I think I created a monster, last year I spent time helping someone do something they should have done for themself. Now, after each Meeting the sister is hitting me up for help with something she can afford to pay a professional. I am having to duck, hide and run as fast as possible when I see the sister rubber-necking it to find me. Ten hours of time I wasted that could have been donated to people with real financial needs. Now that I am the "mark", I woud like some advice on, not so kindly telling this sister "I helped you last year and you offered me nothing, not even a fricken "Thank You Card'!
With my business I am use to various tasks of all opperations of the business, the sister has money to hire a consultant to help her clean up her mess, but think's I should be the one to use my free time (I work ten hours a day, service and meetings burn up the rest of my feeble life). I feel stupid I opened up Pandora's Box and she will not stop calling my house. How can I stop the user from bothering me, she is telling the friends at the Kingdom Hall I owe her help, she has a reputation for burning through people's time without ever offering a penny!
How would you put a end to this, I feel like Dumby for helping her in the first place, instead of keeping my mouth shut while she whined and whimpered about her money and husband problems, out jump's the words "I can help you." I thought it would take only a few hours, because of her needy nature it took hours and hours of time, because she could not understand the simple explanations I used, I started to use Crayolas with Sock puppets leading to more time to sit down and hold her hand through a easy business process. How do I destroy the Frankenstein of endless phone calls, letters and complaints to the elders that "Aunt Connie promised to help me and now she is hiding from me!" I helped her once, and told her to find someone else and she won't leave me alone. I wish I could say '' off!.
My ten posts are up, any advice on avoiding or putting a end to the black-hole of 'I need you help" phone calls would be appreciated. I can't comment or thank you until the clock resets on the board in ten hours.
Thank's Satanus for being the first person to post, she feel's the congregation owes her for being her.