Today I'm angry about.....

[bobo the clown]

Cue another 25min call to Bombay to sort it

You should've rang their place in Mumbai instead.

I did - they redirected me.

They would have done, as the people of Bombay call it Bombay. It's only outside of there & the official Government offices who call it Mumbai.

Same goes for Beijing, as it happens ... the local pronunciation & in Mandarin (& hence in that city itself, is Bei-Ching, tho in Cantonese it is pronounced Peking.

[Gravedigger]

Cue another 25min call to Bombay to sort it

You should've rang their place in Mumbai instead.

I did - they redirected me.

They would have done, as the people of Bombay call it Bombay. It's only outside of there & the official Government offices who call it Mumbai.

Same goes for Beijing, as it happens ... the local pronunciation & in Mandarin (& hence in that city itself, is Bei-Ching, tho in Cantonese it is pronounced Peking.

Same goes for Godslittleacre, though the locals prefer Bolton.

[Hoboh]

The Xbox people taking £40 from my account for a Live subscription that I no longer use, after I'd phoned them to tell them that I was cancelling.

Cue another 25min call to Bombay to sort it

Silly boy cancel the direct debit then the account. If they think you owe them let them chase you the phone calls cost nowt then

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Why the feck did i apologise to people queing behind me in Asda this morning, when the delay was caused by the numpty on the checkout putting a bottle of wine through twice!?! I challenged him about the final total , we went through the items, he admittd his mistake, and i said sorry to the people in the queue for the delay...

Stupid British politeness....!

[thebish]

Why the feck did i apologise to people queing behind me in Asda this morning, when the delay was caused by the numpty on the checkout putting a bottle of wine through twice!?! I challenged him about the final total , we went through the items, he admittd his mistake, and i said sorry to the people in the queue for the delay...

Stupid British politeness....!

out buying wine before 8:30am????

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Buying, not drinking

[Bruce Rioja]

Why the feck did i apologise to people queing behind me in Asda this morning, when the delay was caused by the numpty on the checkout putting a bottle of wine through twice!?! I challenged him about the final total , we went through the items, he admittd his mistake, and i said sorry to the people in the queue for the delay...

Stupid British politeness....!

out buying wine before 8:30am????

Interestingly, or not, I was on my was on my way to a golf day a couple of weeks ago and as I was staying overnight at a colleagues I thought I'd better call in at Tesco and pick up a couple of bottles of wine (well, I wasn't going to waste any of my rack). I was rather sheepish queueing up at the checkouts at 08:00, two bottles in hand, in that I wasn't sure as to whether or not it was legal to buy it at that time. Anyway, it must be.

[KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab]

Why the feck did i apologise to people queing behind me in Asda this morning, when the delay was caused by the numpty on the checkout putting a bottle of wine through twice!?! I challenged him about the final total , we went through the items, he admittd his mistake, and i said sorry to the people in the queue for the delay...

Stupid British politeness....!

out buying wine before 8:30am????

Interestingly, or not, I was on my was on my way to a golf day a couple of weeks ago and as I was staying overnight at a colleagues I thought I'd better call in at Tesco and pick up a couple of bottles of wine (well, I wasn't going to waste any of my rack). I was rather sheepish queueing up at the checkouts at 08:00, two bottles in hand, in that I wasn't sure as to whether or not it was legal to buy it at that time. Anyway, it must be.

You wouldn't be in limbo for that anyway. It'd be the shop that'd cop the flak for selling outside licensing hours.

And as for politeness? A dying art. Anyone feeling the need to use manners when they don't necessarily need to is a lot better, in my eyes, than those that go out of their way not to use them at all.

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Why the feck did i apologise to people queing behind me in Asda this morning, when the delay was caused by the numpty on the checkout putting a bottle of wine through twice!?! I challenged him about the final total , we went through the items, he admittd his mistake, and i said sorry to the people in the queue for the delay...

Stupid British politeness....!

out buying wine before 8:30am????

Interestingly, or not, I was on my was on my way to a golf day a couple of weeks ago and as I was staying overnight at a colleagues I thought I'd better call in at Tesco and pick up a couple of bottles of wine (well, I wasn't going to waste any of my rack). I was rather sheepish queueing up at the checkouts at 08:00, two bottles in hand, in that I wasn't sure as to whether or not it was legal to buy it at that time. Anyway, it must be.

You wouldn't be in limbo for that anyway. It'd be the shop that'd cop the flak for selling outside licensing hours.

And as for politeness? A dying art. Anyone feeling the need to use manners when they don't necessarily need to is a lot better, in my eyes, than those that go out of their way not to use them at all.

This is very true, i suppose it makes for a better society. And hey, at least people were queuing! We're not quite Italian yet..

Wonder what the law is on buying booze in these 24 hour places, if there are certain times you can't bu yit?

[thebish]

And as for politeness? A dying art. Anyone feeling the need to use manners when they don't necessarily need to is a lot better, in my eyes, than those that go out of their way not to use them at all.

Indeed. I'm not sure of the dying art, though - but I am not sure what explains it - but my experience is that pensioners almost NEVER apologise for the inconveniences they cause - not the ones solely related to their age and consequent slowness - but things like this...

yesterday in the shop I had a trolleyful of stuff - and a lttle old lady arrived behind me with 2 packets of biscuits and a tin of catfood. as i always do - I invited her to go ahead of me while I was still unloading (as I had the 2 previous people).

she got to the front - the cashier started ringing her biscuits through - and the old lady announced - "ooh - I've just got to go and get some jam". she toddled off and was gone for what seemed like and hour and half - then returned with jam, cream, apples and sugar - and when she was finally done - simply walked out of the shop - without amn apology for holding us all up - OR even a thankyou for me having let her go before me.

I find that my generation and those younger than me are far more likely to apologise (even un-necessarily) than those much older than me.

maybe we will all stop doing it when we reach pensioner-hood....

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Old people are great, they just steamroller their way through everyone and everything after the age of 70.

As for the jam Bish, she was probably round the corner making the bloody stuff while you were waiting ! You know old women and jam..

[KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab]

Wonder what the law is on buying booze in these 24 hour places, if there are certain times you can't bu yit?

Depends on the licence. All 24 hour supermarkets will have a licence on when they can serve hooch. I think the most common is 11-11, although some do have a 24-hour licence. They are, however, incredibly expensive and are as hard to get as mortgages are nowadays.

[Gary the Enfield]

And as for politeness? A dying art. Anyone feeling the need to use manners when they don't necessarily need to is a lot better, in my eyes, than those that go out of their way not to use them at all.

Indeed. I'm not sure of the dying art, though - but I am not sure what explains it - but my experience is that pensioners almost NEVER apologise for the inconveniences they cause - not the ones solely related to their age and consequent slowness - but things like this...

yesterday in the shop I had a trolleyful of stuff - and a lttle old lady arrived behind me with 2 packets of biscuits and a tin of catfood. as i always do - I invited her to go ahead of me while I was still unloading (as I had the 2 previous people).

she got to the front - the cashier started ringing her biscuits through - and the old lady announced - "ooh - I've just got to go and get some jam". she toddled off and was gone for what seemed like and hour and half - then returned with jam, cream, apples and sugar - and when she was finally done - simply walked out of the shop - without amn apology for holding us all up - OR even a thankyou for me having let her go before me.

I find that my generation and those younger than me are far more likely to apologise (even un-necessarily) than those much older than me.

maybe we will all stop doing it when we reach pensioner-hood....

This is why, Bish.......


Warning
by Jenny Joseph

WHEN I AM AN OLD WOMAN I SHALL WEAR PURPLE
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Taken from the book
When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

[Bruce Rioja]

Wonder what the law is on buying booze in these 24 hour places, if there are certain times you can't bu yit?

Depends on the licence. All 24 hour supermarkets will have a licence on when they can serve hooch. I think the most common is 11-11, although some do have a 24-hour licence. They are, however, incredibly expensive and are as hard to get as mortgages are nowadays.

Well, one Friday evening a few months back I was driving home from a show when the fuel light came on. As such, I called into the Tesco Prestwich filling station to fill up.
Whilst doing that I noticed that the supermarket was still open (just before midnight) so nipped in for a few bits.
There were taxis pulling up outside, with people that were clearly arseholed and in need of no more alcohol falling out of the taxis, into the store and straight to the booze isle. One drunken 4uckwit had managed to smash every bottle in a case of Peroni by dropping it in the foyer, something he found hilarious, whilst others were propping themselves up on the checkout before paying for bottles of spirits.

Isn't there something about licencees having 'a duty of care' as part of getting one granted?

[TANGODANCER]

Old people are great, they just steamroller their way through everyone and everything after the age of 70. As for the jam Bish, she was probably round the corner making the bloody stuff while you were waiting ! You know old women and jam..

To say there aren't folk like this is silly, there are. To class all over seventies as unmannerly and senile is just as silly. Are your parents, grandads and grandmothers in that category? Catch a bus or two and clock the behaviour of schoolkids and tennagers, go compare. It's called life.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Old people are great, they just steamroller their way through everyone and everything after the age of 70. As for the jam Bish, she was probably round the corner making the bloody stuff while you were waiting ! You know old women and jam..

To say there aren't folk like this is silly, there are. To class all over seventies as unmannerly and senile is just as silly. Are your parents, grandads and grandmothers in that category? Catch a bus or two and clock the behaviour of schoolkids and tennagers, go compare. It's called life.

When I was at school we were given a lecture about respecting old people - which is all well and good, but in reality they're the most rude and thoughtless members of society. They never queue up properly, and the dawdling drives me mad.

[TANGODANCER]

Interestingly, or not, I was on my was on my way to a golf day a couple of weeks ago and as I was staying overnight at a colleagues I thought I'd better call in at Tesco and pick up a couple of bottles of wine (well, I wasn't going to waste any of my rack). I was rather sheepish queueing up at the checkouts at 08:00, two bottles in hand, in that I wasn't sure as to whether or not it was legal to buy it at that time. Anyway, it must be.

I called in Spar about a year ago to buy some beer for the lads on reception on the day I was leaving. Was about ten to eight. Arrived at the check-out and was informed by the girl she couldn't serve me till eight-o'clock, so it looks like supermarkets must have store rules for that time.

[thebish]

Old people are great, they just steamroller their way through everyone and everything after the age of 70. As for the jam Bish, she was probably round the corner making the bloody stuff while you were waiting ! You know old women and jam..

To say there aren't folk like this is silly, there are. To class all over seventies as unmannerly and senile is just as silly. Are your parents, grandads and grandmothers in that category? Catch a bus or two and clock the behaviour of schoolkids and tennagers, go compare. It's called life.

When I was at school we were given a lecture about respecting old people - which is all well and good, but in reality they're the most rude and thoughtless members of society. They never queue up properly, and the dawdling drives me mad.

all generalisations indeed - but old people are quite happy to generalise about teenagers - so i won't feel that guilty about it...

in my line of work I regularly find myself in secondary schools talking with year 10/11s and also at WI groups and townswomens guilds and also at junior/infant school assemblies.

without fail - every time - the rudest and least respectful are the WI and the townswomens guilds.

[Gravedigger]

Yesterday at the bus stop a group of teenagers hopped on the bus ahead of everyone else despite there being a queue of sorts, it is London after all. I tapped one on the shoulder and said "Back of the queue" he told me to take a sexual departure whereupon I lifted him and carried him off the bus and gently set him down with a rejoinder that as I was afraid he might call the police, being a very brave looking boy, if I belted him, I wouldn't belt him, on this occasion. He couldn't look me in the eye and shouted for his mates to get off the bus. As the bus pulled away I got the finger, but hey, you have to pay for your fun. I get just as incensed at the elderly, middle aged, young, children. There is no excuse for bad manners.

[Gary the Enfield]

Old people are great, they just steamroller their way through everyone and everything after the age of 70. As for the jam Bish, she was probably round the corner making the bloody stuff while you were waiting ! You know old women and jam..

To say there aren't folk like this is silly, there are. To class all over seventies as unmannerly and senile is just as silly. Are your parents, grandads and grandmothers in that category? Catch a bus or two and clock the behaviour of schoolkids and tennagers, go compare. It's called life.

When I was at school we were given a lecture about respecting old people - which is all well and good, but in reality they're the most rude and thoughtless members of society. They never queue up properly, and the dawdling drives me mad.

all generalisations indeed - but old people are quite happy to generalise about teenagers - so i won't feel that guilty about it...

in my line of work I regularly find myself in secondary schools talking with year 10/11s and also at WI groups and townswomens guilds and also at junior/infant school assemblies.

without fail - every time - the rudest and least respectful are the WI and the townswomens guilds.

You are Tony Blair and I claim my £5.