<p>So... I have a dilemma, and I would want some advice. I want to volunteer for my local hospital, but on the application you need to have a neighbor's reference. Problem is, I don't know any of my neighbors, and some seem very snobby. I need that reference to volunteer, so my mom said that she could pose as my neighbor, but I don't know. Do you guys think that's wrong or bad? That would be the only way to volunteer. What should I do?</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies.</p>
<p>Get a teacher to do it. Teachers always look good no matter what.</p>
<p>But don't get your mom to pose as the neighbor... that might backfire if they decide to check (which they usually don't but just in case)</p>
<p>I need a teacher's, a family friend's (which I assume my aunt will be fine), and a neighbor's reference; but I don't know any of my neighbors, so I don't know who to get.</p>
<p>You don't know ANYBODY that lives near you? Get a friend's mom to do it or something. Neighbors can be, say, the next neighborhood down can't they?</p>
<p>I don't know them, and I don't really know any of my friends' mom.</p>
<p>Bump...</p>
<p>(10 char.)</p>
<p>Call the hospital and explain that you don't really know any of your neighbors. Ask if you could use another teacher or something like that.</p>
<p>Lying to get the job is sort of... amoral, especially considering that they're trying to get character references.</p>
<p>That's what I was thinking. I don't want to get something I don't deserve. However, one of my friends applied for it two years ago, and asked the same thing, and they told her she needed a neighbor. I guess I don't think I'll be able to volunteer at the hospital.</p>