CrystalGeezer
My secret's my enzyme.
When people appeal to your kindness to manipulate something out of you.
I just took a friend of the family to Home Depot. She asked me to pick her up at the doctors office, I did, I told her I had to stop and pick up some things, she said "Well I'm just going to go in and get a soda because I'm thirsty." Okay, I'll meet you up front.
So I'm standing at one of those self-check kiosks buying my stuff and she walks up and says "Ohhhh you know how to work one of these things? Show me how? I need to buy this soda." Okay, I'll show you...when I'm done with my purchase. When it became clear to her that I wasn't going to show her by BUYING HER SODA FOR HER, she walked away and had a cashier ring her up. She didn't want to know how to work the register, she wanted me to buy her soda! THen she ditched me the second she wasn't getting something. AND she does this thing where she pretends like she's helpless and desperate and "woe is me" so that you'll give her stuff. Hate it. She's fun to be around and has hilarious stories, but manipulation ain't cool in my book. And the sad part was if she just asked me to buy her a soda, I would've bought her a flippin' soda. Just ask! What am I going to say? No? Not likely. But manipulate your way in and I'll throw you to the curb.
I just took a friend of the family to Home Depot. She asked me to pick her up at the doctors office, I did, I told her I had to stop and pick up some things, she said "Well I'm just going to go in and get a soda because I'm thirsty." Okay, I'll meet you up front.
So I'm standing at one of those self-check kiosks buying my stuff and she walks up and says "Ohhhh you know how to work one of these things? Show me how? I need to buy this soda." Okay, I'll show you...when I'm done with my purchase. When it became clear to her that I wasn't going to show her by BUYING HER SODA FOR HER, she walked away and had a cashier ring her up. She didn't want to know how to work the register, she wanted me to buy her soda! THen she ditched me the second she wasn't getting something. AND she does this thing where she pretends like she's helpless and desperate and "woe is me" so that you'll give her stuff. Hate it. She's fun to be around and has hilarious stories, but manipulation ain't cool in my book. And the sad part was if she just asked me to buy her a soda, I would've bought her a flippin' soda. Just ask! What am I going to say? No? Not likely. But manipulate your way in and I'll throw you to the curb.
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