Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you

TheBigBean

rick_chasey said:

pblakeney said:

That’s odd as my experience of boomers is that they like a good queue. Maybe people can be knobs irrespective of age.

Absolutely standard. Behave like they are entitled to things other people aren’t.

That's never been said about parents with children before.

rick_chasey

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

pblakeney said:

That’s odd as my experience of boomers is that they like a good queue. Maybe people can be knobs irrespective of age.

Absolutely standard. Behave like they are entitled to things other people aren’t.

That's never been said about parents with children before.

When we’re skipping queues and not waiting patiently, feel free to criticise.

rjsterry

rick_chasey said:

Classic boomer behaviour witnessed today.

Turned up to the botanical garden a little early because it’s quite warm and I didn’t want to get back too late.

Garden opens at 10am.

By 9:58 there was a small informal queue of Millennial parents with young children in the various spots in the shade.

At 10:01 a boomer couple turns up, socks in sandals, and the garden isn’t open yet.

instantly the boomer man starts agitating, shaking the fence, tapping his watch, complaining they haven’t opened yet, when it was obvious the person was in the process of opening it up.

Anyway, gate opens, boomer skips the queue and marches straight in.

Woman at the garden mentions they might want to wait and he literally said “why should we have to wait for those kids?”.

Incredible.

I was in a good mood so kept my mouth shut.

But for some reason felt the need to share it with us.

rjsterry

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

pblakeney said:

That’s odd as my experience of boomers is that they like a good queue. Maybe people can be knobs irrespective of age.

Absolutely standard. Behave like they are entitled to things other people aren’t.

That's never been said about parents with children before.

When we’re skipping queues and not waiting patiently, feel free to criticise.

Oh, please. You must go around with blinkers on if you have never seen entitled parents demanding this or that because children.

rick_chasey

rjsterry said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

pblakeney said:

That’s odd as my experience of boomers is that they like a good queue. Maybe people can be knobs irrespective of age.

Absolutely standard. Behave like they are entitled to things other people aren’t.

That's never been said about parents with children before.

When we’re skipping queues and not waiting patiently, feel free to criticise.

Oh, please. You must go around with blinkers on if you have never seen entitled parents demanding this or that because children.

Pretty much.

I’m either in places designed for young kids or in places where there’s nothing to demand like a garden?

What am I doing wrong?

All sorts of people can be d!cks but it’s the special “it’s 10:01 I’m gonna kick off when I can see them almost opening” or the “I’m not queuing for this” vibe that you see over and over from the old people.

Pross

These things seem to happen far more regularly with Rick than they ever have for me. I witness plenty of rude, entitled behaviour but it seems fairly evenly spread across ages and ‘social class’ in my experience.

morstar

I like a gig or two and even the odd festival.
Typically, I’m in the older 20% of attendees.
I can attest to the fact that I’ve pretty much only ever seen the younger adult crowd (typically 20-30) jumping queues.
So maybe it’s just possible that age isn’t the only factor at play.
Or maybe you spot the things you look for! Like when you suddenly notice loads more of a certain type of car when you hire/buy one.

secretsqirrel

Easy to pick out situations that confirm your own prejudice. One thing to remember about ‘the old people’ is that they are not a different species. We all become old people.
If we are lucky.

TheBigBean

Ticket prices for Cambridge Botanical Gardens
Adult: £7.50
Children 0 – 16 inclusive: FREE

They're special lot those kids. They don't even need to pay. Always demanding this special discount, freeloading off others etc.

orraloon

RC, did you ask which muppet they're voting for, Hi-Risk or Haziest?

pblakeney

As I said, people can be knobs irrespective of age.
Just as well we don’t all share examples or the forum would be overloaded.

pblakeney

People who don’t understand how thermostats work intrigue me. Mostly as my wife is one. Heating is either set at 30C or 15C. Nothing in between. 🤔 No amount of explanation helps.

masjer

pblakeney said:

People who don’t understand how thermostats work intrigue me. Mostly as my wife is one. Heating is either set at 30C or 15C. Nothing in between. 🤔 No amount of explanation helps.

https://youtu.be/P4_6e5IaQXM

rjsterry

rick_chasey said:

rjsterry said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

pblakeney said:

That’s odd as my experience of boomers is that they like a good queue. Maybe people can be knobs irrespective of age.

Absolutely standard. Behave like they are entitled to things other people aren’t.

That's never been said about parents with children before.

When we’re skipping queues and not waiting patiently, feel free to criticise.

Oh, please. You must go around with blinkers on if you have never seen entitled parents demanding this or that because children.

Pretty much.

I’m either in places designed for young kids or in places where there’s nothing to demand like a garden?

What am I doing wrong?

All sorts of people can be d!cks but it’s the special “it’s 10:01 I’m gonna kick off when I can see them almost opening” or the “I’m not queuing for this” vibe that you see over and over from the old people.

Ascribing someone's rudeness to their age.

focuszing723

Hey, what the hell is wrong will sandals n socks?

Stevo_666

rick_chasey said:

Classic boomer behaviour witnessed today.

Turned up to the botanical garden a little early because it’s quite warm and I didn’t want to get back too late.

Garden opens at 10am.

By 9:58 there was a small informal queue of Millennial parents with young children in the various spots in the shade.

At 10:01 a boomer couple turns up, socks in sandals, and the garden isn’t open yet.

instantly the boomer man starts agitating, shaking the fence, tapping his watch, complaining they haven’t opened yet, when it was obvious the person was in the process of opening it up.

Anyway, gate opens, boomer skips the queue and marches straight in.

Woman at the garden mentions they might want to wait and he literally said “why should we have to wait for those kids?”.

Incredible.

I was in a good mood so kept my mouth shut.

You really do have a massive chip on your shoulder about these Boomers. Were you scared by one as a young child?

First.Aspect

focuszing723 said:

Hey, what the hell is wrong will sandals n socks?

Are you a high school history teacher?

If not, they are up there with sweaters with leather elbows in the style stakes.

Stevo_666

rjsterry said:

rick_chasey said:

rjsterry said:

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

pblakeney said:

That’s odd as my experience of boomers is that they like a good queue. Maybe people can be knobs irrespective of age.

Absolutely standard. Behave like they are entitled to things other people aren’t.

That's never been said about parents with children before.

When we’re skipping queues and not waiting patiently, feel free to criticise.

Oh, please. You must go around with blinkers on if you have never seen entitled parents demanding this or that because children.

Pretty much.

I’m either in places designed for young kids or in places where there’s nothing to demand like a garden?

What am I doing wrong?

All sorts of people can be d!cks but it’s the special “it’s 10:01 I’m gonna kick off when I can see them almost opening” or the “I’m not queuing for this” vibe that you see over and over from the old people.

Ascribing someone's rudeness to their age.

Some people would call that prejudice.

First.Aspect

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

TheBigBean said:

veronese68 said:

rick_chasey said:

For me the budget has an outsized impact on the meal. The bar required for it to be a pleasurable experience rises very very quickly when the price goes up.

Charging me £50 a head and it's no better than the £30 a head place I go to a lot? I'm not gonna enjoy it, even if it is enjoyable.

I think that's fair, many people would view it the same way. We were talking about pub food round here the other day. Pub grub used to be reasonable, basic and cheap. Then gastro pubs came along and the prices went up, but so did the quality. Now they're all at it and the quality has gone down as they are trying to cut costs, but the prices remain high.
There is a pub near here that does good pizza, my complaint is they claim it's awesome. I don't think pizza can ever be awesome, it can be a very good pizza. But it's still little more than fancy cheese on toast.

Gastro pubs are a trivial thing that annoy me, so wrong thread

What are your thoughts on establishments that offer "proper food"?

Happy to answer the question, but I need more details as to what you mean by "proper food".

It's more of a reference to what's scrawled on the chalk board outside. I find it so off-putting that I've never found out what manner of comestibles it could be referring to.

Chips, I imagine.

TheBigBean

First.Aspect said:

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

TheBigBean said:

veronese68 said:

rick_chasey said:

For me the budget has an outsized impact on the meal. The bar required for it to be a pleasurable experience rises very very quickly when the price goes up.

Charging me £50 a head and it's no better than the £30 a head place I go to a lot? I'm not gonna enjoy it, even if it is enjoyable.

I think that's fair, many people would view it the same way. We were talking about pub food round here the other day. Pub grub used to be reasonable, basic and cheap. Then gastro pubs came along and the prices went up, but so did the quality. Now they're all at it and the quality has gone down as they are trying to cut costs, but the prices remain high.
There is a pub near here that does good pizza, my complaint is they claim it's awesome. I don't think pizza can ever be awesome, it can be a very good pizza. But it's still little more than fancy cheese on toast.

Gastro pubs are a trivial thing that annoy me, so wrong thread

What are your thoughts on establishments that offer "proper food"?

Happy to answer the question, but I need more details as to what you mean by "proper food".

It's more of a reference to what's scrawled on the chalk board outside. I find it so off-putting that I've never found out what manner of comestibles it could be referring to.

Chips, I imagine.

Blackboards are mostly just marketing. A way to make a regular dish seem exotic. I tend to ignore them as it usually requires either getting up to see the blackboard or listening to a waiter waffle on.

pinno

TheBigBean said:

Ticket prices for Cambridge Botanical Gardens
Adult: £7.50
Children 0 – 16 inclusive: FREE

They're special lot those kids. They don't even need to pay. Always demanding this special discount, freeloading off others etc.

I think things like botanic gardens would struggle to get families in if they charged children.
Theme parks, farm parks etc are becoming extortionate.
Local soft play area is £4 per child per hour and any number of adults are free.

[The commercialisation of fun - discuss]

First.Aspect

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

TheBigBean said:

First.Aspect said:

TheBigBean said:

veronese68 said:

rick_chasey said:

For me the budget has an outsized impact on the meal. The bar required for it to be a pleasurable experience rises very very quickly when the price goes up.

Charging me £50 a head and it's no better than the £30 a head place I go to a lot? I'm not gonna enjoy it, even if it is enjoyable.

I think that's fair, many people would view it the same way. We were talking about pub food round here the other day. Pub grub used to be reasonable, basic and cheap. Then gastro pubs came along and the prices went up, but so did the quality. Now they're all at it and the quality has gone down as they are trying to cut costs, but the prices remain high.
There is a pub near here that does good pizza, my complaint is they claim it's awesome. I don't think pizza can ever be awesome, it can be a very good pizza. But it's still little more than fancy cheese on toast.

Gastro pubs are a trivial thing that annoy me, so wrong thread

What are your thoughts on establishments that offer "proper food"?

Happy to answer the question, but I need more details as to what you mean by "proper food".

It's more of a reference to what's scrawled on the chalk board outside. I find it so off-putting that I've never found out what manner of comestibles it could be referring to.

Chips, I imagine.

Blackboards are mostly just marketing. A way to make a regular dish seem exotic. I tend to ignore them as it usually requires either getting up to see the blackboard or listening to a waiter waffle on.

I worry about who the target market is. If the corollary to proper food is fancy food, I fear the menu might be more about portion size than anything else.

surrey_commuter

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

veronese68 said:

Pross said:

I'm devastated that us people in the sticks don't to enjoy all these fine dining options.

I'm not sure I believe you there

I just drive in and take a cab home. It adds £30 to the £500 overall cost. My monthly household budget can soak that up every fortnight.

Good excuse for a cycle the following day too.

Really annoying only to have 6000 quids worth of menus to chose from each year, rather than the 60000 in London. That's really limiting.

Maths fail! 🤣 2x500x12=12,000.
Point made though.

Taxi and tip.

So that just adds to the £12k, no?

His share is half so he is choosing from £6k worth of menu.

It has certainly opened my London centric eyes that there are a multitude of dining options in Edinburgh at £250 a head.

First.Aspect

surrey_commuter said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

veronese68 said:

Pross said:

I'm devastated that us people in the sticks don't to enjoy all these fine dining options.

I'm not sure I believe you there

I just drive in and take a cab home. It adds £30 to the £500 overall cost. My monthly household budget can soak that up every fortnight.

Good excuse for a cycle the following day too.

Really annoying only to have 6000 quids worth of menus to chose from each year, rather than the 60000 in London. That's really limiting.

Maths fail! 🤣 2x500x12=12,000.
Point made though.

Taxi and tip.

So that just adds to the £12k, no?

His share is half so he is choosing from £6k worth of menu.

It has certainly opened my London centric eyes that there are a multitude of dining options in Edinburgh at £250 a head.

I reckon about 10 of them. It's a daft amount of money to spend on a meal out to be honest.

pinno

it is.

But back to the blackboard thing - I always look. There's a café/bistro locally (not a pub or ex pub btw) and i'm familiar with their menu and often choose the days specials off the blackboard.

I always look out for the cream of Broccoli and Stilton soup (and it's served with fresh sourdough bread).
The blackboard changes on a daily basis.

kingstongraham

surrey_commuter said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

veronese68 said:

Pross said:

I'm devastated that us people in the sticks don't to enjoy all these fine dining options.

I'm not sure I believe you there

I just drive in and take a cab home. It adds £30 to the £500 overall cost. My monthly household budget can soak that up every fortnight.

Good excuse for a cycle the following day too.

Really annoying only to have 6000 quids worth of menus to chose from each year, rather than the 60000 in London. That's really limiting.

Maths fail! 🤣 2x500x12=12,000.
Point made though.

Taxi and tip.

So that just adds to the £12k, no?

His share is half so he is choosing from £6k worth of menu.

It has certainly opened my London centric eyes that there are a multitude of dining options in Edinburgh at £250 a head.

Depends what you choose to drink, I suppose.

First.Aspect

kingstongraham said:

surrey_commuter said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

veronese68 said:

Pross said:

I'm devastated that us people in the sticks don't to enjoy all these fine dining options.

I'm not sure I believe you there

I just drive in and take a cab home. It adds £30 to the £500 overall cost. My monthly household budget can soak that up every fortnight.

Good excuse for a cycle the following day too.

Really annoying only to have 6000 quids worth of menus to chose from each year, rather than the 60000 in London. That's really limiting.

Maths fail! 🤣 2x500x12=12,000.
Point made though.

Taxi and tip.

So that just adds to the £12k, no?

His share is half so he is choosing from £6k worth of menu.

It has certainly opened my London centric eyes that there are a multitude of dining options in Edinburgh at £250 a head.

Depends what you choose to drink, I suppose.

Paired wines, easily £70 a head.

kingstongraham

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surrey_commuter

First.Aspect said:

surrey_commuter said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

veronese68 said:

Pross said:

I'm devastated that us people in the sticks don't to enjoy all these fine dining options.

I'm not sure I believe you there

I just drive in and take a cab home. It adds £30 to the £500 overall cost. My monthly household budget can soak that up every fortnight.

Good excuse for a cycle the following day too.

Really annoying only to have 6000 quids worth of menus to chose from each year, rather than the 60000 in London. That's really limiting.

Maths fail! 🤣 2x500x12=12,000.
Point made though.

Taxi and tip.

So that just adds to the £12k, no?

His share is half so he is choosing from £6k worth of menu.

It has certainly opened my London centric eyes that there are a multitude of dining options in Edinburgh at £250 a head.

I reckon about 10 of them. It's a daft amount of money to spend on a meal out to be honest.

Drives my missus mad that I don’t like “poncey” restaurants.

My equivalent of TBB’s dislike of booking is not leaving the wine on the table.

pblakeney

surrey_commuter said:

First.Aspect said:

surrey_commuter said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

pblakeney said:

First.Aspect said:

veronese68 said:

Pross said:

I'm devastated that us people in the sticks don't to enjoy all these fine dining options.

I'm not sure I believe you there

I just drive in and take a cab home. It adds £30 to the £500 overall cost. My monthly household budget can soak that up every fortnight.

Good excuse for a cycle the following day too.

Really annoying only to have 6000 quids worth of menus to chose from each year, rather than the 60000 in London. That's really limiting.

Maths fail! 🤣 2x500x12=12,000.
Point made though.

Taxi and tip.

So that just adds to the £12k, no?

His share is half so he is choosing from £6k worth of menu.

It has certainly opened my London centric eyes that there are a multitude of dining options in Edinburgh at £250 a head.

I reckon about 10 of them. It's a daft amount of money to spend on a meal out to be honest.

Drives my missus mad that I don’t like “poncey” restaurants.

My equivalent of TBB’s dislike of booking is not leaving the wine on the table.

Nope. You've lost me there. Cannot comprehend that being an option. 😉