Manners

[derek kelly]

There is a couple staying at this hotel who I would guess to be mid seventies to eighties, from their accents I would put them as definitely Southerners possibly Portsmouth.
Every day the guy comes for his meals wearing a stupid straw hat, now to me wearing a hat at meal times is plain bad manners, also this couple no matter what song/tune, tempo is played they line dance to it.
Back home we’d regard them as care in the community.

 

[Cougar377]

Sounds about right. I'm just up the road from Pompey. I find by and large that the south is more rude than the north.....especially the oldies down here...
Respect for your elders my arse. If someone barges past you, or tries to jump the queue, or ignores you when you open a door for them..... then I don't even have to look to know that they'll be 70+.

 

[andyBeaker]

There is a couple staying at this hotel who I would guess to be mid seventies to eighties, from their accents I would put them as definitely Southerners possibly Portsmouth.
Every day the guy comes for his meals wearing a stupid straw hat, now to me wearing a hat at meal times is plain bad manners, also this couple no matter what song/tune, tempo is played they line dance to it.
Back home we’d regard them as care in the community.

It was quite interesting when the country club that we belonged to at our last place banned baseball caps from being worn within the building.

Some acted like they were having a limb removed.

 

[derek kelly]

Baseball caps in a country club? Surprised they were ever allowed in the first place.

 

[ianrobbo1]

Baseball caps in a country club? Surprised they were ever allowed in the first place.

This was a "country club" that let Andrew in !!

 

[derek kelly]

This was a "country club" that let Andrew in !!

Ah, very true

 

[Pow-Lo]

Sounds about right. I'm just up the road from Pompey. I find by and large that the south is more rude than the north.....especially the oldies down here...
Respect for your elders my arse. If someone barges past you, or tries to jump the queue, or ignores you when you open a door for them..... then I don't even have to look to know that they'll be 70+.

I would say 70+ or less than 30. Fuckin’ millennials are just as bad, entitled little wank pellets that they are.

 

[andyBeaker]

I would say 70+ or less than 30. Fuckin’ millennials are just as bad, entitled little wank pellets that they are.

Still reintegrating into the UK nicely then!!

 

[Pow-Lo]

Still reintegrating into the UK nicely then!!

 

[Jaws]

Still reintegrating into the UK nicely then!!

I have spent most of my life trying NOT to integrate..
I really do not want to be either the tired old man trudging home from the factory with his thermos flask OR a posh shite who thinks everyone else who does not conform is beneath him or her

 

[andyBeaker]

I have spent most of my life trying NOT to integrate..
I really do not want to be either the tired old man trudging home from the factory with his thermos flask OR a posh shite who thinks everyone else who does not conform is beneath him or her

Somewhere in between then.

 

[Pow-Lo]

I have spent most of my life trying NOT to integrate..
I really do not want to be either the tired old man trudging home from the factory with his thermos flask OR a posh shite who thinks everyone else who does not conform is beneath him or her

That's what we're supposed to do, conform to the liberal lefty twats and do as they say without question. Fuck that! Drive a huge, grunty diesel, eat red meat and drink full fat milk (but be sure to recycle your plastics). I salute those that can think for themselves and refuse to conform.

 

[Minkey]

working in retail you meet all ages of people most are polite and the rude ones can be of any age.

I think I'm too polite I say thank you to anyone or anything that gives me something including cash point machines and parking meters

 

[andyBeaker]

I was queuing in Costa a while back, chap about 30 in front staring at his phone and wearing headphones.

When he eventually realised it was his turn to be served he simply barked his order, no please. He got his coffee, no thank you, no acknowledgement of any sort, waved his card over the contactless terminal and turned to walk out.

The lady who served him pretty much shouted 'excuse me sir' - he eventually engaged with her. Look of surprise on his face. She then told him not to come back until he learned some manners, much to the amusement of me and the others who were queuing.

The look on his face was priceless, although I half think he probably didn't get it at all.

 

[andyBeaker]

I'm not sure I would get away with it now, but in the good old days when Walkmans first came out I had a spell as a bank cashier (remember them?) and refused to serve anyone who was listening to music.

I thought it was just plain rude.

 

[Cougar377]

There's a local cafe/sandwich bar near us that has a sign by the till which says that if you're on the phone and you're next to be served, then they'll serve the next person in the queue.
Works a treat.

 

[Pow-Lo]

I was leaving a Starbucks in Londinium with Mrs P and our American GBFs who were staying with us for a week. AS we were leaving, I held the door open for those three to leave. As I was about to follow them out, a young couple with a pushchair were about to make their way in. I stepped back and held the door for them and they both said 'thank you'. I then went to leave again and a girl in her mid-twenties ish was coming in. I again stepped back and held the door and she walked past, nose in the air, no 'thank you', no 'kiss my arse' no nothing. I said "you're welcome" and walked out. She turned and said, quite loudly, "fuck you!" I responded with a "you couldn't afford me, bitch".

I'm not sure what amused me most, the look on her face at my response, the raucous laughter from inside Starbucks or the colour of her face when the laughter started. Priceless.

 

[Cougar377]

I was leaving a Starbucks in Londinium with Mrs P and our American GBFs who were staying with us for a week. AS we were leaving, I held the door open for those three to leave. As I was about to follow them out, a young couple with a pushchair were about to make their way in. I stepped back and held the door for them and they both said 'thank you'. I then went to leave again and a girl in her mid-twenties ish was coming in. I again stepped back and held the door and she walked past, nose in the air, no 'thank you', no 'kiss my arse' no nothing. I said "you're welcome" and walked out. She turned and said, quite loudly, "fuck you!" I responded with a "you couldn't afford me, bitch".

I'm not sure what amused me most, the look on her face at my response, the raucous laughter from inside Starbucks or the colour of her face when the laughter started. Priceless.

 

[Minkey]

not unusual for customers to be on their phone at the checkout why they can't wait a few minutes finish their call then come to the checkout

 

[Cougar377]

We were in the queue at Sainsburys the other Sunday. The store was busy and the checkout queues were long.
The bloke a couple of places in front of us got a call mid way through packing his shopping.

We only heard one side but you can guess the rest:

"I'm at the checkout".
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"I'm at the checkout and packing the shopping".
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"I'm at the checkout packing the shopping and the young lady is waiting for me to pay".
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"What part of - I'm about to pay for the shopping - did you not understand, dear".

At this point he held the phone away from his head for about 5 seconds, dropped it into one of the bags, paid and took his shopping.