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Little acts of rebellion

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 17:42

Sitting in a lovely but overpriced coffee shop today with a friend, and after discussing how overpriced it is, she confessed that when she goes to an overpriced coffee shop, and she thinks it isn't fair, she takes a toilet roll as a little payback. It just really made me laugh. Do any of you have any little acts of rebellion like this? I don't think I have any but I must do.

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parkrun500club · 11/05/2024 19:17

For loud parties, I did once see a fabulous idea on here - get the local 6 year olds playing their recorders outside the party-giver's house at 6am :)

PenguinLord · 11/05/2024 19:17

crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:52

I don't think she does do it on multiple occasions, she wouldn't go back if it was overpriced

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Bit clearly she goes to them often enough to come up with a way to steal from them? The person you quoted didn't mean going to the same shop, but different overpriced coffee shops.
Also did she not know she can see the prices before ordering? Some people are truly idiots.

parkrun500club · 11/05/2024 19:15

crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 19:08

I always push nails into the tyres of cars parked on pavements

Too many RING doorbells around to do that. You might get caught, be careful.

StandingOvulation · 11/05/2024 19:15

I love by a lovely massive Urban park and walk there every day.

Loads of cars parked near the parked have obscured regustration plates because they're twats. It's some sort it geo-contagion Hmm.

I always throw a few crumbs of dog treats on the roof of such cars.

I hope encouraging guano.

Hmm. Is this rebellious or just petty? Confused

parkrun500club · 11/05/2024 19:14

crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:55

I'd better not reveal I sometimes take extra sugars and mini jams from the hotel buffet. I'll be hung drawn and quartered

Oh yes, if you say on here that you take something to have later on, your thread is swiftly full of horrified comments.

It's fine to eat everything you can in the space of half an hour, but if you eat a bit/lot less then and want to take a pastry or something out with you, that's stealing.

Apparently.

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 19:08

I always push nails into the tyres of cars parked on pavements

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parkrun500club · 11/05/2024 19:07

pictoosh · 11/05/2024 18:53

You've come to the wrong place with this anecdote OP. 😉

So it seems, it's the sanctimonious lot without a sense of humour this evening.

I came onto the thread hoping for something a bit more light hearted.

If I see that someone has used "impact" as a verb in something I am reviewing, I always change it to "affect". And I change "reach out" to "get in touch".

If I walk past a car that is parked on the pavement, I always push the wing mirror if it's not already in, in the hope that the alarm will go off. But I don't think cars have alarms anymore. When I am Queen, cars that park on pavements will be crushed.

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 19:07

WittiestUsernameEver · 11/05/2024 19:06

Maybe they have to put the price of the coffee up to pay for all the loo roll that goes missing ...

Could be...

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icantwearjeans · 11/05/2024 19:06

Back in the olden days when we did cash collections at work for birthdays etc, I always used to put 2p in the envelope of any of the bitchy clique's collections. In a sea of pound coins, I hoped - stupidly - that it'd speak volumes

WittiestUsernameEver · 11/05/2024 19:06

Maybe they have to put the price of the coffee up to pay for all the loo roll that goes missing ...

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 19:02

pictoosh · 11/05/2024 18:58

I've called 101 and logged this, so they have a record.

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Oh god. I'd better prepare myself for the knock on the door

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 19:01

Itsonlymashadow · 11/05/2024 18:57

You she confessed that when she goes to an overpriced coffee shop, and she thinks it isn't fair, she takes a toilet roll as a little payback.

which suggests she has done it more than once. I didnt say she goes back to the same place. But it seems checking somewhere is in her budget before she orders is beyond capabilities.

Either way, it’s not a small act of rebellion. It’s being a twat.

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You don't know her capabilities. She's not a twat. She might not be making the best choice here but definitely not a twat

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pictoosh · 11/05/2024 18:58

crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:55

I'd better not reveal I sometimes take extra sugars and mini jams from the hotel buffet. I'll be hung drawn and quartered

I've called 101 and logged this, so they have a record.

Itsonlymashadow · 11/05/2024 18:57

crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:52

I don't think she does do it on multiple occasions, she wouldn't go back if it was overpriced

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You she confessed that when she goes to an overpriced coffee shop, and she thinks it isn't fair, she takes a toilet roll as a little payback.

which suggests she has done it more than once. I didnt say she goes back to the same place. But it seems checking somewhere is in her budget before she orders is beyond capabilities.

Either way, it’s not a small act of rebellion. It’s being a twat.

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:55

I'd better not reveal I sometimes take extra sugars and mini jams from the hotel buffet. I'll be hung drawn and quartered

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pictoosh · 11/05/2024 18:53

You've come to the wrong place with this anecdote OP. 😉

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:52

Itsonlymashadow · 11/05/2024 18:42

It’s not an act of rebellion. How does she find herself in coffee shops that she finds over priced on multiple occasions? Can she not look at/ask for the prices before hand? Why does she feel the need to go in there if she thinks it’s over priced?

It’s just being an arse.

I don't think she does do it on multiple occasions, she wouldn't go back if it was overpriced

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BusyCM · 11/05/2024 18:51

A group of us hire a council run hall once a month and one of the staff there is really rude to us for no reason. So the last 2 times she has been rude to us, we've left the equipment untidy so she has to sort it. Lots of people use it so she won't know it's us and when the nice staff are there we leave it immaculate.

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:51

FiatEarth · 11/05/2024 18:42

Who the hell touches and takes a big roll from a public toilet? 🤮

Gross.

Why would anyone brag about stealing is beyond me.

I'd hide a mousetrap in your spare bog rolls if she comes round your house.

Your friend is a pathetic cheapskate.

She's not pathetic.
I don't think she takes the big roll, I assumed she meant when it's a normal size roll. She doesn't have a big handbag so it can't be the big roll surely

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:50

drusth · 11/05/2024 18:49

Agreed. I’m embarrassed for her.

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Awww don't be embarrassed for her, you don't know her and she doesn't know you

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crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:49

Ponoka7 · 11/05/2024 18:46

Nope, five finger staff discount.

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🤣

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drusth · 11/05/2024 18:49

FiatEarth · 11/05/2024 18:42

Who the hell touches and takes a big roll from a public toilet? 🤮

Gross.

Why would anyone brag about stealing is beyond me.

I'd hide a mousetrap in your spare bog rolls if she comes round your house.

Your friend is a pathetic cheapskate.

Agreed. I’m embarrassed for her.

drusth · 11/05/2024 18:48

Firecarrier · 11/05/2024 17:46

I hope she doesn't do it independent coffee shops.

That is not an act of rebellion - it is out and out stealing. I don't see why you would laugh, what is amusing about that?

No one is forcing her to go In there, check the prices first.

Agreed. Indie coffee shops are barely scraping a living.

They only make £1 profit on every cup of coffee.

So you might be laughing, OP, but the coffee shop is not.

Ponoka7 · 11/05/2024 18:46

crochetmonkey74 · 11/05/2024 18:02

Also theft

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Nope, five finger staff discount.

FiatEarth · 11/05/2024 18:42

Who the hell touches and takes a big roll from a public toilet? 🤮

Gross.

Why would anyone brag about stealing is beyond me.

I'd hide a mousetrap in your spare bog rolls if she comes round your house.

Your friend is a pathetic cheapskate.

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