I have a large front and back garden which has grass, mature trees and flowers beds. I have rods in my back so i can't bend over and kneeling down is too difficult so i have a gardener (they are a team of two but only one comes at a time) who comes for a day once a month to cut grass, trim trees, weed etc.
He does a great job and is very reasonable price for what is done.
My neighbour has asked about my gardener in the past and came over today when he was here to ask about getting some work done. I was outside at the time so i hear him ask if the Gardner could come look at his garden. My gardener said he would at lunch about 1pm. My neighbour then went home. He then popped back in at least 3 other times that i saw before lunch.
After lunch my gardener was still working and my neighbour came back spoke to him and went away. Again i have noticed he has been back at least 4 times in total since lunch.
After the last time i spoke to my gardener who was getting fed up and has said he had to tell neighbour to stop coming over as he wasn't able to get on with his work.
My neighbour has just popped round again but this time i intercepted him to find out what he wanted. Neighbour wants his grass cut today. So he is coming over to see if the gardener is finished even though he was told he would have to book an appointment after Easter. As the gardener was finishing up today until Tuesday. I told my neighbour that he needed to get on and was working in my garden until at least 5 pm.
Neighbour has today me i am selfish and inconsiderate as neighbour is in his words old and infirm. Neighbour is not old (about 60) and runs marathons. Neighbour asked me to let the gardener do his grass instead of finishing up my garden. I said no i couldn't. I then made an excuse and came inside.
Now I'm feeling a bit guilty. Aibu to have said no? I don't like the idea of telling my gardener to do stuff we hadn't already agreed him to do but now i feel like a bitch.
Aibu?