Useless adviceAs a new parent, people seem to think it's OK to pass on any and every old wives tale possible. "Don't hug him too much". What? Quite what possesses people to pass on baseless, idiotic, useless advice I don't know.
That said, I quite often give car drivers directions and then, after they've moved off, realise that I've sent them down a bike-only route, so I can give as good as I get.
What useless advice have you been given (or handed out) recently?
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chthonic, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 10:29)
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Useless AdviceI get it all the time.
"You really shouldn't smoke you know. It's bad for you." I know it is, and I don't smoke.
From phonecalls...
"You should install double glazing." No, because you've called a business line and this is a listed property.
And also at work...
"You [meaning the company] should make that lovely train calendar like you did last year." Nobody bought it last year. At all. We pulped the whole lot.
And while driving...
"You should slow down, son." Actually, that was probably very good advice, and I did.
(, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 11:45, Reply)
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