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my_window_seatWell, that was certainly unexpected.
Just had a knock on the door from the neighbor at the end of the strip - to ask me to open a bottle of wine for him.
And yes, it's just five minutes before midnight.
I told him, I'll do this this once, but you had better never ask me to do it again. Period.
He was very grateful, blah blah blah, said he's HIV positive (and he really does look like a walking cadaver, so it's not at all hard to believe) and doesn't have energy to do some things for/by himself, apologized profusely -
I said hey, it's not so much what you're asking for as the time that you're asking for it - it's midnight for crying out loud.
I got the bottle open, he offered me a glass, I told him that it all tastes like nail polish to me and would be a waste (though it did look like a nice bottle of wine - as nice looking bottles with tastefully understated labels go).
I'm telling you, I'd like to be a nice guy, but I am not going to give anyone the impression that I'm a 24/7 on-call public utility. And especially as regards things alcoholic - or for alcoholics. I don't care what kind of fatal disease you have, don't ask me to ennable your substance abuse.
That said, I got his bottle opened, gave him a hug, and got rid of him in fairly short order.
Kids these days...
Just had a knock on the door from the neighbor at the end of the strip - to ask me to open a bottle of wine for him.
And yes, it's just five minutes before midnight.
I told him, I'll do this this once, but you had better never ask me to do it again. Period.
He was very grateful, blah blah blah, said he's HIV positive (and he really does look like a walking cadaver, so it's not at all hard to believe) and doesn't have energy to do some things for/by himself, apologized profusely -
I said hey, it's not so much what you're asking for as the time that you're asking for it - it's midnight for crying out loud.
I got the bottle open, he offered me a glass, I told him that it all tastes like nail polish to me and would be a waste (though it did look like a nice bottle of wine - as nice looking bottles with tastefully understated labels go).
I'm telling you, I'd like to be a nice guy, but I am not going to give anyone the impression that I'm a 24/7 on-call public utility. And especially as regards things alcoholic - or for alcoholics. I don't care what kind of fatal disease you have, don't ask me to ennable your substance abuse.
That said, I got his bottle opened, gave him a hug, and got rid of him in fairly short order.
Kids these days...
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