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[notsonewbie]

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Meryl Stryfe, at your service!

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[astrogator]

[She's absolutely bewildered because she can't comprehend how insisting on paying someone fairly for their work is making them jump through hoops.

Time to cut your losses with this one, Tayrey.]

Then I withdraw the request. Thank you for your time.

[Definitely no goodwill here, but it costs nothing to be polite.]

[notsonewbie]

[Meryl isn't going to feel bad about this! Nope! She's going to go back to what she was doing and -]

... Look. I'm sorry.
I really just don't want to ask for anything when I don't have a notable track record. It's about integrity! And if I can't prove that I have it then I have to earn it.
You said you run Sidra, right? How about you put together a basket of fresh, vegetarian food the next time a group of new folks comes around. Find a random one and shove it at 'em.
And you can call that equivalent payment.

[astrogator]

[It is a valiant effort, but Tayrey's principles are very inflexible.]

I'm going to make the assumption that's a good-faith suggestion and our values are just incredibly different.

No, I'm not going to approach a total stranger and present them with a food parcel as if I think they're a beggar. I'd be very insulted if someone did that to me, so I won't treat others that way. That's integrity on my part.

I wish you every success with your future business. Safe skies!

[notsonewbie]

Fine. If you don't want to repay a gesture of good will with one of your own, that's your decision.
Best of luck to you.