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This is cheeky fuckery right?

122 replies

MNpenisadvisor · 07/05/2025 02:35

I live in a block of flats, one of my neighbours knows that my car is fucked and had to be recovered from the hard shoulder on Friday.
The recovery guy said what he thought it was but I wanted to know for sure so I booked (and paid) for a mobile mechanic come out to have a butchers.
Me and DH go out to meet them and neighbour comes out instantly and starts asking the techs loads of questions about his own car! Obviously the mechanics don't know he's just a random neighbour so they answer but I can see they're thinking erm you paid for us to do one thing not diagnose multiple cars.
I turned to neighbour and said oh you are a nosy neighbour aren't you and he pretty much huffed off. But that's a rude thing to do right? Or is it just me.

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Dillydollydingdong · 07/05/2025 02:39

You were quite right to challenge the neighbour. He obviously thought he could take advice of the situation. So rude!

BlondiePortz · 07/05/2025 02:51

So how has this stopped your car being fixed?

MNpenisadvisor · 07/05/2025 02:52

BlondiePortz · 07/05/2025 02:51

So how has this stopped your car being fixed?

....it hasn't?

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BlondiePortz · 07/05/2025 02:53

MNpenisadvisor · 07/05/2025 02:52

....it hasn't?

Then I really dont see the issue

Shitmonger · 07/05/2025 02:55

Yeah, that’s definitely some CFery right there. He charged out and started firing off questions before you’d even gotten the mechanic to get to your car? He didn’t even wait until the end and do a “While you’re here, could I ask…?”

I’d have told him “You’ll have to pay for your own consult, Ron, he’s here to have a look at mine right now.”

HomeTheatreSystem · 07/05/2025 05:16

On 2 counts: wanting their professional advice for free, and eating in to the time you'd paid for to have them see what was wrong with your car.

JustMyView13 · 07/05/2025 05:21

Well, I would’ve just said - Morning Gary, let me send you Kevin’s number so you can get yourself booked in for a proper diagnostic.

Aka Foxtrot Oscar.

DreamTheMoors · 07/05/2025 05:23

Two dumb dudes.
Your neighbour and the dude up at the top of the comments whom I shall not name.

Pinkishcherryblossoms · 07/05/2025 05:24

Bloody hell. Does he come out and taste test your food deliveries as well? Ask your plumber to unblock his bog? CF indeed. Not to mention cheap bastard.

Mummyoflittledragon · 07/05/2025 05:41

BlondiePortz · 07/05/2025 02:53

Then I really dont see the issue

It’s rude to op, who needs her car sorted asap and rude to the mechanic, who is there to complete a job.

LillyPJ · 07/05/2025 05:42

There are nicer ways to explain to your neighbour and the mechanics that he's not the owner of your car. Then they could chat about his problems if they wanted to after they'd finished looking at yours.

Keyanski · 07/05/2025 05:42

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BlondiePortz · 07/05/2025 05:45

Mummyoflittledragon · 07/05/2025 05:41

It’s rude to op, who needs her car sorted asap and rude to the mechanic, who is there to complete a job.

I am fully willing to accept I could be the only person on the planet to disagree, they answered so I would take it that are happy too and as it would not affect me one tiny bit I really would have no issue

thepariscrimefiles · 07/05/2025 05:47

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In what way is OP braggy? Who is she gossiping with? She just wants the mechanic that she has paid for to concentrate on diagnosing the fault with her car rather than answering the neighbour's questions about his car.

HelplessSoul · 07/05/2025 05:49

Your neighbour isnt just a CF.

Hes a stupid CF cunt!

Keyanski · 07/05/2025 05:52

thepariscrimefiles · 07/05/2025 05:47

In what way is OP braggy? Who is she gossiping with? She just wants the mechanic that she has paid for to concentrate on diagnosing the fault with her car rather than answering the neighbour's questions about his car.

That's how it came across to me. And bolding words doesn't make your statement any more real, we know it was her car, we can read, thank you.

MNpenisadvisor · 07/05/2025 06:00

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Why would I brag about having a broken car 🫠

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NestEmptying · 07/05/2025 06:01

Keyanski · 07/05/2025 05:52

That's how it came across to me. And bolding words doesn't make your statement any more real, we know it was her car, we can read, thank you.

Did you mean to be so rude?

TheChippendenSpook · 07/05/2025 06:05

NestEmptying · 07/05/2025 06:01

Did you mean to be so rude?

Are people still saying that? It just makes you sound silly.

Keyanski · 07/05/2025 06:06

NestEmptying · 07/05/2025 06:01

Did you mean to be so rude?

Yeah, otherwise I wouldn't have wrote it.

Keyanski · 07/05/2025 06:08

MNpenisadvisor · 07/05/2025 06:00

Why would I brag about having a broken car 🫠

I have absolutely no idea why you would choose to create a thread about any of this.

sparepantsandtoothbrush · 07/05/2025 06:10

NestEmptying · 07/05/2025 06:01

Did you mean to be so rude?

I've seen multiple posts by this poster since last night along the same theme, slagging the poster off and pretty much going against what everyone else is saying. It's very odd. They must be bored.

OP yes it's CFery. I assume you paid for the mechanic to come out and look at your car? I'm not sure why anyone would think it wasn't rude and a bit peculiar

Changeyourlifes · 07/05/2025 06:14

Personally I think this is the fault of the mechanic, they should have checked who they were speaking to or knocked the address or identified the booked car via the license plate or appearance if he found this to be an issue. The fact he was answering the neighbours questions suggests to me that he didn’t mind that much as he was clearly entertaining the conversation.

TheCountofMountingCrispBags · 07/05/2025 06:15

Dudes?
Good grief

MNpenisadvisor · 07/05/2025 06:19

Keyanski · 07/05/2025 06:08

I have absolutely no idea why you would choose to create a thread about any of this.

To give you something to read and reply to of course

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