On Time wasters and how annoying they can be!
By pandaeyes
@pandaeyes (2065)
March 23, 2010 5:46am CST
Why cant people make up their minds and stop messing things up for others?
We thought we had sold hubbies,brothers motorbike this weekend!
Hubbies brother died last year and his numerous vehicles litter the garden ,garage,shed.
So over the year, hubby and a neighbour have been cleaning and clearing for the family who are left to cope with it all.
Finally the best motorbike was shiny and road safe. Quite a nice looking machine but too big for hubby to handle safely.
A man rang on the first day it was advertised and said he was really desperate to buy it and would come and look.
On the day he was all smiles.
He had to go and have a think after trying it out for a ride.
On return they agreed a price and he paid a small deposit. My neighbour would deliver it to him on his trailer to save him having to find a way to get back here and collect it.
Hubby told the widow it was sold and the price.
Then last night the neighbour rang and said the purchaser had backed out.
When hubby rang him, he said he didn't have the money to buy it and had changed his mind!
How many peoples time had he wasted ?
Well most of our Sunday, was gone in waiting for him to arrive (he was over an hour late), look at it (an hour) go away and decide (another hour).
My neighbour with the trailer had rearranged his week to accommodate delivery.
The widow was upset that it hadn't worked out .
Result, several angry and upset people and one probably oblivious ditherer who should have looked at his finances before listening to his little inner 'wanting ' voice.
He isn't the only person like that.
We have free cycle here and often see the words re-listed due to time wasters.
People can be so maddening.
Do you have similar experiences of being let down and what do you do if you cant manage to keep a meeting or fulfil an obligation yourself?
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@recycledgoth (9894)
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23 Mar 10
You have my agreement and my sympathy, I started a discussion last night about the very same thing. I waited and waited for a guy to show up to by my car, no show, ho phone call nothing. A time waster !!!
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@pandaeyes (2065)
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4 Apr 10
We were lucky in the end as another buyer viewed it the following week and decided it was what he wanted.
I think we were more angry that we had already told my sister in law that it was sold and how money she had sold it for.
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@pandaeyes (2065)
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23 Mar 10
yes sorry RG I noticed you had one up about some wretch not turning up to see your car.
I was just so hot and bothered, I wanted to vent while it was still getting to me.
Hubby was so embarrassed, he had to ring up his sister in law and tell her she wouldn't be getting a payment for it yet after all as the person had backed out !!
What is it with people? Don't they care about anyone else?
I would be mortified if we had to do that to someone.
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@ronaldinu (12422)
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23 Mar 10
Do you have similar experiences of being let down and what do you do if you cant manage to keep a meeting or fulfil an obligation yourself?
I had a similar experience when I had a litter. I received various phone calls inquiring about the pups. Up till there there was no harm. But it seemed evident that half of the phone calls were not genuine at all they were just time wasters, trying to figure how what price I was asking for. Some even turned up to see the pups but either said we' ll think about it, or that they don't have enough room space for them. I had the odd few who made an appointment and I had to wait for them but did not bother to turn up.
Usually I am the type to be on time for an appointment. If I can't make it I would phone the person requested that I am not going to turn up but I would never keep the other person waiting for nothing
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@pandaeyes (2065)
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23 Mar 10
It is so irritating when people don't respect other peoples time I think.
I know that people sometimes go and view houses for sale with no intention of buying but I never would .
People can be very unkind.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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23 Mar 10
That must have been so frustrating. Many years ago when I rode bikes I had a catastrophic valve failure on my Yamaha 650 about 50 miles from home. The nearest garage was a Honda dealership and they said that they could repair it. They had the bike for two months and couldn't do the job. Eventually I had it picked up and taken to Yamaha who did it in a day!! Each time I rang Honda that said "tomorrow" and of course it never was ready. The really galling thing is that they still charged me for the "work" they had done. I was 19 and naive. Today I'd have gone to the Small Claims Court.
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@pandaeyes (2065)
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23 Mar 10
That really is frustrating.
People just love to mess others about and laugh in secret.
We had a car that was sitting for two months in a garage after they dismantled the engine and said they wouldn't fix it(they didn't reassemble it either).
Eventually we hired a car trailer and took it to my father in laws house where it stayed taking up their garage space for about another 8 months.
The BIL(the one who is now passed away) had said he could replace the engine with a working one which we bought and then he found it was taking too much time and he wouldn't do it either.
Everyone has their priorities I know but it would be nice if people were a bit more honest and caring when they find they have made an error in judgment.
