Hi Aries.
What are you saying?
That is not “the” point. That is “a” point.
First they had to be offered the assignment by someone from the chesed agency.
And, again, assignments should be properly matched with the volunteer.
I know the thread is long now, but I originally stated I am in agreement with the idea of doing
chesed with mentchlichkeit and suggested such volunteers for organizations should go through a training period so they do the mitzva properly.
I was trying to back up real-brisker in a way that was a compromise on how to view the situation.
In any regard, someone picking someone up from the hospital should be matched properly to be mature enough to know they should be considerate beyond the usual consideration when with other people who are not your close friends/buddies.
To save micro-analyzing to find something to say, basically people will either think there was or was not a problem with how this chesed was carried out.
You can always fall back on the standard, “The customer is always right.”
When doing a chesed, I would hope none of us would do a shabby job because we dont see as an act someone is paying for. Both require being done in a mentschadik way.