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Time Burglary
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.
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.