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So I am outside raking leaves and the old lady across the street comes over...she's an 80 year old widow.

She has a ton of leaves and offers me $2 to rake her whole yard for her...

what is your play/response?

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"Sorry Grandma, I don't get out of bed for less than a c-note."

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or keep raking and pretend to break your back, fall down screaming

"ohhh, my back!! my neck!! my neck and my back!!"

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Damn that sucks, I'd probably tell her to keep the $2 and just do it for her. I certainly wouldn't enjoy this bit of charity/guilt trip though.

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I come inside and ask OOT what to do.

Is she still waiting in your yard?

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Rake the leaves in exchange for one long learned life lesson

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Damn that sucks, I'd probably tell her I bill at $450/hr and will require a 10-hour retainer before commencing work

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the old lady across the street comes over...she's an 80 year old widow...

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BOOM MUFF PUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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the old lady across the street comes over...she's an 80 year old widow...

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BOOM MUFF PUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This has got to be one of the stupidest gimmicks I've seen around here in a while.

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the old lady across the street comes over...she's an 80 year old widow...

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This has got to be one of the stupidest gimmicks I've seen around here in a while.

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Gimmick? I just thought it was good advice.

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is she a gilf?

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Rake the leaves in exchange for one long [censored]

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It sucks but I'd do it for free unless we're talking about an insane amount of leaves or I had to be somewhere. Maybe I just an overly nice guy but someday I'm going to be an 80 year old ex-poker player and I'm going to want someone else to rake my leaves. Good Karma never hurts either

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Damn that sucks, I'd probably tell her although I got offers to rake top tier yards, I'd rather rake her yard, save a little money, and trust my solid performance to help me prevail over more prestigious rake wielders

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Ask her if you look like an immigrant to her.

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Ugh, shtty situation. I probably just rake the leaves for free and be pissed off for 15 minutes.

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Ugh, shtty situation. I probably just rake the leaves for free and be pissed off for 15 minutes.

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$2 for her is probably a week's worth of food.

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$2 for her is probably a week's worth of cat food.

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fyp.



OP, please report back when you do it for free and she makes you her sole heir to millions.

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Ugh, shtty situation. I probably just rake the leaves for free and be pissed off for 15 minutes.

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very standard, perhaps longer than 15 mins tho

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depends where you live. If a neighbour in my village asked, I'd do it, even for free. In the suburbs/city it's another kettle of fish.

In your situation, as long as i'd exchanged a few words on occasion with her, i'd do it free. If i'd never met her, I'd make an excuse about how I have to go do something else. My mood at the time would make a difference too. So like in my village, 100% of the time i'd do it, if i lived in the burbs and talked to her I would 100%, if i talked to her a bit and was in a foul mood it might drop to 75% and if i'd never talked to her it might be as low as 50% on a good day and 0% on a bad one.

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drive around the block and track down some neighborhood kids and pay them $20 to do it.

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How big is the yard, how much work is it? 15 minutes I might do it...2 hours and I would start chasing her with my rake.

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Make my kid do it, then pay him myself.

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outsource to india, keep the $1.50 profit

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If I knew any kids I'd pay one of them to do it out of my own pocket. Otherwise I'd do it myself for free.

I've never done a day's work for myself but I'm constantly getting suckered into doing free work for other people (esp moving).

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I was expecting something along the lines of giving CPR to a junky leper transvestite.

Just rake the leaves. You've already blown the good karma by waiting so long. Salvage a small measure of dignity.

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I would reply "no thank you ma'am" and then throw dollar bills all over her yard repeatedly yelling MAKE IT RAIN

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How is this a Good Samaritan being put to the test?
It looks a lot more like someone being offered the chance to be a Good Samaritan and being a nit instead.



Just smile, tell her you'll do it for free because she reminds you of your grandmother, and rake the [censored] leaves.

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Either do it for free, or tell her you're very busy with other work, and barely have time for your own yard.

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Just smile, tell her you'll do it for free because she reminds you of your grandmother who died on her 81st birthday, and rake the [censored] leaves.

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In my yard raking leaves takes a few hours - if that is what you mean by her having a ton of leaves, I'd make up some excuse.

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I like the people that are saying "I'd do it for free" think that the $2 aspect of this what is important.

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i'd do it. this is one of the times a poll would actually be useful.

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this really depends on the amount of leaves in the yard. my yard takes about 5 hrs to rake. its not that big either. i think you guys are underestimating how long this could take.

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tell her you want pie instead of the 2 dollars and do it

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I was just objecting to him calling himself a Good Samaritan when he was clearly doing something solely for himself.

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this really depends on the amount of leaves in the yard. my yard takes about 5 hrs to rake. its not that big either. i think you guys are underestimating how long this could take.

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I can't wrap my head around this.

5 Hours means you are either stupid slow
or you have a pretty damn big yard

if you have that big of yard, you either have the means to afford a better way to do it (mulching mower or something) or it's too big to even bother raking.

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Well BigPoppa is right, this is one of those things you do because you're a Good Person (or to convince yourself as much), and that is payment in and of itself.

I'm pretty bad at Good Person acts, the problem is they don't often come naturally so I feel guilty that I have to force myself to behave like a Good Person. It's like years ago I lived in an apartment near an old lady who was clearly on her last legs. She was legally blind or something and didn't do much but sit around and watch (or at least listen to) really loud TV. I stopped by from time to time for a visit, there was part of me that felt pretty badly about how much time she spent alone, and a part of me that felt odd just sitting around BSing with her and wondering if it was awkward for her too. This wasn't some Tuesdays with Morrie thing where she imparted a lifetime of wisdom, it was mostly just small talk until we ran out of stuff to talk about, then I left.

OP's conundrum is that if he does it it's not going to be a natural act, it's going to be forced or he would have done it already. So ultimately it will be a self-serving thing to do, it's just that in this case someone else benefits.

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to me it doesn't matter if I'm only being nice because she asked. I'm a degnerate poker player and add very little to society, but it never hurts to be nice to people. I may pass out drunk in gutter someday and I'd like to think that I've doneenough decent things in my life that if a neighbor finds me they'd have the decency to roll me out of a puddle. Unless the leaves are 3 feet thick, I'll do it because I would want people to do nice things for when I need them. People have done nice things for me in the past. I'd bitch under my breath the whole but I'd still do it. Poker tables will still be there in an hour, but Grandma may be dead.

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Damn that sucks, I'd probably tell her although I got offers to rake top tier yards, I'd rather rake her yard, save a little money, and trust my solid performance to help me prevail over more prestigious rake wielders

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lol, just read this you son of a bitch.