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

an9i77

Ok maybe she is really mentally ill and can't help what she is doing in which case, I apologise and I feel sorry for her. Does that mean such people are absolved of all responsiblity for their actions? What about Ian Brady? Or Jeffrey Dahmer? I ask seriously - would you say such people should not be blamed for their actions? What would you think if a family member was a victim?

Or maybe she's not mentally ill, just a cantankerous old (or not so old) bat on a power trip.

Breezay

Let's be honest here.. No one even knows if this woman is real! So two random people suddenly appear on the board & decided *that* evening that they are going to visit this random person's house. Then they come back here & tell us nothing new, just what people have already been discussing.

I honestly think they're playing us all, enjoying their 15 minutes of fame or whatever. Really, there's no way to prove it either way, but I don't believe a word they're saying.

Treehugged

In these times of austerity there are many desperate jobseekers who use the little money that they have to go for job interviews. There are loads of sharks and time-wasters out there who prey on the jobless or derive some kick out holding interviews for non-existent jobs and I'm fed up with it to be honest.

So, people turn up in the hope that they've landed a much desired job only to be made to jump through impossible hoops. I've got no sympathy for the woman. She should be looked into and stopped for her own safety. There are a lot of angry and desperate people out here, and she might bump into a candidate who'll take issue with having the P taken out of them.

Word of warning: Don't go to her house, just pass on her details to SS.

martinthebandit

mynameistallulah wrote: »

I have asked the forum team to look at this thread - people poking fun at/ making judgments about a mentally ill person who does not even have the right of reply is not what this board is about.

But apparently jumping to conclusions is

Treehugged

I still think she should be reported to SS. She's an undiagnosed mental health case and she's danger to herself with that attitude towards a potential frustrated job seeker.

miss.p_2

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

This is a great wind up!

Funny how the only posts either poster has are in this thread, yet hardly anyone else has every had a reply.

if you read the earlier posts, you would have seen that i said that i only joined this thread for this post in particular.

because i had a bad experience with this woman, i googled her and found this, there was someone on her called CoolCat2012 who said that he/she had worked for the woman and had a bad time, i put a post on her to get in touch with CoolCat2012, i have no interest in the other post. i specifically joined for this thread, that is why you will only find me on here

EmmaHerts

I think the responsible thing would have been to contact the Guardian, not go to someone's house and gossip with neighbours.

miss.p_2

hey where have my posts gone? its weird that yesterday evening i posted stuff on here, as well as GumbyS and people responded with many posts with opinions about the situation but they have all vanished?

whats that about? does any one know whats happened to my posts?

Errata

Now you know what it's like when people do things behind your back. Enjoy.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

miss.p wrote: »

hey where have my posts gone? its weird that yesterday evening i posted stuff on here, as well as GumbyS and people responded with many posts with opinions about the situation but they have all vanished?

whats that about? does any one know whats happened to my posts?

Maybe you forgot which logon you were using.