A daughter of an elderly man I have been working on a case for left me a voicemail and text message as I was unavailable at the time, she called on Monday morning.
The woman divulged that her father was in the hospital and that she would be in touch.
Instead of phoning her back I sent her a text responding, “Okay”.
On Tuesday afternoon, the woman called me again. I answered my phone to speak with her.
She acknowledged to me that her father was still in the hospital, that he would be home in a couple of days.
Then, she went on to say that she was not aware or not, or aware of how the doctor (my supervisor) and I work out or handle situations with other clients I take on in situations where one of my cases becomes temporarily paused.
I kept silent as I knew she was just fishing for information from me to see if I would share whether I had other shifts to take on aside from and in place of her father.
Sure enough, when I did not reply she forwardly asked me If I wanted to come manage her next-door neighbor (Who she acquired my assistance for in the past before the woman was placed into a rehabilitation center after taking a fall. The woman was released last Tuesday and I spent two days of my free time helping her to adjust plus working extra paid hours for her father, and was paid two hundred and twenty-five dollars in hand for my two-day service for the neighbor) the following Thursday.
I told her no.
The woman proceeded to asked me If I was working tomorrow on Wednesday.
I told her no.
She then asked if I would come to help her neighbor again on the side. I plainly but casually told her, “No. I don’t want to”.
The woman ended the conversation with “Okay, that is alright. Enjoy your days off”.
This woman uses her father as an excuse to call when all she really wanted was to get me to come over to her neighbor’s house to use me for her own advantage even though I would get paid.
There was no need for her to call me to keep me posted or to give me an update regarding her father unless it was to notify me of his return home from the hospital.
She had just phoned me the day before to inform me of his whereabouts.
Today is Friday. He is still not home. It is past a couple of days. The woman was full of shit just like I knew.
This manipulative bitch must have gotten over plenty of times or is used to controlling others while using money as bait.
Well, I am not one who can be controlled or manipulated- or bought by anyone! I am used to money.
I was nowhere near rich but I grew up having money.
I am an independent woman who makes her own money. Money is something that never bothered me. So, she encountered the wrong person to trifle with.
I helped her neighbor before as she is a very kind and sweet elderly lady who needed supervision and aid in maintaining her health management.
However, trying to use my services whenever it was convenient while I have a life of my own to live and conduct, instead of just working out arrangements with other candidates and with an agency as she planned.
This woman wanted to keep me in the loop as someone she could always fall back on since I am responsible, trustworthy, and sufficient.
I am also someone who is nobody’s fool or footstool.
I refused to get caught up in her loop. The only loop that woman will obtain from me is a box of Fruit Loops without the milk for her nutty ass.
She had the nerve to let out deep sighs of disappointments on more than one occasion when she could not get her way with me, and get pushy with me in her tone of asking “Why not?” The woman did not want to take no for an answer when I would attempt to get out of her requests. Then she would effort to compromise around my availability to make it convenient for me so everything would be convenient for her.
I do not have time for any of that crap.
I know the women is seething because whatever she had in store blew up in her face.
People who think they have game do nothing but play themselves when it comes to messing around with people who they take for granted or underestimate.
I thank God for getting me out of that situation and I am curious about what is ahead.
The woman’s father likes me and enjoys me being around. I find him pleasant too, but I do not think he may be around too much longer. It is just a feeling I get. I wish him the best and will work with him as long as necessary.
It is a shame his daughter must cause interference by her hunger for greed. I just want to work in connection to her father without violating any terms within my workplace.
I was totally upfront with my supervisor because that is the way I am- my supervisor even said this woman is manipulative.
