Someone complains to you about their plight. Having wrestled with the same thing before and come up with a way to successfully deal with it, you sympathise, and provide solicited suggestions on how to improve their situation. They agree, but don't change anything, and don't devise their own solution either. They keep complaining. At what point do they no longer deserve sympathy?
Discuss. Feel free to frame this question in varying contexts and varying degrees of relationship with that person.
@xahteiwi probably fairly quickly. It would likely more depend on my relationship with the person.
If they are a close friend I'm likely to spend far more effort nudging them and helping them. Likely going through several 'complaint' cycles.
If they were an acquaintance, then likely much shorter. I'm probably only wish to listen to them a couple of times, before being a bit more direct in telling them to lump it or like it, and I've had enough of hearing them moan.
