Little things that irritate you

[Greatest Cockney Rip Off]

Or just tell the guy at the bar that you're ordering and he'll move for a couple of moments.

I like ordering at the point at the bar where there's people. All you do is ask to squeeze in, then you're right at the front to get someone's attention to get served straight away.

Most people avoid any sort of conflict/question, so just queue like sheep up the end.

Its just the way they stand there and completely ignore you, knowing that you want to get served. I have no problem with people who acknowledge you and let you be served, but (as was the case the other night) the two dickheads who looked at me like I'd got two heads when I shouted my order over to the barman who was waiting to serve me. Not the first time it's happened too.

[-DL-]

Bus drivers changing the destination midway through your journey.

Hi.

Sometimes there is no choice - it's to try and get the service back on track when there's delays, or to prevent driving hours breaches - or a combination of both.

I don't like having to do it, because people do get the hump and I've had people get aggressive. I refused a curtailment today. was doing 96 to Bluewater from Woolwich and at Crayford I was called up and told to curtail at Dartford. I was rammed so refused, and curtailed at Plumstead garage on the way back to Woolwich instead so I didn't breach.

[Claretdave]

Sometimes there is no choice - it's to try and get the service back on track when there's delays, or to prevent driving hours breaches - or a combination of both.

I don't like having to do it, because people do get the hump and I've had people get aggressive. I refused a curtailment today. was doing 96 to Bluewater from Woolwich and at Crayford I was called up and told to curtail at Dartford. I was rammed so refused, and curtailed at Plumstead garage on the way back to Woolwich instead so I didn't breach.

About twelve years ago I lived in Pimlico and used to get the no.38 to work. It was one of the bendy buses. On the return journey it would frequently terminate before Victoria, which irritated a lot of people. One day the driver terminated it in Shaftesbury Avenue. One bloke on the train was incandescent and went full Basil Fawlty, grabbing a plastic barrier from the road and hitting the bus with it. He drew a crowd of about 20 who went from shocked to laughter in a very short space of time. Eventually the police got there.

[-DL-]

It's just one of those things that's unavoidable. When there is a blockage in the system as it were, there's no point having most of the vehicles on the route crammed up in one area. It means people at the other end of the route, or in the opposite direction will get no service at all.

Drivers generally get no say in the matter, unless it's a situation like I had today, where the amount of people I would have had to ask to get off, wouldn't be able to fit on the one behind. Explain that to the controller, and they'll let it run - although if it's running really late, they may still override you and say do it anyway.

Like today, it was taking 45 minutes to get from Bexleyheath through to Crayford. It usually takes 15 or so minutes. So one gets sent all the way through to Bluewater, one through only as far as Dartford, one through to Bluewater and so on. Ones sent all the way curtail on the way back, and once the traffic has died down, or an incident has cleared, a normal service is resumed, and all the vehicles are where they are supposed to be, or there or there abouts.

I do get how frustrating it must be for the passengers, but it's an action that isn't taken unless is absolutely necessary for the service as a whole - because first and foremost, that's what we have to provide in one way or another.

[Mega Ron]

For the 10 years I lived in London, from Primrose Hill to Dulwich and other places in between, the buses were the one consistently decent part of the transport system.

Even when there was snow the buses would get me home.

In the middle of the night being smashed in exotic parts of the capital that cabs steered clear of the night buses would get me to where I needed to be.

As it is this thread I will say that other passengers on the buses can be right c****.

[Claretdave]

It's just one of those things that's unavoidable. When there is a blockage in the system as it were, there's no point having most of the vehicles on the route crammed up in one area. It means people at the other end of the route, or in the opposite direction will get no service at all.

Drivers generally get no say in the matter, unless it's a situation like I had today, where the amount of people I would have had to ask to get off, wouldn't be able to fit on the one behind. Explain that to the controller, and they'll let it run - although if it's running really late, they may still override you and say do it anyway.

Like today, it was taking 45 minutes to get from Bexleyheath through to Crayford. It usually takes 15 or so minutes. So one gets sent all the way through to Bluewater, one through only as far as Dartford, one through to Bluewater and so on. Ones sent all the way curtail on the way back, and once the traffic has died down, or an incident has cleared, a normal service is resumed, and all the vehicles are where they are supposed to be, or there or there abouts.

I do get how frustrating it must be for the passengers, but it's an action that isn't taken unless is absolutely necessary for the service as a whole - because first and foremost, that's what we have to provide in one way or another.

One thing I have never got is people lashing out at Tube staff/bus drivers/sales assistants etc because things don't go well. One presumes you don't divert your bus for a laugh or you need a piss.

[Rocket]

About twelve years ago I lived in Pimlico and used to get the no.38 to work. It was one of the bendy buses. On the return journey it would frequently terminate before Victoria, which irritated a lot of people. One day the driver terminated it in Shaftesbury Avenue. One bloke on the train was incandescent and went full Basil Fawlty, grabbing a plastic barrier from the road and hitting the bus with it. He drew a crowd of about 20 who went from shocked to laughter in a very short space of time. Eventually the police got there.

:lol: That story actually made me laugh out loud. I would love to have witnessed it.

[westham,eggyandchips]

Perfume and Aftershave adverts on TV.

They're all the ****ing same. Use some imagination ffs.

[fjthegrey]

Perfume and Aftershave adverts on TV.

They're all the ****ing same. Use some imagination ffs.

You can tell within 1.5 seconds if it's an advert for stench.

[westham,eggyandchips]

You can tell within 1.5 seconds if it's an advert for stench.

Man on top of a skyscraper in a suit.....

[Sauce!]

Only Losers Take The Bus

[vietnammer]

Having a load of good films lined up on Amazon and the other half wants to watch Grumpy Cat.

[Claretdave]

Having a load of good films lined up on Amazon and the other half wants to watch Grumpy Cat.

I am in the wrong thread, but my wife is away today and I have had Sky Sports on for 12 hours.....

[Robbie]

I have run out of red win/port......this will be painful tomorrow considering the alternatives,

[davids cross]

The whole ****ing world seems to exist on ....a password or username or e mail address or pin number or account number or debit card number or postcode number or verification code number or mobile phone number or CVV number.

I'm just a ****ing number....

13.

[Hammers Dad]

I'm just a ****ing number....

You are not a number, you're a free man!

[1875Hammer]

You are not a number, you're a free man!

You are a number 2

[delbert]

Quarter to four in the afternoon and I've just seen some sort of mother go past still in her pyjamas and bath robe picking it's kids up from school.

It's waddling slags like her that undermine the efforts of hard working racists the length of the country...... :lol:

[Czech Hammer]

This one is a question for DL. Not a dig, or anything like that, more of an observation.

I am a frequent user on your route, and various others in the area. Very probably been on your bus Sir.

Why does the change of drivers happen outside Plumstead Bus Garage? Would it not be better for the new driver to travel to the start or end of route, rather than delay the journey by up to 5 minutes while it takes place?

[Welsh Iron]

Insurance Companies, the bastards.

It's law that you have to have it and they know it so think they can charge what they want. I've had quotes ranging from £250 to over £1000 for the same damned car. And then they add the Insurance Premium Tax on to kick you when you're down. What's all that about?

Rip off merchants, the lot of them.