Knowall novices

[Dave's Mam]

Beep Beep, it's the Karma Bus!

 

[ElleSkywalkingintheair]

I wonder if the other one has text the Farmer asking him to apologise ?

 

[ycbm]

They are leaving the yard. One of them made the mistake of telling YO how he should organise the lambing shed.

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[Xmas lucky]

They won’t be owning the horse for long ?.

 

[skint1]

Brilliant outcome, sometimes the stars just align!

 

[Velcrobum]

They won’t be owning the horse for long ?.

Hopefully for the poor horse.

 

[maggiestar]

Gosh, being English is so complicated....

Being 'insert nationality' is so complicated! You can't generalise like that Cortez, you really can't. People are people all over the world.

 

[Smogul]

Just a thought, do you know for sure that both women are complete novices and that neither has any driving experience? It in no way defends her actions and she definitely should not have come into the school uninvited and tried to take over but maybe she now realises in hindsight that she overstepped the mark.

Very clear from their remarks that they know nothing about driving and not interested in learning as they already know everything. OH did try occasionally to explain what we were doing and why but it clearly didn't make any difference. Oh, well, not my problem any more.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

They sounded like they were complete idiots and a pita and it's now been proven oh well good riddance happy days ?

 

[Highmileagecob]

Quick - get the spare stable filled!

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

What extraordinary people. I’m imagining that they know nothing about lambing either? Very bizarre, why on earth would they do that, particularly after having clearly peed you off? Quite foolish.

 

[Flicker]

What extraordinary people. I’m imagining that they know nothing about lambing either? Very bizarre, why on earth would they do that, particularly after having clearly peed you off? Quite foolish.

Dunning Kruger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

 

[COldNag]

Blimey they sound a right pair.
I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when they were instructing the farmer!

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

Dunning Kruger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

Interesting! My OH complains about drivers who have this issue, overestimating their abilities by trying to drive beyond their skill level. He sees a lot of it at work when dealing with RTCs.

 

[Rumtytum]

Dunning Kruger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

It’s very evident in ‘The Apprentice’ tv programme!

 

[Flicker]

It’s a thing! I was listening to a very interesting interview on Radio 4 a few years ago, with an NHS Dietician, talking about ‘nutritionists’ who get their ’qualifications’ from a 2 day online course and then think that they are qualified to give people dietary advice. She said that, because they don’t understand how much there is to understand on the subject, they think that with their tiny bit of knowledge they are now experts.

A little bit of knowledge truly is a dangerous thing!

Cinnamontoast, I read a funny statistic some time ago that 75% of drivers believe that they are ‘above average‘ in their driving ability lol

 

[Smoky 2022]

People who behave like this is dangerous they cause drama and cause good people to be kicked out of yard. In my previous yard there was a lot of people like this.

 

[maisie06]

How do you deal with them?
Two women have come to the yard. It is their first horse and they know everything. As I don't ride and "only" have a pony, I am assumed to be most in need of their advice. According to them: I pick out feet wrongly; harness doesn't fit properly and we put it on wrongly; pony should not be shod and needs more exercise.
Normally I am quite happy to let them rabbit on and ignore them. OH does occasionally try to engage with them but neither of them seem to listen. Last week one of them came into the school, watched for 2 minutes, said the pony was not bending correctly, marched up to the carriage and said she would show me how to do it. I completely lost my temper and told her that she and her friend made fools of themselves every time they opened their mouths. I then drove out of school as I was too annoyed to do anything sensible with the pony. I should say that pony is going through careful slow rehab with advice from vet, physio, remedial farrier and instructor, all of whom I would trust above someone who has owned a horse for 6 weeks and knows nothing about driving.
I have since had a text from second woman saying I need to apologise as her friend is too upset to come to yard. I am frankly still too irritated to care. OH says I should offer to apologise if they are prepared to attend his tutorial on harnessing up and can pass a test afterward!
What would you do?

I would buy and IPOD stick the headphones in, smile sweetly at them and get on with my day! Works a treat!!!

 

[catembi]

Can I add (not read entire thread) that they are possibly neuro diverse,

What on Earth has this got to do with anything...? I was not aware of there being a link between being ND & being an interfering busybody...?

Glad that the original situation has been resolved. Atmospheres are horrible.

 

[cindars]

Read it to my OH who laughed and he is totally unhorsey