Crosshill Pacers
Well-Known Member
Finally suffered at the hands of a total timewaster 
A guy was due to come and see our broodmare on Saturday - he was supposed to be in the area to visit one of his horses in training and was bringing a box (it was pretty much a done deal). He rang a fortnight ago to arrange the day, and then rang again the middle of last week to confirm the day and the time he'd be arriving. He was travelling three hours, hence the forward planning. He's also been pestering my dad for months about buying the mare, to which the reply has always been 'then come and see her'.
I rushed home from work Friday night to spruce the old girl up a bit (and say my goodbye, didn't want to cry in front of the potential new owner). On Saturday both my girls were turned out with the plan being to bring them in just before the guy was due to arrive. I cooked lunch early so that would be out of the way too.
The due time of arrival passed; my dad rang the guy's number only to be told by the woman who answered that she'd never heard of him (although had the same accent), tried ringing the yard where the guy's horse was to see if he had arrived there and was held up - no answer there. Two hours later I decided my girls weren't being shut in on the nicest day of the year so far for no reason so out they went again.
I was away that night and all day yesterday but when I got home I asked if the guy had been in touch to apologise for not making it, but surprise surprise he hadn't.
Now I appreciate that for people selling riding horses, more work goes in to then be wasted by people not showing up. But I still went out of my way to get things sorted (getting all the mud off her, rugs etc to go with her) before his arrival. I was annoyed and disappointed that he felt it was alright to waste my time like that. Luckily this weekend was one of my quietest weekends since the start of the year, so I didn't have to take time off work or anything, but still...grrrr
Rant over!
A guy was due to come and see our broodmare on Saturday - he was supposed to be in the area to visit one of his horses in training and was bringing a box (it was pretty much a done deal). He rang a fortnight ago to arrange the day, and then rang again the middle of last week to confirm the day and the time he'd be arriving. He was travelling three hours, hence the forward planning. He's also been pestering my dad for months about buying the mare, to which the reply has always been 'then come and see her'.
I rushed home from work Friday night to spruce the old girl up a bit (and say my goodbye, didn't want to cry in front of the potential new owner). On Saturday both my girls were turned out with the plan being to bring them in just before the guy was due to arrive. I cooked lunch early so that would be out of the way too.
The due time of arrival passed; my dad rang the guy's number only to be told by the woman who answered that she'd never heard of him (although had the same accent), tried ringing the yard where the guy's horse was to see if he had arrived there and was held up - no answer there. Two hours later I decided my girls weren't being shut in on the nicest day of the year so far for no reason so out they went again.
I was away that night and all day yesterday but when I got home I asked if the guy had been in touch to apologise for not making it, but surprise surprise he hadn't.
Now I appreciate that for people selling riding horses, more work goes in to then be wasted by people not showing up. But I still went out of my way to get things sorted (getting all the mud off her, rugs etc to go with her) before his arrival. I was annoyed and disappointed that he felt it was alright to waste my time like that. Luckily this weekend was one of my quietest weekends since the start of the year, so I didn't have to take time off work or anything, but still...grrrr
Rant over!
