2 Niggaz in a Truck

My parents, my mother in particular has a long history of not believing me when I tell her something. It doesn't matter what it is, she just assumes I am wrong and anybody else is correct...especially if that someone else is a male. If that someone is a white male, then forget it, it may as well be the voice of God himself. :irked: Her mother was the same way. So I guess it's hereditary, or maybe it's just because mom is of the last generation to think men must have all the answers and are always right.

Anywho I was trying to get the pool clean. We didn't open it until last Wednesday because mom said not to. More on this monumental headache later.

Today mom almost bought $138 worth of frozen steak and fish from '2 niggaz in a pickup truck'. I think my normally low, blood pressure went through the roof. I'm still clenching my teeth and it's 12 hours later. :mad: The guys worked for some shyster company, the name was neatly printed on the side of the truck to give an air of legitimacy.

I looked at the meat, but it didn't look fresh, even though it was frozen and cryo-vac'd which is like being hermetically sealed. The website was on the side of the truck so I quick looked it up and found all sorts of complaints! I printed out one and showed it to mom and she didn't believe me! She listened to that shyster salesman. She believed some man off the street over ME!!!! I was PISSED OFF! :angryfire2: I went back and printed out 3 different complaints and finally she believed me. She grudgingly made them take the meat out of the freezer in the garage. Luckily she had yet to give them a check.

Let me tell you, I was LIVID! When I tell you something is a SCAM and provide proof of said scam, then Damn It you better believe me and do as I say. :mad:


Whatever you do, DO NOT buy anything from The Cattle Exchange! The company is real, but the product is substandard and it's basically just a scam. They come door to door selling frozen steaks, burgers, fish, shrimp and I think they had some pork chops. Best part of the scam . . . it's not a freezer truck. It's a pickup with a freezer in the back of it. :biggrin1: The kind you bend over and reach into, that you buy at Sears. What is this plugged into? It was 3 PM when they got to us, how long had it been unplugged? Since 8 AM or 9AM? Meh, no thank you.

It gets better...I called my cousin Denise who lives like 45 minutes away with my mom's younger sister. She was like please tell me she didn't buy that mess. I said she almost did. She was shocked. My mom will be 79 next month and while she is forgetfull she was never stupid or gullible. Is this a natural part of the ageing process? :confused:

Ten minutes later D calls me back, to tell me mom's sister said she would have bought from them too. Now in addition to worrying about them falling in the shower; we have to worry about them answering the door, cause anybody, can sell them anything.

I'm telling you, living with my parents is like living with 80 year old toddlers. But if I weren't here I shudder to think what would happen to them.

Bottom Line: When I tell you the berries are ripe, get your basket and start picking. :cool:

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reminds me of when i paid for a pair of dogg digital loudspeakers in a parking lot. it's been almost eight years and i'm still angry at myself for being such a doofus. lesson learned about scam artists.
 
hate people like that... glad you talked them out of it...

and if you told me my berries are ripe...I'd get embarassed and go shower... :)
 
^OC ftw.

I love buying fresh corn from people in pick-up trucks but that's so much different than meat! They honestly could've had an inverter to plug in the freezer but that's still so sketchy on so many levels.

I think people do become more gullible as they age. Gullibility replaces independence. It's too bad she's at that awkward phase where she's kinda gullible but still won't believe you!!!
 
NJQT,

No matter how old you get, you are never going to be GROWN. Yes, my mother does some of the same things. They know what they know even when they may not know. My mom however being rather suspicious by nature definitely would not purchase meat from a truck. Though I know it is frustrating, I am so glad you are there to make sure that in spite of herself your mom is not being taken for a ride.
 
Ya know, NJ, this might have been a nostalgic attempt by your Mom to go back in time a bit. I bet your Mom remembers when a whole bunch of people bought their fish, meat and vegetables off of a truck. My Dad used to tell me about fish mongers and others selling stuff off of ice-laden trucks in Brooklyn. At one time it was common...and completely unregulated. It's not that people didn't get sick, I think...it's just that, back then, that might be the only way people got fish and meat. And they sorta knew who was reputable and who was not. Today, though, there is no excuse for taking those kinds of chances.
 
For the record, you would have to have a massive inverter and serious back-up power to run a deep freeze in a pick-up truck.

I feel the same way with my folks. They get burned by contractors all of the time, and don't always learn their lesson. Regardless of what you try to teach your parents they never learn until they get burned. It is like they are paying me back for being such a thick-headed dick in my teen years.
 
Three years ago, I was with my father going to Burger King in his brand new Dodge RAM pickup. It was raining and at night---at the time. My father gets out and talks to this really dingy country couple with big campstyle backpacks (EITHER they were camping outside of BK or they were homeless--I think the latter was the case.) outside of the BK and they went inside with him. Anyway...about ten or so minutes later. My dad comes out with the couple--ALL OF THEM had BK bags...and all were walking towards the truck. (I was thinking...OH NO. DAD NO.)

Do you know he told them that he could take them to their truck which was five miles down the road? And they had really bad BO and smelled like beer. And on the way the guy was saying "OH MAN, this IS a NICE truck!!! like in a "I may shoot both your black asses" and take it sort of way. And I looked at my dad...like YOU MUTHAFUCKER--I cannot wait till these stank beyotches get out of this car so I could give my father a lexiconic lecture on "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!! ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY?!!! YOU DON'T KNOW THESE MOTHERFUCKERS WELL ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM RIDES TO THEIR CAR. THEY COULD'VE KILLED US AND JACKED THE DAMN TRUCK!!!!" The "Don't give rides to strangers" lecture.

We finally got them to their truck. And the guy and his steady said to my dad, "THANKS FOR THE BURGERS." :eek::eek::eek::eek:

(My dad bought them food.:mad:)

I was really livid and we drove off and then I turned to my dad and said , "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!! ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY?!!! YOU DON'T KNOW THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS WELL ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM A RIDE. THEY COULD'VE KILLED US AND JACKED THE DAMN TRUCK!!!!

YOU BOUGHT 'EM FOOD? WHY NOT TAKE THEM TO THE MOVIES AND OFFER 'EM ACCOMMODATIONS? OH JEEZUS!!! IT SMELLS LIKE GRILLED BODY ODOR AND MAN ASS UP IN HERE."

(My dad didn't pick up any strangers after that episode. He thought about that and felt that I was right. He wasn't thinking. He was being friendly...but he said wasn't thinking about possibly our lives in danger like that and possibly getting his truck hijacked.)



 
[QUOTE]"IT SMELLS LIKE GRILLED BODY ODOR AND MAN ASS UP IN HERE." [/QUOTE] :lmao: ROTFLMAO :rofl: Thank you so much for making me laugh out loud and almost pee my pants. :biggrin1:
 

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