Why are people so rude???

**guest32** · 03-01-2006, 11:42 PM

Since there is no ranting and raving section (is there???) I will post this here. But I warn you...it's a long one. I just don't understand people......
First off, dh is selling his table saw and listed it in the paper over the weekend. They had a special, so it was extended two days. No calls over the weekend...then one Monday night. The guy wants to come and look at it and dh tells him he is only available Mon-Tue night, then not till Friday afternoon. The guy wants to come *later in the week*...dh again tells him when he can show it and the guy just decides that maybe he'll call back next weekend??? Whatever. Then dh has to leave town at 6:00 this morning (hence, he is unavailable till Friday afternoon) Last night we get a call at 10:00 PM! This lady asking about the saw while her boyfirend is in the background yelling questions to her. Good grief. So he wants to come and look at it. So dh goes through the *I'm unavailable to show it till Friday afternoon* speal. The gal is persistant and asks where we live. Dh finally tells her to call back on Friday and he'll be happy to show it to him/her. So this morning the phone rings at 8:15...I'm waiting for a call from the Vet (see other post about sick kitty) and it's this guy again! He tells me, his girlfriend called last night and he'd like to buy it sight unseen because he really needs it, his is broken....I go through the same thing with him *dh is unavailable till Friday..bla bla bla.* The guys keeps saying, but I just want to buy it. I tell him that I'm not going to do that and he needs to talk to dh on Friday. So he again asks where we live. I give him a general area (SW part of town) an he keeps asking me more questions. I finally just make it clear that I would take his name and # and if I talked to dh I would relay his info and offer. So....all day I am back and forth to the Vet (3 times) one time I spend an hour literally in the kennel with my cat hand feeding her and talking to her (my Vet is totally cool with this) I then go to dd's new house and help her strip wallpaper. Come home, and there is another message from this guy wanting to know if I contacted dh to call him! And another guy calls...same thing...I explain everything and he insists that he needs to come and look anyway. I tell him no. He gets all huffy and wants to know why *I* won't show it to him, this always happens, etc...What??? I told him, well it HAS been in the paper since Saturday and you're just now calling on it. I'm trying to be nice...but totally fed up with these rude, insistant people who are not listening to me! And they keep badgering me for an address. Well...neither dh nor I are comfortable with some strange man coming here when he is not home. Period. Not to mention he has a fair amount of $$$$ tools and equipment in the garage that he normally puts away/out of sight when he has strangers in his garage. I mean...people are just weird. And Rude! Yes, we'd like to sell this table saw. But it will be at our convenience...and I don't think it's unreasonable since he has given them a time frame and taken numbers, etc. I talked to dh and he was pretty upset and said to screen all calls till he gets home. Or just say the saw is not at this location and they'll have to talk to him about seeing it. We don't like to say *he's out of town* and then give people our address...ya know??? All we have said is "he's unavailable", and he virtually is because his cell doesn't even cover a lot of the area he travles to...
So....if one of these guys comes to look at it, I swear I'm going to walk into the garage and ask if he'd care to speak to me in front of dh the way he spoke to me on the phone

And then...on my way home a young guy pulls out in front of me, I slam on my brakes (no screaching so we weren't that close) and while he's STILL on his cell phone, he mouths profanity at me and flips me off!!!

I am exhausted and frazzled, worried about my cat, miss my hubby, and haven't really eaten all day. I'm going to go to bed and cuddle with my dog!

Thank you for listening ...that is all.

**Missy** · 03-01-2006, 11:58 PM

even giving stuff away I have had similar problems. Hugs, I hope the guy backs off and leaves you alone!

**jzkitten** · 03-02-2006, 12:00 AM

Oh Cathy I'm sorry you're having such a bad day.

Hope your kitty is okay, haven't read that post yet. Why do things like that always happen when our hubbies are gone? I don't think I'll ever understand people and why they act that way.

**Pepper** · 03-02-2006, 12:33 AM

People never cease to amaze me! I hope you can get some rest and that these callers ease up!!

guest7 · 03-02-2006, 06:29 AM

Cathy I am SO happy you are cautious about not giving your address out. This could have been a very sad story we are reading. I am happy that you remain safe and smart. ( I can't say I would have been that smart- so I've learned from you)

I'm sorry that all that's happening and that you don't have hubby or a kitty to snuggle up to- but sure glad it was his best friend anyway![wink]

**Darlene** · 03-02-2006, 06:51 AM

If your phone # isn't unlisted it's easy to find out addresses, just type the phone # into google, usually you'll get the info.

Sorry about the jerks, you don't need that kinda bs. If he calls again tell him it's because of the harassing rude phone calls that you decided not to sell, then watch him really freak out

Would he like some strange guy coming to his house to see his wife about something. This guy probably would.

Hope your fur baby feels better.

**guest32** · 03-02-2006, 08:19 AM

I know they can find the address if they really want to. But why do they have to be so rude? I never answer my door unless I know who it is anyway....
The icing on the cake is: I finally get to sleep about 11:00..then at 1:30 the smoke alarm starts chirping! Problem is....we have about 10 of them and they are on a circuit so they all chirp in cycle till the one that is low has the batteries replaced!!! ARGGHHH!!! So I had to drag myself out of bed, go get a ladder (we have 9' ceiling, even upstairs) and try to figure out which one it was! I finally got back to sleep about 3:30.....had nightmares and got up with a screaming headache

I have a job today I have to be at @ 9:00, my assistant is showing up @ 8:00 so we can go have coffee first. I think I'll have a double shot!
My dog is still happily curled up in the bed covers.....oblivious

**FrugalMomof3** · 03-02-2006, 08:24 AM

Please can be so rude, gosh I am sorry this is happening to you.

**Michele Annette** · 03-02-2006, 10:36 AM

I'm sorry Cathy. I hope your kitty is doing better.

I am so glad you didn't give these CRAZY people your address. You should have DH tell them since they bugged you so much, he isn't going to sell it to them.

Crazy kooks!

**Vannie** · 03-02-2006, 10:59 AM

Oh Cathy, how terrible for you. I would not let anyone in to look until hubby is there. Just screen the calls and listen to messages instead. You should not be harrasssed this way.

Sorry to hear that kitty is not doing well