Should the property maintenance fee be given free of charge?

I used to live in a friend's house for a while. It's an old neighborhood. Once, the wire was short-circuited and burned an area, which involved the safety of electricity use. I dare not be careless. I told my friend that I asked for leave this morning and went to the property electrician to help me with the maintenance. They go to work at half past eight.

When I got there, I explained the situation to the staff. The elder sister of the property customer service said: Your old community is not in our charge, but who is in charge. Then I said: I can't wait for others because I have to go to work. I'll give the master some maintenance fees then, and I can't let the master be busy for nothing. Then the customer service elder sister called someone for me.

The master finished it in ten minutes, and then I said I didn't smoke either, and I didn't buy any cigarettes. I may have to trouble you in the future. I'll give you 100 yuan. Do you think it's okay? The master quickly refused, saying too much. Then he checked and repaired other circuits. I said: I just want to change the toilet switch. I have already bought it. I couldn't turn off the water until the master went to see it. I'm afraid to do this for you. The water switch in the whole community has failed. The point is that they are all old pipes, and they will break when twisted. I said nothing, you can help, you have experience. Sure enough, with a slight twist, the pipe broke. Finally, he said, you give me 200 yuan, and I'll help you replace and repair all the pipes in this toilet area. I have been in trouble, so I quickly thanked and agreed.

Then I went to pay the water bill. When I came back, he had already done everything well, so he left my phone number and asked him what he needed. And it is suggested to buy some wires and replace all the aging ones.

Later, I told my friend that he was very angry and said: Why did they ask for 200 yuan in the old community, which made him very angry and said that he could buy him a pack of cigarettes? I said that people are more professional. If you look for it in the same city as 58, it will cost money. I don't think it's a loss to go out and buy materials by myself. I stopped living there after my friend left.

Then the day before yesterday, he called me and said that it cost 400 yuan to find an electrician in the same city to change wires and repair pipes in the kitchen. Moreover, the pipeline is still leaking, which is really speechless.

So sometimes it's really impossible to judge from a layman's point of view. The reason why a friend is angry and thinks that others are property should help him repair and buy a pack of cigarettes for free. But the question is, why? Even if people are property and things within their duties, they should not be stingy when they perform their duties and need help. After all, we are all ordinary people, and we all have to support our families.

Many times, we always think that it is the responsibility of others, but the problem is that your so-called responsibility may have exceeded the responsibility of others, so we should respect each other.