BAD FEELINGS SPOIL WHOLE BUSHEL OF NEIGHBOR'S APPLES
DEAR CR-ABBY:
Two weeks ago, out of the blue, my middle-aged neighbor, "Ed," brought over a bushel of apples from his tree. He told me he didn't want them to go to waste, and he wasn't going to do anything with them. I told Ed I didn't want them, but he left them with me anyway.
Reluctantly, I spent my days off peeling, coring and cooking them into batches of apple crisp, pies and jam. I gave away all of the items to friends and family, and saved one pie to give to Ed.
When I took it over to him, he said, "Is that it? What did you do with all the rest?" When I told him I had given everything else away, Ed got upset and said he should have gotten more because they were his apples!
Cr-Abby, I am just furious. I didn't want, ask for or need those apples in the first place. I worked hard preparing them, and the last thing I expected was for my neighbor to be so ungrateful. Am I overreacting? I seriously want nothing more to do with the man.
-- OFFENDED IN APPLETON, WIS.
Reluctantly, I spent my days off peeling, coring and cooking them into batches of apple crisp, pies and jam. I gave away all of the items to friends and family, and saved one pie to give to Ed.
When I took it over to him, he said, "Is that it? What did you do with all the rest?" When I told him I had given everything else away, Ed got upset and said he should have gotten more because they were his apples!
Cr-Abby, I am just furious. I didn't want, ask for or need those apples in the first place. I worked hard preparing them, and the last thing I expected was for my neighbor to be so ungrateful. Am I overreacting? I seriously want nothing more to do with the man.
-- OFFENDED IN APPLETON, WIS.
Dear Crab-Apple Annie,
You know the saying "No good deed goes unpunished"? Welcome to the club of the unappreciated.
Little Jack Corner can stay in his corner and put his thumb in someone else's pie or stick it somewhere else and pull out whatever he wants.
I'm going to take a wild a## guess,...your neighbor is a widower with a crooked finger who chases kids out of the yard...right? He might be my brother...I'm the nice one!!! :)
Last piece of advice,..Recipe for Revenge
Buy one dozen apples..... $2,
Buy one of those big 3ft diameter tin tubs...$20
Fill it with water.....10 cents
Take it over have him bob for apples, hold hs head under the water for a long enough time to get his attention..............PRICELESS
Buy one of those big 3ft diameter tin tubs...$20
Fill it with water.....10 cents
Take it over have him bob for apples, hold hs head under the water for a long enough time to get his attention..............PRICELESS
OR if you prefer a more subtle approach buy a DVD of the movie American Pie and write a note for your neighbor...."Hey A##hole, next year when your apples are ripe,...bake your pie and watch this movie so you know what you can do with your apples and your pie"!
Cr-Abby
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