If you had a neighbor who never maintains his power tools (lawn mower, leaf blower, edger) and wants to continually borrow yours because his will not start, would you?
It gets better...The guy makes good money, but prefers to blow $300 a night at the strip club once a week and goes out after work and parties.
This is where I have a problem. I take care of my stuff and invest my money for what I have. I see it as his priorities are screwed up. Instead of him buying reliable tools, he decides to blow it on something else. He asked me to borrow my $900 pressure washer (again) and after he complained that my edger wasn't running right, rubbed me the wrong way.
Am I being a dick because I will not let him use my stuff? I seem to think I am being a tad bit anal here.
Just asking...
You've been way too nice already. I've had nothing but trouble with tool borrowing in my life. I never borrow stuff, always buy what I need, and take care of it. I live in a new subdivision. Neighbor asks last year if they can borrow a shovel to move some mulch around. Then my wheelbarrow. Reluctantly, I agree, trying to be nice. Don't see either for over a month. Then they want my fertilizer spreader. Nope! Around christmas, they wanted a ladder to put up decorations on the high roof. I lied and told them I didn't have one tall enough. So this lady wanted to borrow the ladder anyway: she was going to make her husband set up the ladder on the pitched garage roof to climb up to the top roof! Wrong! Jim's Pick-A-Tool is 100% closed for good, don't care if people don't like it.
