Thank You – Now That’s Not So Hard
By Ann LeFlore
@poehere (15123)
French Polynesia
August 30, 2017 2:52pm CST
Some people can be so rude and have no idea how to say thank you. No matter what you do or how much you help they don’t appreciate it. My best friend’s sister in law is one of these people. Yesterday was her daughter’s birthday and she needed to cook for the party. However, at her home and my girlfriend’s home the oven doesn’t work on their stove. I have a large kitchen and my girlfriend asked if they could cook at my home. I said why not.
My girlfriend and her sister spent the day cleaning my house. Wow, it was fantastic and what a pleasant surprise. I helped her sister in law prepare the food for the dinner. We cooked all day. Last night we took the food to the house for the party.
My girlfriend brought all of the dishes and affairs for the food she was cooking. However, her sister in law arrived with nothing. I have no idea what she was planning and was surprised she didn’t even bring the dishes to take home with food in them. I ended up using all of mine for the food we cooked.
After the birthday party for the little girl my girlfriend’s family washed and cleaned all my dishes for me to take home. Her sister in law only thanked my girlfriend for all her help and never said a word to me. I was a little shocked. She used my kitchen, my dishes and many of my affairs to prepare her food. She didn’t bring any oil, vinegar, mustard or other things she needed to make her sauces. I ended up supplying them all for her.
I wouldn’t have minded if she had just said thank you to me for all I did for her yesterday. If she didn’t cook at my house yesterday her daughter wouldn’t have had anything to eat last night at her birthday party. Some people are just rude and self centered. They don’t know how to thank a person for helping them out.
Do you know people like this in your life? Do you continue to help them out each time they have a problem?
I’ll do it once and the second time they ask I will tell them no. I won’t keep helping a person who doesn’t know how to say thank you. It isn’t that hard and it is so simple to say.
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14 responses
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
30 Aug 17
I've been known to say, You're welcome! When someone neglects to say thank you.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
30 Aug 17
I have never thought of doing that one before. Maybe I should. This person really needs a wake up call and a lesson in the simple art of saying thank you. I know that she wants my help to repair 2 of her laptops and I will simple say no. I won't turn another finger for her and I won't invite her again into my home.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
31 Aug 17
Me too but they did not care to say oops thank you, no they ignored me.
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@celticeagle (167429)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Aug 17
I have known such people. Thank you is simple to say. So many people can be this way too. Think of themselves only.
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@celticeagle (167429)
• Boise, Idaho
31 Aug 17
@poehere ......That is weird. Sometimes people just expect you to know or something. Pretty weird.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
1 Sep 17
@celticeagle I don't buy it with her. She is just rude and there is no excuse for this one.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
30 Aug 17
@amadeo No it isn't my job. I had plans with my GF and her sister for yesterday. We were going to come here for pancake breakfast and make pizza later on. Then her sister in law called because it was her niece's birthday. She needed a stove to cook the dinner in and hers was broken. the same with my GF her stove just broke. So she asked me if we could change the plans and help her out. I said sure why not. So we cooked the food for the dinner so the little girl could have a nice birthday. It was a nice evening and everyone loved what we made. I had fun and saw some of my friends I hadn't seen in a few weeks. So it was well worth it to do this for me. I just found it was so rude not to say thanks for opening my home and allowing her to cook here.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
30 Aug 17
In life, it is important to respect others and especially if they help you out. To be rude like she is, doesn't get you far in life. As for my picture I thought it would be good to use because we were cooking all day. No, we didn't make hamburgers to eat.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
30 Aug 17
I have known my girlfriend's sister in law for some time. I normally don't have much to do with her because she is rude. However, yesterday my girlfriend called me up and asked me so nicely to help out. It was raining here and I had no plans. She and her sister spent the day cleaning my home. I was shocked and so thankful to them. From the wind and rain we have had for the last 4 days my house was a mess. I normally wait until the storm is over before cleaning it up. My GF didn't like that and she wanted to help me out by cleaning my home. How sweet of them to do this for me. I cooked for them and did a lot for the two of them. As for the third she is rude and I i'll never do for ther again.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
30 Aug 17
@DianneN You are so right. She brought a cell phone for me to repair. Guess what it is still sitting where she left it and that is where it will stay. I am not lifting another hand to help her out. I don't accept rudeness in my life and being polite is so easy. I guess for some it is too hard to be polite.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
30 Aug 17
Like you, it would only happen to me once.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
31 Aug 17
@RichardMeister That was a good way to handle this problem. I told my best friend that I won't help her again. She said she doesn't want to help he either that this is the way she is.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
31 Aug 17
@poehere Yes. I had to lay down the law with my brother. He started calling me and asking me to do things for him that he could do himself. After a couple times I told him to do it himself. It ticked him off and he didn't call or talk to me for about a month. But he got over it. And it ended him asking me to do things for him.
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
30 Aug 17
That's sad that she didn't say thank you. It's not hard at all to do that.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
30 Aug 17
Yes Jennifer it is so easy to say thank you. It was so sad when she didn't even say thank you to me last night after dinner. We were leaving and she thanked her sister in law, her sister, and her brother. She just looked at me and didn't say anything. I guess I expected as much consider the way she is.
@silvermist (19702)
• India
30 Aug 17
What a thankless rude person she is.I used.to continue heping such people in the past.Not any more.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
30 Aug 17
I never continue to help a person that is rude. I do it once and never go back and do it again. I was taught manors growing up and if I ever did this, boy did I get in trouble. It is not hard to say thank you. It is so simple and only 2 words. In French it is just one word merci.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
30 Aug 17
You are so right, it is rude. I told my GF that next time her sister in law wants my help, the answer is no and don't ask me again for her. On the other hand, if my GF needs help I will be there to help her. Because of my GF I was able to find my dog that was stolen. She is a super person and so sweet. I am lucky to have her as my friend.
@Tampa_girl7 (50351)
• United States
31 Aug 17
Unfortunately I have known a few people that never said thank you or even showed any appreciation 
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
1 Sep 17
This is the first one in my life like this. She is so rude it amazes me . I don't want her here at my home again. I am a happy go lucky person and love life. I help and do a lot for my good friends. But people like her I try and keep out of my life for sure.
@KristenH (33388)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
30 Aug 17
I don't think I have. But you're right. People should learn respect and say thank you.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
30 Aug 17
In all of my travels and my years, this is the first time I have encountered such a person. I hope it is the last. The first thing we teach our children when they are babies and learning to talk is Please and Thank you. It is not hard to say and it brings a lot of joy to the person you say it to. I think respect is the first think I taught my daughter. Even if she didn't want what was offered to her, she knew how to say "no thank you".
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
31 Aug 17
I agree its only a couple words, they do not cost a cent. I have been done the same way and NEVER again will I do it, when I am invited to an event I just show up, no more working like a dog and not even one word of thanks. The last time I got cussed out..... Nope. Never again.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
31 Aug 17
Thanks Andria. I was so shocked when she couldn't even say merci to me after all I did for her yesterday. Oh well it is her loss now. I will never do it again.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
30 Aug 17
A lesson learned. Next time, ignore her if she ask for help again. It will teach her a lesson too!
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
30 Aug 17
I just ignore people like this and don't let them know why. I pretend like they do and just let it go. My GF will never ask me again to help her sister in law. We were talking about it today and she is so angry at her sister in law. She said that she is going to tell her off and tell her how ruse she is.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
1 Sep 17
You and me both. I don't want a person like that around me. My GF and her sister were angry to see their sister in law like this. Next week we have plans and they don't include the rude person.
