# In which my friends stop me from putting poop in a purse **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 4, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022 "2014-06-04T14:02:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/41 "2014-06-04T21:45:13Z")
> [@bathsheba](#): > > No-one wants to borrow a bag then? When should I expect it? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/42 "2014-06-04T22:01:46Z")
Do I have to pay extra for the poop? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/43 "2014-06-04T23:14:16Z")
Sounds like your husband is the brains of the outfit. By all means poop in the bag; I’ll be curious to see if she lodges an assault or harassment complaint against you. ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/44 "2014-06-04T23:37:19Z")
How have you managed a 100% rating is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/45 "2014-06-04T23:54:27Z")
The OP should get back on eBay and try to buy a clue. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/46 "2014-06-05T00:40:23Z")
> [@qubed](#): > > How have you managed a 100% rating is beyond me. Oh, she could have a 100% rating over 17 years, but maybe she has sold only five things over those 17 years. This is why one bad rating is going to screw her up so much. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/47 "2014-06-05T00:42:02Z")
This is why we won’t beat the Formics. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/48 "2014-06-05T03:29:52Z")
Best self pitting I’ve seen in a while. The op is one of the most insane sellers I’ve ever heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/49 "2014-06-05T04:26:38Z")
> [@bathsheba](#): > > … > > And yes, I usually only “overlook” posting those items which haven’t been paid for without delay. I’m selective in my “overlooking”. That said, I will admit here to “overlooking” … You have no business bring in business. > [@](#): > > Relative’s needs win. Nevertheless, Ebay Whore’s crappy attitude which at that point on the crapometer was sitting at about orange zone ‘moderate’ level did play a role… … What? Please never let me have to buy from you. You are awful. > [@](#): > > Then. Ebay Whore just can’t help herself and sends the crapometer off the dial: > > > [@](#): > > > > I’m expecting the parcel tomorrow as you promised to express post today. > > Yes, that’s the message in its entirety. It’s also the point that Ebay Whore’s toe went over my line That message was extremely reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/50 "2014-06-05T05:17:42Z")
I’m puzzled how OP’s drama du jour relative couldn’t wait a half hour. Why was it an either / or choice? Were they on fire at the time? OP be cray. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/51 "2014-06-05T05:38:20Z")
As a result of this thread, I will be adding “leaving feedback” to my list of euphemisms for pooping. And I keep having the song “Dick in a Box” running through my head, only with the title phrase replaced by “Poop in a Purse.” ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/52 "2014-06-05T06:08:36Z")
Either overnight it immediately or refund immediately. Those are the only reasonable actions I would expect from a seller. Of the Ebay purchases I’ve made, they all shipped and billed the next day from my order. If that didn’t happen, I would expect one of the above two options, a profuse apology, and that would be the end of it. Buyer sounds entirely reasonable here and I would have become more exasperated than she did if the seller came back at me _twice_ about whether or not I still wanted it. All I hear in the OP is excuses. You do know that FedEx comes to you if you call them before 10am, right? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/53 "2014-06-05T06:38:05Z")
I particularly like the comment that someone made about how every single thing that the customer posted was reasonable, and every single interpretation by the seller was neurotic and insane. That was exactly what made the post so memorable. Not only is the OP a bad business person, but they also just have no grip on reality whatsoever. I doubt anything you could ever say to this person would ever get through because of the neurotic/paranoid ways of interpreting them in her brain. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/54 "2014-06-05T07:08:40Z")
Wow. I have never even browsed eBay. And I’m on the net all day. My understanding from my uncle who’s a coin collector is that all buyers are “complete assholes”. Sorry for all the bad life stuff happening to the OP, but why is ONE bad comment so bad if you’re successful at eBay all these years?? Next time, just say it’s sent when it really is sent. I know you already know that, just other important things took precedence. Life or post office? I’d take life, even if its bad. At least funerals have chairs to sit in. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/55 "2014-06-05T07:28:55Z")
I’m still wondering which of the OP’s friends prevented her from putting poop in the purse. And why would she be Pitting them for that. It seems like that would be a huge favor. Unless “purse” is being used as a euphemism for “colostomy bag.” That would be pretty horrible, and I, for one, would heartily endorse Pitting anyone who prevented a colostomy patient from relieving herself. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/56 "2014-06-05T07:52:20Z")
I think _WE_ were supposed to be her friends in this story, and we were supposed to clamor all over to say “oh what a horrible experience for you but please don’t put poop in the purse and send it to that terrible buyer!” …even though at the end of the story she very clearly says she’s going to keep the purse for herself. The OP is very out of touch with reality, this message board, best ebay selling practices, how to interpret natural language as it is spoken/written to you, among other things. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/57 "2014-06-05T07:56:31Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > As a result of this thread, I will be adding “leaving feedback” to my list of euphemisms for pooping. \*polite applause ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/58 "2014-06-05T11:37:30Z")
Marking the item as shipped when it had in fact not been shipped was an unforced error. The appropriate thing to do when first contacted by the buyer would be to apologize and spend the extra money to send it next day delivery. Instead, getting into a pissing match with the buyer was another unforced error. Then to complain here about getting called on for your own mistakes was another unforced error. Time to admit defeat and get on with life. ---
**Author:** ![fuchsiagroan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de0a6/32.png) [@fuchsiagroan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuchsiagroan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/59 "2014-06-05T12:07:33Z")
The most insane part is probably sending her photos at functions. But what if it is POURING RAIN those days? Hope you get kicked off Ebay. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/60 "2014-06-05T12:30:13Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Time to admit defeat and get on with life. Do you think that’s likely? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022.md?page=4)