Intrigued by long-running advert in Guardian: Home help needed for female writer...

~Chameleon~

*gets popcorn*

Mindless_Clone

Guess that popcorn is getting a bit stale, eh! :rotfl:

~Chameleon~

I reckon it's all a wind up

GumbyS

It's definitely not a wind up. Unfortunately, the woman is real; her name is her real name and she's just a very damaged lady who is impossible to work for. She's known as 'difficult' in her neighbourhood and people have actually moved house to be away from her. She's not elderly or extremely physically disabled; mentally - another story.

poet123

GumbyS wrote: »

It's definitely not a wind up. Unfortunately, the woman is real; her name is her real name and she's just a very damaged lady who is impossible to work for. She's known as 'difficult' in her neighbourhood and people have actually moved house to be away from her. She's not elderly or extremely physically disabled; mentally - another story.

So, you and the other poster met up and went round to this women's house?

duchy

GumbyS wrote: »

It's definitely not a wind up. Unfortunately, the woman is real; her name is her real name and she's just a very damaged lady who is impossible to work for. She's known as 'difficult' in her neighbourhood and people have actually moved house to be away from her. She's not elderly or extremely physically disabled; mentally - another story.

So leave her alone-If she's "very damaged" why on earth are you doing this ?

She exists, she's odd ........... there are worse things to be. Like a stalker !

Esoog

Given the curiosity in this advert aross the years, I'd hardy call them stalkers. They probably went into the area and asked a few people. Perfectly legitimate, how many people do research before they apply for a job? It's a similar kind of thing in a way; I've applied for a job with this woman and now I'm slightly worried so I'm trying to find out what the score is.

GumbyS

Esoog wrote: »

Given the curiosity in this advert aross the years, I'd hardy call them stalkers. They probably went into the area and asked a few people. Perfectly legitimate, how many people do research before they apply for a job? It's a similar kind of thing in a way; I've applied for a job with this woman and now I'm slightly worried so I'm trying to find out what the score is.

Thanks Esoog.

pawsies

What did she do/say when you arrived?

Did she ask for her shopping

terra_ferma

duchy wrote: »

So leave her alone-If she's "very damaged" why on earth are you doing this ?

She exists, she's odd ........... there are worse things to be. Like a stalker !

I totally agree, people who genuinely work with vulnerable clients would never put them in a potentially dangerous position by talking about their disability/mental health/vulnerabilities on a public forum, for no apparent reason.
This woman may be eccentric and difficult to work for, but so are a lot of people.

People writing here don't seem to care if they could be causing harm to this lady.