No reason for you to feel bad because the guy's a jerk. Thirty years ago, I was part of a choir that performed a difficult choral piece with an orchestra at the prestigious Teton Music Festival in Jackson, Wyoming. All singers except soloists were volunteers. Afterwards, the treasurer for the choir presented the organizers of the festival with a check for $100 to help support the festival. The official to whom she gave the check looked at it, sniffed, handed it back, and said, "That's just a drop in the bucket. Keep it." Jerks are everywhere, but so are nice folks. Give the 10 Euros to someone who will appreciate them.
No, he did not. He's selling educational posters for 14€ for two pieces to fund his website, so 10€ would be in a similar range. I'm conflicted, though. I know he puts a lot of work and effort into providing this information, so he deserves compensation. You know, like artists, who ask for support. And I told others this info within a workshop, so we kind of benefited from it. (It was about building a nesting opportunity for bees.) But he comes across as having high standards to the point of being judgemental. Like our attempts aren't enough because they aren't really helping. It's also my personal issue that I'm super sensitive to that. I quickly feel like a bad person who failed if somebody approaches me like that, and that can ruin an evening for me. I know I should get over it, but I cannot really. Yep, that was the gist of what he said as I understood it. ^ ^ Anyway, thank all you guys for the emotional support. You're nice.
I'm also super sensitive when it comes to that kind of stuff. I think just the fact that you tried to help is admirable - not everyone has the funds/time to dedicate their lives to protect bees. I learned to get over these kinds of stuff by reminding myself that people sometimes do things like that for reasons unrelated to me. Maybe the guy just had a bad day and vented his frustrations on you. Maybe he's used to dealing with snobby elitists who think that giving a man five bucks means they are the greatest philanthropists in the world. What's important is that your intentions were honest. Maybe even if you were to save all the bees in the world the guy would still get annoyed.
This also reminds me of an experience with an arrogant street beggar. All I had left in my wallet was 3 dollars and I gave it to him. He got all huffy and said "Man, this won't even buy me a combo meal!" What's happened to the beggars? They used to have some class. I mean, if another person gave him 4 or 5 dollars then he'd be set for a combo meal. Strange world we're living in.
Beggars are people and people are rarely grateful for help that they receive without deserving it. I don't want to be bootstrap guy, but some are homeless normally for a reason.
I tend to ask them how much they think they are worth and then go from there. There is this author that I'd like to book but she didnt want compensation. I told her i wanted to give her at least something (but i didnt want to just start throwing numbers out incase they were too low and i offended her). So i asked her to give me a number of what an acceptable price was for her time. Another instance similar to yours was a partnership gone wrong. Partner wanted to collaborate on an event but didnt have an event in mind. So i put together an event that cost $500 each to book the guest. The partner agreed. I signed the contract with the guest.... Then the partner pulled out because they were offended by how high the fee was and it wasnt worth their time to collaborate on this event but if i "must" have them as a partner then they are willing to pay HALF that. So i worked it out with the guest and..... Ended my partnership with that institution for this event and booked the guest solo. I DID feel bad at first at having offended them. But then i thought about it: they never had a price range in mind. They never had an event in mind. And they could have spoken up about both BEFORE booking. And the icing on the cake was how nasty they were to me AND the guest about the fee.
the only time i'd think he was justified would be if you were charging a lot for the workshop... if you were charging say twenty participants $50 each then 10 dollars would be insultingly low. But if the workshop is free or just covering costs then he's being a jerk.... you can find lots of info on wild bees from the Bumble bee conservation trust https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/ and buglife https://www.buglife.org.uk/ both of whom would be happy to receive whatever donation you might like to make
Considering the advances in artificial intelligence, it's beginning to look like I might live long enough to see the day when my new car is smarter than I am.
Is that a tank varnish? Makes sense that it would be durable - it needs to withstand bullets and grenades.
I was just thinking how much it sucks that i gave away literally my last dollar to the Salvation Army over the weekend (which is good) because now im hungry and cant get anything from the vending machine (which is bad). but then i remembered i broke a $20 and have money (which is good)...... then i realized i left my wallet at home (which is bad) i see what kind of day this is going to be......
This is true, and some aren't homeless at all, just panhandling. Funny how many of them are wearing perfectly clean clothes that look brand new and their hair is clean. Some of them probably had more money than I did.
Half of them are going to smoke the donation and the other half are professional layabouts. Often both classes overlap. I would never give these types money. It's like feeding pigeons. I once had some guys try to sell me a sound system, one of those 7.1 systems you'd plug into a fancy 65" inch flatscreen. It makes me feel bad because they did get my attention, and I did stop walking when I saw them waving to me, meaning I fell for part of the ruse. But once I figured out who I was dealing with I shrugged them off. They tore out of that parking lot fast. I guess in case I called in what they were doing. It was obviously stolen equipment. I saw them the next week begging at the entrance to the supermarket with one of those mutts wearing a bandana, and a God Bless sign. There's a DQ right behind them with a help wanted notice. You better believe they're not interested in that, because they only have to work for a couple hours on the corner to be set for the day. I could never work at Dairy Queen because I would consume vast quantities of those chocolate turtle shakes. I would weigh 500 pounds and still keep gorging. That's the perfect dessert. I wish I had one now . . . I'll stand on the corner with a cardboard sign: CHOCOLATE TURTLE, GOD BLESS. Seriously, Google "chocolate turtle shake." You'll gain a pound just looking at it.
Sick. Loads of fun sneezing and blowing my nose. So disoriented that I spelled "nose" as "knows" like three times on here before getting it write.
Not sure. It is water based I think. I blotted up as much as possible with old towels and then started a cycle of pouring a gallon of water on the stain and sucking it right back up with a carpet cleaner. Had a five gallon bucket to dump the waste water. A few hours of doing that and it doesn’t look super bad, just slightly darker than the rest of the carpet
Yeah, I think these people have made me quite callous. I remember all the interviews with the street people all over San Francisco and most of them were either incoherent from drug use or were there on purpose because they didn't want to live in a home and work for the man. I only give when I know exactly where it is going.
i used to not give money to beggars because they were going to spend it on alcohol and drugs... then i realised that that was also what i was going to spend it on...
Man school is rlly bumming me out, its so exhausting having to wake up so early everyday and sit in an uncomfy wooden chair for 8 hours, i really think this is torture
I'm not a morning person. In school, one required class was only ever taught at 7:00 a.m, with a three hour lab following at 9:00 a.m. I went to work at 7 when I didn't have classes scheduled, but I didn't have to talk to anyone or answer questions at work (I worked on the university farm).
