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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      Boarding a plane to Tokyo from London Heathrow. I was in the queue for priority boarding (I am BA Gold card holder, and may even have been travelling business class). I got tapped on the shoulder and turned around, to be told (not so) politely by a besuited American, (looked like a lawyer) that I was in the wrong queue, it was for priority passengers only. I am not sure he could read my boarding pass because I thrust it so close to his face, but I think he got the message, and I did not have to say a thing....

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • Tago MagoT
        Tago Mago
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        @Giles I take it you weren’t wearing a gold-buttoned blazer?

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        • mclaincauseyM
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          I love it when Karens take on the role of enforcing someone else’s policies. Especially when they’re wrong, as is typically the case.

          “Shag off, you absolute bell end.”

          Think it, be it.

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          • flannel slutF
            flannel slut
            Raw and Unwashed
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            @Tago-Mago haha, sitting back and watching the madness unfold can be entertaining. Not too mention being eye level with some strangers crotch for an extended period

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            • GilesG
              Giles
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              @Tago-Mago said in Random Rants:

              @Giles I take it you weren’t wearing a gold-buttoned blazer?

              I'm guessing nickel tack buttoned Type II....

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • MattM
                Matt
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                Flying is a necessary indignity. I enjoy the novelty and anticipation of travel but actually being on a plane is the worst.

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                • mclaincauseyM
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                  My problems with flying are mostly:

                  1. smaller seats, fatter asses. I have a ton of sympathy for people who are genetically or otherwise large, but it’s not fair to have your fat rolls occupying my space

                  2. amenity drought without corresponding fare reductions. Ever more we are cattle and there’s nothing special about flying anymore

                  3. humanity as a whole is dispensing with basic manners. People playing videos at full volume, placing their bare feet on your armrest, farting, being Karens with the staff or other passengers, etc; it’s enough to make me borderline agoraphobic

                  Think it, be it.

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                  • J
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                    @Tago-Mago said in Random Rants:

                    And now someone’s farted. What is wrong with people?

                    Hope this works. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6RXxjgR1ck/?igsh=NzJnMzZjdm1pYTRl

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                    • MattM
                      Matt
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                      Plane parts falling off at 30k” is also a real bummer.

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                      • mclaincauseyM
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                        @Matt oh yeah, greed gutting the engineering competency of one of the world’s most iconic brands is another one. No need to be worried about that on an Airbus.

                        Think it, be it.

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                        • Tago MagoT
                          Tago Mago
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                          Southern Germany, Bavaria in particular, has been hit pretty badly by severe flooding over the past week. This has also impacted train travel…

                          IMG_3663.jpeg

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                          • todyT
                            tody
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                            @Giles said in Random Rants:

                            (looked like a lawyer)

                            exactly the reason i try very hard not to look like one, each and every day.

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                            • Tago MagoT
                              Tago Mago
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                              @tody Mission accomplished in my book

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                              • MattM
                                Matt
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                                Perhaps you’ve gone too far in the other direction…

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                                • todyT
                                  tody
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                                  Too much of a defendant look? 😂

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                                  • DeeDee85D
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                                    @Giles In general I have a very long fuse and have only ever lost my temper a couple of times in my life, but I believe I’d have ended up getting arrested in that scenario 😂

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                                    • GilesG
                                      Giles
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                                      In hindsight, there were so many ways I could have handled it better, that is, make him look like an even more complete cunt, but in the heat of the moment, I failed....

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • neph93N
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                                        @tody reminds me of a joke about Liverpudlians:

                                        Q: What do you call a scouser in a suit?
                                        A: The defendant.

                                        “Some of those that work forces
                                        Are the same that burn crosses”

                                        • Virginia Woolf
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                                        • Walery SmirnoffW
                                          Walery Smirnoff
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                                          I'm surprised. that in Britain someone else looks at appearance. This is an eternal problem in Russia. Here everyone is judged by their clothes. I work at a car service station. Somehow, between my affairs, I decided to drop by the bank to pay off the loan. I was wearing overalls. The security guard stopped me. Dress appropriately and come again. I exploded with obscene words and the wrath of the Roman gods)) Then I demanded to call the chief manager. They let me in)) The same thing happened in the supermarket. Fucking clothes!! Mother fuck

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                                          • todyT
                                            tody
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                                            @neph93 That's hilarious, although I have never been to Liverpool. Seems they don't have any lawyers there? 😂

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