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Footballguy
This story is not that interesting. However, with the board being as slow as it is, I thought I'd ask the FFA if I were justified in asking the question below. Here's the backstory.
One Tuesday night, my brother and 5 of his friends arrived at my ski house in Park City. They've planned their trip for months and I was more than happy to let them stay at my place. They will be there until Monday. My bro has been to the house many times with his family and is familiar with the area. He also knows some of the ski instructors that we've used over the years to teach our kids to ski.
On Wednesday am, he tells me that he's arranged to ski with Brent who's was nationally ranked skier who competed to make the Olympic team in 2014 in his discipline. He was ranked about 10th nationally and is a world class skier. We have skied with Brent for many years and he's a great guy. My bro and his family have also used Brent as an instructor and have gotten along very well. Even though Brent has been over to the house many times for dinner, the skiing relationship has always been professional--i.e. we always pay him.
I was surprised to have the following text message exchange yesterday:
Bro: Do you ever ski with Austin without paying him?
Me: no
Bro: Invited him just to ski with us and give him folks to ski with. Think he is assuming he is here to teach us.
Me: That would be a good assumption from his perspective
Bro: K Expensive lesson. I got two runs before having to quit.
ASIDE: my bro was diagnosed with Lyme disease earlier this week and had to stop skiing yesterday because of that
Me: with all due respect, Brent probably doesn't want to ski with a bunch of ~45yo guys on his day off
There was no response from him so around dinner, I texted him the following:
Me: please tell me you took care of Brent
Bro: Why do you even need to ask?
Was I justified in asking? Is my bro justified in being pissed off?
One Tuesday night, my brother and 5 of his friends arrived at my ski house in Park City. They've planned their trip for months and I was more than happy to let them stay at my place. They will be there until Monday. My bro has been to the house many times with his family and is familiar with the area. He also knows some of the ski instructors that we've used over the years to teach our kids to ski.
On Wednesday am, he tells me that he's arranged to ski with Brent who's was nationally ranked skier who competed to make the Olympic team in 2014 in his discipline. He was ranked about 10th nationally and is a world class skier. We have skied with Brent for many years and he's a great guy. My bro and his family have also used Brent as an instructor and have gotten along very well. Even though Brent has been over to the house many times for dinner, the skiing relationship has always been professional--i.e. we always pay him.
I was surprised to have the following text message exchange yesterday:
Bro: Do you ever ski with Austin without paying him?
Me: no
Bro: Invited him just to ski with us and give him folks to ski with. Think he is assuming he is here to teach us.
Me: That would be a good assumption from his perspective
Bro: K Expensive lesson. I got two runs before having to quit.
ASIDE: my bro was diagnosed with Lyme disease earlier this week and had to stop skiing yesterday because of that
Me: with all due respect, Brent probably doesn't want to ski with a bunch of ~45yo guys on his day off
There was no response from him so around dinner, I texted him the following:
Me: please tell me you took care of Brent
Bro: Why do you even need to ask?
Was I justified in asking? Is my bro justified in being pissed off?