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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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housethatbuiltme · 15/09/2023 10:15

My favorite is 'Wedding dress for sale... New, only worn once'.

So 'used'? Used is the word they are looking for as the whole point of a wedding dress is you use it once. Im all for resale sites but I just think 'only worn once' is the stupidest thing to say when trying to sell a wedding dress. Its either new or used and amount of use is assumed to be one but regardless of once or twice etc... it doesn't really matter its still just 'used'.

You never see 'only worn half a dozen times'... now that advert would get my attention.

CitizenofMoronia · 15/09/2023 10:18

I was driving home the other day down a very narrow country lane, I stopped at the widest point to allow oncoming traffic to pass after 3 cars went past there was a bit of a gap, and then another car and a van behind.
I fully expected that the oncoming car would wait at the widest point in the lane nearest to them to allow me to make progress... on no, on they come towards me. I proceeded to inch forward along the hedge and bank I was pressed against to try to make some progress. Said car driver proceeded to pull alongside me and utter the following pearls of wisdom... " Excuse me, there is a line of traffic behind you...."

I can only assume she was new... to the planet new...

GoryBory · 15/09/2023 10:21

When I planned to walk up snowdon mountain I checked trip advisor to see if there were any toilets halfway up (annoyingly it said there were but when I got there the lady in the cafe said there wasn’t and so I couldn’t go any further than half way) but there was a review from a man in a wheel chair saying it wasn’t disability friendly and they need to make it wheelchair friendly - it’s a naturally formed mountain!

Loubelle70 · 15/09/2023 10:22

housethatbuiltme · 15/09/2023 10:15

My favorite is 'Wedding dress for sale... New, only worn once'.

So 'used'? Used is the word they are looking for as the whole point of a wedding dress is you use it once. Im all for resale sites but I just think 'only worn once' is the stupidest thing to say when trying to sell a wedding dress. Its either new or used and amount of use is assumed to be one but regardless of once or twice etc... it doesn't really matter its still just 'used'.

You never see 'only worn half a dozen times'... now that advert would get my attention.

🤣
Then id want to ask....why only 6 times though 🤣

CinnamonBear · 15/09/2023 10:23

My favourites are the reviews that reduce their stars because of the shipping. I think it's fine to mention shipping issues, but surely that has nothing to do with how well the product works.

Loubelle70 · 15/09/2023 10:24

GoryBory · 15/09/2023 10:21

When I planned to walk up snowdon mountain I checked trip advisor to see if there were any toilets halfway up (annoyingly it said there were but when I got there the lady in the cafe said there wasn’t and so I couldn’t go any further than half way) but there was a review from a man in a wheel chair saying it wasn’t disability friendly and they need to make it wheelchair friendly - it’s a naturally formed mountain!

Discriminatory mountain. 😁. Disgusting behaviour! 😂

user1497207191 · 15/09/2023 10:28

CinnamonBear · 15/09/2023 10:23

My favourites are the reviews that reduce their stars because of the shipping. I think it's fine to mention shipping issues, but surely that has nothing to do with how well the product works.

Well, to an extent, if the reviews are for a retailer's website rather than a specific review of the product itself via a third party review website, the seller deserves slightly poorer reviews re shipping problems to encourage them to use more reliable couriers, and other prospective customers deserve to know of shipping problems.

Clarinet1 · 15/09/2023 10:29

Talking about Gaviscon, do their ads still say “representation of effect” or something similar? I mean who would really think that if you take it you get little pink and white firemen running round inside you?

SavBlancTonight · 15/09/2023 10:30

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!

I almost had the proverbial MN - "spat my tea out" laugh at this one!

I made the mistake of agreeing to be the team manager for DS' sports group. Some of those parents..... Although sometimes rather than stupidity, it was just laziness and entitlement. My favourite was a woman who came on to ask about the match time that weekend with a text version of a tinkly laugh, "oh, I've just lost track of all the timings, when is the match? what am I like. haha". What I loved is before I could respond, one of the dads responded by forwarding the message I'd sent the day before with the details! He became my all time favourite parent FOREVER at that point.

KimberleyClark · 15/09/2023 10:30

Saw a video on FB about people doing stupid things. Several instances of people walking on frozen swimming pools. Only a fucking idiot would not drain and cover their pool during the winter months (if you live somewhere with really cold winters) and only a total fucking idiot would walk on a frozen swimming pool.

Loubelle70 · 15/09/2023 10:31

Clarinet1 · 15/09/2023 10:29

Talking about Gaviscon, do their ads still say “representation of effect” or something similar? I mean who would really think that if you take it you get little pink and white firemen running round inside you?

Heres hoping 🤣.

Makes me lol? Serving suggestion...basically a sprig of parsley on said product.

REP22 · 15/09/2023 10:34

I once saw a one-star Amazon review which said "I ordered this by mistake and it wasn't what I expected".

I hope these people don't have kids. That evolutionary line really needs to end where it is. 🙄

HelpMeUnpickThis · 15/09/2023 10:35

housethatbuiltme · 15/09/2023 10:15

My favorite is 'Wedding dress for sale... New, only worn once'.

So 'used'? Used is the word they are looking for as the whole point of a wedding dress is you use it once. Im all for resale sites but I just think 'only worn once' is the stupidest thing to say when trying to sell a wedding dress. Its either new or used and amount of use is assumed to be one but regardless of once or twice etc... it doesn't really matter its still just 'used'.

You never see 'only worn half a dozen times'... now that advert would get my attention.

😂😂😂😂😂

HelpMeUnpickThis · 15/09/2023 10:37

Clarinet1 · 15/09/2023 10:29

Talking about Gaviscon, do their ads still say “representation of effect” or something similar? I mean who would really think that if you take it you get little pink and white firemen running round inside you?

Stop it!!! 😂😂😂😂

FatOaf · 15/09/2023 10:37

the overlap between the smartest bears and the stupidest people was quite large

I'd have though the dumbest adult bear would be considerably more intelligent than the average northern-hemisphere human, otherwise they wouldn't have survived to adulthood.

Loubelle70 · 15/09/2023 10:39

Moccasin · 14/09/2023 22:21

I buy loads from Amazon and don’t think I ever receive emails asking me to review.
I’ve seen the ones you mean though. So stupid.

@Meowandthen I have an older relative who does that on FB, like she thinks that each of the posts are being sent to her directly. She’s one of those that shares a post about a missing cat in Tennessee (she lives in Norfolk)

Bless her heart!! ♥️🥰

RustyBear · 15/09/2023 10:41

ArthnoldManacatsaman · 15/09/2023 08:36

@ZadocPDederick I wondered that at first but given that it mentions replacing the ‘ice bin’ later in the recipe, I assume that’s the bin it wants you to tip the ice into. (I don’t know what an ice bin is, my freezer definitely doesn’t have one)

My DD’s American fridge/freezer has one - it’s an open tray you put the ice cubes in & has a scoop to shovel them out into your drink. Very convenient, though it takes up a lot of room (Though the freezer is so massive, that’s not so much of a problem😁)

1stTimeMama · 15/09/2023 10:43

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During lockdown I ordered my shopping for delivery.

Ordered: 24 Soft White Toilet Rolls.

Actually picked, in all seriousness, and delivered to me without a second thought: 24 Soft White BREAD Rolls.

I like to think that whoever did it spent the entire day laughing.

KimberleyClark · 15/09/2023 10:46

REP22 · 15/09/2023 10:34

I once saw a one-star Amazon review which said "I ordered this by mistake and it wasn't what I expected".

I hope these people don't have kids. That evolutionary line really needs to end where it is. 🙄

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Then there’s people who give a book a five star review because it arrived quickly and in good condition……..

ScottBakula · 15/09/2023 10:48

I started a thread ages ago about reviews but got no takers 🙁.
But I posted one review that really made me laugh out loud for quite some time . https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4824628-the-best-reviews

Your are right @wbagnlw some are pointless but some are pure gold

The best reviews | Mumsnet

Do you leave / read reviews for products / places ? I do occasionally, and while some reviews are helpful, informative, rude or just odd some like the...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4824628-the-best-reviews

WomanStanleyWoman2 · 15/09/2023 10:48

I used to work for an online retailer and we ran a “Pick of the Week” type thing where we highlighted one particular product range. (The suppliers paid for it.)

One supplier emailed me after a day to check how long their products would be Pick of the Week, as I hadn’t specified it in my earlier communications.

Eyesofdisarray · 15/09/2023 10:49

TokyoSushi · 14/09/2023 23:04

It doesn't quite fit, but I need to let it out somewhere! Why in Aldi, and it only seems to be in Aldi (I do my food shop there every week, no Aldi snobbery here!) do people not understand how the bloody check out belt works. There I am with my trolley piled high with the weekly family shop, I start putting it onto the belt, maybe halfway along after somebody else has finished, and somebody comes straight up behind you and starts unloading their shopping, giving me about 30cm to fit in 50+ items, every bloody time!! USE YOUR EYES AND YOUR BRAIN!!!!! Argh!!!

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Drives me nuts too
A man shouted at me (in Aldi) cos I objected after I asked him to wait until I'd finished unloading! His wife was behind him looking really embarrassed.
Nob
But recipe reviews are also amusing
'I substituted veg for chicken, mixed herbs for paprika and rice for potatoes and it was rubbish' ! I love reading them - bit of a family joke here 😄

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wbagnlw · 15/09/2023 10:49

Clarinet1 · 15/09/2023 10:29

Talking about Gaviscon, do their ads still say “representation of effect” or something similar? I mean who would really think that if you take it you get little pink and white firemen running round inside you?

@Clarinet1 laughed so much at this

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Eyesofdisarray · 15/09/2023 10:50

WomanStanleyWoman2 · 15/09/2023 10:48

I used to work for an online retailer and we ran a “Pick of the Week” type thing where we highlighted one particular product range. (The suppliers paid for it.)

One supplier emailed me after a day to check how long their products would be Pick of the Week, as I hadn’t specified it in my earlier communications.

😆

Notpooryet · 15/09/2023 10:51

Try the Darwin awards, if they're still going