Helpful or Bossy?

Your friend is planning a surprise party for their partner. They ask you for help with decorations, and you offer to go shopping with them and help set up the decorations on the day of the party.

• Bossy

• Helpful

Answer explanation

Helping is defined as giving someone information, advice, or some other type of assistance when they have directly asked for it, or if they respond “yes” when you offer help

Your coworker is struggling with a task, and you offer to show them how to do it or provide them with resources that may help them complete it more efficiently.

• Helpful

• Bossy

Your neighbor is having trouble carrying groceries up the stairs, and you offer to help them carry their bags upstairs.

• Helpful

• Bossy

You notice that a friend is having trouble with their exercise routine, and you offer them advice about what exercises they need to do, how often they need to do them, and what they need to eat to get the best results.

• Helpful

• Bossy

You are working on a group project with your classmates, and you have great ideas about how to complete it so you decide to help out your teammates by getting start on it right away.

• Helpful

• Bossy

Answer explanation

By doing this, you are making decisions without consulting the rest of the group or allowing them to share their ideas.

Your friend is complaining about cleaning their house so you share some of your "cleaning hacks" that they need to try such as the types of cleaning products you have found to work best and the cleaning schedule you use.

• Helpful

• Bossy

You notice your classmate is doing their assignment wrong so you gently tell them the right way to do it.

• Helpful

• Bossy

A friend asks you for help with their math homework and so you help out by telling them how to do the problems they are having trouble with.

• Helpful

• Bossy

Your friend is complaining about their boyfriend for the millionth time, so offer your support and give your honest opinion that she needs to dump him because she is way out of his league.

• Helpful

• Bossy

Your friend is feeling overwhelmed with schoolwork and you offer to help them study or work on an assignment together.

• Helpful

• Bossy