I saw an old friend of the neighborhood earlier today so I stopped to say hi. I had just bought a little laptop and Trav wanted to know what I was doing with it. I told him that if I can fix it, I'll probably sell it or just use it (I took it back for a refund, but that's another story). So he starts asking about computers and we have a nice conversation. He's really picking himself up after being down in the dumps, living on the streets, addicted to meth. He and I (and his two brothers) used to ring eachother's doorbells every saturday morning, depending on who got up first. The four of us were great friends. It's nice to see a guy working to better his life -especially one who I've grown up with. 
He, however, has connections to some .... not-nice people around my neighborhood. Big deal. Other people I know around here sell meth, vicodin, etc. Basic small-time crap.
Anyway, later this afternoon, this guy called The Monkey ( :roll: )walks up to the chain link fence in the front yard and starts yelling my name. I know him by face and we've acknowledged eachother in passing, but I usually keep my distance. My house is all of a 1.5 blocks away from the city's police station and the last thing I need is to be watched by the cops on suspision of association. I slide open the screen to the sliding glass door to my room and he asks if I fix computers. I said that I try and he goes off on how his PC doesn't work and what it's doing. He asked if I could help him out and I agreed and said he'd be back later.
Job hunting has been unsuccessful for too many weeks and I really need the money. However, I don't wanna be taking some idiot's drug money. Should I just fix the boot problem without charging him? I'm sick of looking for jobs today so I won't be doing much else, other than watching a few DVDs.
Advice?
He, however, has connections to some .... not-nice people around my neighborhood. Big deal. Other people I know around here sell meth, vicodin, etc. Basic small-time crap.Anyway, later this afternoon, this guy called The Monkey ( :roll: )walks up to the chain link fence in the front yard and starts yelling my name. I know him by face and we've acknowledged eachother in passing, but I usually keep my distance. My house is all of a 1.5 blocks away from the city's police station and the last thing I need is to be watched by the cops on suspision of association. I slide open the screen to the sliding glass door to my room and he asks if I fix computers. I said that I try and he goes off on how his PC doesn't work and what it's doing. He asked if I could help him out and I agreed and said he'd be back later.
Job hunting has been unsuccessful for too many weeks and I really need the money. However, I don't wanna be taking some idiot's drug money. Should I just fix the boot problem without charging him? I'm sick of looking for jobs today so I won't be doing much else, other than watching a few DVDs.
Advice?
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