Ignorant selfish 'me' people

[wafflycat]

I can't stand people who don't hold the door open for people. or don't let people off the train before bording.

I'm the one who holds the doors open for people and it annoys the heck out of me when folk can't be bothered with a simple 'thank you' as I'd certainly be saying thank you to someone holding a door open for me.

Yes, all this 'haven't got time' thing. Years ago people didn't have cars, worked longer hours,

Is that really true? I know that MrWC & I work far, far longer hours than my parents & his parents did. Back in those days it was a 9-5 job with weekends free for most (and if you worked Saturdays and/or Sundays, you got overtime or time off in-lieu. Whereas now, putting in the extra hours without being paid seems to be a given in many jobs, as does short notice/no notice of expected changes to work patterns.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Of course, lorry drivers and manual workers have always worked long hours. It's only now that it's beginning to affect those in white collar jobs that it's suddenly become an issue.

 

[ChrisKH]

One of the things I love about the North-East is that people still say thanks to bus drivers, as a matter of course... almost everyone does it... however, if I may have a mini-rant...
I had to buy some game thing for my daughter yesterday in HMV... got it off the shelf, and joined the queue (I thought)... turns out the queue had been 'interrupted' by a floor/ceiling pillar, and I had actually joined mid-queue... rather than simply point this out to me, the neanderthal next in queue got rather aggressive... tw@t! With his face about 1/2 inch from mine, I smiled sweetly and said in my best accent "I'm so sorry, sir, I didn't realise"... took the wind out of his sails, as he was expecting me to get aggressive back, I think. Rise above it, rise above it....calm calm...
Then, to get Christmas shopping out of my system, I rounded my trip off with a leisurely pint. The pint was poured haphazardly, and was about 2/3 beer and 1/3 froth. I pointed this out the barman, who reluctantly had another go. It still had about an inch and a half of froth, so I asked him to do it again... He grabbed it off the bar, and managed to spill most of it taking it to the pumps. Finally I got a decent-looking pint, and as I paid, I smiled at him nicely and said"There, that's much better, isn't it?"

Every time I take the bus, which is rare these days, you will be surprised by how many do actually say thanks as they get off (me included).

Re: pint and topping up, it is actually a very English thing. Go to Holland/Luxembourg/France and they expect a bit of a head.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Re: pint and topping up, it is actually a very English thing. Go to Yorkshire and they expect a bit of a head.

Fixed.

 

[swee'pea99]

It's because the proletariat in this country have become a homogeneous collection of sun-reading, McDonalds-eating, bread-and-circuses-TV-show-watching, slack-jawed, fat morons.

Come on man, don't mince your words. If you've got something to say, just say it.

(Re the short pint...I've always remembered an Andy Capp from a decades-gone Daily Mirror, with Andy saying to the barman - 'D'you reckon you could get a large Scotch in there?' Barman says 'Oh I think so.' Andy: 'So do I. Fill it with beer!')

 

[Fnaar]

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Re: pint and topping up, it is actually a very English thing. Go to Holland/Luxembourg/France and they expect a bit of head.

Ooh la la!

Yes, I don't mind a bit of froth (OK, a bit of head) on my pint, but not as much as the barman put on it...
There are laws, you know... an Englishman (of Irish extraction)'s pint is his castle. Or something.

 

[Glow worm]

Every time I take the bus, which is rare these days, you will be surprised by how many do actually say thanks as they get off (me included).

Yep it's the same around here. The rail line from Ipswich to Cambridge is only a small branch line thing and often, it's just a one carriage train- a sort of bus on rails. Passengers often thank the conducter on that train and once, on my way home from Ipswich, it even dropped bicycle and me off at Dullingham station (which is closer to my house but wasn't a scheduled stop like Newmarket) after I jokingly asked if he would !

On the other hand, I very rarely go to London, but on recent visits, I've noticed how people have started not letting you off the train/ tube first before barging their way on board. I could be wrong, but this seems a recent development. Sad.

 

[ianrauk]

Having lived in London for most of my life I can honestly say that this is not a recent development. It's been the same for as long as I can remember.

What has changed over the years is queuing for buses, seems that no longer happens

On the other hand, I very rarely go to London, but on recent visits, I've noticed how people have started not letting you off the train/ tube first before barging their way on board. I could be wrong, but this seems a recent development. Sad.

 

[GrasB]

While not a 4x4 owner I do have an AWD estate & today it rescued a little Corsa from a snowy bed. A woman had slipped on some ice & ended up in a shallow ditch, I arrive on my bike then phone the better half & ask where she is & the Alfa. 5 to 10min latter she's here with the car & we go about extracting the Corsa. Job done & the woman goes on her way hopefully with a little more care than before.

In that time how many other people stopped? Precisely zero.

 

[joolsybools]

My other half's (sp?) colleagues found an old man sitting on the pavement yesterday who couldn't get any further because it was too icy. They gave him a lift home. Not everyone is a selfish meany but there are lots of them around

 

[MacB]

I commented on why people collected their kids from school all of 5 mins walk away & someone said, well, it's the time, isn't it?Grrrrrr!

I think you'll find that getting them back quickly, to dump them in front of TV or computer, is vital

 

[Rhythm Thief]

My other half's (sp?) colleagues found an old man sitting on the pavement yesterday who couldn't get any further because it was too icy. They gave him a lift home. Not everyone is a selfish meany but there are lots of them around

I was shopping in Ross the other week, and when I was queueing in the hardware shop, there was an old dear asking the chap behind the counter to phone her a taxi as she "couldn't walk another step". The taxi firms were all busy, so I said I'd walk home and get my car, then come and pick her up and take her home. She couldn't believe someone would do that, but it wasn't like I had anything else to do and it just struck me as a neighbourly thing to do.

 

[swee'pea99]

I'm the one who holds the doors open for people and it annoys the heck out of me when folk can't be bothered with a simple 'thank you' as I'd certainly be saying thank you to someone holding a door open for me.

I've been known to mutter (at some volume) 'don't mention it' to the retreating backs of people who didn't. Sometimes you see them stiffen...but they never turn back. peanuts.

 

[cookiemonster]

I had a selfish peanut sitting behind me on the plane to Bangkok on Monday.

He had his seat all the way back but as soon as I moved mine back a bit, to get a bit more room, he started kicking the back of my seat like a 5 year old.

He soon stopped when I got out of my seat and, quietly, bollocked him. I don't think he realised how big I am.

 

[Aperitif]

I had a selfish peanut sitting behind me on the plane to Bangkok on Monday.

He had his seat all the way back but as soon as I moved mine back a bit, to get a bit more room, he started kicking the back of my seat like a 5 year old.

He soon stopped when I got out of my seat and, quietly, bollocked him. I don't think he realised how big I am.

And your parting phrase before resuming your seat:
"...and that's the way the cookie crumbles..." - have a good holiday!