People who go on local Facebook groups and post this sort of thing

[OrangeIsTheNewRed]

Does anyone else eyeroll at people who go on local social media groups and post things like:

'Anyone else spot the 11 police cars, ambulance and helicopter flying along x road just now? I hope it's nothing serious?!?!'

And

'I found a bank card outside the bank on the high street 4 days ago and I am keeping it safe. If you have lost one pm me and I will ask you questions to check if it's yours.'

And

'I'm sure that the parents of the teenagers in the chip shop will be really proud of the language their little darlings were using just now!'

Etc.

I know I could just leave the groups but they are useful for things like plasterer recommendations and checking when the tip is open and who is the best tree pruner in the area, etc.

It's not just be who finds this annoying, is it?

East london here, beware of all Eastern Europeans in vans, probably dog nippers....

Which school should my child go to?

We're moving to the area on Saturday, tell me EVERYTHING.

So you're happy to use them for stuff you find useful, but also like to feel superior to those neighbours who post about stuff you don't.

And you're happy enough about that to post about it on Mumsnet and it seems most people agree with you.

Were we always this intolerant of others, or is this just modern society? How depressing this site can be at times.

They might find people who post about plasterers annoying

@OrangeIsTheNewRed

The bank card one irked me because they'd had it FOUR DAYS! Also, from reading the comments, the bank was open when they found it and it was a card issued by that very bank, so why on earth they didn't hand it into the bank is a mystery.

Depends what questions would be asked to check it was really hers. She might be asked to share her pin number...

Yeah they are massive annoying. I find it really sad that people feel the need. They must have really really really boring lives, snd crave a bit attention in any form! And if you find a bank card you hand it into the bank instead of playing detective with it!

Nextdoor was entertaining during lockdown, it's just annoying now so I've turned off notifications.
It was also good for finding tradespeople when I needed them.
Now it's literally just about dog poo,cats or fireworks. Although one of the last posts I read was about setting up coffee meetups for people who are alone and older which i guess is nice

@XenoBitch

I am blocked from my local FB group (and just as well, as the admin/mods were on massive power trips).. but yep, it was always full of "why is there a cop car in xyz road?" and the like. Also, the obligatory "lost" cat posts, and asking when the local Asda was open/closed.

@XenoBitch You might be local to me with the description of the local FB admin/ASDA opening hours. Are they always referring to a smaller ASDA?

Ours is mostly "gang of youths (from outside this area) seen heading into the village" generally just kids walking to the chip shop and "warning dog thieves operating in the area, my 10 stone rottweiler seem them off" or "unmarked white van drove slowly through the street, clearly scoping out the area for house to rob/dogs to nick"

Urgh

Round our way, photographing cars parked a
badly and posting photos with fullmreg in view and captions

The bank card ones are annoying. Just hand it back to the bank or destroy it.

Another one’s ‘I found a plastic tag around my gate/door handle so I’m worried someone’s going to steal my dog/ burgle my house’

That’s right, burglars/dog thieves don’t make it easy by texting or speaking to each other. That’d be too logical. They tell each other to drive around the town you live in looking for plastic tags on fences. It’s just sheer stupidity.

@AudTheDeepMinded

Love ours. Someone at Christmas had had a card misdelivered to them. The intended recipient was called, and I kid you not, 'Mr Kneebone'. First response was 'I think they are connected to The Thighbones'. This still makes me start gurgle snorting when I remember it!

This is hilarious. Sharing a room with DS tonight (boring type 1 diabetes nonsense) and am on a very squeaky campbed which just squeaked as I laughed!

Sorry for your loss @Lactarius

YES but… when you see these posts, do you click to see the comments and read what’s happening? I would never dare publicly post these types of things but I’m sooo glad when some busy body has and I can pass my noseyness off as theirs 😂

A friend’s son accepted a takeaway assuming his parents had ordered it. (No takeaway details on packaging so they couldn’t return it) Their neighbour whom they’d never met took a photo of their house and had a big rant on a local Facebook billboard about how her kids were starving because my friend had ‘stolen’ her takeaway. There’s so many petty assholes on those pages who are itching for someone to argue with.

@Lactarius, that sounds awful - I'm so sorry.

I'm an admin on my village page, which I recommend as it's very satisfying to be able to control it. We sometimes have people asking us to take down posts if there's been a fire or ambulances, and we do.

I hate the hypocrisy of it. "Hope everything's all right" = tell me the gory details. No, piss off.

We must all live in the same place as I can relate to everyone of these!
Dogs off the lead is a hot topic on ours, also shit bin-men who leave mess and broken bins.
If I hear a helicopter hovering, i’m straight on the page to find out what’s been posted!

We had a quick power cut earlier, literally 10 seconds if that, cue 10 people asking if anyone else’s power turned on and off..... why?

@teaandtoastwithmarmite

I did the helicopter one one night when I was flying so low and it was very noisy

I once had a Chinnok hover so close at 23:00 that my glasses were rattling.

I love ours, running joke about whether B&Q is open.

Lots of Radom cats going about their business and folk thinking they are lost too

Someone in my local Facebook group had found a dog collar and asked if anyone knew who it belonged to. Just ring the bloody phone number that could be seen on the collar!

@Caramelvanillafudge

Not too sure what’s wrong with the bank card one … am I missing something?

Because surely when you lose a bank card you just deactivate it and get a new one from the bank? I wouldn't take the chance of a stranger picking it up and being able to use it.

In my extremely low crime rate part of the world, everyone goes nuts if anyone suspicious is picked up by a ring doorbell. And if anyone's car gets broken into, or similar, there's a chorus of "scumbags!"

Also there are constant complaints about the council not doing its job properly (eg potholes). Followed by complaints about the inconvenience caused by the council doing their job (traffic control while the potholes are filled)

Ours has a local bloke who posts what the traffic was like on his bus route (he’s a night bus driver).

I couldn’t work out what he was going on about for ages (years) as he posts in a half literate code

“1/5 shift
Calm by cross roads
Rain plus fog
Police busy on London Road
Chris on his perch”

WTF?

(I think Chris is an owl)

Scores of people thank him for his service and wish him a good days sleep.

I love it.