Can you be too grateful?

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This is a rhetorical question really because yes, In my opinion I think you can. As I’ve mentioned before I sometimes drive people to medical appointments and the like, for the Volunteer Driver Service. Of course it’s nice when people say ‘thankyou’; if they just get in and out without a word you do feel rather taken for granted. But yesterday’s passenger went to the opposite extreme, she thanked me so many times and told me how grateful she was, how kind we volunteers are, how they change people’s lives and how she would hold me in her heart forever…. I mean I understood that she was grateful, she told me she was in constant pain and had contemplated suicide and that she lived alone so she was obviously glad to have some help, and possibly also someone to talk to, but still, I started to feel quite awkward and embarrassed about it! I’m afraid that if I see her name on the list of requests again, I will have second thoughts about picking her up! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2024.