Somebody once gave me a plate of corn muffins as payment to paint a chicken coop, but I never did the job.
Why didn't you paint the chicken coop?
I always had a thought that I would be killed by my girlfriend's father for putting paint on his chicken coop.
So the person who offered you food was a stranger? Why did you take food from a stranger?
Because that corn muffin plate is almost a full meal.
I don't know all of the details, but the simple fact is if you agree to doing a job, you do it.