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loskie

6,254 posts

135 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2024
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Nice

Flumpo

4,024 posts

88 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2024
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Not local as such. But the Mazda cx-60 owners closed group, the biggest one.

Now, 99% of people are complaining about how bad the car is with same faults. BUT, Admin won’t allow positive posts as it’s not the narrative they want.

I’m not George- he wants to know why he’s had a warning.

Spare tyre

11,290 posts

145 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2024
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Our village page had someone ask if they had any spare instructions for a Lego set they had, picture of the box which of course has the part number on it.

Lots of helpful folk “yes we have that, you can borrow them”

Great that people are helpful, but these cretins run to Facebook for literally any life drama

boyse7en

7,574 posts

180 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2024
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Spare tyre said:
Our village page had someone ask if they had any spare instructions for a Lego set they had, picture of the box which of course has the part number on it.

Lots of helpful folk “yes we have that, you can borrow them”

Great that people are helpful, but these cretins run to Facebook for literally any life drama
I wouldn't call it a life drama, it sounds like a reasonable use of a local Facebook group to me. What wrong with asking to borrow a set of instructions?

Gastons_Revenge

459 posts

19 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2024
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You can find the instructions for any set on google by searching for the (very prominent) set number. Some people just need to be spoonfed information.

Tom _M

449 posts

85 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2024
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Someone on ours asked for the best curry house in the local area… There are now 185 responses of people repeatedly naming basically every curry place within a 5 mile radius, with some people saying one place is great, and others then saying it’s horrible. So basically no help at all.

On another post someone had found a driving licence from the 70’s and was trying to see if anyone knew the family so could be reunited. Of course, someone had to suggest they cover up the address on it as it was a fraud risk… FFS, are some scammers going to try and get their hands on their Greenshield stamps or something?

Spare tyre

11,290 posts

145 months

Thursday 4th July 2024
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Tom _M said:
Someone on ours asked for the best curry house in the local area… There are now 185 responses of people repeatedly naming basically every curry place within a 5 mile radius, with some people saying one place is great, and others then saying it’s horrible. So basically no help at all.

On another post someone had found a driving licence from the 70’s and was trying to see if anyone knew the family so could be reunited. Of course, someone had to suggest they cover up the address on it as it was a fraud risk… FFS, are some scammers going to try and get their hands on their Greenshield stamps or something?
EE WI-FI is best hun

Challo

11,497 posts

170 months

Thursday 4th July 2024
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boyse7en said:
Spare tyre said:
Our village page had someone ask if they had any spare instructions for a Lego set they had, picture of the box which of course has the part number on it.

Lots of helpful folk “yes we have that, you can borrow them”

Great that people are helpful, but these cretins run to Facebook for literally any life drama
I wouldn't call it a life drama, it sounds like a reasonable use of a local Facebook group to me. What wrong with asking to borrow a set of instructions?
No issue with the Lego request, but I do see the lots of request from people asking for information when it would be far quicker to Google it.


Unreal

7,042 posts

40 months

Thursday 4th July 2024
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Challo said:
boyse7en said:
Spare tyre said:
Our village page had someone ask if they had any spare instructions for a Lego set they had, picture of the box which of course has the part number on it.

Lots of helpful folk “yes we have that, you can borrow them”

Great that people are helpful, but these cretins run to Facebook for literally any life drama
I wouldn't call it a life drama, it sounds like a reasonable use of a local Facebook group to me. What wrong with asking to borrow a set of instructions?
No issue with the Lego request, but I do see the lots of request from people asking for information when it would be far quicker to Google it.
Most of these people don't want the information, they just want a bit of attention. Doesn't matter if it's positive or negative, it makes them feel significant for a while.

thetapeworm

12,617 posts

254 months

Thursday 4th July 2024
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Tom _M said:
Someone on ours asked for the best curry house in the local area… There are now 185 responses of people repeatedly naming basically every curry place within a 5 mile radius, with some people saying one place is great, and others then saying it’s horrible. So basically no help at all.
We get this two or three times a week, always with the same unsubstantiated list of every place in the area.

Similar happens on the regular "can any salons do me a <whatever> tomorrow?" where people just randomly name places with no visibility of their diary.

HTP99

24,001 posts

155 months

Thursday 4th July 2024
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This was posted up on nextdoor a few days ago, I've blanked out the name and address:



Well here's a thought, if it's local and you don't mind doing so, just pop it round (as I did a few weeks ago when we received a letter not meant for us) or just pop it back in a post box.

My god how do these people function on a daily basis and she'll be voting later today too!

Tenacious

220 posts

14 months

Thursday 4th July 2024
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"My cat has gone missing, please everyone check your sheds and garages."

Where I live, a cat going missing is usually around 24 hours. They don't seem to understand a cat can wonder off for a bit. Then you get you get "cat reunited with owner". So the cat just came back then. Queue lots of ste emojis of the smiley face hugging the heart.

tribbles

4,070 posts

237 months

Thursday 4th July 2024
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Tenacious said:
"My cat has gone missing, please everyone check your sheds and garages."

Where I live, a cat going missing is usually around 24 hours. They don't seem to understand a cat can wonder off for a bit. Then you get you get "cat reunited with owner". So the cat just came back then. Queue lots of ste emojis of the smiley face hugging the heart.
My cat was stolen a couple of years back - he doesn't normally go out for more than 2 hours, so 12 hours later, we knew something was up, although we didn't post anything until the next day.

Luckily someone spotted our "has anyone seen my cat" post, and matched it with someone else's "does anyone own this cat", and a few minutes later, we got him back.

Oh, and we knew he'd been stolen because one of our neighbours saw him being carried by some kids who said he was theirs.

WarrenB

2,784 posts

133 months

Thursday 4th July 2024
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Woman on my local Nextdoor on a desperate mission to return a card she found in a book she bought from a charity shop.

'The card is to Heather, from Mum and Dad'

And that's all the information we have!

Lots of super helpful and 'full time mummy at full time mummy' types proudly resharing the request up and down the country. So if you are Heather and you have a mum and dad, Karen from Burnley might have an old birthday card for you.

CardinalBlue

1,188 posts

92 months

Thursday 4th July 2024
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Tempted to reply with this


Spare tyre

11,290 posts

145 months

Thursday 4th July 2024
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tribbles said:
Tenacious said:
"My cat has gone missing, please everyone check your sheds and garages."

Where I live, a cat going missing is usually around 24 hours. They don't seem to understand a cat can wonder off for a bit. Then you get you get "cat reunited with owner". So the cat just came back then. Queue lots of ste emojis of the smiley face hugging the heart.
My cat was stolen a couple of years back - he doesn't normally go out for more than 2 hours, so 12 hours later, we knew something was up, although we didn't post anything until the next day.

Luckily someone spotted our "has anyone seen my cat" post, and matched it with someone else's "does anyone own this cat", and a few minutes later, we got him back.

Oh, and we knew he'd been stolen because one of our neighbours saw him being carried by some kids who said he was theirs.
We have a family near by who always seem to have a new puppy / dog / kitten etc

They are also always losing them, hence lots of posts about the latest fur baby

Monday they will post they have lost xyz staffy puppy

On Wednesday someone will helpfully say “I saw a lady with a similar puppy outside xyz school this morning”

The OP will come back eventually with “that’s me?”


Someone with half a brain who vaguely know op will join up the dots and say the dog was found on Tuesday, thanks everyone

The same thing will kick off on Friday, it repeats over and over, they never update / thank / delete the post


This is the house will old bikes, beds, reptile tanks/ car wings etc, in the middle of a nice new estate

Skyedriver

20,524 posts

297 months

Friday 5th July 2024
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Challo said:
No issue with the Lego request, but I do see the lots of request from people asking for information when it would be far quicker to Google it.
^^this^^

Skyedriver

20,524 posts

297 months

Friday 5th July 2024
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thetapeworm said:
Tom _M said:
Someone on ours asked for the best curry house in the local area… There are now 185 responses of people repeatedly naming basically every curry place within a 5 mile radius, with some people saying one place is great, and others then saying it’s horrible. So basically no help at all.
We get this two or three times a week, always with the same unsubstantiated list of every place in the area.

Similar happens on the regular "can any salons do me a <whatever> tomorrow?" where people just randomly name places with no visibility of their diary.
Just two or three times a week?
Try living in a tourist town, every day, "We're coming in (usually about three months time) can anyone recommend a vegan/Scottish Breakfast/nice place for lunch/dinner/fish & chips/curry/afternoon tea/special occasion etc

The other one we get is who delivers/collects for Evri/Argos/DPD/Yodel/ etc. Being remote there are local delivery companies that pick up the bigger guys parcels. There's a "sticky" at the top of the FB page but no they have to ask again.

WPA

11,904 posts

129 months

Friday 5th July 2024
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Fane

1,345 posts

215 months

Friday 5th July 2024
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thetapeworm said:
Tom _M said:
Someone on ours asked for the best curry house in the local area… There are now 185 responses of people repeatedly naming basically every curry place within a 5 mile radius, with some people saying one place is great, and others then saying it’s horrible. So basically no help at all.
We get this two or three times a week, always with the same unsubstantiated list of every place in the area.

Similar happens on the regular "can any salons do me a <whatever> tomorrow?" where people just randomly name places with no visibility of their diary.
Yep, add to these Chinese Takeaways, MOT test stations, places serving Sunday roasts etc etc.