I was busy with my project,that suddenly i heared the ring of the phone,it was our close neighbour friend in the apartment,which is somehow mine and my mother's friend.
She has recently bought a computer for her only nice little daughter,she asked me on phone,that her daughter doesn't like to learn working with internet from her brother,and prefers to learn that from me,(she and her little daughter are like aunt and cousin for me,as they are our close friends in this apartment).
she said it wont take more than half an hour,and she also mentioned that on thurseday,her doughter is out,that meant she was asking from me to come over and teach her on that present day(wednesday).
I knew that it would be much more than half an hour for me,cause i needed to at least take a shower and stop doing my project.
so i told her that "sorry,but now i cant cause right now i'm busy with project,and as its moving on,so i cant stop,so if couldnt come today,then i will come on friday(as mentioned about about her daughter is not home on its day after(i.e:thurseday)."
OK ,she said thanks and i thought that,when she has told that she doesnt like to learn it from his brother and wants to learn from me,she can wait until the friday in this case.
Well last night(thursday),when my mom returned from the daily walk with this close neighbour mom,she told me that "She said,her daughter learnt it from his brother.
I was just wondering that when somebody ask someone do they really expect to have a ready quick service?
What would you tell them if you see them after this story?(cause we meet eachother almost everyday)..
If you were me what would you do in this case?
2006-08-31 20:35:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
It was a fair question; can you help her? - and you couldn't. That is fair too. This is where your responsibility ends.
If she (the mother or the daughter) chose that her brother could teach her instead afterall - that is ok too. The main issue is that the girl has been taught. They are not demanding you to come help the minute they ask, they were just asking if you could.
Next time you see them, act natural. Ask the girl: "Did you learn ... whatever it was...?" When she say yes, you tell her that you are glad to know that she did. That you really should have helped her, but you had to finish the project. It is fair. You do not have to appologize. You do not need to feel bad at all. You do not need to make such a big deal about it at all.
Don't you agree?
2006-09-01 20:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by IfYouSeeKay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just apologise and tell her you really needed to finish your project. The mom wont mind. Its was really the brother's obligation not yours:) So dont worry about it alright?? And maybe the little girl really needed to learn it soon.
2006-09-01 03:43:59 · answer #2 · answered by wittlewabbit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about it, you did the right thing, your project is more important, besides she learned from her brother so thank God for that. Relax you did the correct thing.
2006-09-01 03:44:06 · answer #3 · answered by rabb b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is there to do. She learned from the brother. End of story.
2006-09-01 03:38:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a word let it go act like you dont remember the conversation chances are they wont mention it again either
2006-09-01 04:03:34 · answer #5 · answered by acr_lover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋