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Original poster

my local facebook community group is spectacularly idiotic today, is yours?

201 replies

GaryBaldbiscuit · 01/01/2019 13:55

Just a few
Is the tip open today?
Are there any buses?
Are the doctors open?
Can I weigh my baby today?

To name but a few!

OP posts:
whatsthepointthen · 01/01/2019 18:21

Ive seen loads asking what shops are open, just google surely!

MissionItsPossible · 01/01/2019 19:24

I always read on here about these local groups filled with drama and stupidity, so much so that I joined a local one for me, but disappointingly nothing funny ever happens in it. I also joined a Crafts on a Budget group hoping to have a laugh at some Facebook tat like people post on here but everyone in the group I’m in makes really good and professional looking stuff!

KatsutheClockworkOctopus · 01/01/2019 19:39

This makes me irrationally cross. Ours lately is all

  • anything going on for kids today?
  • anything Christmassy on today?

Google it yourself you lazy bones!

ImNotWhoYouThinkIam · 01/01/2019 19:40

Ours had a massive argument about fireworks 😂😂😂
Admin had to delete the post and people got banned!!!

AlwaysInMotion · 01/01/2019 19:42

ImNotWhoYouThinkIam Do you live in the same village as me? The fireworks argument was followed up by some passive aggressive posting of links to anti fireworks campaigns Grin

binkyblinky · 01/01/2019 19:43

No questions about when the bin men come, or complaining about fireworks??!!

Livedandlearned · 01/01/2019 19:44

Ours is mostly about fireworks, rubbish collection, fly tipping and fireworks Grin

Nottheduchessofcambridge · 01/01/2019 19:46

imnot. We had a similar argument about fireworks, thought our village was the only moaning one, seems not.
We also have two missing young lads (hope they are still out on a NYE bender) a found dog and questions about bins.

WWWWicked · 01/01/2019 19:49

Ours has had the usual...

Missing dog
What day are the binmen coming?
Is Tesco open today?
Fireworks & lanterns rant.
Youths making noise at 3am rant.

Oh and not to forget the weekly moan about dog owners not picking up poo.

ILoveMaxiBondi · 01/01/2019 19:49

We’ve got a woman in our local group who never seems to read the letters from her child’s school school so she is constantly asking if school is closing early, if the trip is for her daughters class, how much the trip is. As well as the complaining about too much homework, and how she won’t be bothering to send her DD in if they’re just doing nativity rehearsal etc. I’m awaiting her next “what date do kids start back, is it Monday? Is it normal pick up time?”

Bearing in mind there are 8 local primary schools in this area and she never mentions which school she is talking about. Grin

WWWWicked · 01/01/2019 19:51

We also had someone genuinely asking “does anyone know the actual words to Old Lands Eye” Grin

ILoveMaxiBondi · 01/01/2019 19:52
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Witchofzog · 01/01/2019 19:57

Ffs does it really matter? Just scroll past the posts of no interest to you. It may be easy to you but, for example, my phone struggles to open pdf files so bus times or recycling info is not always readily accessible to me and it is probably the same for others.

However as for Old Lands Eye. That is hilarious Grin

WhoAmIToDissABrie · 01/01/2019 20:00

Always lost cats in mine.

All cats seen in a garden are apparently lost, rather than just doing what cats do and wondering around. 🙄

GinasGirl · 01/01/2019 20:00

Old lands eye! Grin

ImNotWhoYouThinkIam · 01/01/2019 20:00

AlwaysInMotion I don't live in a village but imagine a lot of places have had similar arguments today.

This was mad. Someone posted mentioning fireworks at 3am being a problem for people with anxiety/ptsd etc.
Someone else mentioned animals and people who needed sleep as working today.
Other people told them to buy ear plugs, get over it, stop moaning, some people are worse off/have to use food banks etc etc.
Weeired

Chesneyhawkes1 · 01/01/2019 20:01

We had a post on ours on Xmas day asking if the local chemist was open 🤦🏽‍♀️

GemmeFatale · 01/01/2019 20:01

I’m banned from ours. Someone asked the best place to take her kids trick or treating and I suggested she was taking the piss

ShalomJackie · 01/01/2019 20:02

We had a 'are the cash machines open today?' Question on ours. Still tryinhbto decide whether it was someone taking the piss!

whatsthepointthen · 01/01/2019 20:02

Mine is always full of missing cats aswell, No exaggeration like 4/5 cats a day. Someone taking a picture of a cat in their garden asking if anyone is “missing” a cat.

Sparklingbrook · 01/01/2019 20:04

We have

Is the tip open?
What chip shops are open? Shock
Someone has stolen someone's cat.
Somone asked for the best place to get a facial and got a lot of smutty replies.

nevermorelenore · 01/01/2019 20:04

Someone was asking what time the post office closes today. She got laughed at a lot. Same woman doesn’t seem to know how to use google, as she makes about 10 posts a day asking what time so and so is open, which buses go to town, how much is the train fare to town etc.

Hulloa · 01/01/2019 20:08

We have much genuine confusion about bins on ours caused by our 'can't find their arse with both hands' council having one set of dates on their website and another set of dates posted on Facebook.

NerrSnerr · 01/01/2019 20:09

We have arguments about fireworks, there are a couple of dogs who regularly go missing and end up nearly getting hit on the main road.

Ribbonsonabox · 01/01/2019 20:10

Some people were having a very passionate row about how, or whether to at all, feed the local ducks, on mine.... someone called someone else an ignorant cunt... it was all pretty funny reading