In 1924, William Faulkner quit his job as a postal worker, saying "I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has

In 1924, William Faulkner quit his job as a postal worker, saying "I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp". With regards to FLOSS, people don't even have to invest the two cents. Which highlights the rudeness of some people - they rudely demand that people who donate their free time to help people, donate even more of their time to fix a problem. While this is unfortunate, as Faulkner noted, it's not unique to FLOSS. Anyone who is in a position where they regularly interact with the public is going to run into rude people and crazies now and again.