Things you'd like to say, but can't

[T4tomo]

Two or three inches off it is pretty daft, yes. But if you stand a metre back, somebody else will move in front of you.

Yes, it would be better overall if everybody did that, but they won't. A foot to 18" back means people don't really have room to get in front of you, but gives you some space.

Once you to learn to accept that nothing bad will happen if there are other people between you and the baggage conveyor belt, you will find true inner peace.

You can also give them that smug smile that says "I was stood behind you but got my case ahead of you - loser!" as you head off.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

On the carousel thingy the generally go in a big loop

people - you know, "those" people - seem to think that they need to be the first to get their case (!)
and hence HAVE to stand near the belt and as close as possible to the place where the cases come out


which generally means that the far side of the loop is nice and clear and calm with a few chilled out dudes waiting around nicely spaced out

chilled out because they have a clear view of all the cases coming around as they progress up the other side of the loop
so they can spot their case with lots of warning
and if, as sometimes happens, a similar case is on there they the chances are that the real owner will grab it saving you the trouble of going for it in a scrum with limited view - then having the mortifying task of putting it back on having failed in their job as a "True Man".

I also find that a lot of the men insisting on hanging around the start of the loop are also less than willing to help if someone is having trouble when they try to get their case

around the calmer side help and assistance is far easier to come by

I needed it one year when I had a problem with my foot and struggled to twist with the weight when I got it off
A nice man grabbed the other side and helped my get it off and onto the floor.

OK - that means we are not first to get to the coach to the hotel
sometimes we are even last
who cares

some people just seem to makes everything a race that has to be run

 

[Electric_Andy]

the far side of the loop is nice and clear and calm

some people just seem to makes everything a race

Couldn't agree more. I wait in the far side, by the time my case comes around (which is usually last) I don't have to struggle around other people. Same thing when boarding a plane; it can't leave until everyone is on so I see no rush to get to the front of the queue. I admit, if you're last on then sometimes you have to wait for people putting stowing their things away, but it's not usually a very long wait

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Couldn't agree more. I wait in the far side, by the time my case comes around (which is usually last) I don't have to struggle around other people. Same thing when boarding a plane; it can't leave until everyone is on so I see no rush to get to the front of the queue. I admit, if you're last on then sometimes you have to wait for people putting stowing their things away, but it's not usually a very long wait

Same for getting off

Last time we flew anywhere we were in the middle and aisle seat - a lady was in the WIndow seat

When we landed I got out bag (one carry on - a small backpack) from under the seat and we casually put everything in it and checked around for anything else
The Lady was starting to fuss
We put the bag back on the floor and carried on reading
The lady was fussing quietly
Then the plane stopped and people started standing up and all that
The Lady was figeting and looking stressed
After a while she asked to get past us so we got up and let her past
tehn sat back down - the doors were not even open yet so she had to stand next to me - almost touching my shoulder for several minutes

If was quite funny when we wandered to the luggage thingy and she was there waiting directly on the other side of the loop looking at me
then our cases came out first so she got to watch me get them off and wander off before there was any sign of hers















DId mean we had to wait on the coach to the hotel - but I bet she would have wanted to be first to the coach

 

[Alex321]

On the carousel thingy the generally go in a big loop

people - you know, "those" people - seem to think that they need to be the first to get their case (!)
and hence HAVE to stand near the belt and as close as possible to the place where the cases come out


which generally means that the far side of the loop is nice and clear and calm with a few chilled out dudes waiting around nicely spaced out

chilled out because they have a clear view of all the cases coming around as they progress up the other side of the loop
so they can spot their case with lots of warning
and if, as sometimes happens, a similar case is on there they the chances are that the real owner will grab it saving you the trouble of going for it in a scrum with limited view - then having the mortifying task of putting it back on having failed in their job as a "True Man".

I also find that a lot of the men insisting on hanging around the start of the loop are also less than willing to help if someone is having trouble when they try to get their case

around the calmer side help and assistance is far easier to come by

I needed it one year when I had a problem with my foot and struggled to twist with the weight when I got it off
A nice man grabbed the other side and helped my get it off and onto the floor.

OK - that means we are not first to get to the coach to the hotel
sometimes we are even last
who cares

some people just seem to makes everything a race that has to be run

Oh yes, if there is a clear area on the "far" side, I will always head for that. Much easier to both see and retrieve your case.

That tends to depend on how large the visible area of the carousel is, which varies a lot by airport.

 

[Chislenko]

They had the best idea in Pula airport when it was still a unified Jugoslavia. Several highly armed military personnel would shout out your name and then and only then would you be allowed to approach the bench (no carousel) to retrieve your bags.

(Back in the day the airport was a shared military / civilian facility)

 

[matticus]

And to think people moan about self-service supermarket tills ... We should have seen them coming!

 

[Moon bunny]

You let someone do that to your hair, without putting up a fight?

 

[Hover Fly]

You let someone do that to your hair, without putting up a fight?

T’was a fetching combination of pudding basin cut in the modern style, with the bonus of being tilted, soldiers beret style, and having several dig-ins round the perimeter. If my mother had done that to me, back in the days of K-tel home hair trimmers, I wouldn’t have left the house for a month.

 

[lazybloke]

T’was a fetching combination of pudding basin cut in the modern style, with the bonus of being tilted, soldiers beret style, and having several dig-ins round the perimeter. If my mother had done that to me, back in the days of K-tel home hair trimmers, I wouldn’t have left the house for a month.

Hair by Edward Scissorhands?

Some of nieces and their friends have v odd hair, and eyebrows apparently enhanced by sharpie.

They might also employ a plasterer to apply their make up.

So does one of their boyfriends.

I'm not a caveman, but I wouldn't be described as metrosexual either. I had a tube of hair gel last 10 years.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I cut my wife's hair once. I genuinely did my best and thought I'd cut the ends of her long hair straight. She cried for hours.

 

[ColinJ]

I would like to say...

• I am sorry if you have a health problem which makes you confused about my gate, back yard, and house. You don't live here.
• Otherwise... Why do keep checking to see if you can open the gate? As you will have discovered every time you try it - the gate is bolted on the inside!

(The latch is slightly bent so it doesn't go back down if lifted using the mechanism from the outside. I always push it back into place from the inside so I can see straight away if someone has messed with it.)

I can't actually say it because I have never seen anybody trying to open the gate.

 

[Ratchet Cat]

Why don't you just go away, you immature, stupid little worm. Frankly I couldn't care less about your drinking, or your dogs birthday party.
The chances of you reading this a very slim.
Go and annoy someone else you useless waste of space.

 

[mistyoptic]

It was really sensible of you to push past and cut in front of me so that you could exit the motorway from lane 2 NOT!

It would have been safer, and more courteous and economical, to ease off the gas and pull in to the half mile of clear lane behind me to exit

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

It was really sensible of you to push past and cut in front of me so that you could exit the motorway from lane 2 NOT!

It would have been safer, and more courteous and economical, to ease off the gas and pull in to the half mile of clear lane behind me to exit

I think people need to remember that people who drive cars like Audis and Mercs actually have a different license in addition to the one us plebs have
Especially if they have the car from new and it is an SUV

This means they have the right to move to their left and right without notice and it is up to the lesser people to make way for them as they are entitled to have

This is clearly true

Us plebs need to remember this and stop moaning about it when we should just remember that if only we had worked harder or gone to a better school then maybe we could have a better license as well


Hope this helps