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To ask for your CF of the day here?

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Supplyacfhere · 24/10/2019 15:25

My CF was before even 9 am this morning! A dm at local school approached me waving a school letter. Could see it was recent after school club registration form. She had hand written a few lines at the bottom in red..
Apparently in September- when school started- they informed us they wanted ideas for after school clubs, to commence after October half term. All good.
This dm had written to the school requesting no club on x day for her dc's class as her dc would have to miss it due to an out of school activity..
And guess what?
School have offered her dc after school option on x day!
She was going back in with the form and her reminder on the bottom in red they weren't supposed to do this!!
Entitled CF or what?.
I thought she was being sarcastic at first. But deadly serious. Big flounce off into the office no less!

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BittaBanter · 25/10/2019 07:19

Friends visiting for the weekend, flight from Britain to ireland. I told the female not to worry about bringing toiletries as there would be some here. As it turned out I went out and bought extras of everything as I realised we would be using different bathrooms. After they left I realised she had brought them all with her, im talking deodorant, toothpaste, shower gel. Now they were staying their final night in a hotel in the city to take in some sights before going home but still thought it was out of order to take the stuff with them to use once and leave behind in the hotel. Or at least they could have asked.

strawbmilk · 25/10/2019 07:28

Coming out of a coffee shop with buggy and takeaway coffee some man just jumped over toddler and buggy rather than wait / hold the door open. Turned around and there was his wife, toddler and dog so not as if he didn't know with managing buggy & toddler you can't be as quick

notsohippychick · 25/10/2019 07:34

Well I’ve got a hideous one. Woke last night to a car tyres and a crash, then more car tyres screeching. CF (to put it mildly) crashed into a car on my road and drive off.

Then, a minute later, did the same thing to another car down the road.

I live in the city, the street lights were off and couldn’t even see the car type let alone the registration. Another neighbour called the police. This person was clearly hammered. Hopefully they got the person before more carnage happened.

CF of the highest, most stupid, most dangerous level!

StealthPolarBear · 25/10/2019 07:37

Member984815 I don't understand, who are these people?

JosephineDeBeauharnais · 25/10/2019 07:40

Member984815 I feel your pain! Previous owner of our house turned up banging on the door one day. I had never met him before as she had left all viewings to the Agent so had no idea who she was.

Turned out she'd come to give me a piece of her mind Shock. She was elderly and had sold the house in order to move in with her daughter (which we knew about). However, for some reason she decided that we had forced her out of her home. She claimed that we had made her homeless, that I should be ashamed of myself for treating an 86 year old so badly, she was extremely angry and I hadn't heard the last of it Confused.

She also accused us of stealing her post. She hadn't done a redirect and hadn't informed anyone who needed to know that she had moved and all her post was coming to us. DH had been helpfully taking it to our neighbour who she was pals with to pass it on because nobody would give us her new address, even though we had asked. This was replayed back to me by her as us "stalking" her. After that DH started taking it all down to the EA's office in the village for them to pass on.

Later, the police turned up. She hadn't changed the address with the DVLA so the car was still registered at our house. She'd loaned it to her DGS who had picked up a speeding ticket and then dumped the car in town where it had sat for weeks. It was very difficult to prove that none of this was anything to do with us, especially as we couldn't say where she'd moved to as we didn't know. We directed the police to the EA, who then came round and told us to stop involving them. You couldn't make it up.

babycatcher411 · 25/10/2019 07:46

@42andcounting "She has queued up really politely, can you not just let her have her turn?!?"

I have found that general children appear to be invisible in queues. Sadly.
I’ve let DS queue from a reasonably young age as he’s always loved it and been very confident to do so (always in a similar situation to you where I’m actively watching over him), and the amount of times adults have walked past him, or stepped up to be served next!

frazzledasarock · 25/10/2019 07:58

@JosephineDeBeauharnais why didn’t you just ‘return to sender’ all the mail?

That’s what I’m doing with post we receive for old owners of our house, altho it’s been over a year I’m still getting bit of mail for them, I immediately RTS the lot. It tends to be the best way to deal with OST for previous owners. The estate agents really can’t do anything about it.

PercythePile · 25/10/2019 08:00

Popped into Tesco before work this morning to grab a meal deal for lunch. Got a the last normal tuna and cucumber sandwich. Woman comes up next to me and also grabs a tuna sarnie but its one of the low calorie ones. She looks in my basket and asks to swap as i'm overweight so would probably be best having the low calorie one!! I honestly don't know how I stopped myself bashing her over the head with my shopping basket!!!

JosephineDeBeauharnais · 25/10/2019 08:01

Frazzled we do that now (three years later) but because it's a small village and we knew she was elderly and the agent is very much part of the community and was initially happy to pass things on, we did that. Wish we hadn't bothered. The police turning up was the last straw.

Winterdaysarehere · 25/10/2019 08:01

My dd's (12+14) are well trained in pointing out verbally if anyone pushes in!! I bloody hate it!! I remember one lady offering up a simpering "eh were you in the queue" ? Dd said she was and flounced off in front of her!! Call them out - every time!!

5starshow · 25/10/2019 08:09

Not recently, but a few years ago.
Lady I worked with, in her 60’s. Her DH had had a heart attack and he couldn’t drive to pick her up, so would I give her a lift home? We lived in the same town, but on opposite sides, about 4 miles away.
So, I started giving her a lift. It meant I had to take her with me to my DMs to pick up DS and then drop her off. I then had to cross town, getting caught in traffic I would have otherwise avoided, then pick up other DS.
She tried to get me to pick her up in the mornings too, but I told her I couldn’t - I had one child to drop at school, one at DMs and then her as well - it just wasn’t possible.
Anyway, I did this for a couple of months and then one night on the way home she told me she COULD drive - she just didn’t like it. I soon knocked it on the head after that!
She bought me a box of Maltesers to thank me for the lifts - a 15 mile journey each evening.

StealthPolarBear · 25/10/2019 08:21

Sorry morning just realised that was a follow up to your first post. I get it now :)

CatsOnCatnip · 25/10/2019 08:21

Actually, I came here to post one yesterday and got sidetracked by @Member984815 ‘s CCCCF neighbours!

So, we have husbands mother round for a lovely meal once a month, it’s a treat for us all. I push the boat out with the meal and wine (three courses etc). Anyway, on the last three occasions a family member my husband isn’t particularly close to has started ‘popping in’ on this particular evening. The first occasion they lingered around as I went to get the first course (despite the hints to leave) and my people pleasing in-laws asked them if they’d like to stay. They had the audacity to exclaim what a lovely meal it was and it’s a shame the portions were small, they could easily have had room for seconds!

Second time it happened I had by chance cooked a larger portioned main course so just let it happen. But still couldn’t believe it was happening at all!

This time I hung out (it was a test of wills and incredibly uncomfortable) until I finally switched and just said “nice to see you, there simply isn’t enough food to go round, otherwise I’d offer it. See you again soon” before disappearing to The kitchen.

They have close family locally, it’s not loneliness and I’m not being a bitch. It’s simply they have been told about it by mother in law and want in on the action. They are known for being a bit CF in other ways.

dentydown · 25/10/2019 08:22

I’ve had someone take actual shopping out of my basket before. Apparently they needed it more than me.

I’ve also had someone push in front of me. I was a bit pissed off because I was in a hurry.
He announced he was going in front. Didn’t ask, announced. I said “fine” and it must of came out as though I was very annoyed. Then he took longer having ago at me because I had a problem with him. I quickly went to the self serve and finished before him because he was still having a go at my attitude. (I couldn’t be arsed to interact with him after the first 30 seconds)

CatsOnCatnip · 25/10/2019 08:22

Not neighbours! Old house owners! Sorry tired! Grin

StealthPolarBear · 25/10/2019 08:23
Shock
Crystal87 · 25/10/2019 08:26

I was sat in McDonald's with my 4 kids and DH on one of those half circle tables. It was busy in there. An elderly couple turned up, the woman squeezed on the edge of the seat and said "you don't mind us do you?" I replied, "sorry my husband is sitting there, he's just gone to the toilet". They started eating, so we just finished and left but I found it so rude and odd.

littlepaddypaws · 25/10/2019 08:37

someone tried to oust me out of a disabled bus seat the other day, as they had a basic pushchair they wouldn't fold up [no child /no shopping], i refused and said 'i get travel sick further up the bus so i need to sit here nearer the door'
'you don't look sick to me' she replied, but moved up the bus anyway moaning how selfish i was, we both got off at the next stop and i totally heaved up. she was so apologetic and offered me tissues and baby wipes.
don't judge, you don't always know.

Bobthefisherghoulswife · 25/10/2019 08:39

Some of these are quite funny in a bizarre why do these people think it's acceptable way!

I was stupid in the kitchen yesterday and happened to look out the window (front of the house) to see one of my neighbours using my outside tap for their hose to clean their car... CFs said they didn't think I'd have a problem because their house is the reverse and the kitchen/tap are out the back. Errm I pay for that water they're using.

Bobthefisherghoulswife · 25/10/2019 08:40

Stood not stupid

TheSingingTowers · 25/10/2019 08:52

I can’t believe how CF some people can be! These threads are great though.

dentydown · 25/10/2019 08:59

I had a couple invite themselves on a 4 person table I wash sharing with my four kids. They made two of them “budge up” on the bench seat and squeezed themselves in.
Apparently there was no where to sit. Kids hated it and played up which was all wrong!

Witchinaditch · 25/10/2019 09:09

In a well known supermarket one Sunday 1 hour before closing we had to que for 25 mins before we got to the front there was about 6 people behind us in the que, when we got to our turn the young lad serving us said we were his last customers and could we tell everyone else in the que for him? The people behind us had twins in a buggy and another man who had a visible disability they had all qued for the best part of 30mins to be told sorry tills closed. Me and my husband said no you can’t do this to everyone after they’ve qued for so long and when the shop is still open. I couldn’t believe the CF of the cashier trying to get us to break the bad news to everyone because he wanted to be away on time so tired to shut down early! In fairness he served everyone in the line after we said no way can you shut it now!

dentydown · 25/10/2019 11:57

Plenty of CFs on the bus when I used to take my dad in a wheelchair. Pair ladies refused to move out of the wheelchair area because they didn’t want to stand. Then when offered seats, they refused them because they wanted to sit together and chat. I had to hold onto my dad in the aisle for four miles! People had to climb over them.

NoIsACompleteAnswerSometimes · 25/10/2019 13:08

At work in a supermarket, lady parked in a parent and child space with a couple of very young kiddies in there. She left them in there, loose, not in their car seats, and asked the girl on the desk if she'd go and keep an eye on then whilst she did her shopping! Only had a few bits to get, so that's all right then! That was a no.