A well written article is hard. There are entire degrees and careers around writing. The main thing the internet did is making content creation accessible, but it does not do anything about quality. This entire question can be summarized in one sentence; "How do I write a good StackExchange question?" Of course, the question itself is way too broad and will get closed, but it doesn't invalidate the summarized question. — Nelson 1 min ago

Hi Frustrated! We can't tell you why nobody reads your question before answering: We can't read minds, so your question is primarily opinion based. It's also not a matter of Interpersonal Skills: Those are behaviors people use to interact well with each other and while we can help you with yours, we can't help you change others and make them read questions. If you want to change a behavior you use to interact with others, please describe your current behavior and what you'd like to change. Do note this site is also not an editing service or here for question writing advice. — Tinkeringbell ♦ 2 mins ago

Hi user! I'm sorry to say but this question doesn't seem to be about Interpersonal Skills. Besides that, none of us here can be verified as being trained psychologists so we can't diagnose any of you over the internet. Please seek out a trained psychologist in real life to get you the answers you seem to need. — Tinkeringbell ♦ 2 mins ago

Hey Cathy! I think it may be best to split up your questions. Some of them, like how to survive until the end of the week, aren't really a matter of Interpersonal Skills (behaviors you use to interact with others), and would be off-topic here. For the others, 'help anne' is probably very broad, but we can help you with starting a conversation or declining a next request to watch the cats, which are a subset of 'help anne'. Those are still two separate questions though. — Tinkeringbell ♦ 2 mins ago

And while all the backstory about Anne helps, it would also help if you could make it clearer what part of your part in the upcoming interactions you'd like our help with. If I take 'start a conversation about this with Anne' as an example, it would be helpful to give a bit more information about what you considered telling her, but why you think that won't work. — Tinkeringbell ♦ 2 mins ago

Thank you for your replies! I will edit my question to be more clear — Cathy 2 mins ago

@Tinkeringbell Are you having success in getting people to comply with this policy? — bobflux 1 min ago

In general, yes. Posts are either edited to include backup or deleted because none can be offered. — Tinkeringbell ♦ 1 min ago

Was recycling the cardboard a mistake, or actually your price for helping? In other words, if Anne cannot accept that you helped her cats but couldn't stomach the trash, she won't ask you again. Doesn't that solve your problem? — Yosef Baskin 3 mins ago