AllRoverAsia
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Trying to get of a Bangkok BTS Skytrain to be met by hoards trying to get on first. Plebs also stand in the middle of the doorway. I just walk straight through and they bounce off. Quite fun.
"Please may I leave the table" when finished was drummed into us pre school days.Maybe a bit. More a play on words.
I am old 'clip round the lughole' school knife and fork user by upbringing and clip round the lughole training. As kids we could not start our meal until Mum and Dad had picked up their knife and fork and then had to ask permission and also ask permission to leave the table when finished. Oh for the good old days!
Good? Sounds ridiculous to me.Maybe a bit. More a play on words.
Its just that its all fork and spoon here and I have to ask for a knife which they rarely have in the sort of establishments that I choose to dine in...
I am old 'clip round the lughole' school knife and fork user by upbringing and clip round the lughole training. As kids we could not start our meal until Mum and Dad had picked up their knife and fork and then had to ask permission and also ask permission to leave the table when finished. Oh for the good old days!
I agree with certain elements of parental discipline but such ridiculous rules go too far. Its not the 1950's and those days of "sitting round the table" are redundant never mind having to wait for parents to start. My political/general views are centrist (another way of putting it might be "all over the place") and I'm more open to compromise than some would think. On the other hand the only government position that would appeal to me would be that of "benevolent dictator" lol. That's exactly how I would run Rovers with a lot of micro managing too. How else could you deal with people like Lee Grooby"Manners maketh man" Vinjay. It's all tied up with respect, courtesy and discipline. I don't want to sound an old fuddy duddy that those are qualities sadly lacking in today's society imo. Pity cos it still does count in life in general as well as in employment and social standing.
Pretty much how Madam is running it now then?I agree with certain elements of parental discipline but such ridiculous rules go too far. Its not the 1950's and those days of "sitting round the table" are redundant never mind having to wait for parents to start. My political/general views are centrist (another way of putting it might be "all over the place") and I'm more open to compromise than some would think. On the other hand the only government position that would appeal to me would be that of "benevolent dictator" lol. That's exactly how I would run Rovers with a lot of micro managing too.
Did me no harm. I still say please and thank you. I still give the benefit of the doubt. I can still use a knife...when I can find one.Good? Sounds ridiculous to me.
I was encouraged to say please and thank you. Which I generally did and still do.Did me no harm. I still say please and thank you. I still give the benefit of the doubt. I can still use a knife...when I can find one.
Is the fine earnings related? Who invented that idea.Pay and display parking: particularly the ones where the meter doesn't work when you've eventually walked and found the bugger. Do you then walk back to your car to leave a note in your windscreen or risk it?
Are you serious? Benevolent and micro managers are certainly not terms I would use to describe their regime.Pretty much how Madam is running it now then?
rant mode ..don't use madam has her title when owd hag or evil cow covers it.Pretty much how Madam is running it now then?
Apart from sarcastically.rant mode ..don't use madam has her title when owd hag or evil cow covers it.
You don't say.I was encouraged to say please and thank you. Which I generally did and still do.
If my Mum attempted to dictate to me at that level though (sitting at tables and permission when to start) it wouldn't have worked. I've got enough issues as it is
I still say this to my parents when we're eating together. Basic respect for your elders. Part of the issues in school are that parents no longer teach respect for adults."Please may I leave the table" when finished was drummed into us pre school days.
To be fair some people don't help themslves in getting ripped off via parking meters. Sunday just gone I went to the beach for a walk and parked near the meter which had an 8 strong queue. I laughed out loud as I saw this exiting the car and my companion asked why I was laughing. I spoke loudly so the queue could hear and said I was laughing at the people queuing as it was free parking on a Sunday and it says so on the meter. Seriously can no-one read these days?The parking meters that don't give change and have time segments designed to rip you off.
Blackburn and Preston both have them.
Blackburn's are prevalent on the streets but Preston, shame on you Preston, have them on the listed eyesore building, why can't you charge for the time spent in the car park instead of forcing customers to over pay just in case they get delayed.