Went I started this humble enterprise, I was fairly sure I was going to have to deal with my share of the arseholes who frequent the wide wide world of web.
But the actual experience has been much more positive than expected. Sure, there have been the spammers, but the tools in Wordpress have taken care of almost all of those, more than 105,000 spam comments to date. I just pop into the spam folder every so often and mass-delete. But apart from the feeble spam dicks, most of the comments on this site have been a fun addition to whatever nonsense I have chosen to share. And to those who do comment, a very small percentage of visitors, thank you; I love you all.
Apart from comments on posts, there are regular missives via the Contact page. Most of these are from people who just want to say how they stumbled on the site while looking for transvestites and have decided to stay because they enjoy it (they don’t actually mention the transvestites; but I know, I just know). Such remarks are always welcome, so thanks for that too.
But occasionally, I get something that is a little less friendly, like a recent contact that was headed: “WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?”
OK, that’s shouting, and there is no need to shout. Let’s see what Mr. Shouty, also known as “Don in Pattaya” wants.
His message read:
I can NOT find ANY directions to your shop in any of your material on the internet. PLEASE PROVIDE.
Well, he said “please”, which was nice; but there was also more shouting going on, which wasn’t. And what the hell is he on about? He can’t find directions to my shop in any of my material on the internet? Whereabouts, in any of my material on the internet, would anyone obtain the impression that I had a shop? What am I selling? Cameras? Cats? Handbags and shoes (admittedly, we do have enough stock of those to open a small department store)?
If there had been less shouting, maybe a polite response would have been in order, explaining that there had been a misunderstanding and I didn’t actually have a shop; but if he cared to meet me in the alley behind my condo while my wife was at work, I could do him a range of quality ladies footwear in size 7.
But the shouting changed the game, so I replied with:
Soi Ari Somchai; next to the 7/11. What are you interested in, our stocks are limited?
Expected this would keep him busy for a while because there is no such place as Soi Ari Somchai; but it’s been three weeks so expect he is not going to respond and tell me what he thinks I am selling.
Still, while we are on the subject and having just had to clean up some vomit, anyone want to buy a cat?
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2012-09-08| Grant saysDoes the cat come with recipes, or do I have to find a Chinese Cook?
2012-09-08| PsA_Batman saysF’n hilarious! Brilliant response to the frumpy shouter.
I don’t comment much but this is a site that has certainly changed me and my habits. From a “why buy a camera when I have one on my mobile” to purchasing a GX1 and now joining the camp of “that’s not a camera, THIS is a camera”, I now wonder why it took me so long to get a “real” camera. From the influence of your posts I’ve also bought the Lumix 100-300 lens (wow, that is a nice lens) and the Olympus 45mm. Last night I bought a tripod and today I ordered the GX1 viewfinder. I’m scratching my head about the Olympus 75mm lens. Luckily I guess all the shops I’ve looked in so far don’t have it, so I haven’t had to agonize over whether I should purchase it or not.
That being said I guess I’ll end up with it, as I believe the best way to deal with temptation is to yield to it.
2012-09-08| PsA_Batman saysHa. You should do a deal with a local camera shop so that you get a percentage of any referrals! I bet you would get enough to keep you in a good stock of gin. If they delivered then I’d certainly be a customer.
2012-09-08| Robin Parmar saysI’ve been on the net a long time, long enough to accumulate all manner of strange people with their mysterious obsessions. You should see the emails I get. People still regularly look to me for their electronic bible needs, for example. And no, I have never sold electronic bibles, even though I once wrote (15 years ago or more) about the future of electronic books. Them internets have dark holes that people get lost in.
2012-09-08| Chang Noi saysIt is not a person shouting but a email robot. Although I not yet understand the reason for such email robot.
2012-09-09| Jock saysI also bought the GF a Lumix camera on Spike´s recommendations at the time (2 years ago) and she´s still very happy with it after thousands of pics taken so that was a good investment … noticed last night that the zoom needs some repair but that´s a minor repair job.
2012-09-09| Jock saysFor a laugh I googled ´Soi Ari Somchai´ …. there´s a few Thais named Somchai living on Soi Ari … I guess they may be getting a knock on the door sometime from someone looking to make a purchase !!