PinkyB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think this thread has started to venture into > the realms of great big things that nobody could > possibly have a problem with, eg: "rude people". > > Getting back to the teeny tiny trivia: > > When I'm drinking a bottle of something in the > street and the lid falls off and rolls into the > gutter so then I have to walk around for the rest > of the day with a bottle with no lid on and > assistants glaring at me in shops in case I spill > water on their goods. > > When you buy a pint at the bar and they give you > your change on a tiny little tray. This is not New > York, you are not Tom Cruise in Cocktail, and I am > not leaving you a tip for pouring me a pint, > stupid little tray or not. > > > > When you buy something in Boots and they insist on > giving you a pointless discount voucher for > something you didn't want in the first place. And > then seem incapable of understanding that not only > have you not got a Boots card, but you don't want > one, either. > > > Shop assistants who man the doors and say, > brightly, "Good morning!" and "Thank you! > Goodbye!" when you enter and leave the shop. How > about you concentrate on making sure the clothes > are on the right size hangers and there isn't a > 20-person long queue for the till instead? > > > > People who tell you that they're sorry, they've > let the room to "a friend of a friend" and then > continue to advertise the room on Gumtree, > Moveflat or the ED Forum for several weeks > afterwards. Why not just be honest, for ****'s > sake? Chances are I didn't like you either! Pinky maybe they thought you looked the sort who would spend most of the time spilling water all over the pace. Spot on with the little tray and Boots coupons though. Try putting the tray in your pocket with a cheery "thank you" and see what happens. Caused quite a stir in a pub in Shoreditch with that one.