$5 plus a thank-you gift (e.g. cookies), as was suggested, is nicer.
If I were your neighbor, nicest would be actually filling the gas can. I find it to be a bit of a pain in the butt to go out and fill it; my time is more valuable to me than the money.
If that's not feasible for whatever reason, the thank-you gift would ease things, in effect saying "sorry I couldn't fill your gas can, but I did something else that takes effort instead".
I'd want to lend my mower to someone who filled my gas can for me, and/or baked me cookies. I wouldn't mind having lent my mower to someone who paid for gas, but wouldn't want to do it very often.
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$5 plus a thank-you gift (e.g. cookies), as was suggested, is nicer.
If I were your neighbor, nicest would be actually filling the gas can. I find it to be a bit of a pain in the butt to go out and fill it; my time is more valuable to me than the money.
If that's not feasible for whatever reason, the thank-you gift would ease things, in effect saying "sorry I couldn't fill your gas can, but I did something else that takes effort instead".
I'd want to lend my mower to someone who filled my gas can for me, and/or baked me cookies. I wouldn't mind having lent my mower to someone who paid for gas, but wouldn't want to do it very often.