Ever been offered more money for something you know you can't do or you know is

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wrong? Often, I get jobs where, "You only have to do ___________." Then you get there and you have to do more than that and often it's out of my physical limits. For instance: "My father/mother just needs someone to steady him/her." To me, that means, the person can get up on his or her own and then gets a little off-balance when walking, so if you help the person while walking, the person won't fall over. The person probably uses a walker, but walkers can be too wide or not work very well in certain situations. Then you get to the job and the family or the person you're helping actually wants you to lift or stand the person up. I have a bad back and I can't do that. People think I'm lying, making excuses, not offered enough money, I don't know what. But sometimes I'm offered more money to lift the person. If they had told me, I could have saved us all a lot of time. I can't lift another person. I can lift 25 lbs. That's all the Drs. cleared me for. So unless the person is a lightweight child, I can't do it. Offering me more money doesn't help my body, esp. my spine, lift more weight. So in the future, I will say, "No lifting above 25 lbs." Even if the topic/job has (or seems to have)absolutely nothing to do with lifting.