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17th December 2018, 22:36 | #11 |
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Down the road from us is a little kiosk which sells newspapers and groceries through a grille in the door. The practice of queuing to buy and pay is non existent, as the locals consider it a waste of time. The trick I have learned is not give any space when I get to the front. It’s that saying “ give someone an inch and they will take a mile”...... it’s true.
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18th December 2018, 09:09 | #12 |
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Slightly different scenario but my wife and I were about to be served at the local Tesco's checkout by a young female, my wife started putting all the things we had bought on the conveyer belt as I people watched, when it was nearly all on the belt the young girl scanned the last item ... a bottle of rioja, just for a laugh I said ' do you want some ID for the wine'? she looked up at me and said 'no need .. you're clearly not under age' and proceeded to total up what we had bought! (I'm 58 ... not dead!)
I was a bit gobsmacked at that point tbh so said in gest ' I'm only 16... just had a hard life is all' then she said 'yeah.. whatever mate'. I couldn't believe what she had said and how she said it! So I retaliated with ... 'At what point did I stop being a customer and start being 'your mate' you cheeky little mare? Just at that point a supervisor came over to ask if everything was ok, I said yes it's all sorted now, but your staff could do with a course in customer care. To be fair, I could have left it as it was and quantified her response with a ...well .. that's teenagers for you. but it does seem as though manners in general are sadly lacking these days, and from all walks of life too. |
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It is the same on the underground during the rush hour. The last 5-6 years I have sometimes gone down to Liverpool Street and then taken the Central Line towards Bank during the rush hour. You really have to use your body mass to stop people pushing you out of the way and move in front of you to board the train. One of the rare occasions when excess body mass is of benefit! |
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18th December 2018, 19:58 | #14 | |
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The daughter then appeared and joined in the conversation. I said she did not look very comfortable doubled up over the plate and she would enjoy her food better if she sat more upright and not woofing her food down so fast. (I thought of dog, but didn’t say it, as I didn’t want her to flare up and walk out). We got onto table manners, when to start eating and when to leave the table, to put the phone away and when to use please and thank you. Did she know which fork and knife to use first? She didn’t. I must have sound boring to her and I wondered how do these kids eat their school meals. Must it be like at Hogworts. This afternoon, Aunt and her daughter came for tea and I asked her daughter what would she like to drink and she replied “Black Rooibus Tea with 2 sugars please”..... this is good news. |
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18th December 2018, 22:26 | #15 |
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Don't know if it's true but I read the other day that a census on the population of London showed that over 60% of Londoners were not born in Britain.---
Could this be a reason for lack of manners ???----- |
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On the metrics, you will find it's the other way around. Just over 63% of Londoners are UK born and 36.7% born outside the UK. I was a Londoner once and I will have you know that most of us non-Uk born people are more English than the indiginuous population. It is because we still remember the finer qualities that made a man or woman British/English. But 9 out of 10 for trying! Last edited by MSS; 18th December 2018 at 23:05.. |
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Trying to keep the numbers up.--- |
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19th December 2018, 07:05 | #18 |
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What about picking your nose and “eating it” !!
Belching after a meal or breaking wind LOUD? In some cultures, it is the done thing and is seen as being polite |
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However not in Britain-------however the times they are a-changing. PS. I've even eaten Frogs legs and Snails over here.- |
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