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[Dragonflyveb]

I was always wondered about this saying.

until...

I cut down some branches and offered them to my neighbors for their fire pit. I thought "win-win." I get rid of the branches. Landfill takes less trash. They get free firewood.

They said "sure, just bring them over and drop them off in our yard. We will open the gate."

 Just looking for other lighthearted tales for laughs. Don't wanna bring anyone down. 

[cindyNC]

Sounds like our neighbor who always wanted to know where the landfill was that we took our trash.....offered to let her come with me and she declined......she really wanted us to take her trash. 

[NYCLatinaMe]

@Dragonflyveb   How were you punished?  🤔

[spumoni99]

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@NYCLatinaMe wrote:

@Dragonflyveb   How were you punished?  🤔

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I am wondering also?

[NicksmomESQ]

 @Dragonflyveb   Last year I had some pieces of furniture I was looking to donate. They were in excellent condition. I called a local donation center & they were very excited about getting them .I explained that I had no way to get them to the center. The woman on the phone said no problem,they have someone who would pick the pieces up. I gave her my phone number.

 The next day I got a call from a guy, to make an appointment to pick them up. He asked me to describe the pieces. He then said that will be $149 + tax!! I told him that they were for the charity & they said they would have someone pick them up.He said it was nice of me to donate the pieces but he had to make a living & that the charity should have told me that there would be a charge.

 I told the guy that I wasn't going to pay to donate the furniture. I ended up giving the pieces to a neighbors relative, who came with a friend & a truck.

[Still Raining]

What is the diameter of the branches?  There is a big difference between a fire pit and a burn pile.

You were asking him to trim waste, cut firewood and dispose of waste.

Much more of a chore than a good deed.

[Sooner]

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@Dragonflyveb wrote:

I was always wondered about this saying.

until...

I cut down some branches and offered them to my neighbors for their fire pit. I thought "win-win." I get rid of the branches. Landfill takes less trash. They get free firewood.

They said "sure, just bring them over and drop them off in our yard. We will open the gate."

 Just looking for other lighthearted tales for laughs. Don't wanna bring anyone down. 

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@Dragonflyveb My view of this?  Take them, don't take them, your choice, nobody is injured. It's not like they asked you for the branches. .  .

[Pook]

Sounds to me like the neighbor was just doing a good deed by taking them to help OP out by letting her get rid of the branches.  

[Dragonflyveb]

I had already cut up the wood into 2 ft lengths for disposing in trash bins, so no work on their part. No large branches, under 2" in diameter. They wanted me to haul it over to their yard. I would have even helped, but not doing it all myself. Too old for that. 

To me, that's like giving away a microwave and people want it delivered....

people are funny sometimes.

[Venezia]

@NicksmomESQ - It might be a good idea to find out if the charity knows that this guy is charging people to pick up goods for them.  It wouldn't be the first time someone is doing this "on the quiet", assuming no one will contact the charity about it.