Best CF stories part 2

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First thread
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3905995-Best-CF-Stories

@paintedpanda

I was about to put the washing out last year and noticed the washing line was on the floor. When I took a closer look, I realised that it had been untied because the neighbours who back onto us had replaced their rotten old fence panels. With an even closer look, I realised they'd left the two rotten fence panels and a lot of clippings from their two massive trees hidden behind our shed! DP is too much of a "keep the peace" to have thrown them back over like I wanted to.

A few years back, I went to peg some washing out on the first suitable Spring day, only to discover someone had pinched not only the line, but the pulley screwed into the house wall! (We don't go out in the garden much in the winter) Still no idea who took it, or when.

Mime was a few years ago but I'm a fully trained teaching assistant but as jobs were hard to come by in my area, I was volunteering in a school to stay relevant.
After 3 years of being there and working like a dog. I applied for an opening at the school. This job was exactly what I was already doing but I'd get paid.
I was well liked by both staff and students as well as being sought after to do complicated or skilled tasks as in their words "no one does it as well as Mammy"
Job was given to the nursery managers cousin who wasn't even qualified for the role but she did hang out with some other staff - drinking ect.
After talking to the head teacher to find out why I was looked over it became apparent that while I was valued and needed they had no intention of ever paying me as I'd worked for free for three years and they expected me to continue to do so.
I loved my 'job' and it made me so happy but I csnt work for free so I left. They wouldn't even give me a reference

@Mammyofasuperbaby I once applied for an advertised, paid job and was offered it as a voluntary role, the sector definitely take advantage of people’s good nature.

I also once applied for a job, perfect fit, was invited for an interview, quite late it was about 6.30 pm. As I arrived the postman was leaving with that days post, my rejection letter arrived at 8.30 the following day.

My sister applied for the police. She also applied for the Specials as there was a question mark over whether there would be recruitment that year and she thought that if she had a years experience as a special it would help the next time she applied.

They refused her on medical grounds (she had gromits as an adult) and on the same day she got the letter she received a letter from the same force accepting her as a special. As she said, she wasnt good enough to pay but could do the job for nothing. She told them to stuff it in no uncertain terms!

@Mammyofasuperbaby that is shocking. What an awful head. I hope you let everyone know why you left, especially the Governors and PTA

My cousin took on extra responsibilities on as her Head of Department moved towards retirement, on the understanding that she would be first on line when the post came up; she saw it as valuable experience and her work was well-received.
But when appointment time came, the Head passed her over, assuming that as she was recently married she would suck it up as "she'd be settling into married life" (in other words, leaving to have babies, relying on husband's income, all those things he'd hesitate to say out loud!).
He was a bit taken aback when she tendered her resignation, and tried to lure her back with a better offer; further taken aback when she was able to tell him that she had just landed a post which offered twice his salary....

Twice his salary? What a way to get your own back!

DdraidGoch that's just what I thought. It was a move up to an advisory/inspectorate post which, ironically, she had originally decided she wasn't quite ready to go for (she always was the ambitious one).
But she was so incensed at having been underestimated and taken for granted, she had an attack of the "soddits" and went for it. She was as surprised as anybody when she was shortlisted.
An added joy was handing in her notice just before the deadline, meaning that finding her replacement ws a bit of a scramble....

Can i join????

We bought our (then) new house and changed the locks of the front door but not on the porch.
I was at home with baby dd when I heard a noise by the front door, looked out of the window and saw the porch door was open.
Went to the flung door and flung it open to see a man trying to fit his key into the lock.
Basically it was the previous owners Dad, he wanted to come and take a look in the loft as previous owners thought they may have left a paint stripper!
I was gobsmacked and told him no.

These were the same sellers who were hours late in giving us the keys, which we let go as we weren't moving in that day, didn't clean the house and took all of the bloody light bulbs!

That was good to get that out there!

Ooooh, more!

I was let go from my last role as a contractor as they couldn't afford me but then they had the cheek to ask if I would do the same role on a voluntary basis until they found a cheaper replacement!

And another... I had a friend who I was friends with for years. She used to borrow things all of the time.
One day she asked to borrow my carpet cleaner which I know was fully working, finally got it back months later to discover that it was broken. She insisted it was like that when I gave it to her!

Mine feels s bit shabby compared to some of these epics, but a few years ago DBro asked me to have his 2DC so he could go away for the weekend with SIL. No problem - love his DC - we were going away for the weekend but were happy to take them with us.
Just before the weekend, we got a list of activities from SIL outlining all the things we were expected to take her DC to. We pointed out we were going away that weekend so we would not be able to do that. We were never asked to have them again. Which is sad as I love their DC.

A few years ago my son had a friend for a sleepover.
We had invited him so had taken them out for a while,entertained them etc dropped the boy at home.

A couple of hours later the mother phones and said the baby sitter had let them down and if there was any chance her son could come back for the night and one of them woud pick him up tomorrow morning.

So the boy gets dropped off in the evening and spends the night.
Next day I am just pottering about at home few jobs needed doing and was also waiting for a friend to pop in .

The boys asks what are we doing today.
I said you will just be playing here until one of your parents show up.
Nice day,plenty of garden toys,paddling pool,bikes etc.
Later boy starts moaning then asked to use the phone.

Dad shows up at the door after lunch time.
My son has phoned me cos he is bored,I cant believe you havent taken them out on such a lovey day.I was supposed to be going to the gym.
I put him straight and said the extra night was a favour and I would have expected him to collect his son earlier than this anyway.
That I dont change my plans because kids are bored

I'd have added that I'm not a bl**dy childminder.

When we were selling our house the buyer asked if they could come round to measure up various places. What she actually did was walk around telling me all the things she was going to change and generally being derogatory about the decor (I am fully aware everyone has different tastes but she was really quite rude and could have kept her opinions to herself).

She also put me on the spot several times asking if we were leaving various fixtures and fittings when DH and I hadn't had the chance to discuss and decide. But she was most put out when I point blank told her we absolutely were taking the 3 month old freestanding American style fridge freezer. She kept saying but I'll have to buy one if you take it with you, could not comprehend the fact we'd have to buy one if we left it. She didn't even want to pay for it, she just wanted us to leave it for her

@ColdCottage sadly I didn't, I had another job by the time I left a few months later and was frankly sick of the lot of them. Bitchy, cliquey staff who thought it was appropriate to bully me (much ypunger than them) because I showed them up by doing my job properly. The staff who wanted me to stay thought I was worth my weight in gold but wouldn't say anything to management as it would rock the boat. Frankly I think they did me a favour in the long run.
I was 22, tired, pregnant and ill so had no energy to even complain at that point.
Thankfully other schools have given me glowing references since so I know its nothing to do with me

@Mammyofasuperbaby that's even worse. I'd still
Be of a kind to report it even now. Does not reflect well on the staff there or help future staff.

Glad you know your true worth now. Their loss.

I'm sure there must be lots more CF stories out there, loving this thread.

@shash1982 I would have totally freaked! Why on earth did he think that was ok?

Following love a good cf thread

lolastarsandstripes I have no idea, he knew that the previous owners had sold the house.
I was freaked out about it (probably shouldn't have confronted him!)
He even had the audacity to say that he'd looked through the windows and could see that we had done a lot of work to the house since we moved in!

My friends dh organised her 40th a few years ago. He messaged a group of her friends telling us the date, time, location and cost per head which included food and wine. It was a nice restaurant in town.

On the night there was also a few of his friends there. After the meal they started to order brandies, whiskies, cocktails etc as we were finishing off a glass of wine. When we went to leave we handed him what he had asked for in his message, 50 quid a head i think and he pipes up "oh it's going to be a bit more than we thought". I just looked at him and his friends and said - well it looks like you and your mates have run that up. I then turned around and left.

Very well done, cstaff, and you've just reminded me of another one

For years I ran a huge local summer event, and we had a thing where the volunteers came back in the evening and were treated to drinks and a big spread from the local takeaway as a thank you for all they'd done

It was made clear who this was for, but one new guy we invited turned up with seven extra people including his next door neighbours.
Despite his burbling of "the more the merrier!!" they were asked to leave, and it was no surprise when we learned later he had considerable form

A friend and her DP went on holiday and asked me to housesit and look after their pet, all OK until I realised they had fleas in the house.Tried spraying, twice daily hoovering but couldn't get rid of them. Left a note to explain, very carefully worded so as not to offend but heard nothing for a few days. I called them only to find out they knew about the fleas but didn't have time to sort it before their holiday so let me come and house sit away! It was so bad they had to get pest control in....

First week at University hall renowned for public / boarding school intake...2 neighbours - let’s call them Annie and Camilla (as that was their names - in case they are reading, I have not forgotten!) - called round to ask to borrow mugs which I cheerfully agreed to...returned to my room later to discover tea and coffee supplies disappeared - as they reasoned in note ‘You don’t need them without mugs’...couple of days later, nothing returned, so I went to ask for them, and was off-handedly directed to retrieve dirty mugs from under the Annie’s bed...I was seething with anger and humiliation. Luckily I found many decent, worthwhile friends and was able to swerve the notable minority of entitled idiots for the next 3 years. Not characterising everyone called Camilla, or all ex-boarding school pupils, in this way - just an unfortunate few, that I was unfortunate enough to encounter early on at university.