"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
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Try a bit of psychology on them. Next time you're feeling bad see if you
can 'bump into' them and put on your bestest "I'm really knackered, me"
look (I forget what's wrong with you, sorry) and ask them if they'll help
you with something fairly trivial - even if it's just opening a jar [just
searched the group... you have joint problems, amongst other things?
Opening a jar looks perfect - no bother for them but makes you look quite
needy. If you can put up with that then it looks like a goer] .

People are generally good and can't help but to help someone in distress.
The more grateful you seem for their assistance the more pleased they'll
be that they were able to help. Probably. That's the theory anyway. They
might even ask about your health problems, or you can volunteer it, then
perhaps they'll be more understanding.

Yes - strangely, if you get somebody to do something for you, they're more
likely to trust you. I think it's something to do with reinforcing their
previous decision - they helped you, and they'd only help somebody who
deserved it, and they wouldn't make a mistake in deciding who deserved their
help therefore you must be somebody they can trust. I believe it's supposed
to work a lot better than doing something for somebody.