Times you have told another adult off in public

[GEOFF]

Good time to remember this

Wee quick poll about supermarket etiquette

I was queuing to get in somewhere once and was about half way through the queue someone shoved in about 2 people in front of us. The bloke in front of me politely tapped him on the shoulder and went “Did you know, if you pushed in further down the front you’d get in even quicker?” An absolute masterclass in passive aggression that.

[Scout]

Nice

[Aggpass]

Normally just drivers in the bike box, who obviously deserve it

[anon19035908]

Like Scout said, many years working in bars meant that about 40% of my time was spent telling off adults for acting like utter dicks.

[profk]

think the best one was during a morning commute into London on a packed train where some numpty was watching the avengers or something full volume on his laptop. turned round and said something like ‘for fucks sake man, come on’, and everyone laughed including him and he turned it off.

[japes]

my favourite bit of the disintegration state gig was @marckee telling someone to shut up

which they did

[grievoustim]

was it another DISer?

[Aggpass]

Big fan (not really) of people who respond with their job when you ask them to stop being a dick in a bar.
‘can you stop dancing on tables please’
‘I’m a nurse’
‘alright?’

[japes]

“queue’s over here, pal”

absolute classic

[laika]

Only time I’ve ever really lost it has been when I’ve had dangerous and/or harrassing behaviour as a cyclist. Some awful behaviour from men with ven (and other road users) which has got the adrenaline flowing a few times

[japes]

nah don’t think so

[Aggpass]

Best thing about working at an independent bar, imagine a chain must be a nightmare.

[anon19035908]

Haha every now and then I’d have the following conversation with my boss
Boss: Marty, someone’s been on the Facebook page, says you threw him out and called him a cunt, did you?
Me: Yes
Boss: Was he a cunt?
Me: Absolutely
Boss: Good work then.

[profk]

current and former bar staff - most frequent offence you’ve had to lay down a bollocking for:

• aggressive/rude behaviour
• trying to pour pints behind your back
• smoking inside
• money disputes
• other

[Gnometorious]

I would have appreciated that if I was the woman working the till. She’s in a position there where she has to hold her tongue and be polite cos she’s serving a customer so you probably said just what she wanted to say but couldn’t.

[hip_young_gunslinger]

This was exactly how I felt, expect we were seated in a theatre so I didn’t have the option to move. It’s properly shit, there’s no good resolution, even when they left I was still on edge and kept dwelling on it.

[rich-t]

That bloke yesterday who was getting lairy towards one of my staff

[anon19035908]

Yeah this used to happen a lot when you kick people out
“I’m a lawyer you know”
“Yeah and I’m an astronaut pal, see you on the moon”

[anon19035908]

Sexual harassment

[Scout]

I had a few completely sober idiots that I’d repeatedly tell off too.

One guy who loved to make a nuisance of himself in the last bar where i worked made a complaint to the council that our tables were too angular/square. They actually had to come and inspect them

There was a another guy (father of a well known drummer) who used to pee in a bottle and come in and drink it at the bar and try to get other people to drink it under the guise of being apple juice or something. He also used to wear short shorts (he’s about 75) and often his balls would hang out of them and I never quite knew if that was intentional or not.

Both rotters who got away with a lot purely because of being old.