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What's the shark move? (1 Viewer)

squidrope

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My sister who is "sweet as pie" has pissed me off again. A couple years ago she had the vacuum people over "because they were going to clean her carpet for free". Of course the cheapskate never intended to, or bought the vac. But I digress... She thought that it was such a great deal she gave them my number. I'm not interested in getting my carpets cleaned for 2 reasons. One. is that I don't want to hear the sales pitch. If I want to buy your vac., I'll call you. Second, I feel bad for these poor schlubs trying to sell there crap by having to clean peoples carpets who aren't buying there vacs. I let her know then to not do that again.

Tonight my dinner is interrupted by a knock at the door. It's a guy raising money for public TV. My "sweet as pie" sister told him to swing by my place. The guy is soaked from walking around (with a bad ankle) in a thunder storm and has the saddest life story you could imagine. I end up giving the guy a Benjamin (hey I'm a FBG). As he's digging through his paper work I see my "sweet as pie" sisters family donation of either $5 or $15. She is "sweet as pie" but her and her hubby are also extremely cheap.

I called her as soon as mr. ptv left, and of course got her answering machine. This pisses me off more because I know that she's home and what I donate to charity in one or 2 years is equal to or greater than what her family has ever donated (25+ years). This is not because they are poor, this is because they are cheap and selfish.

What's the "shark move"

 
squidrope said:
My sister who is "sweet as pie" has pissed me off again. A couple years ago she had the vacuum people over "because they were going to clean her carpet for free". Of course the cheapskate never intended to, or bought the vac. But I digress... She thought that it was such a great deal she gave them my number. I'm not interested in getting my carpets cleaned for 2 reasons. One. is that I don't want to hear the sales pitch. If I want to buy your vac., I'll call you. Second, I feel bad for these poor schlubs trying to sell there crap by having to clean peoples carpets who aren't buying there vacs. I let her know to not do that again.

Tonight my dinner is interrupted by a knock at the door. It's a guy raising money for public TV. My "sweet as pie" sister told him to swing by my place. The guy is soaked from walking around (with a bad ankle) in a thunder storm and has the saddest life story you could imagine. I end up giving the guy a Benjamin (hey I'm a FBG). As he's digging through his paper work I see my "sweet as pie" sisters family donation of either $5 or $15. She is "sweet as pie" but her and her hubby are also extremely cheap.

I called her as soon as mr. ptv left, and of course got her answering machine. This pisses me off more because I know that she's home and what I donate to charity in one or 2 years is equal to or greater than what her family has ever donated (25+ years). This is not because they are poor, this is because they are cheap and selfish.

What's the "shark move"
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Put an ad in Craigslist saying that there will be a yard sale at their address this Saturday starting at 6 am sharp.

List some items available and then ask the readers to knock on the door/ring the doorbell if they aren't out by 6.

I am basing this on a story recounted to me by someone who had a yard sale for the first time ever a couple of years ago. Apparently, yard sale peeps are hardcore and will be there early so that they can get the good stuff.

 
squidrope said:
My sister who is "sweet as pie" has pissed me off again. A couple years ago she had the vacuum people over "because they were going to clean her carpet for free". Of course the cheapskate never intended to, or bought the vac. But I digress... She thought that it was such a great deal she gave them my number. I'm not interested in getting my carpets cleaned for 2 reasons. One. is that I don't want to hear the sales pitch. If I want to buy your vac., I'll call you. Second, I feel bad for these poor schlubs trying to sell there crap by having to clean peoples carpets who aren't buying there vacs. I let her know then to not do that again.

Tonight my dinner is interrupted by a knock at the door. It's a guy raising money for public TV. My "sweet as pie" sister told him to swing by my place. The guy is soaked from walking around (with a bad ankle) in a thunder storm and has the saddest life story you could imagine. I end up giving the guy a Benjamin (hey I'm a FBG). As he's digging through his paper work I see my "sweet as pie" sisters family donation of either $5 or $15. She is "sweet as pie" but her and her hubby are also extremely cheap.

I called her as soon as mr. ptv left, and of course got her answering machine. This pisses me off more because I know that she's home and what I donate to charity in one or 2 years is equal to or greater than what her family has ever donated (25+ years). This is not because they are poor, this is because they are cheap and selfish.

What's the "shark move"
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You kind of sound like a ####. And by kind of, I mean you do. And I'm a ####...

 
Send her mail daily for 8 days. Each letter with 1 word drawn in blood (or write it in ink, if that's more your style):
STOP. GIVING. PEOPLE. MY. ADDRESS. AND. PHONE. NUMBER.
 
someone has an answering machine? don't take this the wrong way, but are you and "sweet as pie" sister home schooled or disabled?

your post doesn't read well and you both come off as self absorbed imbeciles.

 
Your sister sounds like a lunatic.

Shark move. Stop answering the door. i havent answered the door to strangers in forever.

 
Who answers phones or doors? If you can't say it in an email or a text message, don't even bother.

I don't do shark moves, but I'd block sis so her calls & texts go to the bit bucket.

 
Giving $100 to a guy who is out in the rain on a bum ankle raising money for something was a pretty generous thing to do. You probably made his day.

 
Give her number to one of those gambling websites with the "lock of the week". Those bastards will badger her with phone calls for the next ten years, regardless of what she does to try and stop them.

 
Was this for Kirby vacuums? cha-ching. My ex-wife had them come clean one of her rugs, too, years ago. The kid didn't make the sale the first time, so they came back with the "district manager" or whomever it was, and they did a second rug.

 
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