Weaponised incompetence

Smileless2012

You could have just said 'it's OK I'll do it'. A bit silly to stand there while the poor man who thought he was doing you a favour bashed your furniture and walls, and then come on here and appear to be berating men in general.

I wouldn’t expect any delivery man to do anything other than deliver and set up.

The example given by the OP isn’t ’weaponised incompetence’, it’s just incompetence.
Weaponised incompetence implies that the apparently incompetent one has something to gain from appearing incompetent.
In the OP’s example, all the delivery man has gained is the sharp edge of OP’s tongue.

You could have just said 'it's OK I'll do it'. A bit silly to stand there while the poor man who thought he was doing you a favour bashed your furniture and walls, and then come on here and appear to be berating men in general.

And the point if your post is??

My brother, aged not a lot more than 6, was asked to make a cup of tea.
He used hot water from the tap, straight into the pot.
He was never asked again.
He always was a devious so-and-so.

Cariadagain
Did the delivery folk take away your old bed hence the need to hoover
Did you give him your hoover? If so you took the risk upon yourself. Wonder how good you would be at walking into a room and start painting, joinery, electrical work or even assembling a bed. Not only all males but females too would not meet your hoovering standards

DH demonstrates what I am sure is fairly deliberate incompetence when it comes to housework such as ironing, though he will hoover if necessary. Now I am down to one hand, life is going to get interesting as he will have to step up. I fear I may need some ear plugs. Can you put those in one handed do you think? 😂

I had a new bed fairly recently. When the delivery men took out the older bed I took the opportunity to clean the skirting board and vacuum the area where the new bed would go.
Unless I was disabled in some way I would not have expected the delivery people to do the job for me.

I could move our old bed and hoover underneath but the new one won't budge an inch!

Agree with @srn63 . It's better to be direct. If you're polite and say 'please don't knock the furniture', it should be fine.

Oreo

When an old divan type bed is removed you should see what the carpet is like underneath😲so it does need hoovering before the new bed is brought in, but have never had the delivery men offer to do it.
Are you maybe either really old or disabled OP so they were helping you out?

No, she’s a woman that doesn’t like men. 😂 as she frequently tells us.

I would have just told him to be careful and don't knock the walls and furniture. I don't think I would have known what the OP was talking about.

Safe to say most of us are housewives with years of experience. It's hard to relinquish our competent work to others less competent.

When we had our old bed taken away there was years of dust underneath. I started hoovering while the delivery men stood waiting with the new bed. They lost patience and took the hoover off me and did the job quicker than I could!

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My husband does most of the housework, not fantastically well but I don't care as I'm not doing it myself. His particular weaponised incompetence relates to cooking, for example potatoes boiled to the point of transparency, sausages grilled to black. He only reheats meals or soup which he regards as "cooking", but I enjoy cooking so am happy to swap this for housework.

Well, at least he’s trying 🤭

If there was a new bed being delivered presumably the delivery men were removing the old one. I couldn’t move our bed to hoover underneath it, so if I was having a new one the carpet would definitely need hoovering once the old one had gone, it would be very dusty under there.

When an old divan type bed is removed you should see what the carpet is like underneath😲so it does need hoovering before the new bed is brought in, but have never had the delivery men offer to do it.
Are you maybe either really old or disabled OP so they were helping you out?

My husband does most of the housework, not fantastically well but I don't care as I'm not doing it myself. His particular weaponised incompetence relates to cooking, for example potatoes boiled to the point of transparency, sausages grilled to black. He only reheats meals or soup which he regards as "cooking", but I enjoy cooking so am happy to swap this for housework.

I see a lot of people in hospitals and I see this time and time again. Women recovering from operations being looked after by husbands having accidents caused by carelessness by husbands like leaving the bleach bottle open!

Hoover your own floor, stop whining. Anyway, why did the delivery man hoover the floor in the first place, that sounds very odd.

Thank you, that's the term I've been looking for.
As regards the hoovering of the carpet, it's beside the point. It depends what she paid for. Would a man have said please stand aside, I'll do your job for you? It's a valid post.

why hadn't you hoovered before the bed arrived?

Perhaps you think this is "Groansnet"

I'm beginning t think it is 😂

OP your way of speaking sounds too elaborate to get the point across in that situation.
But anyway actions speak louder than words.
You could could have taken possession of your hoover and used it yourself.

What ARE you moaning about? Or just showing off that you've got a new bed?
Another man-knocking OP no doubt expecting everybody to join in saying how useless men/delivery men/your delivery men are?
Perhaps you think this is "Groansnet"
(And what IS with all the "cues" ?)