# When someone drags their feet on fulfilling a favor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-drags-their-feet-on-fulfilling-a-favor/666674>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 19, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-drags-their-feet-on-fulfilling-a-favor/666674 "2013-08-19T23:07:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-drags-their-feet-on-fulfilling-a-favor/666674/21 "2013-08-22T19:35:00Z")

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Let me get this straight: You’re complaining about them dragging their feet when you stuck them babysitting your stuff for a YEAR because you were too cheap to have them ship it with the rest of the crap you had them pick up for you?

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-drags-their-feet-on-fulfilling-a-favor/666674/22 "2013-08-22T20:31:12Z")

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And what about the poor kid you had to balance on the handlebars all that time?

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**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-drags-their-feet-on-fulfilling-a-favor/666674/23 "2013-08-23T00:14:21Z")

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People that are doing you a favor cannot be accused of dragging their feet. After all they are doing a favor for **you**. If it doesn’t happen in a timely manner, get over it. They are not hired hands. You are not the customer.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-drags-their-feet-on-fulfilling-a-favor/666674/24 "2013-08-24T20:07:09Z")

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I see the OP hasn’t been back in four days. Could it be they didn’t get the sympathy they seem to have expected?

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-drags-their-feet-on-fulfilling-a-favor/666674/25 "2013-08-24T21:07:40Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> I see the OP hasn’t been back in four days. Could it be they didn’t get the sympathy they seem to have expected?

They found a great deal on Internet access, but the ISP is based out of Utah.

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