Dear Queenie,
My brother is active in a community service organization and when they needed help with a project that has to do with my line of work he volunteered me to help out.
The problem is he didn’t check with me first to find out if I had the time to do what they needed, which I don’t, or even if I wanted to do it.
Queenie, now what do I do?—Angry sister
Dear Sister,
First, you explain to the organisation that you cannot help them out because you do not have the time.
Then, you tell your brother – emphatically! – that he had no business offering your services without asking you, and if he ever wants to do so again he should ask you first.
