00 PM EDT

Neighbors often ask one another for favors. There does not necessarily have to be any reciprocation, but there is a general understanding that residents who can help one another out should. However, when one of those neighbors assumes that you will go out of your way to help them as if you work for them, that's a different story. 

In these instances, doing something out of the goodness of your heart feels far too generous. After all, generosity is a two-way street. Sure, not every act of neighborly kindness needs to be reciprocated, but if you feel like your neighbor would never return the favor if the roles were reversed, you're probably right. Most folks who find themselves in these situations, as this author did, are easily taken advantage of because of their good deeds, but that cycle needs to be broken eventually. Keep scrolling below to see what happened when this entitled neighbor demanded that the author make them a complicated contraption for free! 

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  • This author cleverly fashioned a cart that made garbage day significantly easier. When their neighbor saw it, he demanded that the author make him one despite the fact that doing so would take nearly a whole day of work and would cost money. Of course, the neighbor did not plan on contributing or paying the author for these services; he just assumed that he would do it as if he were an unpaid intern. As we said, that cycle of manipulation needs to be broken eventually, and it turns out that today was that day!

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    So many different interactions with this a hat but just talking about this the other day so thought I'd share.
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    I'm a lazy b d and if I do something repetitively, I figure an easier way to do it. Hauling. garbage cans to the street for pickup is one of those things.
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    None of the can carts I could find looked sturdy enough so i built my own. Some angle iron, some lumber and some never flat tires. (Side note, they are 100x worth the additional $$ up front)
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    It's out on the street on garbage day and EN comes over and asks where I got the cart. I told him I made it.
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    He says (not asks) "make me one". I talked to him maybe 1x a year over the past 10 and he feels I should just go ahead and make him one.
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    It would take me about half a day and $50 in materials and he thinks I should just go ahead and make him one.
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    No offer of help, money, advice to make his own. Just "make me one".
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    I tell him "no" of course. He walks away mumbling about inconsiderate blah blah something or other.
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    That's just one of the d ish things he's done. Mowing along the property line every, I mean every, time people are over is another thing he does. Just the typical j
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    klmninca. I'm a quilt maker and the number of people who have asked for and expected me to make a quilt for them.
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    Sure. There's a minimum of 20 yards of fabric which is around $15-18 a yard, and going up. Batting and thread is another $30. Depending on the pattern, the pattern can cost upward of $100.
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    Piecing will take roughly 40- 100 hours depending upon how complicated it is and then quilting, again, depending upon how complicated, anywhere from roughly 30 to 200 hours. Binding and blocking add another 4 hours.
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    So no, I will not "make you one" or sell you one for "$200". ( an actual offer made to me)
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    It's my hobby. I enjoy it and I either use them or gift them to loved ones or charities. The entitlement..."well if you'd donate that to fire victims, I don't see why you wouldn't make me one too".
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    The fact that they don't see why, is EXACTLY why I won't ever make them one. Ok. Rant over. It's Saturday morning and I'm gonna go sew!
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    thewoodulator ⚫ I would have given him the breakdown, "$60/hr labor, min 6 hours + cost of materials estimated $75,
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    deal?" and hold out your hand for a handhsake. You really gotta lay out how much they are asking for when asking for something
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    for free with these types of entitled people and they have no concept of the actual cost of something like that. A proper handyman would probably charge more
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    Ghostyped. "we're not friends and I have no desire or interest to speak to you or do you any favors. Is that clear enough for you?"
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    glenmarshall. I have thwarted such "friendly" requests with a reasonable price for my time & materials. In one case, they wanted me for out of town work, so I included travel & lodging. Never heard back. Meh,
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