Question by Ask me!: Neighborhood Emergency, was I selfish, incorrect….what do you believe?
You guys tell me what you believe if I am incorrect right here or I’m thinking about this in a incorrect way…..or whatever but this still bothers me a small bit!
I live in an area that has frequent energy outages, most last 1-2 days and the energy gets back up and every little thing gets back to typical and no big deal. When I moved right here we went through one particular that lasted 3 days and I vowed in no way once more.
So I bought an generator to cover my whole home, it runs on organic gas and I have a LP back-up technique…bottom line is I can run my entire property for 2 solid Months if I had to just on the LP gas. I also took the time and income to buy two significant chest freezers and keep both filled with beef, chicken, frozen dinners, veggies etc. I also devoted a 12×12 space in my basement for can foods, dry milk, initial Aide kits, bottled water (40 pallets), dog food (trigger we are dog lovers), flash lights, candles, extra laundry soap, shampoo…genuinely every thing we would require for an extened outage….the nearest retailer from right here is 11 miles. I also purchased a huge Gas storage tank that holds 400 gallons of fuel that’s outside of course………….okay, I felt we were set and prepared for anything!
So I believed……….
Well, last summer we had a power outage with a large storm…within 30 seconds our generator kicked in and we are at complete energy, AC, Tv, lights we had it all and didn’t skip a beat.
The 1st couple of days were just fine…then a few neighbors observed we had lights and asked to come in and cool down…they also stayed for dinner simply because they were acquiring low on food. By day five we had 15 adults and 24 kids living in our residence. We have five bdms, household area and florida area and a completed basement…we were packed in our residence very tightly to say the least….but what do you say. Myself and wife & son feed every person 3 sqaure meals per day. On day 12 we heard that a retailer was open down in town…so a single neighbor asked if he could get some gas from me to drive down the mountain and acquire a few supplies…I said positive…thinking he would take two-three gallons of my provide…he was filling up his SUV…I stopped him when I came over and noticed he had pumped in 23 gallons…I said TOM…that is for emergencies only…he said OH…sorry I wasn’t thinking!
On day 21 it was finally More than….the 400 gallons of gas was down to 2 gallons, folks stole my gas MY NEIGHBORS all telling me that would get 2-three gallons….they all went by way of our enormous food provide that I estimate was about 3000K.
Now here’s the factor soon after it was over………
Not one particular single person provide to repay us…not 1 of them stated here’s $ 40 from the gas I took…not a single of them said here’s $ 200 for the food I ate….not a single stated here’s $ 100 for the LP gas….not even a thank you card or note…they all just mentioned how good it was of us to aid them during their time of need to have. TRUST me these are not poor folks, we all have 300K-700K homes and most have 3-20 acres up here.
I was just a tiny offended…………..am I incorrect to really feel this way or what?
Very best answer:
Answer by Morty76
Fantastic neighbors you have. They got thousands of dollars worth of stuff out of you for cost-free. If they can afford a 700k residence, they can afford to prepare just like you.
Subsequent time it’s going to get ugly. I hope you have guns. Honestly you’re going to have to kill an individual since you were so generous last time. If you turn them away, they are going to break into your place or attempt to burn it down due to the fact they now know what you have. Individuals are savages.
I’d send a letter to all your neighbors asking for repayment. If they do not pay up now, subsequent time they’re going to be sunk.
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it’s wrong to get offended at anything.
but that is disappointing. it doesn’t matter how much money the people have you should have gotten a thank you card from everyone.
“hey shuold be more prepared. if you live in an area where this happens it their job to look out for themselves.”
things like this can happen to anyone. noone is prepared for everything life is full of surprises. if someone is capable of helping out I think it’s their duty to do so. letting everyone stay in their home and live off of their supplies is more than he had to give them, but a hot shower, some food to help them make it through should be part of an unwritten rule.
Next time, let them see your dogs lick the plates, then put um in the cupboard while there looking
no youre not beign selfish..you were looking out for YOUR family and got taken advantage of..next time id tell them look ill give you a sandwich or something but in no way can you stay here or have 20 gallons of gas unless you pay for it. im sorry. but they shuold be more prepared. if you live in an area where this happens it their job to look out for themselves..
Send a bill to everyone for them to pay their share.