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

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  • bubblegum1985
    bubblegum1985 Posts: 169 Forumite
    edited 10 February 2013 at 6:38PM
    i have done a little internet googling

    http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/home-helps-needed-for-female-writer-in-notting-hill-gate.145435/page-4

    page 4 tells you a bit more.....

    EDIT; actually the rest of the thread is interesting too! Miss P has repeated a lot of what she has on here but a few more details.
  • Yes I read that thread. I still think she was a troll.

    Interesting read though :D
    Metranil dreams of becoming a neon,
    You don't even take him seriously,
    How am I going to get to heaven?,
    When I'm just balanced so precariously..
  • Erinnire
    Erinnire Posts: 515 Forumite
    How totally bizzare!

    Was an interesting read though.
  • I don't think she was a troll; it was all too detailed for a hoax.

    Just rather weird!
  • Is the advert still in the newspaper now? I wonder why she is so bad to work for!
  • Metranil dreams of becoming a neon,
    You don't even take him seriously,
    How am I going to get to heaven?,
    When I'm just balanced so precariously..
  • t0rt0ise
    t0rt0ise Posts: 4,482 Forumite
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    Sounds like she interviews people getting them to bring her shopping as they come and then does the same the next week. Freebie shopper, sounds clever.
  • zzzLazyDaisy
    zzzLazyDaisy Posts: 12,497 Forumite
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    t0rt0ise wrote: »
    Sounds like she interviews people getting them to bring her shopping as they come and then does the same the next week. Freebie shopper, sounds clever.

    Its not really a freebie shopper, though, as she has to pay for the advert. It would be cheaper to do an online shop with Tesco (or even Ocado!)
    I'm a retired employment solicitor. Hopefully some of my comments might be useful, but they are only my opinion and not intended as legal advice.
  • Raksha
    Raksha Posts: 4,569 Forumite
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    Its not really a freebie shopper, though, as she has to pay for the advert. It would be cheaper to do an online shop with Tesco (or even Ocado!)
    Except even Ocado won't put the shopping away
    Please forgive me if my comments seem abrupt or my questions have obvious answers, I have a mental health condition which affects my ability to see things as others might.
  • ~Chameleon~
    ~Chameleon~ Posts: 11,956 Forumite
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    Why are people assuming she isn't actually reimbursing people the cost of the shopping? I'm sure if she wasn't, there'd be far more adverse publicity about her!
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
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