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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chimney sweepshaving just bought a lovely flat in a victorian block, i decide to have the chimneys swept. so i manage to find a chimney sweep - in my 1890-1891 yellow pages - and they come round and do the job.
i ordered a new fire, but they won't install it without the certificate from the sweeps. so i rang about 15 times, but they promised and never posted it. eventually, i yelled at the girl that my fireplace fitter wouldn't do the job without it.
"oh," she said dimly. "are you actually going to have a fire in there then?"
nooooooo. no, not at all. i thought i'd pay £250 to have it swept for no reason whatsoever. gah.
there was crap advice, something about having it rendered, but it was this rank stupidity that stuck in my thoat and choked me.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 15:14,
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