People Are Crazy

I try to be a nice person. I really do. It's just that sometimes, some people make it very difficult for me to do so. I don't have much patience for idiots (such a strong word). Maybe it's better said that I don't have much patience for people who possess absolutely no common sense whatsoever.

I found an old email today while cleaning out my inbox. This email is from someone who responded to an ad I had placed on Craigslist to sell our old dining table and chairs after we bought a new set. I never deleted this email because I laughed at it and forwarded it on to friends asking, "Can you believe this?" I still can't believe it, but admit that sometimes, it does bring a smile to my face to reminisce about this common senseless wanna be Craigslist buyer.

Here is the email and I quote:
"Hi, I'm going to take a stab at this. My fiance and I are interested in your dining table and chairs, but don't have the $40 for it. We have a wood table with two chairs, with two drop leaves (one at either end) that we'd be willing to trade. Also, we're unable to pick up, as we're both blind and therefore don't drive (they won't let us on the road). If there's any way you'd be willing to trade, that'd be awesome. Also, I'm a childcare provider, and would be happy to trade some free childcare if you've got kiddos. Thanks much for reading my long-shot of a message. :)"

Wow. Really? You really have some gumption there trying to get me to give you the table for free. Heck, you would even trade a smaller table with two chairs? Sorry, but that won't fly at this house of six. So just in case I'm not feeling sorry enough for you just yet, you add that you're blind? I'm sorry for that and certainly wouldn't wish that for anyone. Wait, wait. This is where I lost any pity that I may have had (though I don't think I had any to begin with). You're a childcare provider? You want me to give you my table and chairs and you will in turn watch my children for free? How pray tell would you watch my children, being blind and all?

Come to think of it, that sounds like a fair trade. I will be glad to deliver my old dining table, four chairs and my two only children to a complete blind stranger I met online. That doesn't sound a bit dangerous, but that could be my best shot to be on the 10 o'clock news. "Breaking news: Woman is robbed by an apparent blind couple and tied to a dining table, with two drop leaves (one at either end)."

You just can't make this stuff up. Billy Currington says it all in his new song and it's all I have to say about it too, "People are crazy."