Time Burglary

[jamiam]

Time burglar (n, slang, idiomatic) - Someone who responds to an ad with multiple requests for information, borderline-insulting counter-offers, and requests for time-consuming changes, only to disappear into thin air and never contact you again.

Usage: "I've had that ad posted online for a day and half, and I've already had two assholes burgle my time."

Jackie's quick guide to IDing probable time burglars:

a.) male
b.) makes multiple requests for information, none of which are the all-important "Do you take paypal?"
c.) believes that "r u willing to drop pric? how much duz it weight?" is an appropriate style of communication for business correspondence


Depressing fact about humanity: I was talking specifically about classified ads, but I've been informed that this is apparently super-common on dating sites. Yuck.

Comments

[j00j]

I mean, with the dating sites, I've never had extended communication with the "hi ur hot" dudes, so I don't know if they'd disappear into thin air if I tried talking to them more or tried to meet up. But there's a lot of "hi u r hot" type communication. Something even more burgle-y is perhaps the oddly specific message that is actually copypasted to everyone the dude messages. It's crafted to appeal, but not actually individualized. IDK.

[jamiam]

I dunno, I posted it on Facebook and everyone was like "OH YEAH THAT."

I'm now firmly convinced everything from OK Cupid to freelancing works exactly like this.