Sneaky passive questions

I can relate OP, this drives me up the wall to no end. I'm 27 before anyone calls me an old git, I think it's just this entitled generation's way of asking because they are the ones who feel too embarrassed to outright ask to borrow something.

I usually answer in some fashion like below, people these days are afraid of bluntness and get 'offended' by it but eh, is that my problem?

"Have you got a set of ladders"
"Do you want to borrow my ladders" (I've already decided I am okay with lending them)

Or

"Have you got a set of ladders"
"Yes"
"Can I borrow them"
"No"
"Why not mate"
"Because I'm not lending them out"

And so on.
 
I've got the reverse problem. My neighbour is constantly trying to lend me stuff :confused:
 
I can beat the ladder question.

Parked up at the shop yesterday, hop off the bike helmet in my hand walk 10 meters down the carpark and a woman who in no way could have missed me arriving on the noisy thing or just jumping off my bike or the helmet in my hand then points at the car I'm just walking towards and asks "Is that your car?"

:confused:
 
Mr Jack said:
Wow, how petty is the OP?

Do you really have nothing worthwhile to get upset about? Just lend your neighbour the bloomin' ladder and don't be such an arse about it!
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That sounds like the voice of someone that's never had a neighbour that defines "borrow" either as "remove from your possession, use then store in their own garage until you go ask for them back ... or give up and buy a new set yourself having forgotten who borrowed it/them", or "use, break and give back broken item".

I have had neighbours I'd cheerfully lend almost anything to, and others that fall firmly into the 'never again, come what may' category.
 
tom_e said:
I can beat the ladder question.

Parked up at the shop yesterday, hop off the bike helmet in my hand walk 10 meters down the carpark and a woman who in no way could have missed me arriving on the noisy thing or just jumping off my bike or the helmet in my hand then points at the car I'm just walking towards and asks "Is that your car?"

:confused:
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Ugh.
 
Annoying neighbour - "Hi there OP do you per chance have a set of ladders?"
OP - "Indeed I do my good friend, the cut of your jib implies you would like to borrow said ladders; is that the case?"
Annoying neighbour - "Well now that you mention it I do have a few tasks that could be well assisted with the use of some borrowed ladders"
OP - "Excellent! It's a deal, you get to use my ladders and I get a hand-job from your good self in return!"
Annoying neighbour "Bye!"
 
I do wonder if people posting petty frustration threads on here are getting any action. The modern art guy, too.

Seriously, a good shag takes all these little stresses out of you :p
 
d_brennen said:
I do wonder if people posting petty frustration threads on here are getting any action. The modern art guy, too.

Seriously, a good shag takes all these little stresses out of you :p
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But which approach is best? A 'sneaky passive' introductory gambit such as "I saw you up a ladder the other week ..." or the more direct "fancy a shag?" approach?
 
rubberduck said:
Annoying neighbour - "Hi there OP do you per chance have a set of ladders?"
OP - "Indeed I do my good friend, the cut of your jib implies you would like to borrow said ladders; is that the case?"
Annoying neighbour - "Well now that you mention it I do have a few tasks that could be well assisted with the use of some borrowed ladders"
OP - "Excellent! It's a deal, you get to use my ladders and I get a hand-job from your good wife in return!"
Annoying neighbour "Bye!"
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Fixed :p
 
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