Friday, December 20, 2013

Bad attitude abounds

      A person who belongs to the same organization I do is what I call a "taker".  It may be true that this person is crippled and lives on disability and lives in subsidized housing and has to depend on friends and family to do things but others are in that situation and are not takers.  My mother is 89, legally blind, and almost deft, but she is a giver.  She has a positive attitude, does a greeting card ministry as a way of offering comfort and encouragement to others, and has a positive outlook on life.  She is willing to help out family and friends.
    The person I referred to as a taker, on the other hand, only gives to the person that can do the most for them.  She asks others for a ride and then harasses them via constant phone calls "are you coming"  "you didn't forget', etc. to the tune of making one want to disassociate themselves from the organization.  If there is something free to be had, not only is this person always there but so is their entire family.  And not only do they take that which is  free to them but they want to take away as much as thy can.  This person  doesn't support the organization nor any of its programs but wants to be included in the benefits of any program, even if the program isn't intended for them.
   But don't show any displeasure or they will complain about your bad attitude or try to destroy you and your organization through word of mouth and through the social media.  Instead of apologizing and promising to correct their offensive behavior, their reaction is to request that stuff be mailed to them because they aren't coming back for awhile while attacking the organization via word of mouth and the internet.   Wow, that is unbelievable. 

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