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[sixdinnersid83]

They are always ‘proudly working class’ or solid middle class. Although I did spot one gem who said she was titled upper class the other day. I was desperate for the Labrador and battered Volvo gang to come by for that. I think she mentioned multiple drives just to make sure we knew.

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Our local Home Bargains is frequented by the local landed gentry buying loads of bog roll and dog treats because they live in houses with many bathrooms and labradors. Also stocking up on jars of artichoke hearts because they're half the price of the ones in the deli. The upper classes hate to part with money

Home Bargains absolutely isn't where poor people shop. Not in this neck of the (well-heeled) woods anyway. I bulk-buy white bamboo washcloths there and Corsydol toothpaste. You're letting your social insecurities show.

**And that’s all made up**
Then we have

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I'm genuinely upper class. Father has a real,life mansion and there's some titles somewhere.

We live in the lodge at the end of the drive.

We have real Christmas trees because we like them, a mixture of coloured and warm white lights on the trees. White lights on the trees lining the drives.

Baubles unfortunately were a job lot in ikea a few years ago

I love these threads and the stereotypes of all the classes’

The desperation of those who claim not to care or notice, always on these threads.
Same old names.

 

[bellinibobble]

OMG I saw this thread earlier, not surprised it’s been deleted

Did the stuff actually arrive? Things like this always happen on mn where they share the glitches/errors but the stuff never arrives!

Some people on the thread said their stuff had already arrived! It was carnage when they all started turning on each other

 

[sixdinnersid83]

FFS I really struggle with formatting on tattle. I tried.

 

[AlanBanan]

FFS I really struggle with formatting on tattle. I tried.

Yeah I was so confused! I was like “wtf r they quoting”

 

[sixdinnersid83]

Yeah I was so confused! I was like “wtf r they quoting”

Just read it and understand my mind?

I will just go and have an early night.

 

[EmilyChambers]

I love the ones where ‘DH’ has come home at 3am, drunk as a Lord and the advise is to leave him with the children all day whilst you go off into town shopping and find a nice cafe to enjoy coffee and cake, all the while leaving your poor children with someone with a massive hangover! That’s if you haven’t already put all his belongings into bin bags, thrown them into the garden and changed the locks of the house he jointly owns….

Dont forget, spa day also solves your problems

 

[Pinkii]

There is a thread about a poor woman and how she can survive on her little amount of benefit, surprised no one has mentioned she should take in ironing yet

 

[Gym&Tonic]

There’s a thread on there at the moment asking why there are so few over 50’s women in the workplace and it was decided that most had gone and taken early retirement due to menopause. I must live in a parallel dimension then because I work with lots of women aged fifty plus and know many more still working, All of the women in my family were working in their 50’s. In fact my mum has only retired recently at 65.

 

[Kaylon8083]

Then they will get orders cancelled & be in complete uproar about it I remember about 10 years ago Argos cocked up the price on a really weird reclining chair, they all went nuts for it. Then Argos realised their error about selling an armchair for 0.50p & cancelled all the orders.

There was one recently with Curry’s messing up the price of a Dell laptop for £99 and lots of posters queued up to announce they’d bought them as Christmas presents for their children as it was such a bargain. Some buying 2-3 of the things.

Of course Curry’s did cancel orders and posters argued about it (blaming the more realistic posters) posted sad faces and saying that they were refunded.

 

[Aussie]

There was one recently with Curry’s messing up the price of a Dell laptop for £99 and lots of posters queued up to announce they’d bought them as Christmas presents for their children as it was such a bargain. Some buying 2-3 of the things.

Of course Curry’s did cancel orders and posters argued about it (blaming the more realistic posters) posted sad faces and saying that they were refunded.

I'm all for a realistic bargain but when you know it's a duck up from some glitch, don't be such an entitled twunt about it!

 

[Lechat]

OMG I saw this thread earlier, not surprised it’s been deleted

Some people on the thread said their stuff had already arrived! It was carnage when they all started turning on each other

yep that’s right! A few lucky people had their stuff arrive, but most seemed to begetting their orders cancelled. The best was a poster that had emailed John Lewis to ‘remind them’ they needed to honour her order at the price she paid. So bloody cheeky. Like if you get lucky with a glitch on a code, great you save some money. But taking the piss trying to get hundreds of pounds of goods for free is a joke and then acting all indignant when they cancel your order. I mean what did they expect!

there were also posters claiming they had bought stuff to give to charity with the glitch. Total bull the way some posters pretend they are oh so virtuous. They just wanted to be greedy like the rest of them, at least admit it!

 

[DCICassieStuart]

Dont forget, spa day also solves your problems

And if that doesn't work, try hiring a cleaner.

 

[Traveler001]

And if that doesn't work, try hiring a cleaner.

Dunno why they suggest getting a cleaner to solve peoples problems cos about 22% of all threads on there are slagging off their cleaners and asking how to solve the many problems they have with them!

 

[Gemgemgemgem]

I love the AIBUs. They’re hilarious. The way they all turn on one another is so funny. I also noticed that despite all of them being super skinny millionaires with cleaners, PhDs and perfect morals, they’re so bloody jealous and miserable!! I read a post today about adults with problems, one response was something like if there’s anyone without any problems in their life then they’re not living in the real world okkkay!

Oh and if pornography is ever mentioned then all hell lets loose. If the wind is blowing east on Jupiter’s fifth moon then porn is to be regarded as bad, degrading and any man or woman who watches it must be burnt personally by Satan. If there’s a west wind across mercury though and there’s a high tide on the fourth hour, then porn is all cool for one and all to consume, anyone who thinks otherwise must be ridiculed immediately and called insecure and a male abuser.

 

[Traveler001]

I love the AIBUs. They’re hilarious. The way they all turn on one another is so funny. I also noticed that despite all of them being super skinny millionaires with cleaners, PhDs and perfect morals, they’re so bloody jealous and miserable!! I read a post today about adults with problems, one response was something like if there’s anyone without any problems in their life then they’re not living in the real world okkkay!

Oh and if pornography is ever mentioned then all hell lets loose. If the wind is blowing east on Jupiter’s fifth moon then porn is to be regarded as bad, degrading and any man or woman who watches it must be burnt personally by Satan. If there’s a west wind across mercury though and there’s a high tide on the fourth hour, then porn is all cool for one and all to consume, anyone who thinks otherwise must be ridiculed immediately and called insecure and a male abuser.

I wonder what world I'm in then I haven't got any problems in my life. I must be in the barbie world *Skips off singing barbie girl*.

 

[Gemgemgemgem]

I wonder what world I'm in then I haven't got any problems in my life. I must be in the barbie world *Skips off singing barbie girl*.

I’ll join you as neither do I!

 

[tortfeasor]

yep that’s right! A few lucky people had their stuff arrive, but most seemed to begetting their orders cancelled. The best was a poster that had emailed John Lewis to ‘remind them’ they needed to honour her order at the price she paid. So bloody cheeky. Like if you get lucky with a glitch on a code, great you save some money. But taking the piss trying to get hundreds of pounds of goods for free is a joke and then acting all indignant when they cancel your order. I mean what did they expect!

there were also posters claiming they had bought stuff to give to charity with the glitch. Total bull the way some posters pretend they are oh so virtuous. They just wanted to be greedy like the rest of them, at least admit it!

Complete and utter disingenuous chancers and lying that they were going to give it to charity makes them worthy of the rum of the Earth label in my view.

I thought it was common knowledge that pretty much every online retailer has Ts and Cs on their sites, which state that the customer‘s offer to purchase goods from the site isn’t deemed to be accepted until the goods have been despatched. Thus the retailer can get out of having to honour sending goods, which might be out of stock or when there’s been a glitch like this on the site!

 

[Kaylon8083]

Those saying on there that they were going to give their JL products to charity are frankly disgusting. They had no such intention of doing so.

I was always taught that if something’s too good to be true then it probably is.

 

[EmilyChambers]

The post about the woman coming back from a night out, sneaking into the house and catching her husband watching fifty shades of grey is quite funny. Its titled, "Is my husband a perv?"

(Worth noting she has seen the film herself but isnt happy her husband is watching it as he has never expressed an interest in it )

 

[Lechat]

Complete and utter disingenuous chancers and lying that they were going to give it to charity makes them worthy of the rum of the Earth label in my view.

I thought it was common knowledge that pretty much every online retailer has Ts and Cs on their sites, which state that the customer‘s offer to purchase goods from the site isn’t deemed to be accepted until the goods have been despatched. Thus the retailer can get out of having to honour sending goods, which might be out of stock or when there’s been a glitch like this on the site!

I think someone quoted the T&Cs to the poster but she was still of the view that it was her right to ask for the goods to be honoured at that price etc.

Honestly imagine being so cheeky, as if John Lewis staff won’t be busy enough with Xmas and this rooster up without some high and mighty head trying to argue with them.

Another general thing I notice on threads is when posters tell the OP how to respond to something via email or text they suggest the most pompous and aggressive wording that will add flames to the fire. Some of them have never worked in a professional setting or have friends! E.g. OP: help me get out of this hen do as the costs have spiralled but I don’t want to offend the bride.

Mumsnet poster: send this text to bride OP, I hate all hen dos and think they are a massive waste of money. You need to be firm and tell her exactly why you can’t come and the costs are ridiculous.

“Hi X, won’t be coming to the hen do anymore as the costs are getting out of hand and I cannot be wasting important family money on such frivolous activities. You should really reconsider how expensive it’s getting you know but I still won’t be be coming all the same.”