So I had a yard sale this past weekend, and we were selling junk off for basically nothing. It was, I suppose, a fairly decent way to get rid of lots of stuff and get a little bit of a reward for it.
But we had three separate incidents that really made me irritated about people and their scruples.
Two people stole things, stole them right from under our noses, and we knew they were stealing, but it wasn't worth fighting over. My gf was selling old articles of clothing for $1 each, and two different people took one extra item. They'd come over with 5 articles and say "4 pieces" and give us $4 and say thanks and leave. The stupid part was that if they had just said "Will you take $4 for 5?" we would have said yes, which is why it wasn't worth calling them on it, but it was just obnoxious, stupid, and an awfully low price to sell your honor for.
Then one guy bought something (actually a pretty nice dinner set) listed at $25 for $17, saying it was all the money he had. My GF accepted, put it in her pocket, and he took the plates. I even helped him (he was limping around on crutches) load it into his van. When my GF pulled out the money a few minutes later, he had given her just $13 - the supposed $5 bill was a $1.
People have no fucking principles. Obviously it's not the money I'm irritated about - just that people are so damned rotten.
But we had three separate incidents that really made me irritated about people and their scruples.
Two people stole things, stole them right from under our noses, and we knew they were stealing, but it wasn't worth fighting over. My gf was selling old articles of clothing for $1 each, and two different people took one extra item. They'd come over with 5 articles and say "4 pieces" and give us $4 and say thanks and leave. The stupid part was that if they had just said "Will you take $4 for 5?" we would have said yes, which is why it wasn't worth calling them on it, but it was just obnoxious, stupid, and an awfully low price to sell your honor for.
Then one guy bought something (actually a pretty nice dinner set) listed at $25 for $17, saying it was all the money he had. My GF accepted, put it in her pocket, and he took the plates. I even helped him (he was limping around on crutches) load it into his van. When my GF pulled out the money a few minutes later, he had given her just $13 - the supposed $5 bill was a $1.
People have no fucking principles. Obviously it's not the money I'm irritated about - just that people are so damned rotten.
