Is it normal to hate being told what to do?

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I can't stand being told what to do. To me it's always been a rule of thumb to never ask someone to do something for you if you could easily do it yourself. I remember in school I'd often end up disobeying the leader in group activities because they'd ask everyone else to do something and then not assign their self a task. Sometimes people ask little favors of me, like putting something somewhere or getting them something, and I always say no if they could do it just as easily. They get pretty offended sometimes. Now, if a person actually requires my help, then I can do that. Or if I happen to be in the kitchen already and someone asks for something small, then that's not a big deal either. So, am I normal, or am I kind of a jerk?

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  • MiKeY_G
    13 years ago

    It's normal and I feel the same way. Your not being a jerk you just don't want others thinking they can walk all over you. You should look into a management program of some sort.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    I'm so with you

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  • patriot9878
    10 years ago

    It means you are assertive. I let people walk over me like a doormat. But if someone is sitting down and they ask you to get them a spoon and you are right there and you refuse then you are pretty much an asshole

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  • xXAnime120Xx
    11 years ago

    same here. I hate it when someone asks me to fix the couch when they're already in the living room, or when someone tells me "Hey, go wash your dish." when we CLEARLY have a dishwasher , RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR FACE, but we can't use it because someone's to lazy to go buy the stuff that we need to use it.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    when someone asks something of you study your nails intently from every angle, marvel at the ingenunity of their desiign, then when theve finshed say "what?"

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    I'm the same. Even if it's something beneficial I still don't like it.

    "Valkeer go take a break"
    "NO YOU TAKE A BREAK."

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  • Bone1999
    13 years ago

    Your like me. I'm leader and that's that, I give people orders, I'm the alpha, and they listen, but if they need something, if they prove their loyalty then I shall go to the other side of the universe for them, so its a two way thing.

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  • Midnightshadow54
    13 years ago

    It's normal to me. That's how I always was, except I do small things because I have an obnoxiously tender side that can't refuse. But it's only if I'm asked. When told, I get mad and won't do it. My mom knows that by heart now.

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  • Christoph
    13 years ago

    nah, its good. u shudent let people take advantage of you, like my lazy freind asking me to put his rubish in the bin, when he could just as easily do it himself, the bigoted, bar stuard.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    I hate being told what to do. I have an authority problem.

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  • trav1085
    13 years ago

    That sounds kinda jerkish. I can understand when your "told" what to do when you really don't want to but for little things it's kind of rude.

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