tudor Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I get maybe 2-3 texts per day asking either about my honey or about bees, and quite a few don't identify themselves and bluntly ask "You got honey/bees for sale ?" Am I just old fashioned ? One did reveal that his/her name is Beth ... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Stockley Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Am I just old fashioned ? No, I don't think so. That sort of thing annoys me as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Nope, thats just rude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesbut Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 No, I don't think so. That sort of thing annoys me as well. You're a pair of farts who haven't kept up with the mobile digital idiom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwifruiter Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Bloody old people expecting old fashioned stuff.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tudor Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 What about a nice smiley face ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I am sure there are enough polite people to buy your honey and bees. Just ignore the others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tudor Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 had a lovely text this morning wanted 50 nucs I can do 5 ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I get maybe 2-3 texts per day asking either about my honey or about bees, and quite a few don't identify themselves and bluntly ask "You got honey/bees for sale ?" Am I just old fashioned ? One did reveal that his/her name is Beth ... I get the occasional few like the above but mostly I get good informative txts if they are from a new source. (could be that I have a better informed/discerning buyer in this part of the country) I try and always put the name and an identifying message into my phone address book when I get a new inquiry so that next time the name comes up on my screen and I have a few clues about the person before I answer. Oh the ones that don't identify them selves get a blunt "Who You" back 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tudor Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 But I'm so polite I text "Who are you" 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daley Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I try very hard not to let people get my phone number 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroviewBrewery Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 They don't really do themselves any favours with that kind of behaviour... I'm used to giving a short introduction whenever I get in touch with anyone (who I am, why do I know who you are, why I'm calling) and I've found the people in the community / industry to be incredibly accommodating and helpful with their time and knowledge so far. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesbut Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Rudeness or ignorance, the inescapable fact is there are hordes of people all around us with for one reason or another zero or close to it social skills. The SMS phenomenon hasn't helped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daley Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I actually hate it when people blame the change in technology for people's bad behaviour. I think it's far more likely to be the lack of corporal punishment and rubbish parenting. The anti smacking law is going to be the biggest stuff up we've ever made for the future of society. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philbee Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Its all about intent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daley Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Its all about intent. That's so true. But it gets to a point as an adult where not knowing better becomes less of an excuse. If someone is rude to me I will be rude back, if only because it teaches a lesson. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwifruiter Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 That's so true.But it gets to a point as an adult where not knowing better becomes less of an excuse. If someone is rude to me I will be rude back, if only because it teaches a lesson. I have put up with two bullys at work for the past 3 years. I have now started giving it back.... and now they treat me with respect. Give it how you get it :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bron Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I get so much unsolicited email these days, then rude messages when I delete instead of replying! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Gillbanks Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I just delete and ignore any follow up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathryn Knox Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Haha just showing your age the young ones would have googled and Facebooked you and know allll about you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmo Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Haha just showing your age the young ones would have googled and Facebooked you and know allll about you The latest Tui ad? Googling "Buck" or "Desmo" isn't going to get them far :whistle: I do miss simple good manners though. I'm sure we were generally more polite back in the days when failing to observe simple decency had a chance of eliciting a painful reminder of why we should. *sigh* I'm getting old :x3: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olbe Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I try very hard not to let people get my phone number damn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebKiwiNZ Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 On 9/12/2016 at 11:30 PM, olbe said: damn What's a phone? LoL ROFL %-} Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazzledfozzle Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Looking at this old thread I haven’t seen @Kiwifruiter or @Janice on here for ages. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Interesting how many people on the thread are no longer with us. Re the original actual subject, back when i was selling bees i used to constantly get messages that said "how many hives you got?" What was annoying was that this message expressed no intent to actually buy any hives, and regardless of how I replied the great majority of these message senders never got back, or turned into a sale. So eventually I just sent a standard reply "how many you want?" or just to show the stupidity of their question, I would just answer their question and tell them how many hives I had. If someone really wanted to buy bees, a sensible message to me would have been < I need X number of hives, can you supply? > I did get some of that type of message and they had a high rate of turning into a sale. And oh, the other really ignorant one i used to get was someone would be in touch about prices etc and then say OK i might get 20 hives. I would message back to ask if they definately want them, there would be no reply. So as bees were a hot commodity at the time i would sell the bees to people who actually wanted them. Then a few weeks or months later the person would get back and say "I'll come and get those hives next week". I would say sorry, I'm sold out. Then several times the person really spazzed out at me, despite they never made any definate committment to buy and did not even reply when i messaged further to try to get a confirmation. During this time period I really did start to wonder if the average Kiwi is a lot more rude than appears on the surface. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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