One time I was getting gas early in the morning after a double shift. Random dude approaches asking for cash. I said I didnt have any. He asked if i could go get some from the ATM. Always amazed at this kind of person. Unreal.

He was scouting your property. Prepare accordingly.

@Martin.W.F

10 күн бұрын

calm down batman.

@corbindallasmultipass

10 күн бұрын

Yep

@TimRHillard

10 күн бұрын

Yep.

@cwiii3378

10 күн бұрын

Agree,

@Dorchwoods

10 күн бұрын

No he wasn't, stop being so paranoid. This isn't a movie bro

Security alert just went to extreme high

@Martin.W.F

10 күн бұрын

paranoid freak

@ultrastoat3298

10 күн бұрын

Y’all are nutty.

@chazlabreck

10 күн бұрын

Yeah case the joint

Imagine being so entitled that you can’t even be bothered to walk up someone when you ask for a handout. Someone calling you over to them is always a red flag

@faithful451

9 күн бұрын

ikr.

@JacqueCRISCOsd

2 күн бұрын

Good point. He probably wouldn’t have lifted the gas can either.

what bothers me most about these kind of people is that they cant even bother to ACT humble in order to get what they want, only to move on with the same sleazy attitude to the next person too good natured to say no despites the disrespectful attitude

I can see myself reacting in multiple ways. I trust your instincts on this guy

“Sure do have diesel, it’s $15.00 per gallon”

@mrchiefbs

3 күн бұрын

you're a goober too.

I appreciate you standing your ground! I detest a free loader!

@maddierosemusic

10 күн бұрын

I have come to realize America is FULL of professional freeloaders. It disgusts me. Curches give away food during the week, and these people line up on every day. Offer a decent item for sale - like a wheelbarrel - for $20 - and you might get a few responses. Offer it free and your inbox will fill with people who don't even need the damn thing. I just gave away some filing cabinets, and the woman wanted to know if I had a lock for the one she was taking. I told her they sell them in stores. F'in freeloaders!!

Keep your eyes open. Be aware !

Don't be naive, he didn't need any diesel, recon on you, your property and belongings.

@andrewcampbell7011

4 күн бұрын

100%. That’s a classic hood move.

@happysingle6240

3 күн бұрын

Absolutely right.

You were 100% right, the way you handled it! He's just proof of what happens when you're coddled, and entitled! And not to mention, no manners, or class for that matter.

@mrchiefbs

3 күн бұрын

...back in the old days we used to share with our community... offer help to strangers...

Waving you over? Yeah that's the wrong approach.

I was driving my tractor in my field one day. A car pulled up at the end of the field as I was working. The driver motions for me to stop and come down to talk to him. With a bit of hesitation and a kind of stern look on my face I oblige him, as I walk up he doesn’t say “Hello” or “how’s it going “ no, no he says “Do you have a job for me?” Dumbfounded I said nothing and returned to my work.

@WULFWERKS

10 күн бұрын

Show him your biggest bull and tell him to go milk it.

@dejavu666wampas9

10 күн бұрын

At least he was willing to work. He was better than most.

@faithful451

9 күн бұрын

@@dejavu666wampas9 I guess so lol. How low the bar has sunk

@jfleming8311

7 күн бұрын

Couldn't agree more with your action....very wise.

I never approach a guy at my gate without the proper tool with me . Act appropriately.

@MrRobuo

10 күн бұрын

"Can I interest you in some jellybeans, mister?"

@mrchiefbs

3 күн бұрын

scardey cat booooohoooo

Help is one thing, feeling entitled enough to assume people will just give you want they worked for... no.

The entitlement is disgusting, it’s all about approach! He definitely didn’t act accordingly!

Totally agree with everything you said in this one. I'm tired of people expecting others to just hand over what they have worked for.

@aaronhiggs

10 күн бұрын

Exactly. “Barter, sure. Sell, better. But Give , never. “. That was my dad’s motto.

@mikechevreaux7607

10 күн бұрын

​@@aaronhiggs Another Word For Theft.

@aaronhiggs

10 күн бұрын

@@mikechevreaux7607exactly.

@thegrumpytexan

10 күн бұрын

You mean, like the government?

God bless you for standing your ground, doing the right thing by telling him to sell his kayak and buy some diesel,, stay frosty

I’m the same way. Approach me in a time of need and I’d drop everything to help. His attitude however, left a lot to be desired. I think you did the absolute right thing, sending him on his way. Like others have said, for all you know, he may have been scouting. I used to live literally with the Appalachian Trail bordering my back yard. I used to keep a stockpile of spare tent stakes, repair kits and even some spare tents I bought for cheap when I worked at a local sporting goods store (floor models). I did however, have some unsavory characters, not only trespass, but were unapologetic for doing so and almost ‘demanding’ my kindness. Those were people I said no to.

He was audacious; and, manners cost absolutely nothing - I agree with Wranglerstar on this one!

In England we call that a 'no good, SCROUNGER'. You did the right thing to send him on his way with a lesson.

@user-vs4rp1qc6q

8 күн бұрын

Mostly they'd get called ponce, scroungers a bit middle class. 😂😂

Big difference between someone asking and demanding. BIG difference...

He wants that sweet white diesel.

The minute I hear "Bro" I am done with the conversation.

@jeremyaltom1303

10 күн бұрын

Seriously 😂

@easypeasy2938

10 күн бұрын

But Bro….

@DixieSchizo

10 күн бұрын

Good luck speaking to anyone from the SouthWestern US

@vincentaguilar1185

10 күн бұрын

The second I hear beloved I’m done 😂

@dwreal1717

10 күн бұрын

No Bro Jobs

There was a homeless guy hanging around our parking lot asking for handouts. Heard the manager at Taco Bell offered him a job to help get back on his feet. He declined and haven't seen him since

@faithful451

9 күн бұрын

Most homeless are that way for a reason. And the long term ones it's not most it's all. It's not hard for someone willing to work to get back on their feet.

@Clevelandsteamer324

8 күн бұрын

Lots of people just plain don’t want to work

@rudyvega1710

8 күн бұрын

Get the hell off my property and don't ever come back .

He on a recon to see what you have worth of stealing. Suns down guns around.

You were absolutely correct in telling him to sell his kayak for some diesel. What a jerk thinking people would just give him free fuel in this day and age.

@dejavu666wampas9

10 күн бұрын

Probably works half the time, for little effort investment for him. Almost clear profit.

Proho never gives strangers survival supplies

Should have gave him gasoline and told him it was diesel

I don't think I've ever noticed a log cabin with the angled cuts around the windows and doors.... Nice touch, I love it

@dejavu666wampas9

10 күн бұрын

Much better lateral view.👍

Stay strapped and keep the cameras rolling.

It's a west coast thing, we southerners don't understand

@jasonsox2857

10 күн бұрын

Naw down here in SC he may have gotten shot before being able to ask

@Price1861

10 күн бұрын

@@jasonsox2857west coast man will never understand the east coast man 😂😂

@timlewis7218

8 күн бұрын

Down here "bro, you got any diesel" means druggie.

@cinemoriahFPV

8 күн бұрын

We call it freeloading in the south.....

The correct way to approach is hey can I give you an hour's work for maybe a couple gallons of diesel you did the right thing and tell him to kick rocks

If someone is genuinely in a hard spot by accident, absolutely help them. Somebody cruising around living off other people's generosity is not cool. Don't care if he gets away with it, that is dishonorable.

We all find ourselves in need of help at some point. However, the only proper attitude when asking someone to sacrifice his resources, time and/or effort on our behalf is one of humility and gratitude. Had this character adopted such an approach when requesting your assistance, Cody, I have no doubt that his outcome would have been a more auspicious one. To paraphrase Mark Twain, "The world doesn't owe you anything, it was here first."

This is the new thing in Fort Worth TX: at a gas station, people come up and ask you to fill up their tank

@mikechevreaux7607

10 күн бұрын

Been That Way For Many Years In California. Usually, The Gas ⛽ Thief Gets a Cute "Damsel In Distress," To Go Up To You Wanting To Fill Up a 1 - 5 Gal Gas Can. Her Partner In Crime, Parked Off Gas Station Property. He Empties Can, Then Sends Her 🔙 Back To Beg For MORE! After His Tank Is Full He Leaves.

@joseperez-qf4gz

2 күн бұрын

Just say no to fill there tank

Maybe he was casing your joint... I would be on the lookout for a return visit when the sun goes down.

@jacob1121

10 күн бұрын

Dropping in silently from upstream in that kayak raiding properties as he goes along.

@MrRobuo

10 күн бұрын

@@jacob1121pulling some play moves in Cody’s low-head cold plunge dam area

@peterjones7895

10 күн бұрын

​@@jacob1121A astute observation

Helping a man who is down is not the same as helping a freeloader stay a freeloader. One is picking a man up, and the other is allowing him to stay down. Act accordingly friends.

"You have to ask me nicely." ~ Col. Jessup

@brianwaldo2642

10 күн бұрын

Took a sec., but I got it. Good movie.

I think you acted wisely. Giving to someone in need is gracious but giving to someone that is simply entitled is stupidity.

The gall of having you walk to where he was! I’m scared for this country.

@the.pirate.empire

10 күн бұрын

As I read these comments and see more people with a similar mindset as us, I think the country will be just fine

Seen a tik tok video earlier of a guy who dropped his JBL speaker into his engine bay then forgot about, started truck and destroyed it. He then retrieved it, tore all to pieces but still worked. He then proceeds to say “So JBL, you gonna give me a new speaker?”. Like he deserved it but of course an account presumingly JBL responded like a typical simp company and was like “Oh yeah well send you one because you deserve it.” I had to eye roll. He didn’t deserve it and the way he just expected another speaker for HIS ignorance. Sick of the entitled generation. Of course they are gonna keep asking if we keep giving our earnings away. Freeloaders and lazy

Unfortunately in today’s society kindness is seen as a sign of weakness 🇬🇧

Bro, my pronouns are “sir” or “mister”.

A lone farmworker was approached in the field by 2 men on foot (Central Calif near I-5, early 1970's). They asked for water and while one drinker held the jug to his lips, he threw the bottle towards the worker and was simultaneously jumped on by the other. FFWD, my police chief godfather was telling my dad of two men who walked into the doctor's office sporting horrible slashes. The doctor called the police and while they were being treated an officer arrived to see what was going on. They refused to give any info. A few minutes later, the farmworker arrived at the PD to file a report of an attempted robbery. He got the best of them, swing his shovel like a battle axe and inflicted some serious injury.

He gave it his best shot and you did exactly what I would have done

could be phishing too see if he can get some diesel from your stock so then he knows you have a lot in storage to come back and rob a lot more useing a syphen and a tank on the back of a pickup. seem them do it herd of it and it happens in england along with car part thef like cutting caterlitic converters off. whos to know though but given how it was asked and the lack of compeling situtional surcumstance and just seeming to be casualy asking for a free top up i would have said the same. watch your storage cody he might be sniffing around for someone to rob hopefully not

A quality example of adult boy behaviour...

Twice I've had someone drive up, keep their motor running and, sitting on the opposite side of their vehicle from me (making me have to approach in order to hear), ask for either gas or money for same. In both cases, when denied, they blasted off in a noisy departure. Yep, thanks for confirming my suspicions!

Your homestead seems like it isn't that accessible. Be wary. He may also have been scouting your area. CYA 🏴‍☠️

He was not what you thought he was. He was there on purpose. Be careful.

Probably would have offered him some diesel in exchange for a little work. With that being said, a guy who just asks for it typically isn’t the type to agree to it.

As soon as he said “hey bro “, to start the conversation , … he lost all credibility as a man and instantly comes across as an entitled punk.

@ConnorAdamz

10 күн бұрын

Explain how saying “bro” displays entitlement.🤣

@AkornzStash

10 күн бұрын

@@ConnorAdamz because he didn't know Cody, had never met him. it is disrespectful and shows the attitude of many in the current generation.

@ConnorAdamz

10 күн бұрын

@@AkornzStash Making him walk to the car and asking for free diesel was disrespectful. Saying “bro” is an abbreviation of brother which isn’t disrespectful in any sense.

@brentf2531

9 күн бұрын

@@ConnorAdamz I think Cody said the guy was a millenial...so YOUNGER than Cody. Being respectful of those older than we are begins with our parents. I was taught to refer to adults as "SIR" or "MA'Am". The 5th commandment says we are to "HONOR" our parents. To this day if I approach an older person...a police officer or fireman (who risk it all for others)...a person in the military I will call them "sir...or Ma'am) to show respect for them. In the old testament we read that Elihu, who was young, waited patiently for the men in the group to talk. Most of today's young people (NOT ALL) were not raised to respect older people or people who put their life on the line 5 and 6 days a week for us. I know this won't get solved via comments but wanted to oopine.

@ConnorAdamz

9 күн бұрын

@@brentf2531 If I go to Home Depot and ask a worker “Hey bro I’m having trouble finding this product could you help me?” Am I being an entitled punk? The irony in the original comment is that he believes he’s entitled to be called “Sir”.

I guarantee you that attitude is directly related to how he can afford all of that crap. Seriously, people unafraid and expectant with the ask get way farther than the timid who never summon the courage to ask for a pittance.

And he motioned YOU to come to him!

Agree with how you handled that and how you’d have helped him if he approached you differently.

Answered my door the other day unarmed. I thought it was my neighbor so I was totally off guard. Anyway you handled it perfectly.

Reminds me of my conversation with a millenial coworker of mine who thought he could just roll up to anyone's house and plug in his EV. He said, 'you know you can charge them anywhere there is an electrical outlet.' I told him the guy running the amps into your battery isn't going to feel so hot about that.

you had good discernment in my opinion , in this situation...thank you for sharing.

I’m from a hard-working family and a smart working family and we all have supported ourselves all of our lives but I have a niece that rides around in a hippie bus on a shoestring and I think she’s happier than all of us. She is just living the dream no stress there’s something to be said for it.

@toshikotanaka3249

10 күн бұрын

Young people can get away with that. People consider it adventurous, free spirited, "finding yourself". But when you're 50 it's considered pathetic.

@timmynormand8082

10 күн бұрын

@@toshikotanaka3249an it comes faster than she thinks

Glad you shared the video, reminds me of people buying drugs and alcohol, and then have no money for gasoline.

I think if he got that far up your property you have a security issue 😅

The fact that the guy beckoned you to come to him instead of approaching you in a friendly manner and offering to barter something, or to work for the diesel fuel, says loud and clear that he is nothing more than a mooch. I would have pointed him down the road as well.

Be on your guard. Your homestead may have just been scouted

@BlackMan614

10 күн бұрын

Bingo. No one shows up and demands "diesel". FBI counter-terrorism agent would be my guess,.

Hey, I have that same shirt 😉 Hello from Libby, Montana. The Cabin is looking great and I am glad we got to do this Project with you 👍

I agree with you. Had he walked up politely and suggested he was being a burden but asked for help, I give it all day. But motioning you to go to him and then asking for free diesel…nah!

I appreciate the honesty. It's better than pretending you're bad off, so taking advantage of people would be easier. I still understand your point.

Should have gave him the Gospel. I’m sure that is what he really needed.

Next project on the list: privacy fence

It’s a good exercise to consider others’ points of view, and their views on how life should proceed. Even if the alternate view is not accepted after some consideration, your understanding of his and your situations is improved.

Scouting.... Act accordingly

at the company I work for as a cabinetmaker/handyman(36+ years) a 22 yr old in shipping dept says he wants to work with and learn from me the skills of the trade - kid barely knows what end of the screwdriver to hold to drive screws - after working with me part time and eventually stopping I asked him if he was still interested in learning - his problem is he doesn't want to put forth the effort to learn - but his response to me was, "You know what to do if you want me over there to work with you - tell the boss (same boss for us both) that you need help and ask to have me moved over." What an arrogant answer - same as this guy calling you to him asking if you have any diesel.........

The kids shirt.. hahaha “ tell us you actually read the comments, without saying you read the comments “ 😊

(Rude!) That was incredibly rude. If my elders heard me do anything similar, they would tan my hide growing up.

you sir are so correct . i guess we do not understand the new generation . i have been taken a few times . but feels so good to help . as i am 87 . diffrent generation . god bless you and family

Every situation is different , each man must do his own thing and pick his own road.

You made the right call.

Definitely worth sharing! I agree with you and think you nailed it. Help someone when they are down but don’t make begging a valid career . Cabin looks skookum!

I had something similar happen recently. Was walking into a gas station to pre-pay saw a guy sitting outside the gas station office. I was readying my response to what I was sure would be a request for spare change when he asked, “ do you have an extra twenty to share?”… Inflation is hitting everywhere I guess…

Love how regardless of situation or what you feel at the moment, you are always able to disconnect and “debrief” yourself. I agree with some of the things you say and disagree with others, but I do believe I need to be more like you.

Watch your property the next couple of days

No respect, and you acted accordingly 👍

People always want something for nothing

Bravo 👍ITS A DISGRACE

Government surveillance employee maybe?

@lumberfox89

10 күн бұрын

100%

@easypeasy2938

10 күн бұрын

No need to send a human. The got satellites for that. Besides, it’s not like Cody lives off the beaten path.

@lumberfox89

10 күн бұрын

@@easypeasy2938 Satellites can only do so much. Humint is still used.

@thormidthagahast8914

10 күн бұрын

@@easypeasy2938 you cant say anything about what the government, theives, or any nefarious intentioned group or individual would or would not do...not with any confidence you can't. Sky is the limit on the information gathering......."machine" "apparatus". Whatever we want to call it. Not just our government to consider either.

@CU65LATER

10 күн бұрын

Covernment surveillance is not so ,so handicap. They have better ways to do that for sure....

I agree with you. Apalling.

Like you said, he’s done that dozens of times and survived. There’s no room in my heart for scammers and bums.

Sounds like you handled it appropriately.

That's what "No Trespassing" signs are for.

I’d have given him some , if I had it to spare , then I’d have take him hostage , by taking my time and telling him , next time he puts the kayak in, to see how water is level, then, tell him a story about Jesus on stormy water. I bet by the time I’m got done filling up that can and talking , and of course , it’s my can, I have to help to put it in your vehicle, more time more witnessing and being a light. When I was done , he’d have a lot to think about, I may have planted a seed , or watered one. We’re called to be “ Fishers of men, not Keepers of aquariums “!

That's West Coast for you . . . 😂

@yougotthatright1635

10 күн бұрын

In all honesty, yes. As is probably true where you are, in East TN even a meth head would have been super respectful and apologetic. He would have offered anything he had on him at the time, including to work or help in some way. Our folks can be knuckleheads when they think no one is watching but always super respectful face to face. Its also true that an armed society is a polite society…and we just expect it here that every man, woman and child carries.

The kid shirt got me😂

Oregon... case closed.

Cody you did the right thing 👏

You had me at TDI. Whoever that guy is, screw him😂

Well hello Mrs. Nesbitt

I feel exactly as you do. I wouldn't have been able to contain myself

I wouldn’t expect that where you live but it’s 2024 now 😂

Waved you over? What is this, Jack in the Box drive-through?

I see what you did there, Cody. Framed the video on a kid wanting free diesel, but it was really to get back at those making fun of your child sized shirt. Bravo. Bravo.