People are unbelievably inconsiderate...or thick or both?

[Fieldsandgrasses]

Had a lovely afternoon apart from I was watching a play next to a woman wearing a wide-rimmed hat. OK, didn't affect me in that I could still see, but what about the people behind her? Isn't it common sense not to wear a hat in those circumstances?

Then I went to the bank and had to wait for ages while cashiers explained to customers that they couldn't fulfil their requests. Surely, most over the counter operations are quite simple and if it is not possible, or your request is unintelligible and the cashier has no idea what is needed, you live away from the counter to let other people be served?

How hard can these things be? Urgh, feel better now I have said that. I just think if you go through life being reasonably thoughtful and intelligent about the way you go about things, life is so much easier for everyone?

I too work in a shop and am constantly amazed at the sheer number of people to whom the concept of 'shopping' seems to be alien.

Customers who, on being asked 'do you have a bag?' say 'yes', but don't think to actually, you know, pack it as they go, so there's a huge pile of shopping for them to pack and a queue.

People who forget they are expected to actually pay and have to hunt for purse/wallet, card, cash...

And one very 'speshul' customer, who, despite us being a very small local shop with very few staff, treats us as though we were Harrods, with a team of personal shoppers at her beck and call, phones through an order for someone to put together, berates us all because some things aren't in stock and expects me to leave my till (when I'm the only one on) to help her pack her car. We don't mind doing this for people but fgs, at least be grateful, not behave as though it's the least we can do!

Humans!

Talking behind us at Lion King, lady and her dd I assume in fact - ruined the magical opening, and spoke all the bloody way through, it had been a huge expensive treat for DD and I didnt want to look - or say something - but in the end I had too, couldnt believe it.
Very much a no no to wear hats in theatre etc.

I must add people on the school run who cant park as closely together as possible. Ie space for 6 cars but only 3 can fit meaning another 3 cars clogging up roads elsewhere, if its packed and parking is at a premium....why not park as close to the next car as you can? Its also really dangerous - its got so bad at our school.

People ahead of you in the queue for the lift who press their floor before everyone is in, so the doors close on you. Particularly those people who do it again, so it closes on the next person.

I remember clearly asking for a seat on the Manchester metrolink when heavily pregnant, to no avail.

Other standing passengers backed me up but still no luck.

Then I fainted and sat on the tram floor sobbing. Someone halfheartedly offered a seat then, I think, but I physically couldn't stand to get to it. The words "bit bloody late now" may have escaped my face.

ClashCityRocker - re ticket machines. George Osborne did this to me just before the election where he became Chancellor of the Exchequer. Social media loved the photos.

I remember clearly asking for a seat on the Manchester metrolink when heavily pregnant, to no avail.

Sometimes the world astonishes me.

What is wrong with people?!

In fairness I was asking generally. I think a bit of barefaced asking one particular person might have had more success.

The old trams only have about two disabled spaces per unit and a similar number of priority spaces. If you get on at the wrong end (and it's hard to tell until you're on) then it can be logistically impossible to get to them.

When I was about 28 weeks pregnant with my first DC I was on a train from Manchester to Leeds for a meeting. Train was packed so I was stood up. Another lady also stood up asked me if I was pregnant, I told her yes. A seat became available and she threw herself into the seat and sat there looking smug at me.

I am still unaware of what point she wanted to achieve.

Also why do people think that it's OK because they said sorry. I feel like sorry is being used to excuse selfish and rude behaviour

Precisely why you shouldn't make toddlers and young children say sorry - it teaches them that anything is okay so long as you apologise. (There's some naughty step practice that encourages apology too.). If you model meaningful apologies, children will say sorry when they mean it!

Those parents who forge ahead at airports, completely oblivious to the carnage their little darlings are causing with those trunki things. I've been bashed round the ankles by them a few times and I'm fine, but they could cause real harm to a frail elderly person with fragile skin. If you must let your dc use them, please supervise them.

I always get to sit behind the tall guy and in front of the kid with a kicking/toffee/moaning habit.

The tall guy always reclines his sit fully on planes in front of me too.

I hope he got a fine too, MissHelena

I once had to wait behind some idiot in a petrol station while she filled up went in to pay, dawdled back to her car and proceeded to sit there and eat an ice cream!! Huge queue of cars waiting and she's just sat there!

Argh, you'd all have hated me today! During rush hour, I filled up with diesel at a petrol station that I haven't used for about a year. Previously, you had to pay inside - now it seems you can pay at the pump too. I didn't realise this, so stood there with the nozzle in for about five minutes, cursing as it wouldn't start pumping. I finally noticed that I had to press a button to choose my payment method before it started dispensing, and had to apologise via hand movements to the very long queue behind me...

I'm amazed that no one beeped at me, yelled out of their window or murdered me tbh.

I hope he got a fine too, MissHelena

Sorry - double post. Not sure how I managed that

Don't you know? These people like are the only ones in the world. Our opposite neighbour needs to park so his delicate little tootsies can step exactly onto his path in case his wickle tootsies have to make one step on grass. And virtually blocks our drive in the process.

I am currently taking DS1 (17) out for driving practice. L plates on and highly visible.
OMG it seems to turn people into wanky drivers. Mainly tailgating when DS is doing the speed limit, and the first day we went out he stalled the car for a second or two and the man behind honked his horn.

I am always v considerate to learners and had stupidly assumed others did too.

ikiboo
We were in a supermarket queue behind one of those chatters & her husband. The talking was bad enough but then she started getting out photos of her grandchildren.

I see your grandchildren and raise you HOLIDAY PHOTOS.

At the cheese counter in a large supermarket (let's call it Desco's) woman at front of queue obviously knew one of the assistants and stood there chatting while the other girl on the counter ran round like a blue-tailed fly trying to serve the entire, very long queue on her own.

I was getting angrier and angrier I was well back and finally walked up to the front and said "Excuse me - are you paid to talk or paid to serve." "It's got nothing to do with you." "I has everything to do with me - I'm a customer and I've been waiting fifteen minutes while you look at holiday photos."

"Look" she said - this isn't even my shift. The other girl was off so I came in as a favour!" "Well, bloody do one then! And I assume you're to doing the favour for nowt."

I was stotting!

I was stotting!

Are you in the NE, Flappys?

Got on a packed single decker bus with DD last week. Two kids wanted to get passed me going the opposite way so I shuffled over the narrow aisle to let them through. Woman sitting down started giving me dirty looks and tutted, she then goes off on one saying she's not a fucking leany lampost. I calmly pointed out the situation ie. crowded bus, letting kids past but no she kept on saying she didn't care and to fuck off. I have no idea where she expected me to go or how anyone could have avoided going near her. Clearly dense.

Among the the selfish things that I have experienced lately are -
Huge bloke on bus standing inches from where I was sitting,but not holding onto the pole (probably thought it would make him look 'unmanly') and lurching around to the point where he fell on me and nearly ended up in my lap.
People on the bus hogging the poles/rails right next to the exit doors on the bus when I need to hold onto them in order to step down an 18 inch gap (because the selfish driver won't lower the step despite the fact I have quite bad mobility problems).
People who won't step aside when I am going up or downstairs,in order to let me hold the handrail (I find it impossible to get up or downstairs without holding the banister). I make sure I am on the correct side,they are not,but they still expect ME to move!
People standing on public transport,inches away from me with a hot cup of coffee,that will probably end up all over me if the bus does an emergency stop.
People in shop queues who ask if they can go in front of me as they only have one item,and I have got a trolley. Yes I have got a trolley,but if they actually looked they would see that I only have one or 2 items in the seat of the trolley. The main part of the trolley is holding my bag of shopping from other shops. I have to do this as I cannot use my walking stick,carry a bag of shopping AND a wire basket all at the same time!

Oh today my gripe has been inconsiderate drivers. Particularly those that don't use their bloody indicators!!!

Lots of junctions and roundabouts on my journey today and My God it makes me so cross when people don't indicate. What am I - psychic?! Wasted so much time just sitting waiting to see which direction they all thought they might go! Makes me even more mad when I'm walking places and standing waiting to cross at the end of our road, which has a T junction and probably less than 50% of drivers seem to bother indicating. Then some of them get all irate and honky when I cross the road assuming that they must be indicating the other way!

Oh and people that park so far on the pavement so can't get passed with a buggy. No need for it on our road, just bloody inconsiderate. For the sake of their wing mirrors they'd rather I have to walk out round them into the road with my child! I have been known to leave stroppy notes and even ring on the doorbell to let them know 'someone has parked in front of their house blocking the pavement' and did they know who it was as need to move so can get passed!

I've not been on the Tube/ train in rush hour for a while, but the people who leant on the pole so no one else could hold on did really annoy me too. I'm very short so over head handles just aren't an option. I'd just say excuse me as though I wanted to get passed then grab on, knuckles out. Then look away in the open direction. Sometimes it become a war of wills - would they give up leaning against my knuckles or would I need to move my hand first! Ridiculous.

I honestly think that phones/ipads should be banned from ANY sort of performance. We went to see Coldplay at Wembley this year, got a fab standing place by the stage and thought yes!! until they came on stage and everyone's phone appeared 2 feet above their heads so we could see absolutely nothing and poor Chris Martin got no eye contact from one single fan as he was staring at a sea of phones. Does anyone even watch it back, it sounds fecking tinny and awful and why pay £100 to stand and watch something through your phone. FFS.