It's nice when people come to you for advice or help on matters, be it trivial or serious stuffs. As a writer, friends would turn to me when they need help on writing something which is ok if I have free time anyway. But sometimes, it gets annoying when people would simply ask you to do it for them because they think you're the "right" person to do it. It's flattering yes, but annoying too. What I do to not offend is to refer them to the internet saying that "you can get inspiration from there so you can come up with your own version". Some will do that but most would even ask you to get online and look for it and just send them the link. Some would ask you to summarize it for them and just send it through email. Or worse, they will tell you that the info you sent them was not enough and you need to look for more. The nerve!
There is a difference between helping and nurturing other people's laziness. Am sorry am not going to let you do that to me. If you want help, I can extend my hand but you have to be responsible for yourself.
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Some people just expect everyone to do everything for them. It's really sad.
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