What is so hard about letting someone know that you are no longer interested in buying the item they are selling or would like to cancel an apartment viewing? In the past few months, I’ve had three no-shows for an apartment viewing and two no-shows to buy something. Are you so busy that you simply do not have a spare minute to shoot me an email saying “hey look, can’t make it/found cheaper/don’t want it anymore”. It would be very much appreciated, thank you very much. —How rude
This article appears in Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2011.
Now, that would be courteous and polite. Why would people do a silly thing like that?
This frustrates me too.
I have this problem with people from a popular classified site too. I even had one guy say, “I’ll call you back in an hour”.. he never called back. Why not just say you’re not interested anymore? Or do people just love wasting our time. It’s so annoying.
Don’t waste your time waiting around. If they want to live there, or buy something bad enough, they’ll come to you.
it would depend on whether you wee selling crap at a higher price than most people would pay, somewhere else. and if your apt. was a den of bedbugs or overpriced, and under par. other than that, yeah, it pisses me off too.
Happens to me all the time, especially on Freecycle. You’d think if you were giving something away that wasn’t junk and someone responded that they really wanted it people would make sure they show up but nope!
Sooooo, it seems the medium used to advertise this stuff and the apartment rentals are online, right? Well, we all know the majority of online people NEVER leave their nests soooo chances are that although they want something they are too frikken lazy to unplug and do something about it. ~ Kinda like how Plenty Offish works, select a profile and get sucked off within the hour!
Some people shop online in order to avoid human interaction and to avoid confrontation. Calling you back would fly in the face of that.
It’s not like they couldn’t find the items in a store, but that would mean having to deal with “people”. Cringe.
speaking of spending all your time online… where are our bitch buds lately? Rawwwwwk! Come in painey and colonel and rosie! What’s the news? How ya feeling, breadlady? Happy Friday all, screeee!
I was wondering the same thing Miss Ralmn? Where is everyone today? and I haven’t seen a post from Rosie in a long time. Everyone took the day off to enjoy the beautiful weather? (Hopefully no one’s too sick).
Poor breadlady has been sick. Ivan may be taking a mental health day to recover from inventory (:D)… but it’s a quiet day on the bitch board! Even hugo isn’t around much. Ah well, only 35 more minutes and I’m outta here to brave the elements!! Stay dry little mama!
Rumours of my demise have been slightly understated. I took the day off from Dunder-Mifflin and decided to go tramping around Halifax in the rain. As much fun as it sounds, I know.
It’s been nearly two days since we heard from PG and Rosie is definitely maintaining radio silence. C’mon Guys, just a quick Rawk to let us know you’re otay?
Happy Friday, Ivan – if all goes according to plan, I may flit through your Saturday abode tomorrow. 😀 We need a signal. Perhaps I’ll ask for the phallic bottle opener? Nah, that could be taken the wrong way… hmm…
I’ve been a little worried about Miss Rosie…since the whole move took place we haven’t heard from her. I’m sure Miss Pain is suffering with that awful flu right now…or taking care of the Bear who may also have come down with it.
Lolz. >: ) I haven’t seen the norty device in a while. Most things disappear into the general abyss when you set them down which is why I was whingeing about finding Joel Plastikk but not the epic CD “Big Surf II” for the “Parade of Unquenchable Despair”. Paid a viz to my crazy Vietnamese barber today so I’ll be sporting Marine Corps whitewalls. Because of certain recent threads I’ll be checking out every pair of bustaments that come through the door, extra-closely. Not like I don’t do that already. I’ll say it again – Roll on sundress weather!
Screeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Agree with the op, hate people who cant be arsed giving a simple phone call for anything. What a crappy day it is today i want a massive tub of ice cream and an uplifting movie, any ideas?
A six-pack and the director’s cut of “The Wild Bunch”. Cheaper than anti-depressants and more fun than therapy.
RC, if Rosie just moved, she probably doesn’t have the time or the internet to join us yet.
Wait till next week to send out SAR?
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http://www.my-island-jamaica.com/images/sa…
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I find it silly when people think by just blowing off a person they are ‘not hurting their feelings’ for being upfront with the matter. I hate it when people do that with job interviews.. what is HR doing that can’t spare a second to send a mass email to people who applied and are not being interview?!?
This for the movie.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P_3MNRbrORk/S65k…
When I was looking for apartments and had gotten an apartment while I had an appointment to go see another one, for some reason I felt like it would be super mean of me not to go and see it anyway. But I knew I couldn’t just not call the landlord back and waste her time, so I called her and told her I wasn’t feeling well and would contact her when I was feeling better…. I never called back :(. I don’t know what it is! I just feel like I’m telling them I ran their dog over by canceling. But I do always call! It’s just a stressful predicament for me 😛
Hugo, that’s my kind of night. If I was single, I’d take you up on that!
And Ivan…. http://image.jeuxvideo.com/images/gb/a/aup…
This is why the shrug was invented. Big woof.
koda, are you speaking from experience there? and ivan, all they have to do, is look for a beard, right? and not to forget, that distinguished look too.
but how goes things, anyway? get flooded down in the cellar yet? there is sposed to be a good gale tonight and morning. just putting last touches on the ark, and will be ready to float, early a.m.
Manners and civility seem to be in short supply these days. It might depend upon your upbringing, or is it a societal issue?
Ivan – I watched Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines – corny as hell, but I think Terry Thomas’ catchphrase might apply,
“what an absolute shower”
LOL Moe. I gave the Old Man the DVD a couple of years ago. He flies a powered parachute with a bunch of other ultralight enthusiasts. They have an annual fly-in ,pig roast, and piss-up and the viewing of that is a highlight. You’re right – corny but the flying sequences are wizard.^^^ No CGI crappola there.
So, is your money on Peter Kelley for best actor Oscar in “The Mayor’s Speech”? *narf*
Not a chance for PK – apart from the obvious similarity, and both had/have an entourage of sycophants, the comparisons end – Bertie had a personality, something lacking in the Bedfordite. I’m hoping that at the next casting call for Mayor, he hears the phrase “next”.