Originally Posted by
travbikeman
Think it really depends on how close you and your Wife are to this "young, sweet and broke coworker." Is she a good friend that you and your Wife hang around a lot? Or is she just a coworker?
+1.
I had a friend that had bought a used bike for her daughter's birthday. She asked me if I could tune it up (it was a single speed bike). I went a little further than tuning: I took it completely apart, stripped the blue paint and gave it a new white paint job with black dalmatian markings and 101 Dalmatian stickers, cleaned the rust from all the chrome, overhauled the coaster brake and other bearings, laced the crossing spokes, etc. This friend helped me get a job working for Disney, which is why I went the extra mile.
I've done other pro bono work; how much depended on my relationship to that person.