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To say if you were in the V&A lift today

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ThereAreManyPathsToGoal · 20/02/2025 19:45

and ~ literally ~ barged me out of the way to get to the members room till seconds ahead of me you are RUDE. And next time I won’t seethe quietly I will call you out.

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ThereAreManyPathsToGoal · 20/02/2025 19:45

And I feel better now. Marginally.

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Fupoffyagrasshole · 20/02/2025 19:45

🤣🤣

LittleRedRidingHoody · 20/02/2025 19:47

Not my panicky people pleasing anxiety triple checking with myself I wasn't at the V&A today so it couldn't have been me (despite not being in the country and also never having barged anyone in my life!)

happystory · 20/02/2025 19:49

Oh, I feel for you. Had a lovely lunch out with a friend yesterday, really lovely, hadn't seen her for months. I had a voucher for part of the bill, when I presented it, the waiter was very Sherry and said ' Oh, a voucher'

StSwithinsDay · 20/02/2025 19:50

What used people say before 'call you out' became fashionable?

happystory · 20/02/2025 19:51

Sneery, not Sherry! Posted too soon. I really wished I'd said something at the time.

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ThereAreManyPathsToGoal · 20/02/2025 20:17

@StSwithinsDay go ‘oi, there was no need to do that now, was there?’ Maybe?

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ThereAreManyPathsToGoal · 20/02/2025 20:20

@happystory was especially charming when I was on the receiving end of a full body eye check and a ‘the next floor is a members one’ complete with head tilt comment. I know I had been rained on but I didn’t look that bad.

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CaptainFuture · 20/02/2025 20:20

StSwithinsDay · 20/02/2025 19:50

What used people say before 'call you out' became fashionable?

They would slap them in the face with a herring and say 'your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries you brigand!!'

Deedeesharpwhatkindoflady · 20/02/2025 20:22

Or I'll see you outside 🤼

YesImawitch · 20/02/2025 20:24

" hold my beer"

CatMum27 · 20/02/2025 20:25

People turn feral in that lift on a regular basis. Whenever I’ve been in it it takes an absolute age to arrive which doesn’t help the mood.

Maybe they were desperate for the last scone?

AgathaMystery · 20/02/2025 20:26

The joke is on them. The members room is just blah and not great. I don’t know what I expected but it wasn’t that.

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ThereAreManyPathsToGoal · 20/02/2025 20:32

It’s just the entitlement that got on my nerves. Just rude.

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Kendodd · 20/02/2025 20:42

StSwithinsDay · 20/02/2025 19:50

What used people say before 'call you out' became fashionable?

Pull them up?

FrivolousKitchenRollUse · 20/02/2025 20:44

StSwithinsDay · 20/02/2025 19:50

What used people say before 'call you out' became fashionable?

I think "call you out" probably dates back a few hundred years tbf? As in for a duel.

NC28 · 20/02/2025 20:45

Can’t work out what V&A stands for.

letshavetea · 20/02/2025 20:45

Some people are just rude aren’t they? I agree with @AgathaMystery and @CatMum27 - the lift is dreary and slow and then when you get to the members lounge the food isn’t marvellous and takes an age to arrive! I was there two weeks ago - so it wasn’t me! I still love going to the V & A but I do think they could buck their ideas up in the members lounge!

chollysawcutt · 20/02/2025 20:47

Yeah, sorry about that.

NotSorry · 20/02/2025 20:49

@NC28 The Victoria & Albert Museum

Finallybackinbootcuts · 20/02/2025 20:50

NC28 · 20/02/2025 20:45

Can’t work out what V&A stands for.

Victoria and Albert Museum ?

NC28 · 20/02/2025 20:50

@NotSorry Ahh thanks. Would never have got that!

Agapornis · 20/02/2025 20:53

The dinosaur shop next to the V&A has a remarkably similar clientèle when it comes to museum members. They can be absolute cunts. Think £62 a year makes them the bee's knees and they own the museum now. Imagine working with them 💀⚰️

StanfreyPock · 20/02/2025 20:54

Had the last laugh recently when I was barged out of the way by some bloke - in his haste to shove past me he didn't realise I was closely followed by my wheely suitcase and he went arse over tit. Fortunately I was already round the corner and lost in the crowd by the time he was back on his feet. Instant karma 😊

Normally I am careful not to cause mayhem with wheely bags but he really had it coming.

Shame your foot wasn't accidentally sticking out...

ladycarlotta · 20/02/2025 20:57

I actually walked away from the V&A lift today because it was taking an age to come and two very loud and swanky ladies were already warming up to be sharp-elbowed. Having worked extensively in big museums I can see the Friends/Members a mile off and they're always utter twunts.