Facebook Marketplace Buyer Misunderstands “M-F” as Slur, Leaves Furious Voice Note

Communication breakdown. It's not just the name of a Led Zeppelin song that details the frustrations that often occur when there's a misunderstanding between two people.

But the way someone communicates with you, or straight up doesn't, tells you a lot about how they view the current state of your relationship.

Maybe at the start of what you thought was a good thing between you and someone else starts to become a little stale after a while and that gets reflected in the way that they address you.

Or perhaps they exhibited a terrible attitude from the get-go, like this one guy thought a TikToker named Amir (@amircreatedit) did as they negotiated a sale of wheels.

From the screenshot that Amir provided of their conversation, it seemed like things, at least conversationally speaking, devolved into a very aggressive place rather quickly.

And it all had to do with a communication misunderstanding.

Referring to the condition of the wheels, the prospective buyer asks, "No cracks on the lips," to which Amir replies, "nope, and nope."

He then adds: "highest offer is currently $150 tmrw night."

"Ok," the buyer writes, before putting in their own offer: "$165," they write back.

Amir, wanting to know when is the soonest time the buyer can come get them, asks when he's able to pick the wheels up while letting him know the times he would be available.

"I work m-f and get home around 9ish," he tells the potential wheel purchaser. Apparently, this the wrong move to make, as the man thought m-f meant he was calling him a motherf------, and he immediately launches into a voice note to let him know what he thought of his willingness to communicate using such vernacular.

"I don't know if you meant it motherf----- in a good way or a bad way but if you meant it in a good way f--- you, OK? 'Cause I send you a f----- answer for something you told me yesterday," the irate potential buyer says in their voice note.

"So let's get a little f------ respect going because I can be just as big of an a--hole. You stupid f----- all I'm trying to f------ do is buy some piece of s--- that you're selling. What the hell. Better start f------ respecting people, man," the potential buyer says as the video cuts out.

Numerous people who saw Amir's video wanted to know if he clarified what "m-f" meant, and if so, whether he could post the response the man gave to him.

"Bro I wanna see his response after you tell him Mon-Fri," one said.

"We need an update LMFAO," someone else replied.

"Bro doesn't know what the days of the week are," another person remarked.

"Please tell me you told him it mean Monday thru Friday and post that part," someone else wrote.

But there were other folks who remarked that they understood where the man was coming from: "Meeeee af jumping to conclusions," they wrote.

And then there were those who shuddered to think what the man would've said or done had Amir meant "m-f" in a negative way: "He’s reacting like that after taking it the good way, wonder how he would’ve reacted if he took it the bad way."

But there was one person who seemed to think that the potential buyer was somewhat justified, or, at the very least, Amir was kind of wrong for the way he presented himself in his message.

"Ive never seen M-F For Mon-Fri… AND when you try to sell something online why are you only available past 9PM? I feel like both parties are difficult in this convo," they wrote.

What do you think? Would you assume someone was calling you a motherf----- after placing "m-f" in the middle of a text about availability? Or do you think that some folks are just very quick to jump the gun and be mad about something?