To borrow is not to own

I can remember when I was a kid one thing that always stood out about my father and that was the fact that he would say whatever he wanted and pretty much called it how it was. Much like many of the people I have dealt with over the last few years I also did not like hearing the truth, regardless if my Father wanted to say it or not. Shit most people don’t want to hear the truth, they would rather have stuff sugar coated or be flat out lied to instead of facing the reality of things.

I have never really been able to understand why people think it’s OK to just constantly “borrow” other people’s shit without thinking for a second that it might be a good idea to give back to the cause if you know what I mean. Don’t get me wrong I am not the type of person that is really looking for anything hell I don’t even like asking people to help me carry groceries in the house never mind expecting anything.

One of the largest pet peeves I have with this (much like my father) is the good people that constantly wanna “borrow” things that they should have on their own. A perfect example of this is when I use to Dip and use the good lip meds known as Skoal, when I dipped I always had dip. Kinda makes sense doesn’t it? I mean if I want to have a dip than I should have some with me, I shouldn’t expect other people in society to support and supply my nasty ass habit. I can always remember being out and some loser would come up to me (especilly the ones you dont know) and ask, “Hey man can I BUM a dip?” My thought always was, “No you dirty fuck, if you want to dip get your lazy ass into the car and pull out your own money and buy a can of dip.” all though my answer was more like, “Nah man sorry I don’t share my dip.”

If your a drunk shouldn’t you carry around your own bottle of Vodka or whatever else your poison is? If you dip shouldn’t you buy and maintain your own stash of shit so that you don’t have to put your dirty ass hands into someone else’s dip can? If your a smoker shouldn’t you carry your own effin cigarettes? Think about it… Don’t you owe it to yourself to constantly not try and grub shit off of people when it’s a daily habit of yours? I would think if I were a daily drinker or an hourly smoker, I would make sure I have enough shit to keep myself covered. I mean really, why the hell would I want to constantly grub and “bum” shit off of people when it was my idea to do this habit in the first place.

Borrowing stuff or bumming stuff does not mean you own it or that it was given to you, it means you borrowed it and you are expected to return it or replace the item at some point in time. Plenty of people (the grubs) will hate a post like this because much like my Father it speaks the truth, the people that manage to have some kind of habit and are constantly being grubbed off of will appreciate this post and hopefully think to themselves, “Next time someone asks me to bum or borrow whatever it might be Im going to tell them, NO.” It’s that simple, one NO will save you future responses and feeling like you are obligated to give that stranger a cigarette. One NO will set you free.

Tagged as: borrowing, bum, cigarettes, grub, skoal