Follow Ups

[Jordyboy9]

It never ceases to amaze me on here how many times advice is asked for and given,some good and some not so good,and there is no follow up,no reply,no thanks,surely common courtesy dictates an answer of sorts,personally I am quilty of not replying to some questions where to answer would get me in trouble,but normally I would answer.

[Sqad]

I agree Jordy.
There may be a multitude of excuses, but it boils down mainly to ignorance and bad manners.
Some posters I see in some sections on AB, I refuse to answer as i know there will be no reply and on rare occasions the reply is venomous and insulting.

[Old_Geezer]

This point has been made on a regular basis.

[Jordyboy9]

Old-geezer when you said venomous and insulting I could not agree more,as I have experienced this,it’s fine the banter even with some bitterness,but yes some go to far,hope you are keeping well.

[Mamyalynne]

A thorn in the side for those who give expert advice I guess,

An oft debated topic.

[paddywak]

And sometime the response given is totally unacceptable,I always remember when I first joined the site replying to an answer in the Crossword section four or five of us gave the right answer virtually at the same time and recieved no answer.On looking back a couple of hours later another right answer had been added and this one had recieved a reply thanking him and ignoring all the other replies.

[Jordyboy9]

Sorry Sandra,getting a bit confused lots on my mind at the moment,just been to the dental hospital in Edinburgh this morning impacted wisdom tooth extraction ,Young lady dentist excellent,and dental assistant from Ghana wonderful,hope you are well Sqad

[douglas9401]

Side thorns are best removed by employing tweezers and pulling firmly at 90 degrees to the puncture site.

I require no thanks or further communication for this advice.

[anneasquith]

Many thanks Douglas,

[hereIam]

I'd like to know how crosspatch got on with cleaning up the poor old cat, but she never came back on to tell us !

[naomi24]

I don't crave thanks - but it's nice to hear from the OP if only to confirm that the answers given have been read and people haven't completely wasted their time.

[agchristie]

Yes,it's a courtesy to acknowledge a person who has taken time to answer.

[Calicogirl]

I always try to thank and acknowledge people if I've asked for advice, it is only common courtesy, but I must admit I don't lose sleep over people not thanking me x

[Buenchico]

As I written many times before, the chances of getting an acknowledgement for a post seem to be inversely proportional to the amount of effort which goes into it.

It can often take me less than 30 seconds to google for the information required and to post that information (or a link to it) here on AB. In such cases I quite often get profuse thanks, perhaps with the poster saying "Thanks, I've been googling that for days".

However if I spend hours researching answer (or jump in my car to drive for hours to get the information required), I'll almost certainly get no feedback at all. (I travelled to Paris on one occasion, to help an ABer find his way around. He didn't appear particularly grateful but perhaps that's because he had to endure my company for a day!)

[Tilly2]

What irritates me is when the OP is asked a question, for clarification, and they don't bother to reply. That is rude.

[Buenchico]

^^^ I agree, Tilly2, but sometimes the information which actually does get provided doesn't help much either!

For example, someone might post a question which basically says little more than 'My email isn't working'. So I'll ask them to let us know the type of device that they're using (PC, iPad, Android phone, etc) and whether they're accessing their mail via their web browser or through a dedicated email app.

On many, many occasions I've had such questions answered with this 'helpful' reply: "I just click on it"

Grrr!!!

[Jordyboy9]

beunchico,i can honestly say for all the helpful advice i have had from you over the years i dont think i have ever forgotten to reply,my way of thinking its the hight of ignorance not to,keep well.

[andy-hughes]

// beunchico,i can honestly say for all the helpful advice i have had from you over the years i dont think i have ever forgotten to reply,my way of thinking its the hight of ignorance not to,keep well. //

I would like to be associated with the remarks of the last speaker.

[Jordyboy9]

Gladly mr Hughes Gladly you are most welcome sir.

[andy-hughes]

Jordy - // Gladly mr Hughes Gladly you are most welcome sir. //

Thank you kindly.

[10ClarionSt]

I asked a question last week, but then had to rush away to other business, which meant I didn't take part in the thread, until the next day. One or two people noted my absence from the thread and asked why I hadn't replied. Sometimes other things surface that have a greater importance.