Musings on Matt the MoronI'm not into cars to make money- most of us lose money, just part of the deal, and that's ok.. I've torn apart this little odd-bird 40 year old 'car' knowing that somewhere there's a guy in the middle of his project that really needs such-and-so part that I don't need, and he can't afford to pay a million bucks for it.. I am that guy half the time, so I try to be very fair when someone needs/wants something I have.. Mr. Matt from Kansas hit me up very early in this build for my N600 OEM engine, and right off the bat showed signs of being less than honest.. I should have listened to my gut..
Long boring story short: Matt is one of those flaky Poo-Poo Head car guys that made me mad because he didn't do the right thing: his story changed at the shipping dock, the rate changed, and I had to trust that he would pay the difference... I'm maybe not too bright as I shipped the engine assuming he'd pay the difference.. Pretty obvious now that's not going to happen- I should never have sent the engine without full payment..
But this musing isn't really about Moron Matt, or even the engine/loss of money (it wasn't
that much money anyway).. it's about how decided to 'get over it.'
I was surprised at how angry I got over being burned by this clown (I don't get angry easily).. It was taking up too much emotion and energy
, so I made a decision. I sat down and instead of sending an email demanding payment blah blah blah; I told Matt exactly what I thought of him without using bad words like poo-poo head. I told him he must be in a desparate place to do such a thing, and I felt bad for him.. I told him one day the universe would allow him to either be a good person on his own, or it would teach him the lesson for him. Either way, I told him he'd get no more emails from me, and good luck with his project. I then decided that as of May 14, 2011, (just a random date I picked) I'd give no more thought or energy to Mr. Matt.
The really cool thing about this is it worked! Since then I've really never given a care about this guy (up until I found these notes in my journal).. Wow.. I just decided this guy wasn't worth my energy, and suddenly he wasn't..
It's been a while now since I wrote this guy off.. I'm hopeful that he's matured a bit, but really, I've found I've got better things to think about.
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Dean
1972 Honda N600 Restomod "ccrunner's N600 VFR800 repower"
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