People passing unhelpful comments!

[Lovetogarden2022]

This is a real bugbear of mine and it's so annoying I'm sure other people can relate 😂

Why do people feel the need to say unhelpful comments, either on here or on Facebook groups, but also in real life? It drives me mad!

For example, a few people have posted in our local group asking if there are any houses for sale under £450k, for example, and the comments underneath are "ha! You'll be lucky finding a nice property for that price round here!!"

Or another woman asked where the best place to park in town was that wasn't going to be busy or extremely expensive, and loads commented "come and have a look for yourself. Don't be so lazy" etc

The tip of the iceberg was this morning when I politely asked if anyone would be interested in coming to a public event I'm hosting and a friend said "nobody will come to that - there's something else on that weekend" (the other "event" she's referring to is happening miles away and would have no effect on my event 🤣)

It's just not helpful or constructive!!!!!

Does my head in! Is this normal or am I just being unreasonable 🤣

What’s the problem with giving an alternative date that you are available?

On next door..
Q- I've lost xyz, if anyone finds it please msg me.
A- if you haven't found it in a week's time, I'll come help you look for it. Slammed till then.
Why not just ignore!!!

As well as Trevor from Peterborough sharing a message about a dog that was lost in Sao Paolo in 2007 and urging everybody on his local group to "Please check your sheds" !

If some needs a lift on a particular date for a particular reason, offering another day isn’t going help.

’I have an interview on Monday, my car has broken can anyone give me a lift to town’

’i can on Thursday’ isn’t going to help someone get to an interview Monday.

It's annoying on threads that are about low level every day annoyances to allow people to enjoy a light hearted vent. They are obviously meant to be fun but there's always someone who comes along and starts telling everyone they should cheer up and they can't be bothered to get wound up over little things. It seems totally uncalled for in a thread that clearly states is meant to be light hearted.

I can see we have an offender here.

The question isn’t ‘is anyone free over the next week for something’ or ‘is anyone free over the next month for something’.

If someone says there’s something happening and gives a specific date, and asks if anyone is available, giving an alternative date is useless.

My particular favourite is when people very clearly set out criteria in their post, only for them to be completely ignored by people replying. For example:

Q: "Has anyone got any recommendations for high street jeans that come in a petite length, are high-waisted and slim-fit? I'm on a very tight budget and I don't want to order online."
A: "Cheap jeans are not worth it. I swear by these ones, they're only available from Net A Porter and they are £170 but you won't regret it. Don't think they come in petite but you could get them altered?"

Q: "I'm trying to remember a film I watched years ago. It was a horror film starring Vincent Price, made in the 60s or 70s I think, and he was like a mad doctor who killed all the surgeons who operated on his wife before she died? And he had a weird crackly voice because he had an artificial voicebox or something. Anyone know what it might be?"
A: "Could it be Nightmare On Elm Street?"

Q: "I'm trying to remember a film I watched years ago. It was a horror film starring Vincent Price, made in the 60s or 70s I think, and he was like a mad doctor who killed all the surgeons who operated on his wife before she died? And he had a weird crackly voice because he had an artificial voicebox or something. Anyone know what it might be?"
A: "Could it be Nightmare On Elm Street?"

Lol this reminds me of the "can anyone help me identify this song" threads on MN.

OP: It's a recent-ish song. Post-2000 electropop. Female singer. There was a saxophone part in the chorus and something about "yellow" in the lyrics. I remember a green field in the video.

MNer1: Was it Yellow Submarine by the Beatles?

MNer2: Coldplay - Yellow?

MNer3: It's Fields of Gold by Sting

Because I wasn't asking about another date?

OP: It's a recent-ish song. Post-2000 electropop. Female singer. There was a saxophone part in the chorus and something about "yellow" in the lyrics. I remember a green field in the video.

MNer1: Was it Yellow Submarine by the Beatles?

I clearly remember somebody on a TV quiz show being asked a question starting "Which male, British singer...." and they guessed at Madonna!

One I get daily

"The first available appointment is the 15th October"
"Can you not do anything sooner?"
Well, no. Or I would have said that...