It's
time you met Jenocide. We've been friends since we were both
pregnant with our now almost 16 year-old sons and have weathered many
a storm together. This has all been long distance, because she had
the nerve to move across the country after we'd only been friends
about a year. I have forgiven...just not forgotten.
Jenocide
is not, shy, not afraid of conflict, even if it comes to severe
conflict. She kinda relishes in being a bad-ass. I haven't written
about her before, because she's a very private person...but enough is
enough...time to meet her. I decided the best way to “get her feet
wet” on my blog was to throw her in the deep end of the pool...and
she wouldn't have it any other way.
So
here's what's actually a typical TRUE story of the kind of conflicts
she finds herself in.
Warning...this
story contains a lot of “colorful metaphors.” To quote Spock in
Star Trek IV, “During this time period, lots of colorful metaphors
were used in communication.” Translation = bad words. Since I try
to keep my blog pretty much PG, I will substitute and try to convey
the depth of the word choices without offending anyone. Wish me
luck.
Do
you use craigslist? We do a lot, and have never had anything
remotely like this happen. Jenocide and husband were in the process
of buying a car for their soon to be new driver, and had made
complicated arrangements through craigslist with a man named Art to
drive 2 ½ hours one way, take the car to a mechanic to have it
inspected, but were pretty sure they were coming home with the car.
They hadn't gotten the VIN as the mechanic had requested, even after
several attempts, but were proceeding anyway. As they are pulling
out of the driveway, Jenocide texts them to say they're on their way.
“We're
on our way“
“I
can't do this. I get 20 calls a day on this flippin' car”
“Are
you kidding me? You realize we're coming to buy this car. At least
you had the decency to tell me before we drove all the FLIPPIN' way
there. What's wrong with you people?”
“This
Art's wife. I don't have time for this BS with my schedule or your
BS inspection so bring the mechanic to us you (derogatory name for a
female)”
“You
really think I'm going to drive two hours and pay for a car I can't
test drive or inspect? Flip you and you're POS probably stolen
vehicle. Good luck selling it to one of those 20 people. Don't
contact me again.”
“FU.
You said you were buying the car, so come here and buy it or we'll
find you and make you really pay.”
It
was at this point Jenocide thought, wow, this has escalated insanely
quickly to something really ugly, but I kinda feel like riding this
text train all the way to the station. So she decides to bait her.
“You
do realize your husband texted me your address last night, right?
You realize I can find YOU and you have no idea who I am or how to
find ME? So bring your trash a** on down here. In fact, I look
forward to it.”
“FU.
I've sold 20 cars on craigslist and you're the only idiot who wanted
an inspection and all this BS. You're a stupid (more derogatory
terms for female, cringeworthy). You may not buy this car now. I've
decided not to sell it to you. “
“You're
still coming here to find me, right? Because I've got to be honest,
I'm looking forward to it. I've set aside my whole day to wait for
you.”
“FU.
We'll meet you (at a middle point) and you can buy the car only now
it's $300 more.”
“Ma'am,
here's my counter offer...you come find me, and I'll give you the
money, and you can keep your POS car. How'd that be? What time
should I expect you?”
Apparently
Art's wife was now done conversing.
As
it turns out, this was providence. They found a MUCH nicer, much
newer, better quality car IN TOWN and bought that. And she's still
waiting to hear back from Art's wife ;-)
It's
plain to see that she's a character. I AVOID conflict. She relishes
it. I find her stories quite entertaining, and if I were in some
back alley and in trouble, I wouldn't need a superhero of any kind,
just Jenocide.
Do
you have you craigslist experience? Do you enjoy a good knock-down
text war with an insane stranger? Would you like to borrow my
superhero?
~Tina
9 comments:
haha she is quite the character....i want more stories by this one....
Wow, that went south real fast. I would've avoided the conflict as well.
LOL!!!! Good for her! She sounds like my kinda people. As for Craigslist, that thing scares me. I've applied for jobs I saw on there only to have them be scams. There was a rash of killings/assaults in Washington from Craigslist ads, plus that one up in Boston where the guy was killing women he met on there. I have a former friend in Seattle who meets up with men from CL just to have sex. It's gross and creepy.
I certainly wouldn't buy a car without test driving it first. Nor would I deal with such a complete idiot. I'm not much for conflict, but I'll be honest here, I'd have had a few words to say early on in that conversation.
I like her tenacity; glad they did get a car. I do agree, not getting to inspect a car one is going to buy from a private dealer is not a wise thing to experience. I personally haven't had any craiglist bad experiences but haven't sold too much on it or attempted to buy anything; I did advertise a lot of garage sales on it with good success. However, several crimes have resulted from craigslist encounters here in the San Diego area including a murder (someone shot someone in an attempt to steal the computer, or maybe iPAD one was selling). So I try to be very careful with dealings with craigslist, always in the public, during day time hours and not alone at home.
betty
Yikes! I know enough abut idiots and questionable characters to stay away from that mess!
I have sold a few things on craigslist and purchased a couple more. Not a wacky transaction in the bunch!
Hi Tina .. I never get involved in those sorts of things - never haggle and never buy if someone gives me the creeps! I stay well away from all hassles if I can ...
If Jenocide was around .. I'd always know where to go if I need some back up though - pity she can't paddle over to help!!
Hope that arm is improving and those bugs are well on their way out of the house ... cheers for now - Hilary
I don't use Craigslist. Too many shysters are hidden in the folds.
No, I don't relish verbals battles. The extra stress drains me.
Also, a friend of hubs had one of these verbal battles when a lady winged his parked car and then she had the audacity to call him names. They parted company, he went back inside his house and within a few mins had a heart attack and died.)
It's not worth it to do battle with a dimwit. They will never 'see the light'.
As nervy as I can be in text wars, I still would have tried to avoid that conflict!
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