I know some freeloaders...

A very long time ago (1974) a friend and I were discussing people who were freeloaders and my friend said to me "You really don't have to freeload. If you wait long enough, sooner or later you'll get everything for free." In the thirty plus years since he said that to me I have been offered free automobiles, computers, tools, furniture, appliances, kitchen ware including glasses, cups and saucers, dishes and utensils, even a box of assorted light bulbs. Our local Pennysaver has a "free stuff" category that regularly has furniture, clothes, and appliances. So I guess my friend was right, if you hang in there long enough you'll eventually get everything you need without being tagged a freeloader.

I guess most people can think of someone they know who is always asking for things from others. I would describe a freeloader as someone who never appears to buy anything themself. They seem to expect others to buy,give and share their stuff with them. they are always borrowing things from others such as tools. household items.{then you have to wait and hope they return these items]Sometimes we never see them again. If you go out to a restaurant they conveniently do not bring any money so you have to pay for their meal too. they always seem to be asking for you to give them things that belong to you OOH can I have some of that? In the worst form some even refuse to try and support themselves and expect others to pick up the tab for them.It is kind of sad because they are the kind of person I hate to see coming because I always wonder now what are the going to ask for?   { not to sound too heartless,I do not mean someone who is temporarily falling on hard times or just need a bit of help on occasion}It is just the ones who seem to think they are entitled to mooch off others that get to me.

I don't even know if this is a bad habit either this is just shameful behaviour from someone who knows full well what their doing and really and truly its benfiting no-one. I can't stand freeloaders, everyone knows one. Theres a difference between doing someone a favour and just downright taking the pi$$ and to me the latter is the best discription for a freeloader.

I have a solution for anyone who borrows or loans money to a friend and dosnt get paid back. I am Mike Joosten and I work as a Collections Account Manager. I am sending a friend of mine into hardcore collections for not paying me back for a $500 loan. If you would like me to help you take care of the loan for you, email me your contact info and I will get back to you. For the $500 loan, I am trying to collect $866. This ammount covers the cost for collections, and will give me $500 back. I have a contract with my friend, but most states allow you to charge reasonable fees for a delinquent loan. If you want to get your money back but do not want to have to spend the time and money in court, email me now! Mike Joosten Email: mjj@c-b-solutions.com

I think it may be a bad habit,but depends what the situation is. For a good example: I borrowed my friend some money towards a car so he can get his young daughter to the heart doctor safely every week. I had no problem with this because i knew he was less fortunate and could not trust enyone to watch his child due to anti rejection medicines. For a bad example: My mother known a co worker that borrowed a large sum of money from her mother. As a result, the co workers mother has not seen or heard from her daughter in five years. Now that is totally cold hearted!

i have a friend who is goodhearted and passive that shes allowed 2 of her son's friends to stay at her house and they dont have a job they dont look for a job and yet they eat anything they want they dont care. i keep telling her to boot them out but she wont and they know that so they just take advantage of her

Okay, so i have sat at both ends of the table on this one. growing up, I had nothing. everything i needed and everything i wanted, i had to do for myself. later on though, i got into a situation where my father was basically trying to give me everything i wanted. but due to the life before him, i had gained an extreme sense of independance and refuse the help of others. granted if i need the help, and have no other choice...then i may take it. but for all those out there living off of mommy and daddy, if you are perfectly capable of getting off your ass and getting things done for yourself. do it. you might learn something.

I feel sorry for those for attempt to use people this way. I don't define this as merely raiding a fridge, but as habitually taking wild advantage of others' generosity. Freeloaders ask for the benefits of a friend without being much of a friend in return. Extreme moochers will marry for money over love. This behavior seems to be directly proportional to person's sense of entitlement and laziness. Thankfully, most of us have a conscience and are more likely to give something of ourselves to the world than simply exploit good hearts.

wait a minute, i already rated welfare!

I know this statement of mine may be a little abstract,but it has a point so please read it.Freeloading is the biggest problem in our society today.The oil is getting ready to run out and we are running out of time before a great war breaks out for the last of the oil,it's already starting in the mid-east.The only answer that might stop this war from happening is a Socialist state that the entire world will unite under,because then we will share all things,including oil,equally.But as long as there are free-loaders and ambitious leaders out there Socialism will not work,and the world is doomed to a horrific shedding of blood.

I think I'm fairly generous--I'm engaged, and I still won't let my fiance' pay for my dinner unless I pay for his the next night; I don't care if I buy groceries and someone has a meal or two from it; I'll lend out money to any of my friends, so long as it's not destructive, and I don't expect to get paid back. It's when it's a chronic problem, and extreme, that it is a severe problem. When it's EXPECTED of me to pay for someone else without being asked about it beforehand (" . . . oh, yeah, by the way, I didn't bring any money again, sorry, you don't mind paying for dinner, do you?"), or when the behavior is extremely rude (like eating 44 out of a 48-pack of hot dogs I bought 3 days ago first without asking, then leaving the empty package in the fridge; if you're hungry, fine, but damn, don't expect me to clean it up afterwards!). I think I'm pretty generous and understanding, but there's a limit!

I hate freeloaders.

I hate those friends that borrow money, and never pay you back. They suck... The best friends out there are the ones who will borrow money, and pay you back without you having to ask. That's the type of friend I try to be, but I've got some friends who are total heebs who will borrow borrow borrow and I'll never see a cent of it ever again.

way annoying!! i've had freeloaders in the past. i was 2 nice 2 tell my friends to grow up, get a job, get your stinky tail off my cotton-pickin' couch, and stop eatin' up all my groceries!! people with a habit of freeloading need some serious punishment. i'd rather have 0 friends than a doggone mooch for one!

Yep, and especially when one cannot go anywhere without running into spare-changers. I wear headphones so I do not have to listen to them. I have very little money myself so why the heck should I give what little change I have to someone I do not know just because they are asking people for it on the street? Why should I feel guilty? I am having a very hard time of it myself. Besides, how do I know, should they give me some kind of line, that they are not lying? Just because I am an honest person does not mean that everyone else is. Otherwise I am fortunate not to have had a lot of borrowing and not paying back from neighbors and acquaintances -- although I have had some. Someone borrowed a book of mine and never returned it; and some old dude who lives in the neighborhood gave me a hard luck story about losing his wallet and borrowed a dollar from me but never paid it back, and recently asked me for more. I do not appreciate people taking from other people who may not have enough for themselves, yet who are kind enough to be taken in again and again by people such as these.