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I don't mind the former, i hate it when (inevitably) people leave earlier than most and leave money 'to cover it' and chuck something entirely innappropriately small in a pot whilst attention is not on them.


In fact I ended up spending ?200+ for lunch on my own stag do to cover people like that!! grrrrrr

I was still passed out in bed during that lunch, so not guilty.


I think if I went along knowing I was chipping in, I'd be cool. If I went along and it was then announced, I'd be a bit miffed, because I wouldn't feel that I could say no, but I am on a tight budget. In days gone by when my money was all my own, I probably wouln't have cared.

People that lean against the door on the tube.


Surely we've all felt the train grind to a halt, and heard *that* announcement enough times, to know that you shouldn't do it!


And then not moving after the announcement because they're listening to sodding ibiza "headkandi" shite at full volume and are oblivious to other people.

El Pibe Wrote:

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> I don't mind the former, i hate it when

> (inevitably) people leave earlier than most and

> leave money 'to cover it' and chuck something

> entirely innappropriately small in a pot whilst

> attention is not on them.

>

> In fact I ended up spending ?200+ for lunch on my

> own stag do to cover people like that!! grrrrrr


No kitty? poor stag do admin, claim it back off the Best Man

Zebedee Tring Wrote:

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> No, not just "Continental European types". People

> born and bred in the UK are just as bad, if not worse.


Was referring to my personal experience (particularly in my present office), so yes. And I did say "mainly", not "just".

El Pibe Wrote:

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> On a similarish note, people who don't raise the

> index finger in acknowledgement when I've pulled

> in to let them past, probably because of the

> colour of my plates. Grrrrr.


Well in south London plenty of drivers seem to think that when there's only enough room for one car, the best solution is to drive straight at you and honk (or open the window and shout) if you don't get the fuck out of their way. I'll take your lack of acknowledgement any day.


(btw... do you get much anti-English hassle in Ireland? Maybe speaking in a comedy Spanish accent might help?)

People driving whilst holding a mobile phone and talking into it, coupled with a failure to signal whether they are turning left or right. It would be interesting to know how many people are convicted each year for this supposedly beefed up offence.

Otta Wrote:

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> Drivers that see you're waiting for them to come

> to a stop before crossing at a zebra, so chose not

> to bother stopping at all.


That was a culture shock to me when I first came to London. Also when traffic lights change from green to amber and drivers accelerate rather than slowing down, and after they go to red the next four cars go anyway. It seemed shockingly aggressive at the time.

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