Freeloader belittles a friend's 5-year profession as a photographer, demanding they work their wedding for free to "build their portfolio," they challenge their cheap attitude with facts: ‘I charge $1,000+ per wedding’

There's one thing you learn immediately when you start working in a service-based trade: Never work for free. For some reason, clients seem to think that providing a service is less important than buying goods. While a physical purchase may be unthinkable to attempt to haggle the price, entitled customers will almost always try to finagle a deal when it comes to paying for a service. 

Does a service job not merit the same respect as a traditional, cash-register purchase? 

This wedding photographer was no stranger to the swindlers and deal-grabbers of the wedding industry, and after over 5 years in their profession, they thought they'd seen it all. Until one fateful day when their college acquaintance demanded they work for free, belittling their entire trade and assuming a "hobbyist" like them would be willing to work 100s of hours in exchange for a free dinner and an Instagram shoutout.