Annoying people...

[Bitter Jeweler]

Ask a lawyer to write a contract for free. See how he reacts.

Or a mechanic to replace a part.

Or myself to ride your problem horse.


The answer is always pretty cold. The lady is lucky she didn't get laughed at as well. Labor is labor. I don't give training tips for free, nor lessons or training rides. Period. You want my help, you pay for it.

Is this another vote to charge consulting fees On TPF?
Ima tell you. There's money to be had here!

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

You have fans?? Who knew.

Yup! Mostly chics.

 

[Josh66]

Ask a lawyer to write a contract for free. See how he reacts.

Or a mechanic to replace a part.

Or myself to ride your problem horse.

The answer is always pretty cold. The lady is lucky she didn't get laughed at as well. Labor is labor. I don't give training tips for free, nor lessons or training rides. Period. You want my help, you pay for it.

Yeah, but when someone says "that's a nice horse/dog/whatever", you don't automatically reply with "**** You, *****".

 

[mishele]

Are we going to have to fight over Bitter now......lol

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

If it really went down the way you describe it, every time she meets you in the future she will be thinking "What a *****".

All Red has to do is wear her avatar hat to diffuse the situation!

 

[gina_d]

You have fans?? Who knew.

Yup! Mostly chics.

You are one lucky guy then. Especially if they are chic chicks.

 

[SNBniko]

Ask a lawyer to write a contract for free. See how he reacts.

Or a mechanic to replace a part.

Or myself to ride your problem horse.

The answer is always pretty cold. The lady is lucky she didn't get laughed at as well. Labor is labor. I don't give training tips for free, nor lessons or training rides. Period. You want my help, you pay for it.

Yeah, but when someone says "that's a nice horse/dog/whatever", you don't automatically reply with "**** You, *****".

lol, of course not. But that's not what happened here, was it? The lady said 'I really like it, do it on my pictures too!' which is a totally different ball game.

Akin to: I love the fact that your horse actually listens. Make mine do that, too. Uh, no. Not for any less than $20 a ride, because you won't pay my medical bill when 'Fluffy' throws me into a fence 'over that horse-eating tree.' Given the risk is higher for my case, but still. It's labor, it's knowledge, it's expertise.

Bitter: If you don't want to you don't have to, but your comments and critiques are very helpful! =)

Along those lines though, in this case, I might have given a VERY brief overview as to how to accomplish the PP done to the photo. In my personal case, most people quit asking me for advice because I like the biomechanics of *why* a horse reacts a certain way and, more importantly, how to get leverage on an animal that outweighs you 10 fold. Generally people want an A-B-C solution, and those don't exist when you've got another critter with ideas of their own. Haha

 

[gina_d]

Are we going to have to fight over Bitter now......lol

Oh no... I have no dog in that fight! All yours, hon.

Enjoy.

 

[Josh66]

But that's not what happened here, was it?

Was it? I don't know. The way the OP describes it, I think it's pretty accurate. She didn't even give the other party a chance to explain what it is that she wants. (Assuming that what she said is actually what she did.)

 

[SNBniko]

I read it as 'do it for me too!' but if that isn't what happened, perhaps the response was unwarranted.

I know from personal experience that the sense of entitlement runs deep with some people. haha There are few horses that I've taken on for free, and those were for friends, or horses with a caliber I hadn't experienced before, therefore they had something to teach *me* along the way. (though I will say I learn something new from every horse I work with.)

I agree with you if the woman didn't ask for the labor outright.

 

[Josh66]

I agree with you if the woman didn't ask for the labor outright.

It's impossible for any of us to know, and it's impossible for the OP to know if she actually responded the way she says she did.

"Do it for me" might equal "I don't know how to do it" which could equal "teach me how to do it". There is only one way to find out, and the OP skipped over that step.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Are you sure Josh?

 

[Josh66]

Of what?

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Oh man, I can't remember.

 

[Josh66]

In that case - Yes, I am sure.