What are we coming to!

Vic · Guru

What are we coming to!

justcruisin01 · Guru

Thats about the size of it Vic, todays generation will do nothing for nothing & very little for payment. I'm glad we are from the old school mate.

Pejay · Guru

How very sad indeed Vic. When we go away, we usually buy something from the place we are going for the neighbours across the road who keep an eye on our home. But you know, when we moved down here and were closer to my Mum & Dad, they would not let Pete mow their lawns (which he loves doing) without paying him - their own son-in-law - they wouldn't take no for an answer, so they ended up getting someone else in and paying them - stubborness or pride??? But like you, it was a sad situation.

jimbo · Guru

Well Done .Mate

Travel Bug · Guru

I agree Vic...it is a very sad situation. cry

I think that most of us...our generation anyway....would help out in any way that we can, and certainly not want payment.
The satisfaction of knowing that we have managed to help out and make someone's life a bit easier is payment enough.

Unfortunately, it does seem to be the direction that the world is heading in.

You handled the situation well Mate. smile

Happywanderer · The Master

Keep rambling on Vic. Just shows how much she has been ripped off by others in the past when they saw a quick way to make a bit of money.
Very mean and not the way most of us would have done it. I thought we could all help our neighbour without having to be paid for it.
Give yourself a big pat on the back Vic.

lilly31 · Guru

I have to comment here ... In the street where i live i have good neighbours on each side
I have two ladies who live one one side alway happy to keep a eye on my place when i am away happy to feed my four legged babies as i do for them when they are away and when i was sick couple of weeks ago they came to see if i was ok because they had'nt see me and my car had been in drive way for 4 days ..and on other side i have a block of 9 flats and there are 4 flat which have long term tennets in them and it same on that side well help each other when we can have chat over fence say hello learn what has been happing ..
So i say i am very lucky to live here ...BUT i have live where it dosent matter how hard you try all you can get of of people is a friendy grunt sometime

Born and raise in a time where good manners and looking out for others was the normal and right thing to do ... I to do wonder ....What we are comming to as well ....

Beth54 · Guru

You did well Vic. It's a disgrace that people in the past have accepted that money from her.

I have a story too...my sister and b-i-l law moved to Cooloola Cove in January. The land had a shed on it and they slept in their caravan while the house was being built. Within the month they came down to Brissy for several days to visit family. (This was when we had heaps of rain in SEQ.) When they returned home, the yard had been mowed! They soon found out it was their next door neighbour. He has a mowing business and uses a ride-on mower, so he said it was no trouble to whip it around the yard. Then he said 'just let me know when you're going away and I'll keep an eye out and mow if necessary.'

They were amazed as they hadn't had neighbours like that for a long time. It's great for them to not have to worry when they go namadding.

villatranquilla · Guru

well done Vic - good neighbours are a real treasure

Boroma577 · Guru

Vic wrote:
What saddens me about this is that she felt she had to pay me a large sum of money for a very simple task that I was happy to do free anyway,

Maybe she did not feel that she HAD to pay you Vic but more like it was the biggest gesture of appreciation she could come up with. Food for thought!!

And I think the others had probably taken advantage of her generosity.

petengail · Guru

Good Neighbours are lovely to have but I dont think, as some here seem to, that its a generational thing. Our neighbours are Polish immigrants, young, honest and hard working, unlike our "Aussie" nearly our age, layabouts across the street neighbours. When we are away they keep an eye on the place, and the neighbour on the other side parks one of their cars in the driveway, just so it looks like there is someone home. A fair few vegies go over the fence and some of my home brewed Scotch does also which seems to be appreciated.... Such a shame that someone seems to think that $500.00 is the going rate just to pick up a bit of mail and keep an eye out.... Good on ya Vic for returning the money... as it should be....

bill12 · Guru

I have had the same experience.The next door neihbors cleared my front yard up after Yasi, and they wouldn,t take any money , so I gave them some coral trout, and reds, which they loved.I go away during our wet season to get away from the heat and rain.(grey nomad season). Its nice when people help each other.Bill

Sheba · Guru

Good on you Vic. The world's a better place for you and people like you being here.

Cheers,

Sheba.

Cruising Granny · Guru

What a sad reflection on the world, that this lady felt compelled to pay for a neighbourly kindness.
I used to house-sit for a doctor and his wife in Broome. They'd both go away for work at various times, and to the UK for Christmas to visit his aging relatives for 4 weeks.
I looked after their 2 dogs, and the property, and they encouraged, no, urged me to invite my friends around the an orphan's Christmas, which I did.
We pooled our food, drank our bevvy of choice and wallowed in the pool under the shade cloth.
It was a safe haven for me if a cyclone wandered by..
They always bought me a gift. I didn't have to pay to stay, as some house-sitters do, I didn't expect to be paid, and it was an enjoyable experience.
They thought they were doing me a favour, getting me out of my van for a while, bless their hearts.
What happend to "G'day mate!" And meaning it? "How's it going'" is one of my favourite greetings.
Keep up the kindness. It seems to be a dying quality.

billeeeeeee · Guru

read that Vic , sometimes my faith in Human nature, wavers, then people like U coome along , and restores it ,,,Billeeeeee

milo · Guru

I only kind of know one neighbour,most have moved or passed away!! i wish i was back on the farm where every one knew every one and helped out all the time..

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Goodonya Vic! Well done.

Would you like to move to Canberra and be our neighbor? smile

Vic · Guru

Good to know I'm among like minded company here, restores faith in human nature like Billee says, thanks.

Hey Bileee, I'm all for that Fairy of Joy, haven't been whipped in a long time, ha ha (not really into B&D but sounds good). Love the dog and cat avatar by the way, you come up with some lulu's!

Vic · Guru

Gerty Dancer wrote:
Goodonya Vic! Well done.

Would you like to move to Canberra and be our neighbor?

As long as you've got a heated home for me with plenty of firewood and electric blankets etc, lol! Are you still in Mucka?

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Yes Vic, have been enjoying ourselves thoroughly, and very nice to meet the "Tezza's" too.

Theres a surprising amount to see/do here, we expected to have a few rest days but instead we've been busy having fun again!

Would recommend Mukinbudin WA to anybody!

ChiChi1 · Guru

I am overwhelmed with the generosity of the people I met in Goodniwindi. (re my post in solo's.)

jules47 · The Happy Helper

The neighbours in my street here are pretty good, we all look out for each other, guy next door had to stay at work (he is an outdoor educator) for about 10 days recently. I noticed his front door was open (not that unusual), but it was still open at 10pm, so other neighbour and I went to have a look, seems the lock was faulty and wouldn't work. We closed it from the inside with a chair against it, and left via the back door. Next day, the neighbour drove down 50k to where young man works, found him told him the problem, got a key from him, came back and fixed the lock. That's good neighbour at work,I reckon.

Costs nothing to be helpful - I do lots of volunteer work, and I love the interaction with all the different people I meet along the way, makes me happy, and grateful that I am able to help in some small way. That's the only payment I need.

jimricho · Guru

I, too, am fortunate to live in a very good neighbourhood. By "good" I don't mean "up-market" (it ain't) but having very good neighbours. My next door neighbours "hold the fort" for me for up to three months at a time. Others in the area are mostly retirees (like me) or working families. My other next door neighbours are "Life without Barriers" clients and this has brought me in contact with the excellent work this organisation does.