last minute cancellations
if there is one thing i hate, that i really really hate, that makes every bit of me seethe, it's when people commit to something and then cancel at the last minute.

in this particular case, we're booking a last minute holiday, and we have to do a specific week because of my friend's job. it has to be a specific budget because of my friend's budget. so on the very day we are booking it, she sends us all a big email waffling on and on. the bottom line of which is, "so yeah, i know i fucked you all around and made you miss out on all the amazing caribbean deals which have now sold out, but i'm not coming."

if you don't want to go out/on holiday/clubbing/to a party/anything, say so when you are invited. if there might be a clash, say so when you are invited. don't agree enthusiastically, promise to go, and then wait until the very last minute to let everybody down. arrrrrrrgh.

obviously genuine illness or something is acceptable, but after a while it is always the same people who are crap.

this is a rant not a question, but is it just me, or do other people get just as annoyed by this type of flakiness?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 10:57, 20 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

What a biatch.
.
( girlinthehole, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 10:58, Reply)

that stuff fucks me right off
you have my sympathy
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 11:01, Reply)

I think a suitable answer is
Next year we are going on a fantastic caribbean holiday and you can look at the pictures when we get back, you fucking inept whore

It irritates the shit out of me when people fuck me around, if I have put aside the time and effort the least you could do is the same.

ahem, not that I have failed to attend 2 b3ta bashes in a row or anything, lalalalala
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 11:06, Reply)

Sorry to hear that
Completely annoying!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 11:08, Reply)

Flakiness
Is one of the most annoying things ever. I've had to be quite draconian in organising go karting for me and some mates at Christmas because I know just how fucking useless they all are.
( Captain V, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 11:08, Reply)

I grew sick of this years ago.
Now, I throw out three or four possible dates and go with the most popular. Anyone who cancels misses out.

People have come to accept that this is the way of things, and approve.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 11:11, Reply)

I'll take her place...
If your party is one down, that is...

I'm sort-of housetrained.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 11:12, Reply)

Flakiness sucks.
In my band I'm the one who always has to organise everything, as if I don't, nothing happens, at all.
*shakes head slowly*
( Cawl, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 11:19, Reply)

That is my top pet hate!
It's not only lame, it's bloody bad manners too!

Also lateness, that is people who are over half an hour late who do not let you know they are running late. But more than that, people who are late and do not fucking apologise for being late.

But yes, last minute flaking is not on. I hope you told her off!
(GirlOfTheWorld, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 11:26, Reply)

Agrees
last year a good friend of mine got married. her and the groom decided to have a joint hen / stag weekend in Glasgow. 22 people commited to it. Only myself and Tourette's actually paid the deposit by the deadline. The rest didn't even respond to voicemails/texts/emails etc.

We still went though. That's partly why we're only having a small wedding next year. Can't be arsed with people cocking around and "Oh, I'm not going if they're going".
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 18 Sep 2008, 11:35, Reply)

*pushes Enzyme out of the way*
I'll go, Swipey love...

I may have to sleep in a beach hut and beg for scraps, but still...
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 12:29, Reply)

I decided I was going to read this
Then I went to get some coffee.

Sorry love.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 12:32, Reply)

Lack of punctuality
really pisses me off, so this sort of thing would get me in a rage.

But I could do with a Caribbean holiday....

*climbs into Rakky's suitcase when she's not looking*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 12:49, Reply)

I wouldn't mind a holiday either
*climbs into k2k6 while he's not looking*
( Captain V, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 12:55, Reply)

Bloody hell
I feel all bloated now, like one of those women in the Activia adverts.

How odd.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 13:15, Reply)

@ K2k6
The answer is to empty out your handbag - that's what the women in the ads often do...

In fact I now use 'emptying my handbag' as a euphemism for having a poo.

I find it's appropriate.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 13:19, Reply)

Here's your chance to stand up to JMG infront of a girl you fancy, but shall never meet, from the internet.
Go.


For the lesser encouraged.
I hear pies are shit. I don't like pies.
( Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Thu 18 Sep 2008, 13:27, Reply)

Actually
it feels more like I need to go and empty my rucksack!

*disappears up corridor for a bit*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 13:36, Reply)

*leave k2k6*
YES! Free holi...ah fucksocks. Definitely not worth it.
( Captain V, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 13:44, Reply)

I have a mate
who does this with depressing regularity every time we organise a night out. He's been married a year and has turned into the most pipe-and-slippers guy I know. Actually, none of us actually bother inviting him any more, such is our annoyance.

And people being late really, really irritates me. I try my hardest to be on time so as not to let people down and they turn up half an hour late without so much as a phone call or apology.

Looking at it, sounds like I need a new bunch of mates huh?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 14:09, Reply)