juan.kerr wrote: » Is there such a thing as 'earned inheritances'?
Odysseus wrote: » This is a bit off topic, nut an old lad who leaves up the road from my done was done last week. Three blokes broke into his house, then brought him down the bank where he handed over four grand. I don't know what levels of threats etc were used, but the poor man is in his 80's. It would make your blood boil. My mam seen him yesterday and the poor fcuker couldn't even talk about.
WindSock wrote: » Old people are great craic. I would love to know some in the area to drop in on from time to time.
Agricola wrote: » What would you call 30 years solely attending to a spinsters every whim? A bit of craic....?
juan.kerr wrote: » So why did they do it? Purely for the money it seems. In that case why didn't your parents agree something in advance with the spinsters?
Agricola wrote: » then surely neighbours looking for a nice little earner on the death of an elderly person nearby, is quite common too.
Giselle wrote: » There's some lovely stories of genuinely good people bringing some happiness to the old and alone here. I've a few tears in my eyes.
My name is URL wrote: » If people help others to make them feel better about themselves is it still a selfless act? I think everyone has an 'agenda' regardless of what they tell themselves. Some are just more apparent than others.
GRMA wrote: » A relation of mine was helped out by a neighbour who was very good to her, visiting, doing shopping etc, we all thought she was great until my relation died after a few months in hospital. She didn't leave the woman anything but left everything to her family. She wasn't happy at all and even disputed the will and tied things up for ages demanding thousands of euro for what she spent on parking and fuel visiting my relation in hospital during her last few months. I don't think I've ever been more disgusted with a human being. We all thought she was a saint. We were wondering actually why she wasn't left anything, guess my relation was on to her Was a wise old woman.[/QUthiOTE] Sorry to hear this, but...this type of thing is quite prevelant unfortunately. It's hard for decent people to believe, but Greedy Bears exist everywhere.
pappyodaniel wrote: » Does this kind of thing genuinely go on? I've never seen anything blatant but the cynic in me is making me suspicious.
Stained Class wrote: » GRMA wrote: » A relation of mine was helped out by a neighbour who was very good to her, visiting, doing shopping etc, we all thought she was great until my relation died after a few months in hospital. She didn't leave the woman anything but left everything to her family. She wasn't happy at all and even disputed the will and tied things up for ages demanding thousands of euro for what she spent on parking and fuel visiting my relation in hospital during her last few months. I don't think I've ever been more disgusted with a human being. We all thought she was a saint. We were wondering actually why she wasn't left anything, guess my relation was on to her Was a wise old woman.[/QUthiOTE]Sorry to hear this, but...this type of thing is quite prevelant unfortunately. It's hard for decent people to believe, but Greedy Bears exist everywhere. This is actually what annoys me, putting forward as fact, something that a poster heard as heresay, or at most one half of a story, and then decide it is quite prevelant I could tell stories too, and state they are quite prevelant to the complete opposite to what has being just said in that story, but I won't. I will state though through my last 5 years experience of taking care of my mother who is elderly, and I am her full time carer, most people will go out of their way to help her. 1% of them want to take advantage of her and her age.
GRMA wrote: » A relation of mine was helped out by a neighbour who was very good to her, visiting, doing shopping etc, we all thought she was great until my relation died after a few months in hospital. She didn't leave the woman anything but left everything to her family. She wasn't happy at all and even disputed the will and tied things up for ages demanding thousands of euro for what she spent on parking and fuel visiting my relation in hospital during her last few months. I don't think I've ever been more disgusted with a human being. We all thought she was a saint. We were wondering actually why she wasn't left anything, guess my relation was on to her Was a wise old woman.[/QUthiOTE]Sorry to hear this, but...this type of thing is quite prevelant unfortunately. It's hard for decent people to believe, but Greedy Bears exist everywhere.
GoldenLight wrote: » Stained Class wrote: » This is actually what annoys me, putting forward as fact, something that a poster heard as heresay, or at most one half of a story, and then decide it is quite prevelant I could tell stories too, and state they are quite prevelant to the complete opposite to what has being just said in that story, but I won't. I will state though through my last 5 years experience of taking care of my mother who is elderly, and I am her full time carer, most people will go out of their way to help her. 1% of them want to take advantage of her and her age. I didn't hear it... I was the executor of the will.
Stained Class wrote: » This is actually what annoys me, putting forward as fact, something that a poster heard as heresay, or at most one half of a story, and then decide it is quite prevelant I could tell stories too, and state they are quite prevelant to the complete opposite to what has being just said in that story, but I won't. I will state though through my last 5 years experience of taking care of my mother who is elderly, and I am her full time carer, most people will go out of their way to help her. 1% of them want to take advantage of her and her age.
later12 wrote: » There is a particularly tactless undertaker near where I live, who has a name for himself as a blatant opportunist.....
GoldenLight wrote: » Stained Class wrote: » This is actually what annoys me, putting forward as fact, something that a poster heard as heresay, or at most one half of a story, and then decide it is quite prevelant I could tell stories too, and state they are quite prevelant to the complete opposite to what has being just said in that story, but I won't. I will state though through my last 5 years experience of taking care of my mother who is elderly, and I am her full time carer, most people will go out of their way to help her. 1% of them want to take advantage of her and her age. I think the quoting system is a bit fecked here, but I think this is aimes at me. I know there's loads of decent people out there. I hope to think that I'm one. Still, there's loads out there who'd take the sugar outa your tea & smile atcha as their doing it.
Archeron wrote: » I think most people who think that way are saying more about themselves than about people who are genuinely just trying to do a good turn for somebody else.
GRMA wrote: » GoldenLight wrote: » I didn't hear it... I was the executor of the will. Really cause your story comes across as heresay, or just gossip, and by the way your experiences dosen't make it quite prevelant. Maybe use your experiences to help other people, instead of stating it as a generlised fact, and that other people share your experience. It what actually appears to be a very messy thing to go through, you have my understanding and sympathy on that point. But I really wish people wouldn't state it is quite prevelant based on that one story, that all people who look after (in any sort of way) the elderly in their community, are actually looking for something in the elderly persons will.
GoldenLight wrote: » I didn't hear it... I was the executor of the will.
Abi wrote: » The elderly aren't stupid though, they've been around a lot longer than us - cute as foxes.
Stained Class wrote: » Still, even at my age I'm still constantly surprised at the nature of certain people I come across sometimes. Total sleeveens who can come across as the nicest in the world, but really are complete knackers who will prostitute themselves totally to get one over on everyone else.
