My 3 year old nephew, C, has a forum of Autism and stutters. We went out to a restaurant and he asked for "m-m-m-m-m-m-milk." I was so proud of him! He made eye contact with the waiter and everything! The waiter mocked little C and repeated milk with a fake stutter X-(
X-( What a horrible man. I had a couple of regular customers with stammers when I had a bookshop and both of them said how nice it was to be treated with respect, patience and understanding when they were shopping with us. Unfortunately they were only too often confronted with mocking speech and laughter. I HATE BULLIES!! X-(
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
You had a bookshop? Amazing! My husband works in publishing so I have seen how hard yet rewarding it can be.
I wrote an article on here called "The Rise And Fall Of A Secondhand Bookshop" if you are interested - it's somewhere on the Off Topic Chat section some way back.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
That waiter sounds a right dick X-( I doubt there's a family
In the world which doesn't have a member or two with this
Affliction. ( My own included )
He does indeed sound like a dick. Having worked in customer service for most of my adult life (and having normal levels of human empathy and politeness) this sort of thing makes me really angry.
My 3 year old nephew, C, has a forum of Autism and stutters. We went out to a restaurant and he asked for "m-m-m-m-m-m-milk." I was so proud of him! He made eye contact with the waiter and everything! The waiter mocked little C and repeated milk with a fake stutter X-(
I hope you had a word with his manager. That should be grounds for termination.
Awful, we were always taught as children our p's and q's, mother knows best, and never mock the afflicted. It's something I often say to my children. Our plumber who I work with every week has a stammer, it's just part of his persona no one ever pays any notice to it.
That waiter needs a lesson in manners! X-(
My 3 year old nephew, C, has a forum of Autism and stutters. We went out to a restaurant and he asked for "m-m-m-m-m-m-milk." I was so proud of him! He made eye contact with the waiter and everything! The waiter mocked little C and repeated milk with a fake stutter X-(
I hope you had a word with his manager. That should be grounds for termination.
I would have but it was the owner! I wanted to leave but C did not notice so we ate and left. He gets upset if plans are changed quickly so we thought it was best to suck it up and not rile him up.
A terrible road crash today. With eight dead and others
Fighting for life. The authorities at the moment
Are blaming a driver who'd been drinking. If true, this is
Truly horrendous and shouldn't be considered an
Accident but Manslaughter.
I honestly don't know what it will take to stop some
People Drinking and driving ! X-(
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
If I had a quid for every person I saw driving and using a phone. Even after the hike in points and doubling the fine, people just don't care. The police do nothing anyway.
If I had a quid for every person I saw driving and using a phone. Even after the hike in points and doubling the fine, people just don't care. The police do nothing anyway.
It would appear there are very few police in the UK enforcing traffic laws (to my untrained eye, at least). The cons that some drivers pull to get away with speeding through traffic cameras annoy the stink out of me.
At one point I used to see a lot of perfectly clean cars which were absolutely filthy at the back, obscuring the rear number plate. Cars really don't tend to get dirty in that way, unless you drive everywhere in reverse gear!
The latest wheeze is to have your front number plate completely missing from where it should be, instead being placed inside the car on the dashboard, so you can pretend to the police that it just fell off today. Once I can believe, but I often see three or four cars a day like that. Grrr! X-(
If I had a quid for every person I saw driving and using a phone. Even after the hike in points and doubling the fine, people just don't care. The police do nothing anyway.
It would appear there are very few police in the UK enforcing traffic laws (to my untrained eye, at least). The cons that some drivers pull to get away with speeding through traffic cameras annoy the stink out of me.
At one point I used to see a lot of perfectly clean cars which were absolutely filthy at the back, obscuring the rear number plate. Cars really don't tend to get dirty in that way, unless you drive everywhere in reverse gear!
The latest wheeze is to have your front number plate completely missing from where it should be, instead being placed inside the car on the dashboard, so you can pretend to the police that it just fell off today. Once I can believe, but I often see three or four cars a day like that. Grrr! X-(
Driving an alfa helps on some speed cameras as the front number plate is fixed off centre to the nearside of the car. However these days the mobile speed enforcement vans are purely a money gathering tool and not a safety tool, near where I live is a bypass round the town, the speed trap is always parked there from 7.30 each morning to around 10 then comes back at 4pm, however on Saturday and Sunday when the motorbikes are doing 100mph plus down the road it's never there, not is it there on an evening when the boy racers use the bypass as a race track. X-(
My wife ,scuffed the nearside alloy on my X3 M sport , she never does it on her Polo , X-( any how ,these things were sent to try us, 2 hours on the phone ,trying to get one of these mobile jobies out ,with their adverts of prompt /same day service ,(i started at 9 am ) cant get any one to come out today ,or answer a phone ,so ive booked it into BMW to do ,they want £102.00 DOH !!!!
My wife ,scuffed the nearside alloy on my X3 M sport , she never does it on her Polo , X-( any how ,these things were sent to try us, 2 hours on the phone ,trying to get one of these mobile jobies out ,with their adverts of prompt /same day service ,(i started at 9 am ) cant get any one to come out today ,or answer a phone ,so ive booked it into BMW to do ,they want £102.00 DOH !!!!
Your lucky mrscoop is as clumsy with her own car as she is with mine!!
A couple of weeks ago I came back to my car which had been parked in a quiet village to find this
Im scuppered as to how it happened as it's only around 12 inches off the ground!!! No note nothing.
Had a beautiful Grand Cherokee SRT over the weekend.
At one point, a car in front of me merged and stopped, I was on my way to pass him at a distance and the bloody car went into full brake.
Scared the hell out ofmyself, my passengers and the guy behind me.
At this point, I wished that I could turn that assistant off.
President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
That waiter sounds a right dick X-( I doubt there's a family
In the world which doesn't have a member or two with this
Affliction. ( My own included )
He does indeed sound like a dick. Having worked in customer service for most of my adult life (and having normal levels of human empathy and politeness) this sort of thing makes me really angry.
Interesting you say that TP, I too have a family member (wife's side) with a stammer.
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Rant of today: Florida drivers in the rain.
Sure it is wet outside, but that dark stuff on the ground is concrete not a black hole that will suck out your **** soul. It is okay to drive at a decent speed while it is raining outside.
Well I've just suffered horrifically at the hands of one of the biggest travel agents in the UK. if you're planning a holiday don't Thomas Cook it they just f+ck it. Our aircraft landed at around 4pm with a vibrating emergency slide hatch, we were due to fly at 9.40pm, we boarded the plane at 9.30pm when after an hour a lovely German captain explained we had an issue which was repaired and after some paperwork and a call to frankfurt we would be off, 2 hours later and still on the plane we were told that some engineers had to come to check the repair..... From frankfurt!! So we would now go to baggage reclaim and then to a hotel. An hour for baggage then 15 minutes on a bus we were deposited at a hotel where predominantly 18-25 year olds stay normally in a drink and drug fuelled haze. 3 hours to check us in as because we had young children who had fallen asleep on the bus we were slow to get our bags and therefore at the back of the queue. Eventually given a room with one bed next to a group of lads who only shut up swearing and shouting on their balcony after I offered them a free trip to either the local hospital or into the pool via the balcony.... Now 5am! We managed to drag ourselves to breakfast at 8.30am for the first drink since before boarding the plane, at this point still no sign of any Thomas Cook reps! The relaxed state our holiday had put us in now a dreary memory. The two teenage reps turned up at 10.30 am drinking frapes and tapping their phones saying they'd only been informed half an hour before and as far as they knew our plane left on time!!! We were told that we could relax and enjoy the day because spare parts were being sent from frankfurt and had just set off. and whatever we had to spend we could "attempt" to claim back from our holiday insurance. We finally got a transfer at 6pm sent to the wrong check in, put on the plane at 9pm then sat for 2 hours again because some were still checking in. The reps never apologised never offered any food vouchers, no water no reasonable or appropriate accommodation, but did repeat often that it wasn't their fault and" I've only been in this job 4 months sweetie " X-( complete garbage, utterly unprofessional and I've had better service in third world countries so don't just book Thomas Cook it? No thanks.
..... but apart from that. .... How did you enjoy the Holiday ?
Sounds horrible, nothing worse than getting the run around, with nothing
Being done to actually fix the problem.
Apart from that and step devil being well devilrous we had a good time. I love tenerife but it's going to the dogs a bit, Adeje where we go is wonderful as is the northern coast, I probably won't return though as I favour other places with less commercial appeal. My stand out experience is actually seeing the whales and dolphins on a private charter, I dive but I've never seen whales in their natural environment.... Absolutely awe inspiring.
Aren't you covered under EU passenger laws ( I know I would be - another thing the EU is good for btw. )
Yes we are covered by the recent Eu law, so that claim is now underway, but my 200 euro out of pocket expenses and current exhaustion and stress is a fight I'll take up with Thomas Cook.
From what I am hearing, that is simply a waste of time - better use flightright and share the claim with them.
So far yes, and so far so good, I have told them that depending on their response depends on whether I instruct a solicitor or specialist to take it up. From what I'm hearing the flight delay claim runs separate to any compensation claim for their mishandling of the situation.
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That is my favourite photograph of Barbel, TP and Sir Miles.
Mine too ;%
I wrote an article on here called "The Rise And Fall Of A Secondhand Bookshop" if you are interested - it's somewhere on the Off Topic Chat section some way back.
In the world which doesn't have a member or two with this
Affliction. ( My own included )
He does indeed sound like a dick. Having worked in customer service for most of my adult life (and having normal levels of human empathy and politeness) this sort of thing makes me really angry.
That waiter needs a lesson in manners! X-(
Fighting for life. The authorities at the moment
Are blaming a driver who'd been drinking. If true, this is
Truly horrendous and shouldn't be considered an
Accident but Manslaughter.
I honestly don't know what it will take to stop some
People Drinking and driving ! X-(
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It would appear there are very few police in the UK enforcing traffic laws (to my untrained eye, at least). The cons that some drivers pull to get away with speeding through traffic cameras annoy the stink out of me.
At one point I used to see a lot of perfectly clean cars which were absolutely filthy at the back, obscuring the rear number plate. Cars really don't tend to get dirty in that way, unless you drive everywhere in reverse gear!
The latest wheeze is to have your front number plate completely missing from where it should be, instead being placed inside the car on the dashboard, so you can pretend to the police that it just fell off today. Once I can believe, but I often see three or four cars a day like that. Grrr! X-(
Driving an alfa helps on some speed cameras as the front number plate is fixed off centre to the nearside of the car. However these days the mobile speed enforcement vans are purely a money gathering tool and not a safety tool, near where I live is a bypass round the town, the speed trap is always parked there from 7.30 each morning to around 10 then comes back at 4pm, however on Saturday and Sunday when the motorbikes are doing 100mph plus down the road it's never there, not is it there on an evening when the boy racers use the bypass as a race track. X-(
A couple of weeks ago I came back to my car which had been parked in a quiet village to find this
Im scuppered as to how it happened as it's only around 12 inches off the ground!!! No note nothing.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Had a beautiful Grand Cherokee SRT over the weekend.
At one point, a car in front of me merged and stopped, I was on my way to pass him at a distance and the bloody car went into full brake.
Scared the hell out ofmyself, my passengers and the guy behind me.
At this point, I wished that I could turn that assistant off.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Interesting you say that TP, I too have a family member (wife's side) with a stammer.
-
Rant of today: Florida drivers in the rain.
Sure it is wet outside, but that dark stuff on the ground is concrete not a black hole that will suck out your **** soul. It is okay to drive at a decent speed while it is raining outside.
Sounds horrible, nothing worse than getting the run around, with nothing
Being done to actually fix the problem.
Aren't you covered under EU passenger laws ( I know I would be - another thing the EU is good for btw.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Yes we are covered by the recent Eu law, so that claim is now underway, but my 200 euro out of pocket expenses and current exhaustion and stress is a fight I'll take up with Thomas Cook.
From what I am hearing, that is simply a waste of time - better use flightright and share the claim with them.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!