> Don't offload your annoyance on the requester — sometimes they don't know that their request is significantly harder than they think. I give/gave an estimate

> Don't offload your annoyance on the requester — sometimes they don't know that their request is significantly harder than they think. I give/gave an estimate based on my hourly rate so that this misconception is cleared of as directly as possible. If you want it for free, you better convince me that it is worth the opportunity cost for me to implement it.