People who ask for your class notes...

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I think it'd be annoying. He should be doing his own work. Just send him back an email with your "fee." Set a rate (I suggest something a good $1-2 above minimum wage) and tell him you are happy to comp the first day's notes but that any further days he has already used will also require payment before receiving notes for future lectures. Also charge him a 24-hr turnaround fee if he wants notes from each day's class before the next class. You could let him know that in future semesters, if he pays you for the whole semester up-front before the end of the first day of class, you also offer a 10% discount.

Actually, I'd agree with this. Tell him that you're totally cool with sending him the first day's notes, but if he is going to rely on your hard work then you feel you should be justly compensated.

I would say charge a rate higher than minimum wage though. Tell him that you'll guarantee that all of your notes will be of superb quality, and offer to sell them to him for the low rate of $15/hour of class paid prior to delivery.

 

[s1lver]

I wouldn't mind if I'd get paid for it. 5 bux per class seems fair.

I'd reply to his email like this: "Sure, $5 via PayPal?"

 

[apumic]

I wouldn't mind if I'd get paid for it. 5 bux per class seems fair.

I'd reply to his email like this: "Sure, $5 via PayPal?"

Or "Sure, Will you be paying by Cash or PayPal?" You should charge more for PayPal, though, since PayPal charges a fee for collecting money.... You're better off just requiring him to pay you in class for your services. Who knows, maybe you'll get a whole class paying you to email your notes out...lol. Sounds like a pretty sweet gig to me! (And just think how it'd sound on your AMCAS: "Started business at my university, which increased student success, effectively increasing students' grades by an average of one letter grade and was used by entire classes there.")

 

[Tutmos]

Give me a fish and I'll eat for a day.

Teach me to fish and I'll eat for a lifetime!

Give him a #2 pencil, a sheet of paper and tell him you're changing his life.

 

[anxiousteen]

don'r be a pushover. stand up for yourself

 

[Arjuna]

I've never heard of anyone demanding daily notes. The only logical explanation is what someone else said, that he's into you. The "just a reminder" thing may have been his lame attempt to be cute/flirtatious. Maybe he thinks you like douchebags. If he's not interested in you then he really IS just lazy and you should tell him that you work hard on your notes and you don't feel comfortable giving them to him.

Wow. SDN takes relationship advice to a WHOLE new level.

 

[Bluffer]

he must be gay...so unless you swing that way avoid him at all costs

 

[LuciusVorenus]

Just make sure you post what happens

 

[MooseKing]

In my Virology course, a guy in the class came up to me on the second day of class and asked if I could send him my notes thus far.

I did.

However, I apparently misunderstood. He seems to want my notes...for every class....even though he is there himself. I found this out when he sent an email to me tonight in response to the first email I sent him containing my notes. The email read - "Just a reminder on the notes 😉"

How would any of you handle this? It just irritates me, for some reason, that he wants my notes after every class. I have no problem supplying someone with notes from class if they can't make it one day. But every day? When they're there themselves? And what put it over the top was when he "reminded" me in the email to send him the most recent copy of notes....

Would this bother anyone else?

I can't believe you posted a thread about this. I wont ask you for your notes again.

 

[AlanAlanine]

clearly you all aren't gunner enough...

edit your notes to have faulty information, then send them

 

[Practitioner]

If someone asked for my notes, I would offer to sit down and explain the notes/study with them.

Wouldn't just give the notes though. You gain nothing, and you don't really help him by it. I would consider selling the notes.

The wink is creepy too 😉.

Just say no. Unless he's twice as big as you. Then ignore.

 

[SketchsaurusRex]

Give me a fish and I'll eat for a day.

Teach me to fish and I'll eat for a lifetime!

Give him a #2 pencil, a sheet of paper and tell him you're changing his life.

Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life. 👍

 

[Jli]

You know what, I suggest you to just ignore him. Try to sit away from him. If he doesn't get this sign and keeps approaching you, just tell him, sorry I don't have time.

 

[suckybreakfast]

you know, maybe you are looking at it too hard. Maybe your first email never got to him? Or its in his email but he just doesn't see it? 🙄
Kinda sounds like he's reminding you of the notes you said you'd send him.

Give us an update.

 

[Rickybobby]

I read all of the post up to "I'm a guy..." and was thrown a bit. I suppose the initial post came off like you were a girl.

Honestly, if someone asked me for my notes initially I wouldn't mind sharing. However, if I received an email like you described I would definitely tell the guy to go **** himself and find someone else to mooch off of. I don't think I would be a vindictive douche though. There's a lot to be said about being blunt and direct with someone like this. Usually one good smart-ass comment and they get the picture.

It's not your responsibility regardless of the situation. That pissed me off just reading it.

Oh well, go luck with that.

 

[werd]

yeah, don't give the kid your notes, that's weird. i'm all about helping other people out, but not doing someone's work for them without any reciprocity.

it's nice to give someone notes for a day or two if they can't be there. doing long-term notes for someone else, especially some kid you don't know, is just odd and uncalled for. next he'll ask for a backrub or for some take-out food while he studies your notes...

 

[mediterranean]

Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life. 👍

Am I bad for LOL-ing at this one?

 

[2nite]

Sending a wink face to a guy is weird...? That's good to know because I do it all the time... but I mean it to say "isn't that funny," not "boy, I wanna have sex with you"...

But, yea, don't bother. My policy is I'll e-mail anyone my notes once or twice if they have a good excuse, but never under any other circumstances. It's just a matter of fairness. I'm not going to let anyone benefit off my work. I take very high quality notes for myself, and if someone else wants high quality notes they should put out the effort and make them.

Besides, for all I know they might be selling my notes! 😛

And, for all you guys out there: 😉

 

[xnfs93hy]

if he can't take notes fast enough he should invest in a tape recorder.

👍

 

[beebee0]

Why don't you try ignoring his emails and see his reactions? And don't sit next to him during class. But then I also think that winking to guys in many cultures is prob. no big deal 👍

 

[FloatOn]

I can't believe you posted a thread about this. I wont ask you for your notes again.

Did anyone else notice this post!?

 

[marble30]

Did anyone else notice this post!?

I did - I thought MooseKing was being sarcastic. 😀

 

[hikikomori]

I would say: You strip in class, my notes are yours for the day.

 

[FloatOn]

I did - I thought MooseKing was being sarcastic. 😀

Probably, but it reminded me of what happened in the photoshopped thread not too long ago.

 

[commodore86]

I would say just email them to him and ask for a favor in return, like maybe having him type up notes for you from the reading, since he's bad at catching things during lecture? I'm bad at that too so I tape record. I also make it a habit to swap notes with a classmate before my exams (I don't even know them that well). Different people catch different things during lecture/can explain different concepts better.... so we both photocopy our notes for the other person and then use each other's notes along with our own. Its just an extra resource. 🙂

 

[vickpick]

y would u even send for the first day..

i never respond to such emails..

 

[298609]

i'd send him the notes from the first day again. if he responds saying 'wtf i already got those, m8, where are the new ones?" be like oh i didn't know you wanted those. don't attach. start an email game where you say only part of a convo in an email and then finally be like 'ok here i attached the notes', only don't attach them. after about 20 emails back and forth he'll be so frustrated (and you'll be amused at his frustration) that he'll give up.

 

[mmikey]

Why are almost all the replies passive-aggressive? Just tell him "No" if you are not comfortable with it. If you are doing a stranger a service, you usually get compensation for it. People keep offering tactics and scenarios on how to deal with it, just be truthful.

 

[jm192]

I'd send 'em.

It costs you, what, 2 minutes a class period?

And he'll be ever grateful. It's always good to have friends. They're more likely to help you if you ever need it.

Also, the wink thing is being blown out of proportion. I have a male friend from India, and he's WEIRD over Instant message. I really think there's just cultural differences. The way one culture takes something, another never has it cross their mind.

 

[brickandlace]

^^ yea, don't be passive aggressive.

I like the idea of charging $5 per class. Sounds fair.

 

[Concordia]

It's not about being nice or not nice. It's about setting boundaries and not feeling like a doormat (since it is pretty obvious that the OP does not feel like the whole affair is kosher). This guy is not your friend, and he is obviously not trying to make friends.
If I would have been confronted with this kind of "reminder" e-mail, I would simply ask the offender, in person, whether there has been some misunderstanding and he expects all of my notes.
In my experience, most people feel much more awkward to be pushy and demanding in person, so he could just realize that he is being unreasonable and back down. And should he have the same attitude face-to-face, then you get to simply stand up for yourself.