1) once being daft enough to mention a forthcoming archive visit on an open forum, and that I'd be willing to do a lookup if I had any time left. Almost immediately came a request for 'any Browns between 1690 - 1890. When, as tactfully as I could, I enquired as to further details eg Christian names, which bit of the county they live in and when back came the answer that they didn't know, they just wondered if there WERE any???
2) My OH's aunt asked me to lookin into her family tree. Having put no end of time, effort not to mention cost into it, and considering her age, thought I'd better give her what I'd done so far, rather than thanking me she just said 'Is that ALL you've done!?!'
3) the same scenario with another in-law got 'well that's a disappointment! You didn't find out whether my grandfather was the result of an affair my gt grand ma had with a neighbour!' erm, no, I didn't so shoot me
