Ahhhh What is wrong with these people! .... happy ending

[nccountrygirl]

just my 2 cents worth, my daddy used to say that it's better to be 30 minutes early than 1 minute late and I live by that philosophy, it's only common courtesy and good manners.

 

[Frozen Feathers]

I hear you LoneCowboy, I hate when people don't show up when they say they will! My biggest pet peeve are people who call and want to come see the birds "sometime that day". I'm sorry, but my life ambition is not to wait around to see if you are going to show up or not.

I can understand people getting lost and being late since I'm not that good at directions, but not showing up is inexcusable.

 

[LoneCowboy]

Well, I'm glad there are people out there that feel the same way I do. Unfortunately there must not be many of them here. I'm pretty new to this area, and find it WAY different than "Happy Valley" (aka Utah Valley) Utah where I came from. See there, people were pretty good about doing what they say they would. They don't have much and they really appreciate what they do have. They garden and can and do all those homey things that help make your income go farther.

Here, everybody has way too much. If they want it, they just buy it and they don't really have to work for anything so they don't learn to appreciate it. Now I know I'm generalizing here, but that's what I'm seeing. I tell people that I'm growing a garden, and they look at me with that "I'm so sorry you are that poor" look. Either that or like "how do you know how to do that"? It's a whole new strange world to me.

My feeling is if you take on the responsibility of an animal, ANY animal, whether it's meant for food or fun, you have a stewardship to make sure that animal is well cared for and treated until the time it fulfills the purpose of it's creation, even if that is dinner.

But see, people just aren't responsible anymore. It's always somebody else's fault for everything. Oh, and this will kill you. People here drive 5-10 mile UNDER the speed limit. Talk about laid back.

 

[kstaven]

I will be sure to add this to the list of places I NEVER want to live. I have had people react the same way to my gardens etc.

 

[cknmom]

Even as a teen, I made it a point to ALWAYS be early for anything. After many years and a divorce, I finally found someone with the same conviction. We are early unless we have a problem with traffic or directions. Unfortunatley we cannot call if we will be late , we don't have cell phones. Do you know how hard it is to find a pay phone these days, even a none working one.
My main pet peeve is people that are late for anything!

Monica

 

[Smitty's Farm]

I'm so sorry you have to deal with people like that. Did the lady ever call back? So weird! I couldn't wait to get my babies. I would definitely sell them to someone who would give them a better home. If any weird emergency had come up with the customer had, she should have had the common curtisy to call and explain........which it doesn't sound like the case.

Maybe in the new policy, have the customers pay in full.

Congratulations on selling the awesome coop you built and prospect of new business to build their run.

Keep us posted!
Kim

 

[LoneCowboy]

Thanks, I'm hoping it's sold. Sounds like it. I think she's a little timid because she doesn't know that much about chickens. I'm corresponding with her to help her decide what kind to get, how much feed they require etc.

I've directed her to this forum, I hope she logs on and hangs around. It's been a huge help to me, even though I'd read 3 books on the subject. There are just things you have to learn from experienced people.

NO, the lady never called back. I did call the lady on my waiting list and offered them to her. I left a message hope she calls back soon. I really need to clean out that coop. 50 chicks poop A LOT! But I keep thinking they'll come and the days just keep going by. I feel bad for the birds, but once they are gone I need to do a really good cleaning. UGH

 

[Smitty's Farm]

Good luck! I hope you can find homes for them. I need to clean my coop that houses only 16. I can only imagine how quick 50 chickens can mess one up. Phew! Just go throw some shavings in there to mix around until the customer comes and then you can do the complete clean up once they are sold and gone.

I can understand about being timid at first. I think I thought about it a long time before I took the plunge to get chickens. I probable researched for a few years.

This forum is great! I have a ton of books that help me with the initial set up and care, but it's this site that helps with the hands on experience that is not always covered in the books.

Good luck! Keep us posted!
Kim

 

[Blisschick]

I don't hatch anything for anyone without a 50% deposit. That being said, I broke my own rule and paid for it.

I hatched some chicks for a guy I knew that used to live on my street. I told him that I would call him when they hatched. I did, then called again when he never called back. I then get a big sob story about how he doesn't have the money, can I reduce my price on them. He wanted to pay 50¢ apiece for them!!! un I told him no, I would not go that low, that my price was what the feedstore would charge, but did offer them for a lesser price. He said he would get the money and call me back. He never did, so I ended up with 20 chicks I didn't have room for. Lucky for me, TXChicknRancher came along and gave them all a nice home.

I thought I was being nice, but I forgot that "friends" will leave you in the lurch faster than a stranger.

 

[LoneCowboy]

Yep, don't do that. I sell them on Craigslist which might account for the people who call. I don't know, I don't have that much experience with it. There is a market for chickens here, so I'm trying to pay for mine by filling that niche. I guess you just have to deal with people.