To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
He's putting in effort to raise money for a good cause, he's asking for an RT to raise more money for a good cause. If the tweet was ignored I'm sure nothing would be said but the fact that this twat picked up on a missing letter in his name is what has caused the response.
To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
Yer what a he sounds.. doing stuff for charity
In fairness I was called a narcissist by a feminist for doing my year long challenge for the Mental Health Foundation in 2016... Which was nice. She believed I should have been fundraising anonymously as I was only getting money apparently because "I was using my male privilege" instead of working harder to fund-raise anonymously? How would one complete a mental health running challenge without being open about it?
Anyway I think it's lazy, unkind and mood sponge type people that don't understand fundraising for a worthy cause.
To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
He's putting in effort to raise money for a good cause, he's asking for an RT to raise more money for a good cause. If the tweet was ignored I'm sure nothing would be said but the fact that this twat picked up on a missing letter in his name is what has caused the response.
Fair enough but I assume these requests get a bit tiresome when your inbox is inundated with them.
To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
He's putting in effort to raise money for a good cause, he's asking for an RT to raise more money for a good cause. If the tweet was ignored I'm sure nothing would be said but the fact that this twat picked up on a missing letter in his name is what has caused the response.
Do you humour every charity worker at train stations that approach you? what about the clipboard clutchers on London's bridges? the coin collection buckets that seem to be at every tube station?
To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
He's putting in effort to raise money for a good cause, he's asking for an RT to raise more money for a good cause. If the tweet was ignored I'm sure nothing would be said but the fact that this twat picked up on a missing letter in his name is what has caused the response.
Do you humour every charity worker at train stations that approach you? what about the clipboard clutchers on London's bridges? the coin collection buckets that seem to be at every tube station?
whilst I see your point Gregg, if you have seen the tweet then you are on twitter anyway and only need to hit retweet, slightly different to stopping whilst on your way to work/lunch/to pick up and getting cash out or handing over your details.
To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
He's putting in effort to raise money for a good cause, he's asking for an RT to raise more money for a good cause. If the tweet was ignored I'm sure nothing would be said but the fact that this twat picked up on a missing letter in his name is what has caused the response.
Do you humour every charity worker at train stations that approach you? what about the clipboard clutchers on London's bridges? the coin collection buckets that seem to be at every tube station?
No but I'm never ever rude to them and never correct them when they call me Mr rather than Dr. They are also getting paid so not really the same thing as someone cycling a long long way. As I said If he had just ignored it then I would guess nothing more would be said. I personally didn't have a clue who he was until I opened up this thread but after reading bits and seeing that twitter exchange my opinion is he's a twat.
To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
He's putting in effort to raise money for a good cause, he's asking for an RT to raise more money for a good cause. If the tweet was ignored I'm sure nothing would be said but the fact that this twat picked up on a missing letter in his name is what has caused the response.
Do you humour every charity worker at train stations that approach you? what about the clipboard clutchers on London's bridges? the coin collection buckets that seem to be at every tube station?
whilst I see your point Gregg, if you have seen the tweet then you are on twitter anyway and only need to hit retweet, slightly different to stopping whilst on your way to work/lunch/to pick up and getting cash out or handing over your details.
If you're at the station then you might as well just stop for a chat. If you're on the bridge then a quick word shouldn't be too much trouble. Likewise if you're at the tube station. What's the rush?
For me, randomly sending a charity request is akin to hanging the begging bowl out, regardless of the worthiness of the charity.
To then act all offended and arsey because someone rebutted your beg, on one of the most brutal and viscous arenas since the gladiators, seems a bit precious to me. Twitter seems to be a hive of fragile people that, if you don't take them 100% seriously, then tears are shed on a huge scale. just my opinion of course.
For all the requestor knows, Gregg may well donate to a large number of charities. Also, who's to say he controls all content and replies on his Twitter account?
Call me old-fashioned but if I was in his shoes and a complete stranger asked me to retweet a message to the 207k followers that I had worked hard to build a public profile high enough to warrant, then I think at the very least I might expect someone to spell my name right.
I used to work as a chef, unfortunate to work with him a couple of times, The bloke is stealing a living, He hasn't got a clue and is a bit of a joke in the culinary world. Also is a grade A bellend, thinks hes the bollocks and he's a proper creep around the girls. Hated the fella.
To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
He's putting in effort to raise money for a good cause, he's asking for an RT to raise more money for a good cause. If the tweet was ignored I'm sure nothing would be said but the fact that this twat picked up on a missing letter in his name is what has caused the response.
Fair enough but I assume these requests get a bit tiresome when your inbox is inundated with them.
Easy solution, instead of being a toss pot about it.. dont respond ! Im presuming he doesnt email every african buisnessman offering investment deal via email.
To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
He's putting in effort to raise money for a good cause, he's asking for an RT to raise more money for a good cause. If the tweet was ignored I'm sure nothing would be said but the fact that this twat picked up on a missing letter in his name is what has caused the response.
Fair enough but I assume these requests get a bit tiresome when your inbox is inundated with them.
Easy solution, instead of being a toss pot about it.. dont respond ! Im presuming he doesnt email every african buisnessman offering investment deal via email.
That's working on the premise that everyone deals with situations in the same way. People are different, people react differently. What winds you up may not wind others up. Likewise something that winds someone else up may be perfectly okay with you.
There's no right or wrong answer, but there's plenty of opinions on what others believe the 'right' thing to do is (which in itself is wrong).
Comparing the tweet he received to Nigerian heirs to locked away millions is somewhat of a false equivalence.
To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
He's putting in effort to raise money for a good cause, he's asking for an RT to raise more money for a good cause. If the tweet was ignored I'm sure nothing would be said but the fact that this twat picked up on a missing letter in his name is what has caused the response.
Do you humour every charity worker at train stations that approach you? what about the clipboard clutchers on London's bridges? the coin collection buckets that seem to be at every tube station?
Tbf if one of those clipboard clutchers called me ibborg with one b, I'd open em up
To be fair the guy sending the original tweet sounds like a piece of work too - why should a complete stranger retweet a charity ride he's doing? He's cycling 180 miles not around the world.
He's putting in effort to raise money for a good cause, he's asking for an RT to raise more money for a good cause. If the tweet was ignored I'm sure nothing would be said but the fact that this twat picked up on a missing letter in his name is what has caused the response.
Do you humour every charity worker at train stations that approach you? what about the clipboard clutchers on London's bridges? the coin collection buckets that seem to be at every tube station?
Tbf if one of those clipboard clutchers called me ibborg with one b, I'd open em up
I used to work as a chef, unfortunate to work with him a couple of times, The bloke is stealing a living, He hasn't got a clue and is a bit of a joke in the culinary world. Also is a grade A bellend, thinks hes the bollocks and he's a proper creep around the girls. Hated the fella.
Heard the same about being a creep around ladies.
Was very very rude to my mates wife right in front of my mate. He was doing some work for him at the time so retrained himself.
I used to work as a chef, unfortunate to work with him a couple of times, The bloke is stealing a living, He hasn't got a clue and is a bit of a joke in the culinary world. Also is a grade A bellend, thinks hes the bollocks and he's a proper creep around the girls. Hated the fella.
Was very very rude to my mates wife right in front of my mate. He was doing some work for him at the time so retrained himself.
Was that because Gregg had other work he wanted doing but your mate wasn't qualified to do it?
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Anyway I think it's lazy, unkind and mood sponge type people that don't understand fundraising for a worthy cause.
For me, randomly sending a charity request is akin to hanging the begging bowl out, regardless of the worthiness of the charity.
To then act all offended and arsey because someone rebutted your beg, on one of the most brutal and viscous arenas since the gladiators, seems a bit precious to me. Twitter seems to be a hive of fragile people that, if you don't take them 100% seriously, then tears are shed on a huge scale. just my opinion of course.
For all the requestor knows, Gregg may well donate to a large number of charities. Also, who's to say he controls all content and replies on his Twitter account?
A - retweet, at a cost of 2 seconds of my life
B - Ignore the begging chancer
C - Make a sarcastic comment showing me up to be a prick cause I am Wall aint I
The butthurtedness that ensues would be worth it alone.
Easy solution, instead of being a toss pot about it.. dont respond !
Im presuming he doesnt email every african buisnessman offering investment deal via email.
There's no right or wrong answer, but there's plenty of opinions on what others believe the 'right' thing to do is (which in itself is wrong).
Comparing the tweet he received to Nigerian heirs to locked away millions is somewhat of a false equivalence.
Was very very rude to my mates wife right in front of my mate. He was doing some work for him at the time so retrained himself.
John Torode has even commented in the past that they aren't friends
Trust me, Mr Wallace isn't as useful as a mooncup. Can't reveal how I know he's a prize wassock until after the next series of MC.
Mooncups & shewees are vital tools for a backpacking gal where sanitation is decidedly dodgy lol
butterbetter.I don't cook.
I have a husband for that :-D