Am I a monster?

[toman]

So I’m walking home from the supermarket, and about to enter my building. I have in one hand, several bags of groceries, and in the other, a case of beer. From across the street, comes a voice: “Hey, hey!” I, being the considerate person I think I am, turn and acknowledge the person, who turns out to be a very dirty looking Mexican. The following transcript covers the conversation.

Dude: “Se habla Espanol“?

Me: “Uh, no, sorry man…”

Dude: “I have… uh, question…”

Me: Thinking, he’s going to ask for directions to the courthouse, bank, nearest bar, etc… “Ok, man, sure, no prob…”

Dude: “Question is… “(Pointing at my beer) “Can I have beer? Just one, please!”

Me: At this point I’m pondering; Sure, I can spare one beer, but how the hell am I going to carry an open case of beer upstairs, with the rest of my groceries? Why is this Mexican dude wandering the streets at night asking strangers for beers? Is he going to stab me if I say no? How the fuck am I supposed to explain any of this to him if he doesn’t speak enough English to even ask for a beer? Does my denying him a beer make me a dick? If I was thirsty enough to ask a stranger in a foreign country who’s language I didn’t speak for one of their beers and they just said no, I think I might be a little put off… At which point I said to myself: “Fuck it. I’m living in America, every business around the neighborhood has a “Now hiring” sign in the window, I don’t speak Spanish, and dammit, I’m a drunk and I can use all the beers I can afford. This guy can go home and beg beers off of people in his own country. And if he stabs me in the back, so be it. I could use a fresh adventure anyway.” So, I simply turned, walked away, and went inside to drink my cold, tasty beers. Am I a monster?

[BandAide]

You might be a monster, but it's more likely that you just weren't in the mood to be generous to Mr. Need-A-Beer. You'll have to do a little introspection in reference to the whole monster thing, though. I'm not sold based on this example.

[PEACE FROG]

shake it up and give it to him........ you've got alot to learn about bing a monster ;)

[LIBRA]

Of course it HAD to to be a mexican, asking for the beer. Making your story all the more, well... you :)

I wouldnt have gave up a beer either only because of the fact that it is a pain to carry all that upstairs and my luck the little handle would have broken and there goes all my beer.

Id say you are a mini monster, the kind in fraggle rocklol

[toman]

Exactly, I'm standing there on the sidewalk with this image of twenty-three cans of beer bouncing down five flights of stairs, while all the heads and freaks in my building come running and scoop them up like kids at the white house easter egg hunt. :bawl:

[Yossarian]

I would've told him he could have one if he were to help me carry them up the stairs. That is, if he weren't to shady looking.

[oldkzildjians]

my problem isn't so much bums wanting my beer, it's my own group of friends! now I love to share with my friends like any good buddy, but there are certain people who conveniently forget to buy after-beers before going to the bars (texas law; can't buy beer after midnight) EVERY night. and it's not just my beer, but the other people who always have some. certain folks even know which of us to ask because we always have it. I've taken to buying forties or keeping it all in my car. I know it sounds really selfish, but imagine it happening every single night. same fucking thing happens with cigarettes. there's people who NEVER EVER EVER EVER buy a pack and then will try and bum one quicker than you yourself will smoke them. I've just started telling people no and explaining how I feel. it's refreshing to be honest.

[toman]

Totally... Whenever I buy beer, I always get a bunch, so that It'll actually last a while and I won't be back the next day or something to get more. Every time, it seems some people show up at my house, take a look in the fridge, and say "hey guys! Look at all this beer!" and proceed to drink it all. The bastards I call friends... :D :cheers:

[country]

thats why I have ''guest beer"(cheap beer that taste terrible and sometimes has set out in the sun and turned green)for the free loaders that never buy beer.

[LIBRA]

I have great friends, they always bring there own. And if they drink my beer, next time I drink theres same with smoke.

[oldkzildjians]

I have great friends, they always bring there own. And if they drink my beer, next time I drink theres same with smoke.

see yeah it's great when people contribute. it should be unspoken. talking about it makes it weird. sharing is fun. it's just the "freeloaders who NEVER contribute but think we're all some kinds of hippies or something so we should share everything" ones that piss me off.

[freakyfairy]

Exactly, I'm standing there on the sidewalk with this image of twenty-three cans of beer bouncing down five flights of stairs, while all the heads and freaks in my building come running and scoop them up like kids at the white house easter egg hunt. :bawl:


dude that would be such a waste of beer...all that fizzing up? all the wasteage? not good...... :cheers:

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[redthewitch75]

Nah...I don't think you are a monster...or selfish...I might or might not have given the dude a beer, depending on my mood at the time.

Also, glad to have friends who aren't moochers. Either we buy, they buy or to each their own...totally whatever. Also, friends who always share their smoke and totally don't expect it in return. Though we do in kind. :bandit: