| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. 06:50 - Apr 2 with 999 views | Benters |
After the appointment me and the good lady headed to the Spoons for a bit of nose bag and some cheap Ale,whilst waiting for the train to Benters Junction.
On route we came across a drunken Scottish chap,he asked me ‘have you got a smoke’? I replied’no sorry I don’t smoke’… he then said to the good lady ‘what about you Hen have you got a smoke’? She replied ‘no sorry I don’t smoke either’. He then mumbled something angrily and we parted ways..
Funny that saying ‘sorry’ for not smoking isn’t it. |  |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 06:58 - Apr 2 with 944 views | bluelagos |
When you are unhappy with a meal we all say "Excuse me, sorry but this meal is ..."
Very British way, Benters apologising for nothing!
Ironically when we make a proper fck up it's much harder to apologise and own what we've done. Far easier to live in denal or pass the responsibility onto the person who is angry or annoyed or upset. Can't think why that would be in my mind atm... |  |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:01 - Apr 2 with 922 views | Benters |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 06:58 - Apr 2 by bluelagos |
When you are unhappy with a meal we all say "Excuse me, sorry but this meal is ..."
Very British way, Benters apologising for nothing!
Ironically when we make a proper fck up it's much harder to apologise and own what we've done. Far easier to live in denal or pass the responsibility onto the person who is angry or annoyed or upset. Can't think why that would be in my mind atm... |
Yes it is a very British thing to apologise I guess. | |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:08 - Apr 2 with 877 views | bluelagos |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:01 - Apr 2 by Benters |
Yes it is a very British thing to apologise I guess. |
Sorry for stating the obvious...
You still cycling much? Saw a few brave souls the past few days (I was on the motorised version of two wheels) and passed Benters yesterday on the way to Revved up. | |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:13 - Apr 2 with 860 views | Benters |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:08 - Apr 2 by bluelagos |
Sorry for stating the obvious...
You still cycling much? Saw a few brave souls the past few days (I was on the motorised version of two wheels) and passed Benters yesterday on the way to Revved up. |
No I’m not allowed to cycle at the moment, but I do a lot of walking last week I walked 80500 steps.
60000 were to the toilets in spoons  | |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:15 - Apr 2 with 852 views | tcblue |
That drunk Scottish chap?
Nigel Farage.
Just kidding, he's never been to Clacton |  | | |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:21 - Apr 2 with 837 views | bluelagos |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:13 - Apr 2 by Benters |
No I’m not allowed to cycle at the moment, but I do a lot of walking last week I walked 80500 steps.
60000 were to the toilets in spoons |
I do way more walking these days, got a 10 miler today as it goes in Clacton.
So good for the mental health as well as physically. Would recommend a walk in the countryside to anyone stressed at the moment.
Might skip the spoons though, last time I went in one my shoes stuck to the carpets! | |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:48 - Apr 2 with 728 views | Churchman |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:33 - Apr 2 by DJR |
That Scotsman sounds a bit like my dad. 
And when it comes to Wetherspoons I have some disappointing news concerning the one at Alicante airport.
It is tiny, and is set up not like a pub but rather like a Costa Coffee and offering sandwiches and the like. From what I could see most people weren't drinking but instead eating at the cafe-like tables which were packed together. [Post edited 2 Apr 7:43]
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Scottish huh? Poor you. Never mind. You’ll have to chop a limb or two off or something. No Scottish dna in me, thank goodness. Phew!
Alicante airport last year? - got a lovely fresh Spanish ham and cheese baguette there. Did for brekkers and a bite to eat on Squeezyjet. I don’t remember the Wetherspoons there so it must have been small.
Wetherspoons is what it is. My ski buddy refuses to go in them, being a bit snobby about such things, but I don’t mind. Went to one near the station in Scarborough last year that was woeful, but a regular haunt in Bromley is ok. Dirt cheap beer.
Walking in the countryside - big thumbs up. Clacton? Haven’t been for years, but I remember it as ok. [Post edited 2 Apr 7:49]
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:49 - Apr 2 with 720 views | NewcyBlue |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:13 - Apr 2 by Benters |
No I’m not allowed to cycle at the moment, but I do a lot of walking last week I walked 80500 steps.
60000 were to the toilets in spoons |
Last week was 106685 steps for me.
This week will be more. I’ve been getting 10000 step with a 10kg weight vest everyday before 0600. |  |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 08:09 - Apr 2 with 607 views | Pinewoodblue |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:01 - Apr 2 by Benters |
Yes it is a very British thing to apologise I guess. |
I’ve even found myself saying, to a rather drunk Scotsman in Burger King in Edinburgh, I’m sorry but I am not going to apologise. He was standing behind me at the counter and he was complaining about having to wait while they served an Englishman.. we ended up being long lost friends. He patted me on the back and asked if I knew Jonny Wark. I was wearing a Town sweat shirt.
It didn’t end well for him I when he asked for a pint of heavie with his burger, got upset he couldn’t get one and ended up being chucked out. |  |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 08:29 - Apr 2 with 546 views | Number22 |
A spoons with a little history. Winston Churchill took shelter in there after he downed his plane in the sea after a mechanical fault and was chased off the beach by Suffragettes.
https://www.clactonandfrintong |  | | |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 08:43 - Apr 2 with 469 views | Benters |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 08:29 - Apr 2 by Number22 |
A spoons with a little history. Winston Churchill took shelter in there after he downed his plane in the sea after a mechanical fault and was chased off the beach by Suffragettes.
https://www.clactonandfrintong |
That’s really interesting 🧐 | |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 09:01 - Apr 2 with 411 views | BloomBlue |
Its a UK thingy, saying sorry to a question, its being polite, irrelevant of the question. Add into that even if you say sorry and provide a factual response, that entitlement means you get abuse back. Although sometimes I guess the actual response can result in that.
I was on the DLR at the end of last year and an earthy smelling lad was coming round asking for money, I quote, "just a few pennies I need it to pay for somewhere to sleep tonight, its a one off".
Well I had seen the same earthy smelling lad a few days earlier asking the same, and then sitting at Crosshabour station counting out his cash, which included £5, £10 notes etc. He then followed me into the Asda near the station where he proceeded to purchase alcohol & cigarettes.
So when he reached me on that 2nd occasion asking for money for somewhere to sleep, well I felt bad about it, but I politely said sorry and explained if he had refrained from wasting the last lot given to him on alcohol & cigarettes he would have money to pay for a room. I then continued to explain politely that if I had any spare money I would give it to the family first.
He then called me a f**king c**t, and was hopeful I would drop dead - how rude was that.
I rose above the abuse and offered him health advice and again said sorry and politely explained if he didn't reduce the amount of alcohol & cigarettes he was consuming he would probably die before me. Would you believe it, he called me a c**t again, how rude. |  | | |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 09:02 - Apr 2 with 405 views | WD19 |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:15 - Apr 2 by tcblue |
That drunk Scottish chap?
Nigel Farage.
Just kidding, he's never been to Clacton |
That doesn’t really work when his visit to the very same sooons previously made national headlines. |  | | |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 10:35 - Apr 2 with 210 views | Benters |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 09:01 - Apr 2 by BloomBlue |
Its a UK thingy, saying sorry to a question, its being polite, irrelevant of the question. Add into that even if you say sorry and provide a factual response, that entitlement means you get abuse back. Although sometimes I guess the actual response can result in that.
I was on the DLR at the end of last year and an earthy smelling lad was coming round asking for money, I quote, "just a few pennies I need it to pay for somewhere to sleep tonight, its a one off".
Well I had seen the same earthy smelling lad a few days earlier asking the same, and then sitting at Crosshabour station counting out his cash, which included £5, £10 notes etc. He then followed me into the Asda near the station where he proceeded to purchase alcohol & cigarettes.
So when he reached me on that 2nd occasion asking for money for somewhere to sleep, well I felt bad about it, but I politely said sorry and explained if he had refrained from wasting the last lot given to him on alcohol & cigarettes he would have money to pay for a room. I then continued to explain politely that if I had any spare money I would give it to the family first.
He then called me a f**king c**t, and was hopeful I would drop dead - how rude was that.
I rose above the abuse and offered him health advice and again said sorry and politely explained if he didn't reduce the amount of alcohol & cigarettes he was consuming he would probably die before me. Would you believe it, he called me a c**t again, how rude. |
Very rude indeed! | |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 10:47 - Apr 2 with 171 views | J2BLUE |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:01 - Apr 2 by Benters |
Yes it is a very British thing to apologise I guess. |
I'm sorry but I don't agree |  |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 10:53 - Apr 2 with 151 views | Radlett_blue |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 09:01 - Apr 2 by BloomBlue |
Its a UK thingy, saying sorry to a question, its being polite, irrelevant of the question. Add into that even if you say sorry and provide a factual response, that entitlement means you get abuse back. Although sometimes I guess the actual response can result in that.
I was on the DLR at the end of last year and an earthy smelling lad was coming round asking for money, I quote, "just a few pennies I need it to pay for somewhere to sleep tonight, its a one off".
Well I had seen the same earthy smelling lad a few days earlier asking the same, and then sitting at Crosshabour station counting out his cash, which included £5, £10 notes etc. He then followed me into the Asda near the station where he proceeded to purchase alcohol & cigarettes.
So when he reached me on that 2nd occasion asking for money for somewhere to sleep, well I felt bad about it, but I politely said sorry and explained if he had refrained from wasting the last lot given to him on alcohol & cigarettes he would have money to pay for a room. I then continued to explain politely that if I had any spare money I would give it to the family first.
He then called me a f**king c**t, and was hopeful I would drop dead - how rude was that.
I rose above the abuse and offered him health advice and again said sorry and politely explained if he didn't reduce the amount of alcohol & cigarettes he was consuming he would probably die before me. Would you believe it, he called me a c**t again, how rude. |
I think you will find that ignoring such people is a better option than engaging with them. |  |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 10:58 - Apr 2 with 137 views | Churchman |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 10:53 - Apr 2 by Radlett_blue |
I think you will find that ignoring such people is a better option than engaging with them. |
I find ‘sorry, I don’t have any cash’ usually ends it. If it doesn’t, I ask them to move on accompanied by the stare. | | | |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 12:12 - Apr 2 with 81 views | Benters |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 10:47 - Apr 2 by J2BLUE |
I'm sorry but I don't agree |
This. | |
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| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 12:18 - Apr 2 with 59 views | Benters |
| The other day I had an appointment in Clacton. on 07:08 - Apr 2 by bluelagos |
Sorry for stating the obvious...
You still cycling much? Saw a few brave souls the past few days (I was on the motorised version of two wheels) and passed Benters yesterday on the way to Revved up. |
What is revved up anyway and did you stop on the green on the way back for the bike meet? | |
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They are nautical steps though Shirley 