A Question of Appreciation
Posted on February 20, 2008 - Filed Under Life-In-General |
If you help someone out but do it badly (e.g., agree to their request for a lift into college, but show up a slight bit late), are they entitled to feel resentful, especially if you have a well-known difficulty with being on time for things? And if not, are you entitled to feel resentful if they feel resentful?
Maybe it’s best to just avoid doing favours for people altogether.
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Who was it that was resentful?
I dunno, they should be grateful for the lift but you’ve also let them down too. They were dependant on you to do what you said you would do.
Either do, or do not, there is no try.
Thank you yoda.
I think they’re entitled in this case, to an extent.
The defense of “well I didn’t have to do you the favour in the first place” doesn’t really cut it, once you’ve agreed to do something.
However -
1. If you had mentioned that he shouldn’t expect you to be too punctual then I’d say he has no cause to feel resentful.
2. Seems a bit excessive to feel resentful in the first place, over something so trivial.
Well he wasn’t openly resentful exactly, although he did say, pretty much, “I hope you get clamped”…
He’s right to be resentful if you caused him to be late. That might not be such a trivial thing. Also having a ‘well-known difficulty with being on time for things’ is not an excuse but a character flaw.
Miaow
Sounds like Shane
your both entitled to be resentful, hows that. Anyway, if your gonna pick somebody up, why not just be on time.
As we’re on the topic, how come your never on time for anything!?