Maybe Im Just An A-hole?
 

It really gets under my skin when your generosity becomes expected.
Case in point....
Our fishing trip last month was awesome and we ended up with 40lbs of redfish fillets. We kept about 12lbs and gave the rest away to friends and family. We like to share when we are blessed. However I gave a bag of fish to a guy I work with(not a friend just a guy) and today he asks when im gona bring him more fish. He isn't getting fish from our weekend trip just because he expected it. Maybe im just a A-hole though.

you're not an a-hole bro. you're the whole A!! lmao j/k
i don't blame you one bit. i'd tell him when he pitches in for gas, bait and your time cleaning them, then he can have some.

We share our fish with just about anyone who asks.

Trouble is, some folks don't understand that those who ask receive, but those who expect/demand/drop hints do not receive.

This has always been my biggest pet peeve ... All I want is to be appreciated not expected .. I get bent out of shape quick when you expect me to do nice things

Just ignore and don't work yourself up over it. The guy's definitely not worth your time.

The whole A with a beer in one hand and a redfish in the other.lmao

This is true. He will be seeing me give out a few bags of fish to some people that were very grateful for their last fish but never asked or expected anymore. I love sharing when we are blessed with fish but to be expected to share really gets me. Like MG said, the more they expect the less they get.

I had a neighbor I had ask if they wanted some flounder. Her question was "are they cleaned"?

Not an A-hole,

I would just ignore his request with a freindly smile, not gonna get me upset over something I enjoy.

If he persist then I say,

"Sorry we didn't catch enough to give to everyone whom may ask/demand"!

The end!

Jimmy

This guy is not an outdoorsman, he does not realize what it takes to put them filets in the zip lock bag. I have quite a few guys in my subdivision that do the same thing, and they all have no chance of getting any speck filets from me.

The "are they cleaned" line is a classic.

Maybe he was just trying to have a little fun and tried joking with you. i would have asked the same question.

Some people aren't good at saying thank you, at all. Coulda been saying he appreciated them, without saying he appreciated them...

Guess you gotta read the person to make the call

That's funny. I give fish away a lot and it's always cleaned but that's a lame question.

Kind of like when you invite a buddy to go fishing and he asks if they are biting.....really? C'mon dude, can't we just go fishing.

Or, you invite someone over to eat and they ask what you're cooking, :spineyes:

Some people.

yea, makes a difference if he was your friend or just some random guy. but he still could have been trying to be friendly/joking. guess its one of those things where you had to be there.

Or when you boil a $100 sack of crawfish and they bring over a king cake and call it even.

You would have to know this guy. A joke is above his IQ level. It takes all the brain power he can muster just to follow his push broom. I know that sounds bad but its the truth.

L M A O! As bad as that sucks I just laugh at it when it happens. I just figure math was never their strong suit.

Lawd them people must be everywhere. I work with a few like this.

Or next time he comes in and brags about the steak he ate last night, ask him for a rack of ribeyes! LOL

haha yea, gotcha.. you ought to see how good i can push one of those! perhaps you should filet the fish and give him the bones

All the more reason to ignore.

That's my favorite. As soon as I hear that I try to change the subject.

One of the best I've ever heard!
Year before last I installed a French door unit in a officers house all the way up until the day before Christmas Eve, witch is unheard of for me. I wait all year for the last week of dec, and the first two weeks of January for ducks and bucks.
He was pushy and needed it done before Christmas, soo I granted him his wish and figured I did his family a favor working on my vacation time to get it done for there christmas dinner.
When the job was completed he handed me my check and said,

Him: you killin them ducks?

Me: yes sir I'm killing ducks.

Him: well the only way you can cash that check, is if you clean me 6-8 of them ducks next time whole. I got sum family across the lake that wants them! You know plucked clean,ALL RITE!

Me: well sir see my ducks are already spoken for, but I'll keep u n mind!

My blood pressure was boiling, had he not been in law , and a fat check been in my hand headed for my bank, well lets just say I'm a better man today for what I didn't do!

Sum people's children! Lol

Sounds like something my father inlaw would. Some folks got some ballz

Funny how many people will ask for game when they find out you are hunting it...Had probably 5 people ask me for deer jerky/sausage when they found out I was deer hunting. They just don't realize the time/effort/money that goes into killing and processing.

Just thought of another!
2 nights ago my mother in laws friend comes in my house takes one look at all my mounts and says

Her: why don't u sell me one of those antler thingys, you got enough of em!

She was pointing to the most miserable of all, but most memorable, and happened to be the very first buck I shot with my bow, in full velvet @ that!

I took it with a grain of salt until she said

Her: can't be worth too much, huh? How much for that one?

My ole'lady could see and feel the tension and says

My ole/young'lady: Let's get out of his hair and go in the other room!

Crickets:crickets:crickets!


I must have missed the cheap deer antler mounts forsale sign in my front yard!!!

And I'd gladly give that very mount to a less fortunate individual who would appr. As much as I have since the day it was taken!



Sum people's children!

I like when my FIL invites me to a crawfish boil at his house, and tells me to bring a sack for me and his daughter. He only tells me and my family to bring our own, all his friends show up and eat for free - not on my sack though, cuz I don't go.

When I get this, my reply is "if they cleaned I keep"

My FIL can be like that too. I try not to go to any of his gatherings with his other friends. I do my own thing at our house. They get invited and if they wana come good. If not, I couldnt care less.

I don't mind people asking, as long as they are OK with any possible answer, No being as acceptable as Yes.

I'd hate for God to judge me for asking requests of him, because I judge people for asking requests of me. I bet some of my requests of God in heaven have been more outrageous than any man's request of me.

If someone says to me " if you have any extra I would love to have some" thats fine and I will be sure that I prepare a bag for them. Its the "when you gona give me somemore fish" attitude that gets under my skin. I just want to look at them and say "when ya gona catch your own damn fish".

I'd probably invite them fishing.

Worst place to share outdoor doings. They come to expect everytime; if there's a crew cookout they feel like u know who has always the main entre just waiting to be cooked. Don't feel distraught at co- workers gall of expectance ;now das an A-Hole taking for granted that there part is bringing the paper plates and plastic fork's. OK I quess I got carried away, but U are not alone in the way your of feelings.

THIS ^^^^^^^

Drunk :spineyes:

The one that gets me the most is when we cook at my old mans shop for the employees, and my grandpa takes it upon himself to call every one of his friends to come eat just before lunch time. It always ends up to where me, my dad, and my brother don't have any food left to eat. After my dad charged them for a plate, they quit showing up.