How do you respond when people tell you their financial problems?
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Re: How do you respond when people tell you their financial problems?
all the kids selling post cards, books etc at Angkor wat are very nice
They ask, "you buy post card, book?"
u tell them "NO", and they respond,
"OK, maybe tomorrow?"
but its all done with smiles
They ask, "you buy post card, book?"
u tell them "NO", and they respond,
"OK, maybe tomorrow?"
but its all done with smiles
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Re: How do you respond when people tell you their financial problems?
That's right. Hey Strops, spot us a twenty till payday mate?StroppyChops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:16 pm We work with some very poor people, many of whom are always looking for a handout (because, let's face it, that's what white westerners do).
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Re: How do you respond when people tell you their financial problems?
I emphasise, and nod, while saying in Khmer "I know, my paycheck is small, small and I have a wife and two kids"
Then change the subject.
Then change the subject.
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Re: How do you respond when people tell you their financial problems?
I will not give you money today.John Bingham wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:59 pmThat's right. Hey Strops, spot us a twenty till payday mate?StroppyChops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:16 pm We work with some very poor people, many of whom are always looking for a handout (because, let's face it, that's what white westerners do).
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Re: How do you respond when people tell you their financial problems?
rozzieoz wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:34 am We regularly have Khmer people tell us their financial problems, and I feel so uncomfortable each time it happens.
Long-term friends, people we have just met, random strangers - they all want us to know their dramas.
How do you deal with it when it happens to you?
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Re: How do you respond when people tell you their financial problems?
Dibs! So, lend us a tenner, mate?timmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:35 pmrozzieoz wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:34 am We regularly have Khmer people tell us their financial problems, and I feel so uncomfortable each time it happens.
Long-term friends, people we have just met, random strangers - they all want us to know their dramas.
How do you deal with it when it happens to you?
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
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Re: How do you respond when people tell you their financial problems?
Westerners like my self make 5000 USD a month as a labourer in our home country's easy.
And with the amount of hours they work it would be close to 10 k a month AUD in Australia .
And you guys are talking about holding back 2.5 usd cents
Or 100 riel.
Bloddy farkin hell what horribul c*nts live in Cambodia nowadays
And with the amount of hours they work it would be close to 10 k a month AUD in Australia .
And you guys are talking about holding back 2.5 usd cents
Or 100 riel.
Bloddy farkin hell what horribul c*nts live in Cambodia nowadays
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LOL too late!StroppyChops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:39 pmDibs! So, lend us a tenner, mate?timmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:35 pmrozzieoz wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:34 am We regularly have Khmer people tell us their financial problems, and I feel so uncomfortable each time it happens.
Long-term friends, people we have just met, random strangers - they all want us to know their dramas.
How do you deal with it when it happens to you?
You must walk in traffic to cross the road - Cambodian proverb
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Re: How do you respond when people tell you their financial problems?
...if only I'd seen your post two hours ago... I feel bad now. I blame myself.timmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:48 pmLOL too late!StroppyChops wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:39 pmDibs! So, lend us a tenner, mate?timmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:35 pmrozzieoz wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:34 am We regularly have Khmer people tell us their financial problems, and I feel so uncomfortable each time it happens.
Long-term friends, people we have just met, random strangers - they all want us to know their dramas.
How do you deal with it when it happens to you?
You must walk in traffic to cross the road - Cambodian proverb
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Re: How do you respond when people tell you their financial problems?
You probably do this anyway, but as a general rule, if people talk about their financial problems when you're out socializing and you're not being directly hit for a loan, then empathize about times being tough, commiserate, and pay them a meal, some drinks, or whatever you can afford or feel like. That's ok. That's what friends are for. If they want a loan they will probably ask you for it.We regularly have Khmer people tell us their financial problems, and I feel so uncomfortable each time it happens.
Long-term friends, people we have just met, random strangers - they all want us to know their dramas.
How do you deal with it when it happens to you?
But what you are really asking, Roz, is how to stop feeling so uncomfortable, isn't it ? I think we have to work out that for ourselves. There's no one answer fits all.
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