Colleague has the habit of asking me to buy stuff when I go on holiday
This colleague of mine has this habit of asking me to get things for her whenever I’m on holiday. Egg tarts rolls in Taiwan (oh, my aunt loves them), face-roller massager in Japan (oh, we don’t have this anymore in Singapore Daiso; pls get five), medical ointment in Thailand (we don’t have this in Singapore).
It’s not like she doesn’t travel! I think it’s uncool to always trouble people, and it’s a bad habit which I’m beginning to find rather annoying.
We are not even that close to begin with. Personally I woud never trouble friends or colleagues, not even family members while they are on holiday!
I wanna tell her I’m going to stop getting stuff for her, but I’m at a loss on how to broach the topic…..
Netizens’ comments
- Just don’t get it.
I used to have a colleague like this once. She will kaypoh and try to find out whoever is travelling in my company and ask them to get this or that. Worse, she will actually email and text you to REMIND you to get it.
I will always say I’ll try or only if I happen to see it and then forget about it totally. If she pester me after I come back, I’ll just tell her I was too busy to go shopping or I forgot.
Do it a few times she will stop and eventually ask someone else to do it.
You probably did it for her before and that’s why she kept asking. - I had a friend who had this habit of doing that. Worse, he only pops out when he needs us to buy this buy that and then pass it off to his relatives.
I asked him to pay upfront first, didn’t buy the items, and delayed paying him back as long as I could.
Needless to say he stopped asking me to buy stuff after that. - stand up for yourself la… gosh. say no. if you scared, then say no I don’t have luggage space