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My friend and her resume

Read all three parts and tell me if i should still type the resume or lie to get out of it

PART ONE: I wrote and created a resume and cover letter for Wendy and printed out 20 of the cover letter and 20 of the resume then mailed all of the copies to Wendy's house.

However, my friend Susan does not have a computer and hates her job and rewrote her resume and asked me a few days ago if I can type it for her on my computer and I said yes. However, tonight my computer crashed and I called Susan to tell her my computer crashed and Susan was a little disappointed but said she would ask another friend.

However, I got my computer up and running - I did a factory restore (and yes I backed up my personal files before I did). I really dont want to type Susan's resume but feel bad about it. I know Susan will question me if my computer is fixed or not. Half of me wants to tell Susan it is fixed the other half does not because I really dont want to type the resume.

What would you do? I mean I do want to take credit for fixing it but if I tell Susan I did then I have to type the resume

PART TWO: called Susan last night at midnight and told her my computer is up and running and I will type it. Susan told me that after I spoke to her and told her my computer crashed she called her friend who she slept over at and asked if she could type it on her friends. Susan's friend said ok, but Susan is nervous about the formatting - so if she cannot format it on her friends then I will type it. I am a wiz on the computer Susan isn't. Susan is supposed to go over to her friends house this afternoon.

It isnt that I mind typing it it is the fact that Susan does not have confidence in herself - I bet she could have typed it if she had more confidence in herself.

PART THREE: But I am going to have to tell Susan tomorrow that my computer crashed again even thou it did not. Here is why: We spoke to one another today on the telephone. She wanted first to sit with me in my bedroom where my computer is while I type her resume and I told no that is uncomfortable having someone hanging over you while you type. She then said well I can sit in another room. I told her no. So she was going to drop it off tonight and I would give it to her on Sunday when we got together. But then called me five minutes before I expected her and she said she wouldn't be able to drop it off tonight that she would drop it off tomorrow morning but she will call first. I said to her just give it to me on Sunday and she said oh I really want it typed asap. She said "oh but can you make the changes on Sunday if there are any and then email to companies for me because when I was at my friends house I printed out quite a few jobs off job website". I said I would only do three and she agreed. But she is getting out of hand because now I am thinking she is going to constantly ask me to email and I have to look for a job for myself. I have been out of work for two years and Susan is still working.


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My first thought is that you made a committment to her to type her resume. Do you have a good reason not to do it? Do you practice lying to your friends so easily? You say she has no confidence in herself, but I hear you saying you have no confidence in her ability to format. Maybe she has no confidence because she gets no encouragement from her friends--please encourage her whenever you can.

I hear you saying you have great confidence in yourself. Great! You are right that she is likely to depend on you and to continue to want more help. I have a suggestion for you.  If you decide to type her resume you could put it on a CD and give it to her so that it is hers and she can take it with her. Then she can take it to the Library or to the other friends house and send out all he resumes she wants to.

You may need to help her know how to do it. Or she could ask her other friend to send some out or to help her at the library. To need help she is not the most cooperative. I think she should do more to meet your schedule and not be so demanding. No ASAP for example. She is pretty demanding. If you just don't want to do this job tell her why. You really don't have to lie to say no.

Posted 2009-10-14T15:33:54Z
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