Why I Couldnt Help You

To That Person:

Normally I'd PM you, but you havent registered on the site. I doubt you will read this, but this whole thing has been bugging me ever since our exchange in PM and Guild chat. This is really just for my own cathartic personal benefit.

I am sorry that I was unable to drop what I was doing with my very limited time online and help you with what you wanted me to do. Despite my repeated mentions that I had limited time because of some work responsibilities, and that I was FAR away from the point where you wanted my help, you continued to pressure me into doing something that frankly, I was not prepared to do. It will only take X number of minutes, you said. Please can you just help me, you said. When I didnt reply to you within 15 seconds because I was in the middle of getting ganked, you asked again in guild chat.

I was unwilling to do it only because I did not have the time. I apologized to you for that. I didn't have to apologize, but I did because I genuinely felt bad.

Never mind that there were other folks online - for some reason you appeared to single me out, then ignore me when I said in both PM and guild chat that I could not help you, that I was sorry, was there something else I could do, what were you doing, etc.  A simple "NP" would have been polite, given how much you hounded me to drop everything I was doing and rush to help you on the other end of the map.

There are other people on the other side of your keyboard. Keep that in mind the next time you get irritated by the fact that someone is unable to help you with your agenda. Its not personal.

In the end you ended up getting there and I'm glad you did, and I hope you finished what you needed to do.