Comments on: Adventures in Freecycling http://www.susieday.com/2007/10/17/adventures-in-freecycling/ funny books for funny girls Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:54:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rocrastinator Extraordinaire http://www.susieday.com/2007/10/17/adventures-in-freecycling/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Rocrastinator Extraordinaire Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:49:00 +0000 http://www.susieday.com/?p=13#comment-30 Toerags indeed. There was one plaintive post from one of the nice 'offering' people, apologising to the person she'd agreed to give a bag of clothes to because someone who'd come to collect a different item had buggered off with the clothes too. Just nicked them off her doorstep! <br/><br/>And then there's the guy who posts at least six requests at a time, the most recent of which were, loosely: a laptop; a desk; an office chair; a telephone; someone who knows about small businesses to help him start one up. I suppose you could say he's got the entrepreneurial spirit. Assuming 'I sat on my arse and typed a bit' counts. <br/><br/>People = feckin weird. Toerags indeed. There was one plaintive post from one of the nice ‘offering’ people, apologising to the person she’d agreed to give a bag of clothes to because someone who’d come to collect a different item had buggered off with the clothes too. Just nicked them off her doorstep!

And then there’s the guy who posts at least six requests at a time, the most recent of which were, loosely: a laptop; a desk; an office chair; a telephone; someone who knows about small businesses to help him start one up. I suppose you could say he’s got the entrepreneurial spirit. Assuming ‘I sat on my arse and typed a bit’ counts.

People = feckin weird.

]]> By: Jess http://www.susieday.com/2007/10/17/adventures-in-freecycling/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Jess Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:53:00 +0000 http://www.susieday.com/?p=13#comment-29 Well, I love freecycle very much, having got rid of a bigger mountain of crap than I can quite believe (including ALL the packing materials and boxes from our move, to people who were incredibly happy to take them away for us. Hurrah!)<br/><br/>I have met some really lovely people, but my goodness, doesn't it bring out the toerags? And also the illiterate. My favourite was the woman who got really shitty with me because I wouldn't give her my address until she'd agreed to a pick up time and date, despite the fact I'd put this clearly in the original post, and the subsequent three emails, having already had the joy of a bloke randomly turning up at 8am one Sunday. Or perhaps the bloke who just replied 'gimme gime gime' (sic!) to our offer of an elderly playstation. Or, on reflection, maybe the woman who called me arrogant for suggesting she call me on my mobile to arrange a pick up time (spending 50p or something on a call to arrange getting a FREE TELLY clearly being utterly unreasonable.)<br/><br/>I've seen some cheeky posts, but requesting an entire flatful really takes the biscuit. Well, I love freecycle very much, having got rid of a bigger mountain of crap than I can quite believe (including ALL the packing materials and boxes from our move, to people who were incredibly happy to take them away for us. Hurrah!)

I have met some really lovely people, but my goodness, doesn’t it bring out the toerags? And also the illiterate. My favourite was the woman who got really shitty with me because I wouldn’t give her my address until she’d agreed to a pick up time and date, despite the fact I’d put this clearly in the original post, and the subsequent three emails, having already had the joy of a bloke randomly turning up at 8am one Sunday. Or perhaps the bloke who just replied ‘gimme gime gime’ (sic!) to our offer of an elderly playstation. Or, on reflection, maybe the woman who called me arrogant for suggesting she call me on my mobile to arrange a pick up time (spending 50p or something on a call to arrange getting a FREE TELLY clearly being utterly unreasonable.)

I’ve seen some cheeky posts, but requesting an entire flatful really takes the biscuit.

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