When someone asks me for a favor, I go out of my way to do that favor no matter what. If they need a picture, I send it right away. If they need me to print something out, I make sure that's the first thing I do. However, when I ask for a favor it's too difficult to do.
For the past week I have been very sick. Some type of stomach virus and the doctor told me to take most of the week off. However, it had slipped my mind that I had left one of my text books at school, so I could not do the homework for that class. I asked a friend (let's call him Frank) if he could drop it off on his way home, he said he would let me know.
Today I asked Frank again and he went and got my book from my locker, yet, they call me after school he called me telling me he was getting a ride from his friend, so I should tell my mom that she should go pick it from his house. I was already agitated that he didn't care to even try and bring me my book, but what threw me over was the fact that I didn't want to ask my mom to drive all the way to his house just to get a book he could have easily left at my door.
I call him, to see if he was still at the school so he could just leave it there and I could pick it up later. No, he was already gone. Now I'm frustrated and angry because Frank had told me he could do me this favor, but now he is forcing me to stick out my neck to get the book he should have just dropped off or left at the school! I'm talking to him trying to see what I can do to get my book, and he starts ignoring me! Talking to his friend while I'm desperate to get my book to do the homework that is due! He asks me why I'm mad but doesn't even bother to listen! Instead he hangs up on me! I've had it!
All I needed was for him to drop off my book because I've been really sick and can hardly move! But apparently that's too hard for him! Now I had to sound extremely desperate to a bunch of people because I'm begging for someone to send me the homework and pictures of the questions, because somebody couldn't do for me! Luckily, another friend of mine also has the same teacher and sent it to me. Took her 10 minutes just to take the pictures, send them to me, and tell me what the homework assignment was. 10 MINUTES! That's all it took, but poor Mr. Frank couldn't just drop off the book. When I ask for a favor I expect a 100% effort from that person to do what I asked. Here's my challenge to you: when someone asks you for a favor, do it. It's that simple. Obviously if they're they trust that you will do it. So do it!
