it boils down to your own fault

Yes, I know and I fully agree with you! (BTW, I am the OP).

if a "thank you" isn't enough payment, don't take the job

It seems that I have not explained clearly my point of view as all the replies have missed it. Probably because I have mixed a rant and a meditation.

I am not saying that a "Thank you" is not good enough for me as the helper.

What I am saying is that for the help requester, sometimes a "Thank you" is not enough in order to be polite. There is a subtle but big difference.

As a community, it seems that we have forgotten that good old custom of rewarding those that help us, specially when they do it at our request and in a fully altruistic manner.

Anyway, as I said before my real intention was to make other monks aware that when they ask somebody for help they are actually using his time to solve their problems, they should try to not abuse it!

How to be grateful for it later is up to them, their politeness, education and what their mother toll them to do in those cases :-)

In reply to Re^2: Sometimes, just saying "Thank You" is not good enough by Anonymous Monk
in thread Sometimes, just saying "Thank You" is not good enough by Anonymous Monk

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