there are really some idoits who just gets on my nerve. Below is an excerpt of an email "conversation" I had with a buyer on the auction.
Me:
Hi, thanks for bidding for my item. Collection would be at boonlay, specifically NTU. Pls do let me know of your preferred collection date and method. Thanks.
idoit:
can i meet u in town. coz i living in punggol and no transport. weekday from 12-2 and 6-6.15. no meeet up at week ends. and pls bring the wire of the radio along. thanks
Me:
Hey, ure in luck...i live in punggol too...however, if you want to collect from me at punggol, you would have to wait till after 8 MAy when i'm moving back home from hostel. I would be moving all my stuff back home...so can bring the radio along. But if you need it really urgently, den i'm sorry you would have to come collect it from boon lay cos i would not be leaving sch till after 8 may when my exams ends. Let me know yah.thanks.
Regards
idoit:
Somerset mrt during weekday from 12-2 and 6-6.15, is it possible??
me:
sorry, but i think i have stated very clearly that meet ups would only be at boon lay(before the 8th may) or punggol/sengkang, definitely not anywhere else. Please understand. Let me know. thanks.
regards
idoit:Pls refer to your auction that the venue to meet up is not stated. And I'm requesting to meet at somerset.
Me:
It is an understanding that meet ups would strictly be at the convenience of the seller. Look at all the other auctions, no one practices such philantrophy as to go all the way out to transact, furthermore this is not a small item. So, based on induction, or the history of precedence combined with some basic understanding of the human nature, you should know that rational human beings do not do such things which does not bring added utils but only more trouble. Also, you should have clarified with me the point of pick up by asking me before bidding. And if you have had that common instincts, you would have seen the PAST QUESTIONS ASKED and i answered saying very explicitely in fact that it is NTU. Going to boon lay to meet you is already a act of altruism on my part, I could have insisted you come right in to the obscure university campus to collect your item. If it is inconvenient for you, I can always arrange for courier service at your cost.
regards
Idoit:
Thanks for your nice long compo. But me being a seller as well, i do travel
>to me buyer. So i dun no where all ur logic came from. If u think u are
>doing me a favour, too bad it doesnt work this way.
Me:
You are welcome. And anyway, its not a composition. Its no wonder your perception is so warped. I wish the points I pointed out in my previous mail are my logic, but its not, otherwise I would be some nodel laurette today. If you are interested, you could go to a reputable library and read up on Michael Jensen's journal articles to understand more about human psycology. But really, these common sensical knowledge need not be taught, it is innate in all of us.
Yah, you can condem me to hell for all i care, but ask anyone and they would clearly and undoubtedly tell you who is the unreasonable one here. I seriously doubt it when I read comments about you being a "smooth" seller and i'm rather aghast as to why you being a relatively seasoned user of the auctions is still so unfamiliar with the ethics of auctioning. Obviously, I would not want to deal with you. So, my choice of somerset or not...it will be N.O.T
I have nothing to lose. Of course you would give me a negative rating. Its only human. Go ahead and slander me with all your angst.
A learning point which you SHOULD derive from this debacle is that you should always ask the seller any questions before bidding.
However, Its heartening to know that in this narcissistic world, there still exsist such benevolent souls, keep it up and do extend your congenial nature to other purposes yah. Spread the love... perhaps it will infect the whole world before the End comes.
my good ol' plain blog....
readers (if there are any in the first place) pls bear wif it for the time being...till my exams are over and i can get Master Blogger a.k.a Lynn to give me a tutorial on blogging....
my mind says i shd study....my body says i should play....
its difficult to reconcile this perenial difference ...
just quarrelled wif sam. Dunno why does it always happen....am really tired of all these.
the way he just brushes off my displeasure as yet another of my CRAZY FITS just irritates me...i'm just the gf tt always snaps and her craziness just sparkles off like a live wire....any unlucky soul in its haphazard wriggling will just suffer from the shock.
why dun he understand the cause of it all. is it unreasonable, senseless "craziness" or is there a deeper meaning to it all? he just doesn't see it!!!!
its always times like this where i simply loathe being attached. Why must i put myself tru all this emotional turmoil... i miss the freedom of being single...no obligations, no expectations...
Going to catch a movie myself.
wow.....the whole of Island NTU was plunged into darkness.....
really experienced the true meaning of PITCH BLACK....groping around in the dark, my only source of portable light, the screen of my mobile fone....
my daddy called after learning abt the blackout:
"girl ah...u having black out now right!?!?!? rememeber to lock ur doors!! dun let anyone loot ur stuff in the room!!"
me:" pls la!! its singapore here...not Iraq or Aceh."
Just how mindless can my dad be...the limit has no caps....just irks me at times..!
Dunno if its just my aversion of fear but i felt a great sense of helplessness and lonliness den....staying alone in a room meant for two ....
Feels like i'm in a concentration camp....NO TV!!!no TV card in my lappie....my only source of entertainment: Radio. How ancient...... well, its my fault too...refuse to stoop so low as to go to the communal tv lounge wif the scholars....tired of socialising wif people on my level. So superficial.
Hi, how's ur day? how's revision...blah blah blah...*after half an hr of crab* can i watch tv in ur room??
Oh well, my life is such a monotonous journey. time to INDULGE in my favourite pasttime now...studying..
an email i sent out to some of my friends...makes me wonder if I'm really Miss Sarcastic....
It's been a stressful week for all of us. Its getting to our heads...its getting to our minds
"jaded perspective, warped dimensions", "battered souls, dashed dreams"......conflict arises in such adveristies... and when time is pressing in toward us, driving us to a corner, its getting harder and harder to breathe..to even put our head out of the tide requires tremendous effort
however,who wld have known ure drowning?
freeloading>> a common trait among us today. Are we guilty of it? Catching a wink of sleep or betraying the trust of a fellow grpmate. Failing a quiz or not letting down on ur grpmates...handling in a screwed up project or fulfilling the job delegated?its a gamble in all.....
perhaps i shoud throw in the towel. perhaps i shd quit. Wat wld others tink of me? Actually...does it really matter? Good things are often not accredited to me anyway...only abominable trivialities gets heaped up.
random ramblings.....are they words of the heart or are they merely balderdash?
I'm tired of this all..... but who is to know?
i'm narcoleptic of these averment, but does anyone posit?
I'll find out about the airplane tics.
budget air or normal air. I will find both.
but pls...i need to breathe. so i cfm again , the date of departure frm this hellish place is 8th right?
there is still time for cancellations. Any of the remaining 4 who has suddenly decided to pull out. Just post a msg. Coercement is against the law...but perhaps not if no one voices out...does the law really sees whats underneath it all?
Gone are the days of carefree life, where we wake up to the breeze at our faces and chirpings in our ears. Will they come again? or wld they foreva remain in the annals of history....
Ping
jeremy
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