Just A Couple Of Things...

Hello people. I have a couple of things to share with you today.

First up - let's get back to that which I was discussing in a previous post. The rudeness of people these days, with particular focus on the usage of manners online. Or rather, the lack of them as the case may be. I had the misfortune yesterday of encountering a most rude person whilst trying to sell some perfumes on eBay. I had a very short message that read as follows, "hi, will you do this buy it now i will pay straight away" (bad grammar copied from text). I thought, hmmm, bit abrupt with no 'please', but I messaged them back anyway to ask if they were still interested as I hadn't checked the page for a couple of days. This is what I got back, "hi, yes i'm waiting will you do it now"! Needless to say, I was slightly taken aback at their brazen lack of politeness. However, keen to make a sale, I persevered. This person (not sure from the username if it was male or female) became increasingly more impolite. They wanted me to change my postage cost, saying it was wrong (how could they know this?!) and they would only pay £8 plus postage at their rate, not mine. The final straw came when they sent me this, "hi, yes go ahead i'm waiting as i have to go". Oh so sorry your majesty! Bloody cheek. I thought, no bloody way am I trading with anyone that rude. I sent a reply to that effect, suggesting that they revise the way they speak to people online and requesting that they refrain from contacting me again. So far, no reply... :-) You shouldn't have to put up with that sort of crap. And how it is that people think that because it's online politeness goes out the window and you can place demands on others, I will never understand. I get the last laugh anyway - while we were 'conversing', someone else placed a bid on the item! Hahahaha! Can't change a listing once a bid has been placed :-) I'd rather sell for less to a more polite person, which really, the majority of people who trade on eBay are. You just seem to get the odd one who tries to spoil things. And somehow, this one got right under my skin, it niggled at me all day. Very annoying.

The other is my new love. Pinterest. For the uninitiated, Pinterest is an online pinboard site, kind of like a scrapbook, where you can make 'boards' of things that interest you. It's horribly addictive. I have 32 boards, ranging from fashion to travel and cats to photography with plans for more! People can also 'follow' your boards and you can follow them, so I suppose it's a social network of sorts too, as you can comment on pins. It's ridiculously fun, a way of expressing yourself in the things you choose to pin and it shows others what you're like far more than Facebook ever could. Ok, you can 'like' things on Facebook, but Pinterest offers the chance to collect similar 'likes' all in one place and arrange them so others can view and appreciate your choices, and by extension, see into you as a person. We show others what we are like in the way we dress and how we speak and conduct ourselves, but our likes and dislikes can be hidden from view. With Pinterest there is no hiding :-) Although, of course, you still get to choose what you want to show people... I have noticed that people are very open. I suppose it's the safety net of it being online, that folk don't seem to mind sharing their innermost thoughts, as most people looking at it don't know you personally. I guess it's a bit like blogging...! I don't think the BF understands the appeal of Pinterest. He seems quite bemused when I get all excited over a pin :-) I guess I just enjoy things that involve me sharing my ideas with the world. Blogging and Pinterest allow me to do that. I'm gaining a little band of Pinterest followers, but there are people with literally thousands following them. I pin at pinterest.com/stargirl82 if you'd like a check out my boards. Little self-plugging there :-)

Until next time, dear readers...