How To Not Rent Me Your Apartment on Craigslist
I know that Craigslist isn't considered a hot bed for the intelligent or even the able-minded, but still, would it kill anyone to assume that people looking for an apartment appreciate spelling and grammar just as much as we appreciate parquet (or as they like to spell it, Parkay) floors.
Example:
Room available in newly rennovated 3 bedroom.
Really? You rennovated the apartment? Was that before or after you pressed the spellcheck button? I'm also not interested in an apartment that is close to a landrymatts, although having a laundromat nearby would be GREAT.
While we're on the topic, punctuation is also something that is not to be abused or disrespected. I read words, so a lot of symbols is going to get my attention, but not in a good way.
%%%%STUDIO APARTMENT - RECENTLY RENOVATED%%%%
ФAmazing Studio Ф@@No Fee@@
%%%@@@Sweet Studio-Awesome Location@@OPEN HOUSE%%%
The same goes for punctuation combined with awesome spelling:
◄PRIME HARLEM ►JUMP IN A CAB!!! ► Niiiiiiice Priiiiiiice
But besides being a poor speller, you can also be a total creepshow.
Example:
I am a writer (and a waiter) and need quiet to do work for me and for my literary agent. I am quiet myself. I also am seeking professionals.
Special Note: if I win back my girlfriend, she is an actress (not a strugggling one either) and therefore she travels and cannot maintain a space, so she might stay with me in my room sometimes. She will have a day job or something and not be there much. What's important is that if at anytime she does stay with me, for that month, since she will give me some money, I WILL DROP $100 OF YOUR RENT. That's fair.
Yeah, that's that's totally fair. And not at all sad. At all. Although your girlfriend sounds awesome, so maybe if you all get back together we could all hang out and have dinner sometime.
To all of you awesome apartment poster on Craigslist: No. No. No. No. No, I do not want your apartment. I want nothing to do with someone who thinks that percentage sign and repeating vowels make for a good headline. I am pretty sure we cannot come to a business agreement when you INSIST that @@@ counts as punctuation. Keep your apartment. Just keep it. I'll just live in the stink factory and roach motel that is my current home.
Wouldn't a margarine floor be kind of slippery?
I think that place sounds k!ck a$$.
You're not staying in that apartment! Even if it means I have to come to NYC myself and find something!
Hahaha.
Actually, we get enormous amounts of feedback that our site is "considered a hot bed for the intelligent or even the able-minded."
Craig
Holy shit, Craig just commented on your blog!
Craig, how'd you decide on the "list" format? Did you try "Craig's Codex"? How about "Craig's Random Phrases Typed by Monkeys at Typewrites"?
Man, this is so exciting... Nora, how can I get celebrities to notice MY blog? Do I need less angst, and more consumerism?
Yeah Nora, that's a pretty huge nerd point for you. If you know any major geeks, don't tell them this or they'll be getting funky in their shorts. I screamed HARD when I saw that. Of course, it could just be someone PRETENDING to be CN.
Word. Believe it or not, even realtors make these mistakes when marketing homes. It drives me crazy when I see a professional brochure that they paid money for that has incorrect grammar! Grrrr..
I think you made a spelling mistake. I think you meant to say sink factory not "stink factory". I would prefer to live in Frusterated Incoporated. And i really give a damn if I spelled those two words wrong.
"We could start a factory, and make misery." DC
I think you made a spelling mistake. I think you meant to say sink factory not "stink factory". I would prefer to live in Frusterated Incoporated. And i really give a damn if I spelled those two words wrong.
"We could start a factory, and make misery." DC
hey ass face! you need to keep in mind that not everyone has collage and shit in their belt! i mean i cant speel either but you dont make fun of me!....your own brother!