Levelhead
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I have a question.
Now anyone who is a mason is a brother to me. With that said. I have a weird situation that im dealing with inside.
There was a brother who has been hanging out at our lodge (pettitioner). He just didnt seem like masonic material. My reasons:
Well first off he just got initiated. So now he IS a brother.
1. All he talks about is his money, millions, expensive car, money, his profits, this and that.
2. Talks about religion all day and how he has an excuse why he cant volunteer at any of our breakfasts, or why he cant come to our family nights due to his religion.
3. He brags about his millions but asked me to do some work for him. He told me the scope of work and i told him "brother i charge this much for this work, but pay me what you can" he says "i got estimates for half of what YOU charge for that" well i see that as an insult since I ALREADY TOLD HIM "pay me what you can afford" like he had to get in a word of how i might of been trying to rip him off. Guess he didnt hear the part "pay me what you can afford" being a millionair like he brags about. Btw this was just a 250 dollar work order.
4. Now hes a brother hes trying to practice his chetachism. He brags how he got the first page down and how he has to get his master mason ASAP . So i sat down with him and began to go over the chetachism and ask questions. This guy just had no idea, put his own words in and is just in need of slowing down.
- he also was answering with scarcasm and hand movements like he was a rapper (sarcasticly mocking the chetechism)
Then he asks "hey you want to buy this car your sitting in?" Im like no brother Range rovers are not my style. He says common man ill give it to you cheap. Then with a grin and in a Sarcastic "im rich and your poor cadence" says only 50k. I told him that i don't care about his money so stop trying to impress me cause it is kind of insulting.
THEN THE KICKER. He says "I cant wait to get my handshakes down so i can get the special treatment and get things i want". I looked at him and said, "brother for one , you not only have to learn the chetachism you need to UNDERSTAND IT" i asked him if he knew what a token was? He looked at me and said "yea you put it in a slot machine" i mean i was so upset and insulted at the same time.
Then he procedes to tell me a story of how he was an EA 20 years ago and he never went on with it. Like he wants respect from me on not knowing his chetechism because he had it down before i was born. Hes like 65.
To me he is NOT Masonic Material.
My issue is... Do i approach the WM about him? One other member chooses not to even talk with him due to him making everyone feel umcomfortable every time he opens his mouth.
I don't want the WM to think im trying to stir up problems. Im not even sure i can speak my mind with out seeming like im disrespecting a brother.
Im stuck on what to do about it. IM a very serious Mason. Take pride in my lodge and my Fraternity.
Just dont know what to do.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Now anyone who is a mason is a brother to me. With that said. I have a weird situation that im dealing with inside.
There was a brother who has been hanging out at our lodge (pettitioner). He just didnt seem like masonic material. My reasons:
Well first off he just got initiated. So now he IS a brother.
1. All he talks about is his money, millions, expensive car, money, his profits, this and that.
2. Talks about religion all day and how he has an excuse why he cant volunteer at any of our breakfasts, or why he cant come to our family nights due to his religion.
3. He brags about his millions but asked me to do some work for him. He told me the scope of work and i told him "brother i charge this much for this work, but pay me what you can" he says "i got estimates for half of what YOU charge for that" well i see that as an insult since I ALREADY TOLD HIM "pay me what you can afford" like he had to get in a word of how i might of been trying to rip him off. Guess he didnt hear the part "pay me what you can afford" being a millionair like he brags about. Btw this was just a 250 dollar work order.
4. Now hes a brother hes trying to practice his chetachism. He brags how he got the first page down and how he has to get his master mason ASAP . So i sat down with him and began to go over the chetachism and ask questions. This guy just had no idea, put his own words in and is just in need of slowing down.
- he also was answering with scarcasm and hand movements like he was a rapper (sarcasticly mocking the chetechism)
Then he asks "hey you want to buy this car your sitting in?" Im like no brother Range rovers are not my style. He says common man ill give it to you cheap. Then with a grin and in a Sarcastic "im rich and your poor cadence" says only 50k. I told him that i don't care about his money so stop trying to impress me cause it is kind of insulting.
THEN THE KICKER. He says "I cant wait to get my handshakes down so i can get the special treatment and get things i want". I looked at him and said, "brother for one , you not only have to learn the chetachism you need to UNDERSTAND IT" i asked him if he knew what a token was? He looked at me and said "yea you put it in a slot machine" i mean i was so upset and insulted at the same time.
Then he procedes to tell me a story of how he was an EA 20 years ago and he never went on with it. Like he wants respect from me on not knowing his chetechism because he had it down before i was born. Hes like 65.
To me he is NOT Masonic Material.
My issue is... Do i approach the WM about him? One other member chooses not to even talk with him due to him making everyone feel umcomfortable every time he opens his mouth.
I don't want the WM to think im trying to stir up problems. Im not even sure i can speak my mind with out seeming like im disrespecting a brother.
Im stuck on what to do about it. IM a very serious Mason. Take pride in my lodge and my Fraternity.
Just dont know what to do.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
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