Topic ID 5984
How come its always the OAPs in shops in Hertford who are rude, pushy and stand too close? The much moaned about youth of Hertford have nothing on a man in WHSmiths who when politely asked to not stand so close his shopping bag was resting on my sleeping babies head told me he would jump up and down on my head and smash it in if i insisted he moved. He then proceeded to tell me he was queing up for a free item from a newspaper with a voucher and why should he wait his turn as he was old and deserved to be served first. Not only was i speechless i also had to recline pram in order for poor baby to not have a used once to often bag for life resting on her little face. So people of Hertford beware of grumpy old men with worn out bags for life clutching giveaway vouchers.
Reply ID 81308
That would be funny if it wasn't so serious. Let me get this right. He said he would jump up and down on your head and smash it in?
Reply ID 81309
I am not in any way, defending the elderly, but I am guessing that old rude people were once young rude people... I agree that being elderly and infirm can make you grumpy and frustrated and pain makes us all a little fraught, but there is no real excuse for rudeness at any age! I am sorry your encounter with the grumpy old git caused you grief!We will all be on the lookout![;)] However,on a lighter note, I love this poem.. I think this sums it up: *J* [IMG]http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/whitehair.gif[/IMG] When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells and run my stick along the public railings and make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain and pick the flowers in other people's gardens and learn to spit. You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat and eat three pounds of sausages at a go or only bread and pickles for a week and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes. But now we must have clothes that keep us dry and pay our rent and not swear in the street and set a good example for the children. We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practice a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple. By Jenny Joseph
Reply ID 81311
quote:That is truly shocking. What a horrible, pathetic person. Was it not appropriate to call the police when on the receiving end of such a serious threat?
Originally posted by Tiny
How come its always the OAPs in shops in Hertford who are rude, pushy and stand too close? The much moaned about youth of Hertford have nothing on a man in WHSmiths who when politely asked to not stand so close his shopping bag was resting on my sleeping babies head told me he would jump up and down on my head and smash it in if i insisted he moved. He then proceeded to tell me he was queing up for a free item from a newspaper with a voucher and why should he wait his turn as he was old and deserved to be served first. Not only was i speechless i also had to recline pram in order for poor baby to not have a used once to often bag for life resting on her little face. So people of Hertford beware of grumpy old men with worn out bags for life clutching giveaway vouchers.
Reply ID 81323
Well having walked away rather speechless and almost in tears, it wasnt really possible to do anything other than buy myself a cake. I think i will avoid WH Smiths in future.
Reply ID 81324
Hmm..wonder if it was the same old guy who I came across at Tesco the other day. I was patiently waiting for a space that he had his trolley sitting in whilst he was unloading it into his car parked in the row behind. Having finished he made to get into his car so I politely asked if he could move the trolley. 'Doesn't look like it' he said and moved towards his car. I slammed my car into gear and shot round to the other row of cars and parked right in front of him - only to be met with a load of abuse and then him trying to nudge forwards towards the side of my car in a threatening way. I advised him it was a company car so I wasn't fussed but asked him to smile for the video evidence I was about to take on my phone. After another couple of minutes of abuse I wound my window down and with a smile said I didn't have to be anyware for an hour and enquired as to his frozen items. He put the trolley back. [:)]
Reply ID 81326
That's tremendous Leo, I wish I'd been there to see it! [:D]
Reply ID 81328
Excellent!!
Reply ID 81329
I do hope it was the same guy - nice for that sort of idiot to have a bit of come-uppance!
Reply ID 81332
Leo that's absolutely brillant! [:D] I must tell my 14 year old daughter about that one, her pet hate is people not putting their trolleys back properly. I have lost count of the number times I have waited for her, to find she has been putting all the trolleys back inside one another whilst giving dirty looks to people who just "sling" them into the trolley park. Teenagers eh! [:)]
Reply ID 81333
Lolz, brilliant! Using a speeding car to block in and intimidate an old man, albeit a rude one! Way to go! He totally deserved that! He were being disrespectful and it were totally right to show him who's boss, the horrible old coffin-dodger. He'll deffo think twice about being rude if some younger man asks him to move his trolley in future, won't he? [V] I don't know what's more offensive, Leo's actions or the smirking about it on this thread by the right-thinking burghers of Hertford who've obviously never been tired, rude and snapped at an interfering busybody. So he won't move his trolley? Shrug and move on. Or man up and move it yourself. Bullying a rude old man is awful, chavvy, and possibly criminal behaviour. Shameful.
Reply ID 81337
Oh, honestly Rachel! Leo was simply doing what most of us only fantasise about doing, and that is getting back at the kind of lazy and selfish ba***rd who can make everyday life so frustrating sometimes.
Reply ID 81339
Gemipicorn: My 13 year old son is the same and if he ever witnesses rude behaviour he is astounded by it. I have taught him to be polite and not to inconvenience others. The man in Tesco's car park was selfish and Leo gave him a lesson in just putting yourself out for about 4 seconds to make everyone's lives easier. If everyone just made an effort for other people then life would be happier and less frutrating. It reminds me of a ridiculous situation at work, albeit on a much much smaller scale, where one unknown person alwasys puts their tea bags in the sink. Why? someone else then has to move it. The bin is right next to it. A bit of courtesy and thoughtful behaviour goes a long way.
Reply ID 81340
My 86 year old mother is always putting trolleys away, she taught us (inc Gemipicorn) to be thoughtful and polite and it has gone down the generations to her grandaughter via Gemi. The age of the people in Tesco car park and W H Smith is irrelevant they need to be confronted if you are brave enough, I am afraid I am not often that brave.
Reply ID 81342
quote:I grant you the "trolley incident" isnt the most terrible crime, but Im sorry, you cannot be condoning what happened in WHSmith, surely? It was imagining that that these two incidents were the same person that made me "smirk". Of course it may very well not have been.
Originally posted by Rachel
Lolz, brilliant! Using a speeding car to block in and intimidate an old man, albeit a rude one! Way to go! He totally deserved that! He were being disrespectful and it were totally right to show him who's boss, the horrible old coffin-dodger. He'll deffo think twice about being rude if some younger man asks him to move his trolley in future, won't he? [V] I don't know what's more offensive, Leo's actions or the smirking about it on this thread by the right-thinking burghers of Hertford who've obviously never been tired, rude and snapped at an interfering busybody. So he won't move his trolley? Shrug and move on. Or man up and move it yourself. Bullying a rude old man is awful, chavvy, and possibly criminal behaviour. Shameful.
Reply ID 81343
No matter what your age if you are going to be rude and obnoxious to someone as the man in Tesco's was then you should expect a reaction. The man in WH Smith should have expected comeback too, I afraid I would not have been able to just walk away if it were me, although I can quite understand why Tiny was so taken aback and upset. Unfortunately it is a sign of our times that people can treat others like this and think they can get away with it. It also wrong that anyone reacting to being on the receiving end of someone else's disgusting behaviour should be called a bully. It's all backwards IMHO.
Reply ID 81344
quote:I think this post says a lot more about you than it does me.
Originally posted by Rachel
Lolz, brilliant! Using a speeding car to block in and intimidate an old man, albeit a rude one! Way to go! He totally deserved that! He were being disrespectful and it were totally right to show him who's boss, the horrible old coffin-dodger. He'll deffo think twice about being rude if some younger man asks him to move his trolley in future, won't he? [V] I don't know what's more offensive, Leo's actions or the smirking about it on this thread by the right-thinking burghers of Hertford who've obviously never been tired, rude and snapped at an interfering busybody. So he won't move his trolley? Shrug and move on. Or man up and move it yourself. Bullying a rude old man is awful, chavvy, and possibly criminal behaviour. Shameful.
Reply ID 81345
quote:The piety and self-congratulatory posts by someone that cycles through red lights while "laughing" at "fat people" in cars, and those that don't pay for rail tickets. Edited to add, well done Leo, it's because nobody pulls people up on their anti-social behaviour anymore that they continue to do it.
Originally posted by Rachel
I don't know what's more offensive
Reply ID 81356
On a lighter note, (I am in no way condoning bad behaviour at any age, ..) so, for any of those that remember Monty Python... how about Hells Grannies...*J* [IMG]http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/evilgrin.gif[/IMG] http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/evilgrin.gif[/IMG]
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