recycling bin. My mom called me in tears this afternoon. She lives in an apartment building. She tends to do too much that she shouldn't but she means it as help. She sometimes shovels the driveway in the winter, plants flowers in the spring outside for all to enjoy.
A couple of weeks ago she had a neighbor get all mad at her for taking a paper towel off the clothesline that had been there for weeks. The lady was upset because, she feels Mom shouldn't do things like that.
The lady hasn't talked to her in 3 weeks. Today their complex received a recycling bin as their city is going to recycling. Mom decided to move it from the front steps to the back by the garbage. Granted she should probably have left it where it was, again she was trying to be helpful.
The lady was outside and Mom told her she was moving it to the back. About 1/2 hour the lady called Mom and told her she moved it back and unless Mom was managerial staff she should leave things alone.
This has driven my mom to tears and cutting. She said she used a safety pin on her upper arm and it was bleeding so she covered it. She thinks she needs to go back in the psychiatric hospital. I tried to let her know she can't let this lady get to her while gently trying to suggest maybe she should just leave things for the managerial staff.
Any suggestions on anything more I could have said or done? So sad this is all over something so minor!
A couple of weeks ago she had a neighbor get all mad at her for taking a paper towel off the clothesline that had been there for weeks. The lady was upset because, she feels Mom shouldn't do things like that.
The lady hasn't talked to her in 3 weeks. Today their complex received a recycling bin as their city is going to recycling. Mom decided to move it from the front steps to the back by the garbage. Granted she should probably have left it where it was, again she was trying to be helpful.
The lady was outside and Mom told her she was moving it to the back. About 1/2 hour the lady called Mom and told her she moved it back and unless Mom was managerial staff she should leave things alone.
This has driven my mom to tears and cutting. She said she used a safety pin on her upper arm and it was bleeding so she covered it. She thinks she needs to go back in the psychiatric hospital. I tried to let her know she can't let this lady get to her while gently trying to suggest maybe she should just leave things for the managerial staff.
Any suggestions on anything more I could have said or done? So sad this is all over something so minor!