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07-11-2006, 14:33
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How rude some people are! I have just been into Boots in Broomhill, and as I approached the door an oldish woman was coming out. The doors open inwards, so the person coming out has to pull the door open. Being the considerate person I am, I stretched out my arm against the door to hold it open for her smiling at her as I did. To my utter amazement, she had the audacity to say 'thats it let the old ones hold the door open while you young ones come waltzing in!'  I couldn't believe it! I just snarled after her 'I was holding it for you!' and muttered 'silly cow' as I continued to enter the shop.
I could have just stood and watched her struggle with the door and now I wish I had - SILLY COW! 
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07-11-2006, 14:36
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Probably the same old person that likes to stand up your **** when queing in a shop!! Why??????? they don't get served any quicker!!! 
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07-11-2006, 14:43
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Originally Posted by Anj1364
I could have just stood and watched her struggle with the door and now I wish I had - SILLY COW! |
Or you could have waited 'til she was half way in and out and slammed it in her face really hard ...Two handed !!  (No that's just wrong!!)
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07-11-2006, 14:44
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Originally Posted by Anj1364
How rude some people are! I have just been into Boots in Broomhill, and as I approached the door an oldish woman was coming out. The doors open inwards, so the person coming out has to pull the door open. Being the considerate person I am, I stretched out my arm against the door to hold it open for her smiling at her as I did. To my utter amazement, she had the audacity to say 'thats it let the old ones hold the door open while you young ones come waltzing in!' I couldn't believe it! I just snarled after her 'I was holding it for you!' and muttered 'silly cow' as I continued to enter the shop.
I could have just stood and watched her struggle with the door and now I wish I had - SILLY COW! |
Have a nice cup of tea and relax.
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07-11-2006, 14:47
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Originally Posted by Halibut
Have a nice cup of tea and relax.
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I have 
She has just wound me up as I am the sort of person who does still hold doors for people and I never just let a door swing in the face of someone following behind me, I always check to see if there is anyone behind me before letting a door go.
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07-11-2006, 14:50
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Originally Posted by Anj1364
How rude some people are! I have just been into Boots in Broomhill, and as I approached the door an oldish woman was coming out. The doors open inwards, so the person coming out has to pull the door open. Being the considerate person I am, I stretched out my arm against the door to hold it open for her smiling at her as I did. To my utter amazement, she had the audacity to say 'thats it let the old ones hold the door open while you young ones come waltzing in!' I couldn't believe it! I just snarled after her 'I was holding it for you!' and muttered 'silly cow' as I continued to enter the shop.
I could have just stood and watched her struggle with the door and now I wish I had - SILLY COW! |
Yes, there are some old bitter people.Doesnt matter how old you are you shouldnt be rude like this woman.
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07-11-2006, 14:51
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Originally Posted by RobsNo1Fan
Probably the same old person that likes to stand up your **** when queing in a shop!! Why??????? they don't get served any quicker!!! |
Oh God - don't you just HATE that!!! And at bus-stops it's the same.
And they're totally oblivious to hints, stares, attempts to move away from them.... do old people really lose all sense of personal space, or are they just doing it to annoy? 
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07-11-2006, 14:58
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I absolutely despise older people who expect us young 'uns to hold doors open for them, talk to them nicely, move out of the way, and then they run us over on their mobility scooters because they can't be bothered to move over the pathway 2 feet.
And have you noticed that on the bus, if you're a 'seat hogger' (which I admit I am, I go to many lengths to avoid having some smelly stranger hogging my air) they expect you to move, and then take an hour to move when its your stop. But when you get on the bus and they're hogging seats, they don't move for you!!!!!
They expect us to have mounds of respect for them but do they return the favour? Do they heck!
End Rant. 
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07-11-2006, 14:59
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arghh old people stopped car to let someone cross at a crossing only to be beeped at .
turned round and this old blokes giving me the finger after words with the old git and resisting the urge to knock his teeth out on the grounds he was old (50s) and most of his teeth were already gone drove home somewhat annoyed.
then today stood behind old women in cheque out no big deal had time on my hands had put my stuff on convayer with a next customer behind it when this old woman (60s) decides to start pushing all my items together so she could get her shopping on neely crushing some items .
she soon stopped when i moved them back also decided to take my time packing and paying.
old git.
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07-11-2006, 15:04
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Originally Posted by RobsNo1Fan
Probably the same old person that likes to stand up your **** when queing in a shop!! Why??????? they don't get served any quicker!!! |
I went to Chatsworth House last weekend and in the snack shop this old woman behind me was leaning - literally leaning against me! I kept moving and pushing backwards to make her get off. In the end I said "can you please move away from me you are leaning against me, invading my space and I have a rather smelly pump brewing"!!!
She moved then
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07-11-2006, 15:06
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I know why do they have to barge into people? I don't understand that, they can see people surely but they make sure they have some sort of physical contact with you even if its their walking stick.
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07-11-2006, 15:08
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Originally Posted by peardrops
I went to Chatsworth House last weekend and in the snack shop this old woman behind me was leaning - literally leaning against me! I kept moving and pushing backwards to make her get off. In the end I said "can you please move away from me you are leaning against me, invading my space and I have a rather smelly pump brewing"!!!
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PMSL!!! You should have let it just come out she may have learnt her lesson then!!!
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07-11-2006, 15:10
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Originally Posted by RobsNo1Fan
PMSL!!! You should have let it just come out she may have learnt her lesson then!!! |
Yep, let one rip and you will soon find you have all the personal space you need!
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07-11-2006, 15:10
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Originally Posted by RobsNo1Fan
PMSL!!! You should have let it just come out she may have learnt her lesson then!!! |
Normally I would but I didn't actually have one ready to let go!!!!
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07-11-2006, 15:13
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Originally Posted by Deepcarowl
Yep, let one rip and you will soon find you have all the personal space you need!
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you never need one when you need one to come out!!
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07-11-2006, 15:18
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Originally Posted by RazorSHarp
(No that's just wrong!!)
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Funny though 
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Originally Posted by StarSparkle
do old people really lose all sense of personal space, or are they just doing it to annoy? |
Naaah.
They're just trying to keep warm
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07-11-2006, 15:59
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Originally Posted by naughtyelf
arghh old people stopped car to let someone cross at a crossing only to be beeped at .
turned round and this old blokes giving me the finger after words with the old git and resisting the urge to knock his teeth out on the grounds he was old (50s) and most of his teeth were already gone drove home somewhat annoyed.
then today stood behind old women in cheque out no big deal had time on my hands had put my stuff on convayer with a next customer behind it when this old woman (60s) decides to start pushing all my items together so she could get her shopping on neely crushing some items .
she soon stopped when i moved them back also decided to take my time packing and paying.
old git.
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Aargh, young people. This young yob (20's) was rammed right next to me on the tram. He had some new fangled thing playing some tinny music really loud, and was oblivious to anyone else's comfort. The constant noise had obviously damaged whatever brain he'd possessed to start with.  Then, when I was driving home, I pulled in to let a young driver (30's) in his homemade car pass, even though I actually had right of way. He didn't even acknowledge my good manners! 
I've also noticed, none of the young can spell or use punctuation either, I don't know what this world's coming to! All this free education and they don't use it, blah blah blah...........
We can all generalise - old people are this, young people are that. I've found some people are pleasant, some have good manners - its not age related, its a mindset thing. The reason I believe some older people get hacked off (although they shouldn't be nasty) - they spent their youth showing respect for older people, and perhaps expected some of the same themselves?
Well done Anj1364 for being polite - just ignore the response next time - its what you do that counts.
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07-11-2006, 16:02
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Originally Posted by Macbeth
Well done Anj1364 for being polite - just ignore the response next time - its what you do that counts.
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I suppose the good thing about it is that she thought I was a 'young 'un' - I'm 42
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07-11-2006, 16:15
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Well I'm 64 and I admit I have met some very rude older people and some very rude younger people... What I have started to do now and it seems to be working, if someone does anything like that to me I always say "sorry" with a big smile on my face, whether its me in the wrong (it can be sometimes ) or them....They either look at me as if I'm stupid or give me some satisfaction by saying sorry as well.
Well, if nothing else it gives me the last word most of the time
When its holding the door open for them I look em straight in the eye and say in an "asking" tone, Alright??? as they pass me.
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07-11-2006, 16:15
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Originally Posted by RobsNo1Fan
Probably the same old person that likes to stand up your **** when queing in a shop!! Why??????? they don't get served any quicker!!! |
or they gently nudge you with their trolly/basket, I come very close to grannycide when they do that.
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