Certain ‘news’papers are well known for publishing fiction masquerading as putative news stories simply to get the steam coming out of the ears of those who read it and then expostulate on social media about it. Its just click bait. Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Nanny Beach. You lost me a bit after the first sentence.
Short dates,  I’d rather that than a tube down my throat.
I love to read the reviews on tesco of certain foods,  Had to throw the potatoes away because they were short date, they used to store potatoes for the winter,  not 3 days. Fish wasn’t very big,  The bloody weight’s on the packet! If you get anything ‘off’. You only have to tell them and you get your money back and quite often a £5.00 voucher. Â
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Â
Quite right @punkdoc. I always hold doors for people. I can't bear these women who complain about men holding doors for them. Just say thanks - it's very simple, instead of banging on about equality. They'd soon complain if men let the r*ddy doors slam in their faces....
The abuse Customer Service people get is beyond belief. I'm not saying they're always perfect, and undoubtedly some are pretty hopeless, but the ones in supermarkets are subjected to the most vile abuse from people - at all times, not just during the pandemic, so I have a lot of sympathy with them. They've borne the brunt of people's anger for a very long time. It's a wonder they don't all do a 'Peter Finch' [Network] on a daily basis.Â
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Talking of bad manners in supermarkets, a couple of years ago I was in Tesco,  I say hello to anyone, but especially little kids,  I said hello to a dear little girl about two years old in the trolly seat,  her and her mum were black, makes no difference to me, some of my family are black so I didn’t think anything of it,  the kid spat and me, I told her mother that it wasn’t very nice,  she said ‘I’ve taught her to do that’. I thought, yes,  you’ll go down well in Cornwall  with that attitude. Anyone tell me why she felt the need to teach her daughter to do that?Â
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Â
Why do you feel the need to say hello to strangers especially young kids? If you see them a lot or get to know them a little through familiarity but not strangers.
I'm not condoning spitting but if a stranger said hello to my son when he was very young and I'm possibly distracted picking shopping for the trolley I'd actually be bit wary of them.
Although my son was able to give adults a hard time if he felt like it. Very bright kid with an uncanny knack for coming up with something an adult would say. You can't beat him sometimes in an argument/ debate he's simply too forensic at times.Â
I think that attitude of speaking to kids you don't know is very much from another generation in time. It's kind of the new social etiquette not to and to look on those that do as a bit strange or to be wary of.Â
Down in Cornwall we’re just a friendly lot of people , that’s why everyone wants to come here. And yes, I do belong to the old generation where every gave time of day to others. I’ll  take your advise and ignore everyone in future. .Â
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Â
What?! Isn't that's what's wrong with society? I always try to catch passers bye's eyes (careless of them) and say good morning or whatever - with a smile. Why not? And why not smile and engage with kids? The world has become paranoid.
Luckily, where I live, the people who walk on the hills virtually always do the same - and I even walked back from town (from the dentist holding a £1200 dental estimate - now there's a reason to be curmudgeonly) along the seafront this morning and a couple of people engaged as well. It's good. A smile, a(n) hello - what's the issue?
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Its just click bait. Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Short dates,  I’d rather that than a tube down my throat.
I love to read the reviews on tesco of certain foods, Â Had to throw the potatoes away because they were short date, they used to store potatoes for the winter, Â not 3 days.
Fish wasn’t very big,  The bloody weight’s on the packet!Â
If you get anything ‘off’. You only have to tell them and you get your money back and quite often a £5.00 voucher. Â
They'd soon complain if men let the r*ddy doors slam in their faces....
The abuse Customer Service people get is beyond belief. I'm not saying they're always perfect, and undoubtedly some are pretty hopeless, but the ones in supermarkets are subjected to the most vile abuse from people - at all times, not just during the pandemic, so I have a lot of sympathy with them. They've borne the brunt of people's anger for a very long time.Â
It's a wonder they don't all do a 'Peter Finch' [Network] on a daily basis.Â
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I thought, yes,  you’ll go down well in Cornwall  with that attitude.Â
Anyone tell me why she felt the need to teach her daughter to do that?Â
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I do wonder about some people nowadays.Â
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm not condoning spitting but if a stranger said hello to my son when he was very young and I'm possibly distracted picking shopping for the trolley I'd actually be bit wary of them.
Although my son was able to give adults a hard time if he felt like it. Very bright kid with an uncanny knack for coming up with something an adult would say. You can't beat him sometimes in an argument/ debate he's simply too forensic at times.Â
I think that attitude of speaking to kids you don't know is very much from another generation in time. It's kind of the new social etiquette not to and to look on those that do as a bit strange or to be wary of.Â
I’ll  take your advise and ignore everyone in future.
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Don't ever change, Lyn, please.
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