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Barbie said:
:lol: We sound like right upstanding members of the community moaning about the pesky kids of today :lol:
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I'll tell you who else I cant stand.... those sales guys who entice girls into their trap by saying:

"Excuse me madam, can I ask you about your hair?"

Then launch into a huge sales pitch for going on some beauty day where you can get treatments/haircut/photos etc etc seemingly for about £20 (when infact it works out to be about £200!)

I got caught by one for the first time ages ago, stood their for about half an hour trying to get away. honestly you have to be so forceful at times otherwise you will just get coerced into buying stuff 8O
 
Beckiboo said:
I'll tell you who else I cant stand.... those sales guys who entice girls into their trap by saying:

"Excuse me madam, can I ask you about your hair?"

Then launch into a huge sales pitch for going on some beauty day where you can get treatments/haircut/photos etc etc seemingly for about £20 (when infact it works out to be about £200!)

I got caught by one for the first time ages ago, stood their for about half an hour trying to get away. honestly you have to be so forceful at times otherwise you will just get coerced into buying stuff 8O
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:lol: They always start off by complimenting your hair and then catch you while your wits are down :spank:

I just walk around London now with a big 'DO NOT TALK TO ME' look on my face :lol:
 
Barbie said:
Tourists who get on the tube in rush-hour with suitcases :spank:
Tourists who get under my feet round Oxford Street when I'm trying to get to work/go to lunch - if you've got so much time to wander aimlessly then do it between 2-4am :twisted: :lol:
Those charity people that accost you on the streets - no funk off I'm only popping out to get a sandwich and I'm not going to talk to you :spank:
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I'm with you on all 3 of these.

Especially #2. Can't stand people poking along on the sidewalks in central London... you want to step into the street and go around them but there's always some bus flying by and best to avoid becoming a road pancake. :evil:
 
This must by why Northeners think the Londoners are so unfriendly,
You think we're all trying to sell you something when we smile!!:lol: :lol:
 
Barbie said:
I just walk around London now with a big 'DO NOT TALK TO ME' look on my face :lol:
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MARKB said:
This must by why Northeners think the Londoners are so unfriendly,
You think we're all trying to sell you something when we smile!!:lol: :lol:
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:lol: When I first moved down here I was always talking to strangers as we do up north, it was only after a few months that I realised the only strangers who want to speak to you in London are either weirdoes or trying to flog you something :lol:
 
Barbie said:
:lol: When I first moved down here I was always talking to strangers as we do up north, it was only after a few months that I realised the only strangers who want to speak to you in London are either weirdoes or trying to flog you something :lol:
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I have no problem with genuinely friendly people, but it's the t.wats who are only smiling at you because they want your money that gets me angry! :x
 
:D :D Must remember this non smiling tip.

Everytime I'm in London I tend to have thirty charity reps chasing me down Oxford Street and blocking the train tracks at Kings Cross when I'm trying to go home.

I must encourage them with my naive Northern friendliness!
 
MARKB said:
:D :D Must remember this non smiling tip.

Everytime I'm in London I tend to have thirty charity reps chasing me down Oxford Street and blocking the train tracks at Kings Cross when I'm trying to go home.

I must encourage them with my naive Northern friendliness!
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I have to admit I do laugh when I walk past some poor unsuspecting Northerner getting ear-bashed about how children are starving in Africa and conned out of £5 a month :lol:

The smiling obviously enticed them into the trap :twisted:
 
1. Organised religion

2. Companies that puport to be charities that send underprivileged kids to your door selling hideously overpriced, poor quality teatowels and cleaning cloths, while paying said kids a pittance based on a minute percentage of sales on sales.

3. Kelvin MacKenzie at the Sun, who outlined in his column the day after 15 year old Manc schoolboy Jesse James was killed why it was his parents fault. He may have had some valid points regarding why the kid was out on a school night but that doesn't excuse such gross insensitivity.
 
Re those annoying charity people.
One pulled me up and asked me to give to said charity, I said no I already give to 3 charitys. He then said oh OK, well I finish in 10 mins will you take me for a drink! :lol: Charming.
 
sandi said:
Re those annoying charity people.
One pulled me up and asked me to give to said charity, I said no I already give to 3 charitys. He then said oh OK, well I finish in 10 mins will you take me for a drink! :lol: Charming.
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are you some kind of worldy or somethin then sandi??;) :p

i only ever ask random strangers out for a drink if they are a worldy.

(did i just say that??!!8O :oops: :oops: :lol:)
 
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