Do you do anything for someone who loaned you something?

Bromfield2
Fri, 30 Jun 2023 21:06:25 +0000

Yes–if I borrow something, I always thank people. If it’s something significant, I’ll try to give them something that I think they might enjoy.

I have a vacation home in a desirable destination and have let many people use the main house or the guest house over the years–friends of mine, friends of my kids, relatives, etc. I’m always surprised at the folks who don’t bother to leave a thank-you note or send an email or somehow thank us. That being said, there have been more folks who have left thank you notes and small gifts–a bottle of wine, a coffee table book about the area, a cookbook from a local chef, a gift certificate for a local restaurant or to the local movie theater, a food gift, etc. We have a guest book that we leave for people to sign and it’s really fun to go back and read what people have written.

I think (and this doesn’t apply to across the board) younger people (under 40??) are just not in the habit of being thoughtful and are probably clueless about stuff like this.