Today, I received a phone call.
A phone call from a friend whom I’ve never spoken to in the longest time.
I was never really close to her to begin with, so I was pretty taken aback upon seeing her name on the caller ID.
In fact, I was also rather surprised that I have her number saved in my phone. I don’t really remember having her contact number, let alone contacting her.
So we spoke for quite a while.. catching up on our lives. She was telling me how we should come out for a drink or two. Mind you, she’s not a lesbian. According to her Facebook’s status, she has a boyfriend.
Then slowly, she started talking about my job. Getting in into the topic… about the reason why she has called.
So she has called to ask for a favour from me. Apparently, she wants me to help her to buy some stuff when I fly in the coming days. Some designer handbags from Europe because it’s cheaper to buy it there. LOL!!
SO WTF RIGHT? But that’s the reality. So sad but that’s what is happening. For all this while, she has never even bothered to talk to me.. and today, out of the blue, she called…. but with a motive.
But she’s not the first one. There was another ex-classmate back in the primary school who suddenly dropped me a private message on Facebook few weeks ago.. asking me to help her buy some stuff when I go to a certain places.. ALL IN ONE SINGLE MESSAGE! At least the person who called today cared to ask how I am doing and beat around the bush before asking.. But the person who messaged me on Facebook, didn’t even wait for my reply first before showing me the interest of asking a favour from me. Whoa whoa whoa.. what is this?! Since when I have become everyone’s bestfriend huh? lol!
Now I know what my senior meant when she told me that I should be learning how to say NO. She says I won’t really have the time go to shopping because I will be flying short-haul flights first and usually nightstops for short-hauls are very short. Probably just enough time to have a decent dinner and a few hours of rest before getting up again for next flight. According to her, even if I have the time after dinner, the shops would all be closed by then.
Sigh. That means I won’t get to shop for my own too. =(
Anyway, I won’t be flying to Europe yet (in case you are thinking of asking me to help you buy something as well). I am still a newbie so I won’t get to fly that far….yet!
So yea, the morale of the story is… I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SAY NO.
Dear readers, care to share and give me some suggestions on what to tell people when they ask me to help them buy this and that in the near future?? Thanks in advance!
.
.
.
No related posts.
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
err.. just say sorry, you dont have that FREE time to shop while you’re on work..
p/s: on an unrelated note, buy me smth can? =P
well just tell your friends the excuses you have. you don’t have time sort of thing? *shakes head to your uh sudden ‘best friends’ LOLS
Can help me buy roti canai and teh tarik from KL ar? XP
Anyway, like what u said, u wun be stopping at any places for a long period of time and u wun be in Europe ma. Just tell them that lor. Its the truth anyway.
BTW, are you going to be on any SG to PG route? I am now in PG for a business trip. ^_^
I was like you before, can never say no to people when they ask me for favor or something.. over time I had to learn how to say no so I suggest YOU SHOULD TOO. I despise people who suddenly become buddy buddy just because they have a motive or a favor to ask.
If you can’t say no yet, at the moment, just say the real reason.. no time to shop on short haul flight.. When you get the long hauls, that’s when you gotta learn to say no, if not just keep thinking of excuses.
Babe, just say NO.Because if you don’t learn now, someday someone will suck the life out of you! And I bet if you help one friend to buy, others will start requesting too!
I sincerely believe you have the right to choose if you wish to help or not. Plus, like your senior said, you’ll be busy working, so I think friends should understand that you need to have your well-deserved rest too!
Have fun in “school”!
Well, I think the guys above have given u the good way, mind me say something, how dare these people!!!
Just say ‘No’. Really need to learn to say no. Although it may hurt, you still need to say it out. Job over favour. right? Good luck in your job. I guess you wont be seeing me on the plane. Maybe at the airport if lucky. haha
To be polite, u express it with 2 words “sorry, no”
To be rude,hang up the phone or delete the message, i.e. not even looking inside the content
I wan iphone4 thank you~ haha~
take care~!
Just say no to those not very close “strangers”. U dun have the need to be friends with them~
yealo, they see us very hao qi fu, say no to thing that should be answered no. my parent my friend always tell me that.
ahh…. I like this post… lol very realistic… human is like that… everyone will tend to get close to u if u notice now…
Perhaps if u dun wan to say no incase if its ur close friend
Tell them you don’t have the money to buy yet (no cash in hand)
or u doesn’t have the time to stop shop and buy *lol*
But i’m sure sooner or later u will have time to shop for ur own xD
Have fun !
tell them “talk to my hand” if my hand answers you then i’ll buy
Hey dear…tell you what. Just ignore them all….DO NOT EVEN CARE TO HELP THEM!!! They are not even your besties anyway right??? You will get to know lots of these kind of people, you must say NO!!!
She can afford to carry a designer bag, then ask her to buy in Malaysia. Since she is so rich….
Honestly, i don’t really help people to shop things. Only for my besties yes, once a while. Because i don’t even hav time to shop for myself, how to shop for others?
My priority is always for me, myself, my family and my loved ones. That’s all
Eh? Omg! I’m your freaking best friend!!! Long time no see, how are you? Ohya, remember help me buy the best whisky if you happen to be at Scotland ya!
lol.just kidding.
You are right! Some peoples are like that…they happened to be our close friends just because of some motives…sometime can just give them a help, but just dun too much. helping friends also has a limit.
Just ignore those requests ler .. if you got time to shop, might as well shop for yourself kan?
OOoh so now i can pass my shopping list to u
hehe
nehhh just pulling ur legs
fly safely wen