For questions about asking for, offering, accepting, or declining help.
Questions tagged [helping]
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What to do about unhelpful help?
Sometimes when you ask for help, someone will offer a suggestion that not only doesn't actually help, but clearly would make things worse. Let's assume for this question the person genuinely wants to help.
If you tell such a person, "thanks but no…
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How to communicate the difference between advice and trying to "change someone"?
We all have different levels of stubbornness I suppose, and different levels of willingness to learn and adapt outside of our comfort zone. I am a big fan of learning and making improvements so I tend to be the first to have advice on how to solve…
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How to Disengage From Complaining Co-Worker
I need advice on how to deal with this co-worker that complains VERY ferociously about issues, with almost all of them being minor issues. If I do not cut her off she seems to go on forever. Once I was listening to her complain about something…
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Not able to get a telephone call from my GP
For some time we have always been able to ask for our GP to call us at home to discuss a problem. The last 3 times I requested a call everything was fine until I declined to give any personal information to the receptionist, she then told me that my…
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How to say no to people asking for charity without feeling bad about it?
Now don't get me wrong, I know the title of the question can feel a little awkward, but I am a person who chooses his "battles" very carefully, therefore helping those in need is something that I don't do often, that I surely ponder a lot, and…
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