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Post by hales on Sept 9, 2008 21:01:37 GMT -5
Hah, so...a couple weeks ago, I was browsing Craigslist.. When I came upon this: "hi im looking for some stuff for my ferret like: biger cage, toys, bedding, soaps. if any one has any thing that would help it would be nice. thanks for reading this" So I think, "Hey..I've got lots of extra stuff just laying around that my kids don't even use... why not help out a fellow ferret owner!" So the girl shows up a few hours later. I plan to give her a bag full of stuff for free... She comes in...and is very young. She was 19. She also had her "boyfriend but not really boyfriend" with her... and her 3 year old daughter. Hmm..how to explain this set of people... Well, the "couple" even explained to me that they have learning disorders. I was very friendly with them, even though they weren't exactly ....all...there. Then I find out that they don't even have money for this ferret. They had borrowed money from her mother saying it was for something else, then went out and bought a ferret.... She started saying how nice it must be to have all of our expensive, fancy things and have so much money for this stuff...  I was wearing my scrubs at the time..I'd just gotten out of work...So she asked me where I work, and how I can work SO much (I had worked a double that day). I explained that I normally only work 6 hours a day, and she gasped and looked shocked. "6 hours a day?!?! HOW DO YOU WORK THAT MUCH?". I was confused...and thought she was joking. She was serious. She was absolutely in awe by the fact that I work 6 hours in a day.......... While I was talking to her, apparently her "boyfriend" whipped out an illegal butterfly knife to show my boyfriend, who was terrified of these people.... She explains how her "boyfriend" and she had met. It was at a funeral. She was actually dating his cousin. It was a "long story" that they didn't want to fully divulge...thankfully... I gave her daughter, who is 27 pounds (I know this because her mom explained how the neighbors keep calling social services on them), a poptart and some water...and gave her some coloring books that I had..trying to keep her busy...because she was getting into EVERYTHING and her mom wasnt saying a d**n thing.. She took the beans from the dig box and poured them into tubie. She took a deck of cards and threw them everywhere. She tried to knock over our hookah. It was insane. She then emailed me later, sayin "Hey I haven't heard from you..You and your boyfriend probably hate us or whatever, maybe we scared you. If you dont hate us maybe we could hang out sometime".... or something along those lines. They already know where I live...which scares me.... But I didn't want to write her back  Needless to say, as much as I would like to...I don't think I have the guts to help someone out again. I thought I was doing someone a favor, but it turned out that I was just encouraging someone who didn't even have the income to support her own family, let alone a ferret as well... Be careful out there, craigslisters. Its a crazy world  |
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Post by buzzonesbirdie on Sept 9, 2008 21:14:40 GMT -5
OMG some people I am so sorry that you had such a bad experiance. I have been lucky and everyone i have helped was "sane and normal" as much as anyone is nowadays  That is actually sad that they are soo messed up and have a kid too. 6 hours a day...wow how do you possibly do it??? oh wait i used to work 9-12 hour days i would have given her a heartattack with that one  |
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Post by charmantpapillon on Sept 9, 2008 21:19:42 GMT -5
i woulda smacked her when she let her CHILD cause havoc in another persons home. wow my kid would have atleast gotten a light smack an a NO go sit own for that one!
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Post by hales on Sept 9, 2008 21:31:15 GMT -5
Yeah it was a pretty crazy experience... It makes me wonder how that ferret is doing now. I hope they can afford food and everything for her  |
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Post by Forum Administrator on Sept 10, 2008 0:25:58 GMT -5
That was me and my boyfriend that came to your house! OMG you hate us??!?!?! *runs off crying*  Obviously I am joking but OMG how funny would that be if I wasn'! I had myself some crazy times too recently, but not with a craigslister, with my down the hall neighbor! Tim and I moved into our new apartment in April. When we moved it was early spring and we would take the ferrets out for a walk each day. Our down the hall neighbor, Kelly, who we hadnt yet met came to our house one day and knocked on our door. "Are you the people with the ferrets?" she asks wide eyed and in wondor. "Yes" I say "OMG can I see them?" she asks. "Sure, why not" I say, thinking it would be good to make friends with the neighbors. So she comes into my apartment (which doesnt even have furniture yet! Just a foam pad on the bedroom floor for a matres and a FN cage in the living room). She sees the ferrets and plays with them. All is going fine. She then proceeds to say "Hey I'm an artist you should see my gallery." "Cool" I say "My boyfriend (I point at Tim) is a classical music composer. I'm going to be a vet so I guess I'll just bask in your guys creative glow" So then things start to get weird. She INSISTS that we come see her gallery. I'm thinking: "Where the hell is this "gallery" in your tiny ass apartment?". So I'm confused as she drags Tim and I off to her apartment. We go inside and its a sight to behold: 3 overflowing cake pans of kibble (she has a cat, named Simba). The kibble is like 1 three pound bag of kibble per pan (NO joke). She is blasting "Hannah Montana" music. "This is my friendship table" she says in a strung out voice. I look to see a table that is painted slopply with purple pain with CIGARETTES put out directly ON the table (right above the words "friendship table").Then she stumbles over to the wall. This is my SIMBA tree! She says. She plugs in a cord and a huge fake tree (covered in white x-mas lights) lights up and illuminates the wood block letters on the wall above the tree (which spell out "s-i-m-b-a"). Then the woman proceeds to start dancing around her house. Tim and I are standing there trying not to a.) laugh in her face b.) laugh nervously thinking shes going to kill us and eat our bodies or something. THEN she proceeds to give us her food. She starts rummaging through her pantry and fridge, throwing food haphazardly into a brown paper bag INSISTING that we MUST take it. "Here is some fiber cereal. You can have it. It doesnt work, I havent s**t in like 3 days" she happily informs us (Tim and I stare in horror). She continues to rummage through the fridge when she stops and stars psychotically at a french silk pie. "THIS IS MY PIE!" she yells "YOU CANT HAVE IT!" I was like "OMG I didnt want ANY food." and I am totally freaked out. Then she proceeds to stumble around, grabs tim by the hands and trys to dance with him to hannah montana. After slamming into the door (she stumbled) she informs us that she probably needs to lay off the weed. Then as quickly as this all happened, she shoos us out of her apartment with half of the contents of her pantry in a brown paper bag clutched in my arms. Tim and I walk back to our apartment in disbelief. "Do you think she'll wake up tommorow and wonder where the hell all her food went?" I ask Tim. "Probably" says Tim "and it will be pretty d**n funny when she is like: "where the hell did all my food go?" Talk about cracked out! Its always so awkward dealing with people that are a little strange. |
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Post by buzzonesbirdie on Sept 10, 2008 6:56:10 GMT -5
OMG Giuli I needed that laugh this morning. That was too funny. I know it wasnt at the time but reading it I was dying laughing. |
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Post by tsslilsis on Sept 10, 2008 10:27:53 GMT -5
Giuli, I would probably keel over. That is sad, but hilarious but so scary its nearly unbelievable. Thats why NO ONE should use drugs, 1 its not good for your health, 2 the person using isn't the only one it effects, 3 ITS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH and 4 it just makes people all together INSANE. I don't like dealing with craigslist because it doesn't seem very protected, unlike with Freecycle. On our local freecycles they are strictly monitored, posts have to go through the mods, if you do something wrong you get banned permanently, if its something major its taken to the police. But either way we've never met anyone bad. I've gotten a couple weirdo's answer my wanted ads. This one person must be a hoarder of junk because when I posted for a ferret cage they offered me this for $100:  Then when I wanted a freezer they offered me one for $120. It seems like they offered me something else, too. The point is everything I ask for they seem to have. There was actually a REALLY nice lady on Craigslist who had three kids, she would buy meat every sell there was. She ended up with more than she could use and it was in the freezer too long for her liking so she gave all 100 pounds of it to me for the dogs. There were turkey breasts, like FIVE bags of shrimp, Tons of chicken, TONS of beef ribblet things. She said she literally cried when she was cleaning out her freezer. She is also all for spuetering and rescuing so she was an all together awesome person IMO. She had weight loss surgery so after that she just couldn't eat most of the meat they had (was too fatty I guess). Hales: I either wouldn't reply or I would make one of those "I'm away for vacation" emails every time she emails you. You can make your email do it automatically when someone emails you but then it'd send one to everyone who emails you. So I suggest just making one up and sending it to her. :Automatic email response: So and so is away on vacation and does not know when she will return. She may contact you at a later time, but don't hold your breath on it.. LOL. -~Ketlin |
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Post by pear2apple on Sept 10, 2008 10:59:17 GMT -5
"Here is some fiber cereal. You can have it. It doesnt work, I havent s**t in like 3 days" she happily informs us (Tim and I stare in horror). That is the FUNNIEST thing I have heard in the past week! Thank you! I'm still laughing! Also, my friend would say she sounds like one of her clients. Her clients being homeless people and people with mental disorders who don't work and live off the government. They are all crazy! Also, I think this is a good reason to point out, NEVER invite people off of Craigslist to your house! That is completely unsafe! Now those psychos have your address! They could be stalking you! In the future, its best to meet in a public place, like maybe a Kroger parking lot. Some place with tons of people. Just a friendly reminder! |
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Post by tsslilsis on Sept 10, 2008 12:11:01 GMT -5
And more importantly NEVER MEET ANYONE IF YOU ARE ALONE!!! EVER!! Its best to have a guy with you. All I need is Skip. My little pearly toothed body guard, And Sally if someone needs their head chewed off. I love my protective little boogers.  -~Ketlin |
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Post by squishy506 on Sept 16, 2008 15:22:26 GMT -5
We are moving and selling some stuff on craigslist. Well, last night, someone got one of our microwaves. Dave tested it before we listed it, and it worked. Well, this guy is insisting it doesn't work, even after I tell him he has to hit "time cook" before the numbers. He asked if he can have a refund or if I can come over to look at it because he doesn't want to carry it all the way back to my place.
Uh...NO! I didn't reply to his emails after I told him how to work it. I'm not an appliance store, for pete's sake.
I also have an odd apartment story. I rent apartments for one company here, and I see a lot of poorly-decorated places. This one woman delayed in telling us she was going to renew her lease, so on the first day I tried to show it, I opened the door to find dolls everywhere.
I can't even begin to describe how she must have lived in this 300 sq ft. studio. There were so many dolls, I couldn't open the door all the way, and there was no place for me to stand without knocking them over, and I'm only 90 lbs. I think she uses the apartment as a storage room or maybe lives in the closet. I really don't know, but it was scary.
Thankfully, she resigned her lease, but if she ever does move, the company is going to have to wait until she vacates to show her place because no one can fit inside.
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Post by savagedestiny on Sept 24, 2008 22:01:36 GMT -5
And more importantly NEVER MEET ANYONE IF YOU ARE ALONE!!! EVER!! Its best to have a guy with you. I always take my dog with me if I'm going somewhere. She's very friendly, but she is a Pit Bull and people are just scared of her no matter what. I also keep the car windows rolled down, because if I were to scream, Riddle would come flying out the windows and scare the poop out of whoever caused me to scream. My dog's got my back.  |
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Post by jennifer5799 on Sept 25, 2008 13:25:17 GMT -5
And more importantly NEVER MEET ANYONE IF YOU ARE ALONE!!! EVER!! Its best to have a guy with you. I always take my dog with me if I'm going somewhere. She's very friendly, but she is a Pit Bull and people are just scared of her no matter what. I also keep the car windows rolled down, because if I were to scream, Riddle would come flying out the windows and scare the poop out of whoever caused me to scream. My dog's got my back. Ditto! Buster's as sweet as can be, but I make it a point not to tell people that unless I know they're safe! Plus, he may be sweet when he's with me and I tell him it's ok, but I can't guarantee it if you try to get into 'his' yard or house! If I have people coming to pick stuff up off the internet, I lock him in a room and let him sound mean, so they never know - I usually don't mention that he's a pit, just that he's not to keen on strangers   |
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Post by savagedestiny on Sept 25, 2008 18:00:26 GMT -5
Oh, Buster looks absolutely ferocious, heehee. Was he jumping for a toy? If someone knocks on the door, Riddle alarm barks like crazy. If its someone I know, I tell her to hush, or that everything is fine, and she instantly relaxes. If its someone I don't know though, I put her in a sit stay about 3 feet behind me, and she huffs and puffs and looks kinda scary until I give her the okay to relax. Having a dog who was just barking like she was gonna bash through the door look kinda mean keeps strangers nicely on their toes.  |
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Post by tsslilsis on Sept 25, 2008 21:18:20 GMT -5
Ohh! The jaws of life!!!! I love pit bulls so much. I hate it when people give them bad reps, and even worse, when people believe the bad, fake stuff said about them. My 14 year old cousin has known for probably years that they are good dogs, and I have forever. -~Ketlin |
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Post by jennifer5799 on Sept 25, 2008 21:51:05 GMT -5
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