Local Hero Posts ‘No Time Wasters’ on Facebook Marketplace Listing, Immediately Wastes Everyone’s Time

Callum Finnerty | Special Features Editor | Sutherland Shire Gazette

17 May 2025

BANGOR - A local resident has taken a bold stand against societal decline this week by declaring “NO TIME WASTERS” in all caps on a Facebook Marketplace ad for a faded faux-leather bar stool set.

Sharon, 52, says she’s “sick to death of flakes” after attempting to offload the stools - which she describes as “vintage Hamptons chic,” but which appear to be from a 2007 Freedom clearance sale during a beige period no one speaks of.

“I’m not here for chit-chat or tyre-kickers,” she told The Sutherland Shire Gazette, despite having personally engaged 11 potential buyers in long, soul-draining conversations about how the stools ‘just need the right home’ - as if they were rescue pets, not mildly chipped MDF.

Within minutes of posting, Sharon’s rage was reignited by a stream of messages starting with “Is this still available?”, a feature she describes as “the single most infuriating button in the digital world.”

“If it wasn’t available, would I have left it up?” she snapped. “Do people think I just like collecting conversations with strangers about bar stools?”

She has since updated the listing with:

“YES IT’S STILL AVAILABLE. IF IT WASN’T, IT WOULDN’T BE LISTED. READ.”

Despite her demands for efficiency, Sharon has now spent five full days sending passive-aggressive replies, ghosting buyers, and arranging multiple pickups she forgets to be home for.

One teenage buyer was spotted on her doorstep holding $50 in exact change while Sharon monitored him through her Ring doorbell and posted another update to the ad:

“No holds. No delivery. No time wasters. No muppets. I know what I’ve got.”

Locals are reportedly terrified to enquire, with one neighbour describing the ad as “the Facebook equivalent of being yelled at in Woolies.”

The stools remain unsold, but Sharon says it’s about the principle.

“They can waste someone else’s time,” she said, proudly reposting the ad for the sixth time that day.