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That you should of helped

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bongobaby · 06/09/2013 14:08

Was running 10 minutes late past school pick up time and rang my friend to ask if it would be okay
If my dc could stop at her house til I got there to collect him from her house. She said no,she was going out and couldn't, fair enough.
Anyway I got to the school and no sign if him, I got held up at a hospital appointment that over ran when it shouldn't of as it was at 1.50 pm so plenty of time I thought to get back.
I got a call a disgruntled call from my friend to say that dc had turned up at her house.
Turns out that her husband opened the door and wouldn't let my dc in as he thought that I had sent my dc round there and then her husband said that my friend was out. But my dc heard her from the kitchen talking.
My dc asked if he could get her to ring me and tell me that he was there.
I know that I was in the wrong for not being there on time , but I would never do that to a child who had the good sense to go to a friend for help in this situation.

OP posts:
HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 22:33

But really who cares? WHY CARE?

And even if you think it's the correct thing to do, when you see 100 people have already done it, why mention it again?

JUST WHY?

HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 22:35

I don't know, maybe it's just all too much for my little sad sack of a pea brain.

MrsDavidBowie · 06/09/2013 22:35

"you're" Grin
sorry, couldn't resist.

I have been known to go into shops and tell them the apostrophes on their signs/windows are in the wrong place...also schools who have mistakes on their websites.
I am like TrekkieMonster in Avenue Q , singing "The Internet is for Porn".

cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:35

Glad you have figured that our Harold. The irony overload in that last post is quite delicious. But as you're not a grammar aficionado you'll never know that, will you?

MrsDavidBowie · 06/09/2013 22:35

"you're" Grin
sorry, couldn't resist.

I have been known to go into shops and tell them the apostrophes on their signs/windows are in the wrong place...also schools who have mistakes on their websites.
I am like TrekkieMonster in Avenue Q , singing "The Internet is for Porn".

MrsDavidBowie · 06/09/2013 22:36

Apologies for that.

LetsFaceTheMusicAndDance · 06/09/2013 22:36

It's just fucking rude to point it out. It's worse than the original mistake, however grating that mistake is. It illustrates a lack of good manners at best and a whopping superiority complex at worst.

HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 22:37

As long as its not one of your bug bears your forgiven Grin

cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:37

Well "Harold". In my particular case "100 people" hadn't already mentioned it and I presented a disclaimer of an apology initiallly before offering the OP advice. Unlike you and similar others who decided to jump on the bandwagon of being insulting to the so-called "grammar police". More Irony.

HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 22:40

Did I mention your name Cush?

I said it was rude, I think it's rude. You leapt on my post like a bug bear then called me a sad sack.

usualsuspect · 06/09/2013 22:42

Bug bearing or sad sacking.

Which one is worserer?

cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:42

Ah, the old straw clutching back pedal.

Listentomum · 06/09/2013 22:45

Add message | Report | Message poster cushtie335 Fri 06-Sep-13 22:04:07
HaroldLloyd. I doubt very much that many would say in "RL" what they would in RL so your petty argument is pretty redundant. Hows about you give it a rest?

That makes no sense what so ever.

HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 22:45

How am I back pedalling? Please enlighten me.

cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:45

Anyway OP. Sorry your thread has been hijacked. No doubt you've lost interest in it now or possibly wish you'd never bothered posting it. I hope you get to the bottom of why your friend lied and left your son feeling abandoned and unwanted. Hopefully you will resolve your differences. I wish you all the best. Goodnight.

usualsuspect · 06/09/2013 22:47

She posted that she was upset that her grammar had been picked on.

Did you miss that post?

AvonCallingBarksdale · 06/09/2013 22:48

Sometimes it does matter though, doesn't it? Sometimes it changes the meaning of things a la Eats Shoots and Leaves. Granted, in this OP it really doesn't matter at all. Just think it's interesting that one of the cardinal sins on here is to point out a grammar error. You can think it and be aware of it, but you mustn't ever mention it. And, yes, of course, pointing it out gleefully isn't on at all.

guiltyconscience · 06/09/2013 22:51

Bastards

noelstudios · 06/09/2013 22:55

Thedailymash.com has impeccable grammar.

noelstudios · 06/09/2013 22:56

I read this for the grammar. Why keep getting it wrong though?

usualsuspect · 06/09/2013 22:59

Who cares, it's a chat forum.

Notmadeofrib · 06/09/2013 23:02

bully for you noel

usualsuspect · 06/09/2013 23:06

I read this for pissing about on the internet.

HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 23:09

I opened this to see how many people corrected the grammar. It was a good turn out today.

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