What grinds your gears ?

[Liamh1982]

Not being able to open my bedroom window - I am being cooked in my sleep!

(* Obviously I would have it closed just before going to bed!)

[SJ_Sathanas]

Not being able to open my bedroom window - I am being cooked in my sleep!

(* Obviously I would have it closed just before going to bed!)

I have my window open all day and night and I have this lovely dask fan keeping me nice and cool. Hmmm, cool.

[DPrinny]

Waking up at 1am having a sneezing fit.
Trying to have breakfest when my body decides to bring up some flem

[SexyWayne]

Play.com... recieved the Iron Maiden En Vivo CD today... well I thought I did until I opened the packing and a Lady f**king Gaga CD was in there

[alistair_thomas]

Stood in a customer services queue earlier, I had the pleasure of being reminded every five seconds that "this queue is taking censored ages, it's doing my censored nut in, for fucks sake, censored hurry up" by a charming young lady behind me. The woman in front of me is looking at her and shaking her head to which the lovely young sprig says "don't shake your censored head at me, what's your problem bruv? I can censored swear all I want."

Whatever happened to simple manners? Not to mention the fact that there are young children within earshot...

[DPrinny]

^The"F" word is tossed about more than a chavs penis during one of those late night softcore porn flicks these days.
Its gotten to the point where I do feel like telling them to shut the smeg up and stop making it sound like its there only word as theres kids present"

Oh wait I have once, then I gave them one of my "Dont mess" glares, he soon shut up

[oli_lar]

Social media - not (just) for the usual reasons, but the facebook campaign keyboard warriors who don't have a clue about what they're on about.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-18607764

Theres very few bars that let people in uniform in, the staff didn't know about the funeral either way. Its sad that a business will likely go under or at least have a very difficult year just because of the fleeting whimsy of knee jerk reaction to the reading of the headline or first paragraph (probably) of a story thats been trend-ed by other idiots.

Social networking just proves theres even more tools out there than I previously thought. Thats the problem with democracy, its usually the most ignorant who believe they are most qualified to comment on whatever the subject matter it is.

[DPrinny]

Welcome to the current age.

Now everybody has a soapbox to yell from

[IronMaidenRule]

Play.com... recieved the Iron Maiden En Vivo CD today... well I thought I did until I opened the packing and a Lady f**king Gaga CD was in there

That must suck, En Vivo is a brilliant live album.....just imagine the shock that the Lady Gaga fan will get.

[SJ_Sathanas]

Social media - not (just) for the usual reasons, but the facebook campaign keyboard warriors who don't have a clue about what they're on about.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-18607764

Theres very few bars that let people in uniform in, the staff didn't know about the funeral either way. Its sad that a business will likely go under or at least have a very difficult year just because of the fleeting whimsy of knee jerk reaction to the reading of the headline or first paragraph (probably) of a story thats been trend-ed by other idiots.

Social networking just proves theres even more tools out there than I previously thought. Thats the problem with democracy, its usually the most ignorant who believe they are most qualified to comment on whatever the subject matter it is.

Seems pretty low to refuse to serve soldiers in uniform....

[oli_lar]

Why?

[DPrinny]

If they are thirsty and are not drunk why not let them drink

[r0jaws]

Why?

I've worn my uniform in a bar, but only to drink soft drinks. If someone refused to serve me a cup of tea because I was in my uniform, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask them why.
If they then decided to just say "it's policy", I also don't think it's unreasonable to let other people know about their policy.

[oli_lar]

Theres letting people know, then there is putting up fake reviews for the place, abusive messages etc, only because of the fact there was a funeral, which no one there knew about. Once you start making exceptions for one, where do you stop? There are far more damaging door policies - bouncers letting obviously underage girls in.

The thing that irritates me about it is that the people boycotting it don't have a clue what they're on about. Its just something o occupy their minds for 5 mins before they move onto the next thing they don't have a clue about. They have shades of Hyacinth Bucket.

[r0jaws]

I read that article on the BBC website, not just the headline, and noted with interest that the policy is now being reconsidered. That is for the business to decide. If their policy leads to them going out of business, that is there own decision. They could always change their policy.
However, the policy of not serving uniformed personnel is an interesting one. The Armed forces have a policy about drinking in uniform in public, but that extends to alcohol. Soft drinks and water may be consumed when on duty.
Any shop, bar or business that decides to enact a blanket ban on serving a person based on what they are wearing should be reported. If those chaps were wearing a dishdasha and the bar refused to serve them a cup of tea, I'm sure the headlines may have been as prominent. Although, in today's climate, perhaps as acceptable to a certain breed of mind?
The fact that these guys were on pall bearer duties is one thing, but the issue to me is the fact that the bar owner held in refusing to serve the guys in the first place.
It's an almost victorian attitude to our personnel. Must keep the tommies from our premises incase they decide to cause any trouble or bring down the tone of the establishment.
I've encountered that attitude many times before, and still do today. I and my family were once asked to leave a pub, which we had booked for a meal, when they spotted my ID card in my wallet. I was with my wife, children and parents. Naturally we left, and ensured that all our friends and family were made aware of their policy and behaviour. I'm sure it has no bearing on the incident or our reaction, but that pub is under new management.
Simply put, if the staff had used some discretion or even actively thought about the consequences of their actions, then there would have been no incident. The business owner would not have lost custom, and a grieving family would not have been further upset. But who uses discretion these days when there is an overwhelming eagerness to enforce petty policy on someone. Nothing beats that smug feeling of satisfaction when you adhere to the rules thoroughly.