Do you hate it when people ask for your help and then don't listen?

United States
July 29, 2012 8:40pm CST
To me this is very frustrating. My husband asked me to help him find the location of stores he will be trying to work for. So as I'm helping him I tell him that as we are looking them up he should write down the addresses. So that way he will have them and not have to continue to look them up and when he searches and prints the distances between. Instead he doesn't write it down and he will have to do this all over again tomorrow or ask me to do it for him. When all he had to do was write them down while we were finding them. So come tomorrow I'm not going to help him with it because he could have saved us both a lot of time.
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15 responses
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
30 Jul 12
I will feel the same way if someone who have asked for my help and not follow my advice. In the first place, he is the one who seeks your help. What's the purpose of asking for help if he won't heed to your advice.
• Philippines
6 Aug 12
Yes, one's purpose of seeking advice from someone is because he/she is unsure what to do. And when asking someone for help, he/she gives what is the best option in case there are alternatives. And these advises are worth following because they are mostly for the benefit of the one asking for such.
• United States
4 Aug 12
Yeah when we ask for advice we should do our best to listen to the person. And if possible we should try and apply what they say unless they say something that isn't beneficial. But most of the time people that we ask advice from will not tell us something that isn't beneficial.
@nangisha (3496)
• Indonesia
8 Aug 12
Hi Dominique25!. I think most men poor with details. I see this with my brothers he not bothers to write every thing. Like writing address usually he see it and try to memorize it. When he is on the way there he often calling me home ask to search the address or looking in the internet because he can not remember it . My mom often mad at him because this matters and because he never make preparation when leave. He often had to work out of town but he is not prepare all his need when had to go. I usually become chaotic morning, like were my tie!, were my towel! and soon.
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• United States
8 Aug 12
Yeah I understand what your saying. They often times don't pay attention to detail and then later on they will need help. It is needed that we prepare for things ahead of time. That can save us and others from unnecessary stress.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
30 Jul 12
I don't particulary hate the fact that people ask for my help and then don't listen and heed the advice. It is more of a disappointment when this happens. I mena why even bother asking for someone's help if they have no intention of listening.
• United States
7 Aug 12
Yeah it does feel like a disappointment as well. I don't think that everyone should listen to everyone's advice. But I feel that when we ask for advice from someone and they give us advice that will benefit us and will not bother there time we should do our best to heed it. Yeah there isn't any point in asking for advice if we don't plan to listen.
@Cherish14 (2693)
• Philippines
30 Jul 12
well yeah that could be frustrating sometimes because not all the time we are free to help people. my boyfriend is also like that sometimes, but i understand him because he is a very busy and hard working man. he doesn't have time for some things anymore, so i do the work for him. i would ask him if there is something i can do to help him and i do it. he is far away from me right now, he is in new york and i am here in philippines but even though we are far from each other, i see to it that i can help him even though it is hard. it is the least i can do. and yes that also happened when i told him that we can just talk about it or something when he is ready to listen and can focus on what i am saying haha
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• United States
7 Aug 12
I'm glad to hear that you are able to help your boyfriend when he needs it. It's good to have hard working people in our lives. It gives us a greater feeling of stability in our life. He really is far away from you. I hope that he is doing well in New York and is able to save money like he would like.
• India
3 Aug 12
Hi friend, i wonder, why your hubby don't write out the important things? your suggestion is right, if he notes it while you are telling, he will save time for sure and avoid doing the same thing again in the next day. Surely we will be irritated with this kind of persons whoever need our help, but not listening our suggestion. If i am in your place, i too stop helping him again, as i am not interested in doing the same work again and again
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• United States
4 Aug 12
Yeah it is frustrating when this happens. He has ended up having to look some of them up the next day and a few of them tonight. I think if we ask people for help we should listen to their advice especially if it will save us time and energy.
@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
30 Jul 12
There are some people have this high, they don't admit weaknesses. It is really frustrating if they don't accept some suggestions. As they said, two heads are better than one.
• United States
18 Aug 12
Yeah I agree with you. Two heads definitely are better than one. It is so much easier to get through things and to accomplish task when more than one person is working on it. It also makes the task easier when we listen to the suggestions that others give us. It shows that we are mature and that we respect their input.
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
30 Jul 12
For sure,basically if they ask us anything,we get on to the mood to help them but if they keep ignoring us so badly and does not expect us a good reply and it is annoying for sure.we have to create interest and generate buzz to attract them effectively
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• United States
4 Aug 12
Yeah if someone ask for my advice I would expect that they would try to apply it. Unless of course it's something that wouldn't benefit them. But otherwise I would just rather them not ask for my help if they aren't going to try and listen. Thanks for your response. I appreciate it.
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
30 Jul 12
Well, i this case, better you leave him do his own way since he didn't listen u after asking your help.
• United States
18 Aug 12
Yeah I just let him do it his way. And after that didn't give anymore advice as there are too many others I need to be working on and getting done. So when he's ready to listen to my suggestions then I will give him advice but until then he can do his own thing.
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
30 Jul 12
I do, If they don't follow my advice, why the hell they are asking for it? I mean, if they tell in advance they might not take it, or ask more people, I understand. But if they come up begging to me for advice, tell what they plan to do, I tell them why it's wrong and my advice... and they don't take it, and then everything goes wrong and come up to me again... and then call me rude or cruel when I start with asking why they come up to me and ask for advice if they keep neglecting it, and call ME ignorant... that's so annoying.
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• United States
18 Aug 12
Yeah I agree with you. People definitely shouldn't ask for advice if they aren't willing to listen to the suggestion. It would then just be a waste of both their time. And time is really precious. There are so many other things we could do with our time than to talk with someone who isn't willing to listen to us. I agree it is very annoying.
@512771751 (1096)
• China
30 Jul 12
Yes, I hate it when people as for my help and then don't listen to me. And I always think that why they ask for my help if they don't listen. It is too bad.
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• United States
3 Aug 12
Yeah I agree with you. If they really don't want our help they should not ask for it. After all then it is just a waste of our time because they aren't going to listen to what we say. I don't mind helping people when they genuinely want my advice are going to at least try to apply what I suggest.
@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
30 Jul 12
I also don't like when people asks for help and then wouldn't even want to help themselves. It is frustrating; if they want to do things their own, then they shouldn't have asked for help in the first place. To avoid further conflicts, when I sensed that that is what's going to happen before I even start, I will just ask the person seeking my help if he/she wants to just d o it by her/himself, or if I'm still needed, what he/she wants to do anyway.
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• United States
3 Aug 12
Yeah it is very frustrating. It is a good thing when we can sense that to go ahead and ask the person. That way they are not wasting our time. Because there is only 24 hours in a day and there is always something else we could be doing with our time. Thanks for your suggestions I appreciate it.
• China
30 Jul 12
That's really frustrating.I think your husband has done wrong and maybe he didn't listen or maybe he is lazy.However,it's a waste of time for both of you when he asked for help for the same thing next day.
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• United States
4 Aug 12
I agree with you. We should listen to those that we ask advice from. It will benefit us. Thanks for your response. I appreciate it. I hope that you are having a good day.
@Axai2012 (371)
30 Jul 12
Definitely. Why in the first place do they have to ask for your help and not listen? It is totally a waste of time and effort. For me, if that is the attitude of someone I am helping, I'm sorry there won't be a second time because it is clear to me that they are uninterested.
• United States
4 Aug 12
Yeah I agree with you. I think the same thing to myself. Why are they asking for help if they aren't going to listen. I feel similarly. I'm not going to keep offering my assistance if they really don't want it. I have way to many other things to get done.
@paulli3 (312)
• China
30 Jul 12
yeah, i feel uncomfortable if people ask for my help but don't listen. if someone did, maybe i won't give him any hlep when he ask for my help next time. i will get angry becuase i think he doesn't respect me. but you think again, maybe he doesn't think your help i useful so he doesn't listen. he is not satisfied with your way to solve problem. maybe he is right, so you don't need to angry or think it's just to waste time. you just need to talk with each other and find out why they don't listen.
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• United States
7 Aug 12
Yeah I agree with you. It does show disrespect for the other person when we have asked for their help and they did not listen. It is also frustrating because we think that they sincerely want our help so we give them our precious time.
@squallming (1775)
• Malaysia
30 Jul 12
Well, some people just don'?t like to listen or to be given instruction. He may have asked your assistant in looking for the location of store, however he may not be expecting you to make suggestion on writing the address down. The one at fault seems to be him as he js just too lazy to write the address down. Anyway, you should not show your dissatisfaction and not helping him write as doing so may just worsen or causes fights between you two.
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• United States
4 Aug 12
Yeah he should have just wrote things down. And I don't want to argue about it I just will not give my opinion or assistance unless he is going to listen. So he will eventually ask for my help again and have to listen to it. Thanks so much for your suggestions. I appreciate it.