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Really fucking stupid things people do… can this be topped?!

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wbagnlw · 14/09/2023 21:57

Writing a review of a product…

’haven’t used it yet because I got it for my cousin’s birthday and she hasn’t opened it.

why write the review then?! Are people genuinely that stupid?

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GoryBory · 15/09/2023 09:33

Stravaig · 15/09/2023 08:41

The reviews on BIC For Her are classics of the genre, sample below.

There are threads gathering treasures like this, can't remember if Mumsnet, Ravelry, Guardian. Worth a rummage.

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This is incredible!!! 🤣🤣🤣

newnamethanks · 15/09/2023 09:38

@BrennanBooth, reminds me of the STD nurse I met who told me about the woman with Thrush who returned to clinic a week later with 7 foil wrapped pessaries inside her.

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 15/09/2023 09:40

It's the book reviews that get me. You read something you really enjoy and go to see what others are saying and it's got lots of 5 stars but someone has given it 2 stars as 'supposed to be in good condition but one of the pages was torn'. Gah!

meatbaseddessert · 15/09/2023 09:41

This drives me mad. Click in the reviews to see it something is a good buy and it's full of 'haven't opened it yet' 1 star
'It was a gift for my sister' 3.5 stars

What makes me even more mad is when a company advertises something on Facebook and there's a clear link to go their website.

E.g a jumper. Loads of comments like
'Price please'
'Do you sell this in a size 12?'
'How can I order this?'

FFS!! Look at the fucking website!!

DancingFerret · 15/09/2023 09:43

On the other side of the coin, some retailers' requests for reviews are just silly. I received an email from Waitrose asking me to review my groceries accompanied by a picture of the single swede I'd bought there about a fortnight previously.🙄

readbooksdrinktea · 15/09/2023 09:44

BrennanBooth · 14/09/2023 22:23

In a vet pharmacy class our lecturer told us about a woman with a dog who had fleas and she couldn’t understand why the spot-on treatment was not working… she had taped TAPED the tube to the dogs back- hadn’t even opened the fucking thing either

Wtf. This is so ridiculous. I swear some people don't engage their brain.

AliOlis · 15/09/2023 09:44

DancingFerret · 15/09/2023 09:43

On the other side of the coin, some retailers' requests for reviews are just silly. I received an email from Waitrose asking me to review my groceries accompanied by a picture of the single swede I'd bought there about a fortnight previously.🙄

😂

Avocadocherry · 15/09/2023 09:45

I find it annoying when people review a book on Amazon, ‘1 star, the packaging was torn’.
Terrible for authors, especially if it’s not a well known publication and their only review is that one.

Cello60 · 15/09/2023 09:46

Suchapain · 14/09/2023 23:46

Review of a tour of India:
"Food was too spicy."

Reminds me of an Australian acquaintance years ago, who decided to “do” Africa, flew to Morocco, then flew back about a day later having done Africa and not liked it because there were too many Arabs.

WhatWouldHopperDo · 15/09/2023 09:48

I used to be a GP receptionist - no hate please - I was lovely!
Some of my regular peeves:

Can you come in tomorrow?
I'm not sure, I'll get my diary.
After they rang to make an appointment - then they disappear for 5 minutes while they find said diary.

Have you got anything very early on Monday
I can do 8am
Oh not, that's too early.

Endless conversations about why we can't call a Doctor who is on holiday to see if s/he will 'fit them in'. THEY ARE NOT IN THE COUNTRY LET ALONE THE BUILDING

People bringing poo samples in in a sandwich bag. Wee samples in a coke bottle.

I suspect someone will be along to tell me I am awful and should never have been a receptionist if I can't make allowanced for people!

AliOlis · 15/09/2023 09:49

WhatWouldHopperDo · 15/09/2023 09:48

I used to be a GP receptionist - no hate please - I was lovely!
Some of my regular peeves:

Can you come in tomorrow?
I'm not sure, I'll get my diary.
After they rang to make an appointment - then they disappear for 5 minutes while they find said diary.

Have you got anything very early on Monday
I can do 8am
Oh not, that's too early.

Endless conversations about why we can't call a Doctor who is on holiday to see if s/he will 'fit them in'. THEY ARE NOT IN THE COUNTRY LET ALONE THE BUILDING

People bringing poo samples in in a sandwich bag. Wee samples in a coke bottle.

I suspect someone will be along to tell me I am awful and should never have been a receptionist if I can't make allowanced for people!

God, no hate from me. I couldn't deal with the general public if they paid me a king's ransom.

WhatWouldHopperDo · 15/09/2023 09:49

Another Facebook one is when people say 'does anyone know what time Coop shuts'?

Surely you could have googled this quicker than writing a FB post?

Nc1111111111 · 15/09/2023 09:51

WhatWouldHopperDo · 15/09/2023 09:48

I used to be a GP receptionist - no hate please - I was lovely!
Some of my regular peeves:

Can you come in tomorrow?
I'm not sure, I'll get my diary.
After they rang to make an appointment - then they disappear for 5 minutes while they find said diary.

Have you got anything very early on Monday
I can do 8am
Oh not, that's too early.

Endless conversations about why we can't call a Doctor who is on holiday to see if s/he will 'fit them in'. THEY ARE NOT IN THE COUNTRY LET ALONE THE BUILDING

People bringing poo samples in in a sandwich bag. Wee samples in a coke bottle.

I suspect someone will be along to tell me I am awful and should never have been a receptionist if I can't make allowanced for people!

I wonder if they review the sandwich bags after😂

whomoon · 15/09/2023 09:53

These kind of things always remind me about something I had read about a National park in America.

In trying to stop bears rummaging through rubbish bins, they said they couldn’t design a rubbish bin to stop them as the overlap between the smartest bears and the stupidest people was quite large.

Always makes me laugh!

LovedFedAndNoonesDead · 15/09/2023 09:53

Thedogscollar · 14/09/2023 22:53

I worked with a woman who bought a new house except she literally thought she had bought the showhouse with all it's furniture and on that belief sold much of hers😮
She was confused when the removal van actually pulled up at the empty house next door.

We were selling my mum's house after she died, we lived with her so would to move after the sale went through. The buyer got a copy of fixtures and fittings list through and queried why we weren't leaving all the furniture that was in the house when he viewed it. Our solicitor asked if we wanted to negotiate adding it all in but, as we would then have had to fully furnish wherever we moved to, we declined the offer.

Still makes me laugh almost 5 years later.

Georgyporky · 15/09/2023 09:56

uhOhOP · 14/09/2023 22:05

Yes, I used to wonder about this kind of "review", too. But I saw elsewhere somebody say that Amazon sends persistent emails to you if you buy something, reminding you to review the item you bought, and that the emails don't make it obvious that you are being invited to leave an actual review on the product webpage for everybody to see.

Never had such an e-mail, & I'm a long-time regular Amazon customer

user1497207191 · 15/09/2023 09:58

sueelleker · 15/09/2023 08:30

People are getting like the Ood-they carry their brains in their hand.

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The really sad thing is that they have so much knowledge/power/advice in their hand, but their brains turn to mush because they're too busy watching fluffy kittens or reading conspiracy stories written by deluded idiots.

Mobile phones and the internet "could have" massively improved the intelligence and knowledge of people, but in reality, it's done the opposite, just made people more stupid and reliant.

Superlegs · 15/09/2023 09:59

Woollyguru · 14/09/2023 22:36

I get these all the time, before I've even received the purchase. I always ignore them, if they want me to spend my time giving them a review they can pay me, otherwise it's free marketing!

It also helps a customer make an informed choice when they deciding whether to make a purchase.

I don’t leave feedback for every online order, but I’d take a few minutes to help promote a small business.

CantThinkOfANameAtAll · 15/09/2023 10:02

HelpMeGetThrough · 14/09/2023 23:13

Very much like you get on here...

"No advice OP, but didn't want to read and run".

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Some forums show how many times the thread has been viewed so when someone posts something heartbreaking (like death of a child), have zero replies but 52 views it's bloody awful to see. I'm guessing this is why people post didn't want to read and run. So glad MN doesn't have viewed stats.

user1497207191 · 15/09/2023 10:05

WhatWouldHopperDo · 15/09/2023 09:49

Another Facebook one is when people say 'does anyone know what time Coop shuts'?

Surely you could have googled this quicker than writing a FB post?

Even better was a local facebook post asking if there was a child's play park in the village - well, yes, it's right in the middle on the village green, opposite the shops and school and next to the bus stop. You literally couldn't miss it. She must have been walking/driving around with her eyes shut (or more probably staring at her phone!).

No, she hadn't just moved in, she was a "regular" for asking stupid questions on Facebook such as "is it going to rain today" or "when's the bonfire night firework display" - when there were posters all over the village for it, they have their own website, etc!. When someone once sarcastically suggested she "googles" for answers, she said she doesn't have the internet, only her mobile phone and facebook! Doh! Sometimes, you really can't fix stupid!

Nc1111111111 · 15/09/2023 10:06

whomoon · 15/09/2023 09:53

These kind of things always remind me about something I had read about a National park in America.

In trying to stop bears rummaging through rubbish bins, they said they couldn’t design a rubbish bin to stop them as the overlap between the smartest bears and the stupidest people was quite large.

Always makes me laugh!

Sounds like these guys who are just hilarious
https://instagram.com/nationalparkservice?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Leggytigberk · 15/09/2023 10:06

I wish our doctor would hold back on their "satisfaction survey"

Questions like how likely are you to use us again?
Ans) You are the only Practice for about 10 miles and there are no buses!

Are you likely to recommend us to your family?
We are already all signed up.

Who analyses these results? Sounds a cushy little part time job!

LovedFedAndNoonesDead · 15/09/2023 10:07

SkinnyMalinkyLankyLegs · 15/09/2023 00:10

Or the people that live in say Glasgow sharing a missing cat post from Melbourne....

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Dear mil is guilty of this last year it was flowers being stolen from a graveyard - except they weren't, it was a local group who were doing a clean up project in the grave yard with the councils permission.

Loubelle70 · 15/09/2023 10:11

Haha yes it makes me chuckle when i read them sort reviews..usually on Amazon.
Also when someone lists something on eBay and describes it as 'beautiful', 'stunning' the hard sell haha....i will be the judge if its either lol

areyouhavinglaugh · 15/09/2023 10:13

I got a 1 star review from a person who was not my customer because I had posted a Syrian refugee charity request on my instagram 😬

She also sent me a very lengthy e mail telling me why she'd posted it 🙄