Tag 'politeness'
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Where are your manners, young man?
Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active about 1 year ago
4 responses
For a long time I’ve been astounded by the rudeness & selfishness of people on the tube. What has happened to a bit of courtesy and manners? I was on a packed northern line train the other day (defective train somewhere or other) totally squished, when the train duly pulled in to Angel tube station. There ...
Want some tips from an actual bus driver?
Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
tipped with 1K
Last active 8 months ago
8 responses
Some tips from a bus driver… Ticket machines: If they don’t work the driver should take you to the next one and should to wait for you – his machine will not let him issue one so don’t get shirty with him, if he did give you a ticket he can get in trouble. Bus stops: Please don...
How do you tell people what they can and can't flush down your loo?
Posted by KungFuLuLu about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
23 responses
We’ve got one of those electric-munchy loos (apologies to any plumbers reading this – my knowledge of sanitation products is limited) that is ludicrously over sensitive to anything that isn’t ‘organic’ or bog roll. It is so sensitive that it packs up at the first sign of a cotton wool b...
Have you encountered the 'bowler hat man's' politeness campaign?
Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active over 2 years ago
4 responses
I was wondering if anyone had met the bloke on the tube with the bowler hat who says hello to everyone – he’s a teacher who decided to start a be nice to everyone on the tube campaign. There’s an article about him here: http://www.teachersupport.info/index.cfm?a=366 Perhaps someone could do a...
Do you know your commandments?
Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active about 1 year ago
6 responses
The ones mentioned – especially the escalator one – are so the absolutely must go ins. Thou shalt not park in the bus lane Thou shall leave your Metro on the train (it is clearly bad manners to carry it off with you. I know we aren’t meant to leave rubbish on the trains especially now but the...
You're not from around here, are you?
Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active about 1 year ago
10 responses
Following on from the recent discussions about who is a Londoner (or not) I wanted to ask others what you think about the question ‘Where are you from?’. At times I get quite bored with being asked this questions by total strangers at bus stops, in pubs, restaurants etc. Sometimes I know people are just ...
Anyone else fed up with Parcelforce?
Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active about 1 year ago
8 responses
Has anyone else ever had to pick up a parcel from the Parcelforce depot on Edgeware Road (Cricklewood). Are the people that work there the MOST miserable, unhelpful, ignorant, degenerate, worthless, good-for-nothing, rude, arrogant, listless, disgruntled pile of crap you have EVER experienced in your entire life or ...
Is it me or is this madness?
Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active about 1 year ago
9 responses
I was just enjoying a moment off work reading my beloved LbL when I was rudely interrupted by the phone. Of course I know it’s going to be telesales when someone calls me at home at 12:30, but I duly answered (can’t stand to listen to the phone ring). When greeted with a surly “Is that Mrs A?”...
Are we too good to say 'good morning'?
Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active over 2 years ago
5 responses
Hello from Port of Spain airport, Trinidad…...in transit to London. I have just spent a week in Guyana (fantastic place, great people). Mid week I was in a place called Surama, near the Brazilian border, with a group of Amerindians. We were talking about London, which was hard for them to visualise given the s...
What do the cynics think about this kind tale?
Posted by whenthiswasfields over 2 years ago
Last active over 2 years ago
0 responses
As a contrast to the conman at the door incident I would like to say a big thank you the kind man who found my partner’s wallet in the street and took the trouble to bring it from Fulham to Southfields and hand it back, money cards etc included. My partner was so surprised and bemused early in the morning that...
premiumWho do you say Good Morning to?
Asked by Londonist 7 months ago for 2 kudos
Best answer by esotericbadger
Last active 6 months ago
22 responses
Good Morning, KCL. At the weekend, those people from the Nice Movement wrote about who does and doesn’t say ‘good morning’ to whom on the daily grind around town. Londonist likes nothing better than a cheery “Mornin’!” to set it up for the day but that’s because it’...
