A good deed TURNED...

If you have read my good friend Bi’s post: The BDSS: "I've always relied on the kindness of strangers" then you will know that an act of kindness can have a huge impact on someone’s life, which is a great thing.
However in this post I’m going to be talking about the not so greatness that comes when a good deed or an act of kindness turns the opposite of great, it turns into something else…

Now I know I’m not alone when I say that we all know people who when we give a little, they take a lot!!
These are normally the people who when your phone rings and you see its them calling, you think twice before answering… and if your anything like me, your initial enthusiasm in answering your phone quickly turns to a sinking feeling in your stomach, a feeling of panic and dread... as in what are they calling me for now? Basically, you know they are not calling for a friendly chat!

Unfortunately I am currently experiencing these types of phone call! lol

For example, yesterday I gave someone step by step instructions on how to set up an email account over the telephone. This was so they could renew their car insurance online…

Not so bad you might be thinking…

… Well I beg to differ! If anything I found it quite a stressful experience:

(This is me)

’Type g mail in Google’… ‘Go to Sign up –no, ignore Sign in!’…’type in your first name’… ‘type in your second name’ …’copy the security code as it appears’… ‘If it is a capital ‘a’ type in ‘A’... ‘if it is the number ‘1’ type in the number ‘1’!’…
So this went on for about 15 to 20 minutes. Eventually the email account was set up and I went back to my evening… a good deed done!

About half an hour later my phone rings! I look at the caller ID and a similar feeling of panic and dread set in... so I answered sheepishly…
´Hello?´(At this point I was worried they might actually ask me to search for car insurance for them!)... lucky they did not, phew!

The person proceeded… ‘Yeah Si, I´ve just done a search on comparethemarket.com but I was not very happy with the lowest quote I was given...’
I’m like …’OK’
The person continues … ‘Do ya reckon I should try Elephant.co.uk instead?´

I was like … ´You can try who ever you like!´ whilst thinking...What the???!

It was at this point something dawned on me: All my good deeds and acts of kindness toward this person (i.e answering random questions like ´Si, I´m thinking about going Asda´s what time does it shut?´ my answer: ´I don´t know!´) lol -have turned into something more sinister ... a bloody DEPENDENCY! ...eek...