I can't tell you how many times I have had someone here tell me they are going to do something only to not show up or even call. There's flaky people everywhere these days but Bostonians take the cake. I haven't met too many people I can count on.
I had one friend that burned my girlfriend and I several times. We would make plans with this bitch and she would blow us off ruining our weekend night. She wouldn't just blow us off and leave it at that, she would keep us waiting all night saying she was on her way and then 2 hours later just ignore our calls and texts. A month later she writes us a text wanting to know what we are up to like nothing happened.
The only reason we gave the bitch several chances was she was my girlfriend's childhood friend. The final straw was last summer she pulled the same thing again on my girlfriend's birthday. Again no call, no show, no text saying happy birthday, NOTHING. A month later she wants to know why my girlfriend deleted her off facebook!
It's not just friends here that will blow you off. You can hardly conduct business. Nobody follows through. Again, I know people from Craigslist are flakes anyways but Craigslist is a joke here. I have been stood up so many times it's not even funny, even when I'm giving shit away for free! People here are so fucking rude they don't have the decency to call or text and say they can't make it. And if you are selling shit on Craigslist nobody will want to drive to pick the shit up. Anytime I have bought something off sites like Craigslist I have always assumed it is the buyer's responsibility to pick the item up. I'm not going to hand-deliver the shit to your fucking house! The only exception is if the item is far away, I'm a nice guy and sometimes I'll meet the person halfway. But people in Boston will not drive 10 minutes out of their way to pick up something they are buying from YOU! And by the way, they won't call, text, or email you to let you know, they'll just leaving you hanging all fucking night!
The fact that Bostonians are so flaky really surprised me. I thought East Coast people were more honest and upfront. This is not true. They are just fucking rude. I have found people in LA to be much more reliable and LA is known for flaky people. Go figure...
Ha! I dig it man! I lived in Boston for a few years & everything there is just so damn HARD. There are good things about the city and at times I like to romanticize my time there. Sometimes the thought of moving back will creep in on me. Then I start to think about how expensive everything is, then I think about the weather, then I think about how crowded it is. The simple task of going to the supermarket can turn into an ordeal. A lot of people from Eastern Massachusetts don't want to even try to be your friend because you haven't known them for a million years. "Yah didn't go to middle school with me in Chelmfahd kid, so I don't want to fahckin talk to yah." Just cause half the population claims to be from Ireland is not a reason to still carry on such a clannish tradition. And all the d-brag brosefs at the overcrowded bars want to act so hard all the time. Ugh. God forbid you have a car and have to drive it through Harvard Square; great place to double park dipshit. The hiring situation is not any better (the main reason I moved). I once had a roommate tell me that his company would only hire people if they went to BU or BC. Man, fuck that place now that I think about it. I once had the daydream of starting a blog about all the things in Boston that suck when I lived there, but I didn't. Glad to see that someone is. The truth is, life is much easier for me now.
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