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Sometimes, you just aren't there....

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JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 10 Oct 2015 11:32

Good for you, Maggie.

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 10 Oct 2015 08:35

I tend to avoid Bath at certain times of the year due to the large bands of youngsters who HAVE to walk around as if they're glued together. I never step off the pavement, just plough on my own trajectory until they have to split apart. They're never aggressive or rude, just look like they're in a daydream :-S There's also the 'I can't get run over I'm a tourist' attitude too - well just watch out for the bolshy locals :-D

Researching:
Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 10 Oct 2015 08:12

Two female voices that wind me up,
one says" insert cash or select card payment type"..did you use any of your own bags?"

the other......
"turn around when possible"

how can you turn around?
when you are strapped in?

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 10 Oct 2015 08:08

Oh I can do bolshy very well, years of practice lol

Lizxx

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 10 Oct 2015 07:47

:-)

I think my BS tolerance level gets lower every year

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 10 Oct 2015 00:53

The older I get, the bolshier I get, Liz :-D


.....especially when 'youff' think they're better/deserve more/can just turn up and get on the bus before me :-0
I have been known to ask a member of the 'youff' if they can make a pair of curtains/gut a fish/kill a chicken etc. If not, what makes them think they are more entitled than me? - as I get on the bus before them.

Pleased to say my grandchildren (especially the 13 year old - we have a bond that scares her mother - my daughter) have a great respect for older people - 'cos they think they may all be as bolshy as me!!! :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 10 Oct 2015 00:42

Glad you stood up for yourself, Maggie, what a cheek that woman had.

Lizx

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 10 Oct 2015 00:09

I went to Sainsbo's today, just to get a few things.
I didn't use a basket, but (obviously) ended up with more than intended (it was the vanilla cheesescake and 'necessary' double cream).
I went to the self serve checkouts as it wasn't too busy.

I'd just about put my purchases on the shelf bit, when a young woman came alongside me, and started using the till :-0

'Excuse me' I said, being a polite (though sarcastic) type of person.
'Oh sorry', she said, 'I didn't see you there'.
'Well, that's even more insulting' was my response as I shoved her away from 'my' machine.

Do we really 'disappear' as we get older?

Then I had a thought - what if she'd put an item through, that I would pay for?
I checked - she hadn't - but I can see it's frighteningly, easily, possible.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842