I have ended up in a bit of a pickle and am after a bit of advice.
I have 3 hens and there's only one of me - basic maths shows that I always have a surplus of eggs. Until a few weeks a go I had been giving away my spares to a few chosen people. I liked doing it as a way to say thank you or just as a gift - no real reason, just because its a nice thing to do.
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I made a mistake. I'm a curate and we're running a course in the local pub. On the night of the course I brought in a dozen eggs to give to a friend who helps me a lot with the youthwork. She was delighted. Someone else there asked why I was giving them away. I told her about the spare eggs and that I liked to give them away to people as a gift. She then asked if she could put in 'an order' for next week and could she have half a dozen. Someone else overheard that and also asked if they could have 6, she said she would like to make a donation for them - I said I give them as gifts, so she said to put it in church funds. The first lady heard this but didn't say she would too. So the next week I took the 12 eggs and the two ladies took them - only one gave me a donation (the second lady).
Anyway, today the first lady asked me if she could put in an order for 18 eggs for next week - 18!!! And because I said yes last time, I kind of felt obliged to agree again. But I have just found out, it turns out that she runs a cake making business and has seen she's onto a good thing.
I'm really annoyed as something I was doing as a gift has now become an expectation - a demand almost. So to get around the whole 'order'/demand thing and to perhaps get something good out of it - ie donations to church, I wondered if I could put some (as many as
I want) on the stall we have at the back of church. That way she can get them from there and I don't have to feel obliged to fulfil a demand!
Is there any legal reason why I couldn't do this or health and safety issue? Then I can still hold a few back if I wanted to give them away to specific people.
Just really annoyed at myself for getting into this situation and not being clearer about what I meant by a gift!
Thanks.