Refi-Alternative

HELP! HOW SHOULD I FEEL?

Today, a guy saw me get out of my work truck and engaged me.

CONVERSATION:
Man: "How does someone fire their mortgage?"
Me: I shared the concept of trading simple interest for compounded interest. (Of course, I explained more.)
Man: But how do you do that?
Me: "That's what we teach people."
Man: "Oh so I have to pay you to learn how to do it. Everybody's got their schtick."
Me: "Um, yeah, it'd be great if I could work for free, but I wouldn't be able to do a very good job of serving people."
Man: (slumpy and losing interest) "Yeah, I guess."

CONTEXT:
The man was working as he was talking to me. Catch that...he was getting paid to ask me to work for free. This conversational happens a lot and I am unresolved as to how I should feel about this.

Your thoughts are appreciated!

"Something infinitely worse than being forced to work is being forced not to work."

~Napoleon Hill