I feel like the world s gone f*cking mental sine covid. Firms have used it as a reason to change their systems, like a watershed where things have changed for the worst for the public.

Pubs
Went to one on Friday with my Mrs , pint and a large wine (£18.50p, I know a f*cking joke )
Pulled out a score, barman said they don’t take cash. Why don’t they take cash? Because they changed it after covid.
Went and got a bank card, swiped it , it took £20.40p, asked the barman why , he said he added a gratuity as we were sitting at a table, what the f*ck does that even mean? I got it from the bar and walked it to my table. Made him get the manager and refund me my £1.90p

C*nt number 1. Him not me

Shop
Went in a londis last week bought some chewing gum and a Diet Coke.
Should have been £3.42p change. He gave me £3.41p , he didn’t say a thing. I said that change is wrong mate. He said he only had 1 , 1 pence and didn’t have any 2ps.
I said give me a 5p then, he said that was too much. Too much you c*nt it’s my f*cking change. Had a bit of a stand off, massive queue behind me. I started picking up bars of chocolate and said “I’ll take these then” all of a sudden he gave me a 5p.
It’s not about the money I had £1200 in my pocket, that’s not the point.
Not sure this one is covid related, but I can see why Michael Douglas in falling down started shooting people.

C*nt number 2

Milkman
I like idea of having a milkman, support local businesses etc, my grandad was milkman in Tulse Hill, just like the idea of a milkman, a bit old school I suppose.
Last week we never had any milk in the morning, my Mrs rang the number, got a call center in Asia? Wtf
They said the milk would be with us by 10am. 10am? My kids go to school at 8am and none of them have had breakfast.
Cancelled the milk.

C*nt number 3

Homework
Got 3 kids, my youngest is 8. His homework was to draw a poster, not on paper, oh no , that would be too normal. The school wants us to log into an app , do a poster on a laptop then email it in.
What a f*cking joke, i won’t get involved, if anything ever happens to my wife, god forbid, my Stanley will never do homework ever again.

C*nt number 4

Restaurant
Was in blue water and went to Yo sushi.
They’ve stopped the conveyor belt going round with all the dishes on, that was the best but wasn’t it.
They never even had a menu, me my Mrs and 2 of the kids had to order off of our phone , all looking at tiny pictures of food on an iPhone.
Completely killed it, used to enjoy it there, will never go back.

C*nt number 4

Football
All the season tickets on the phones nonsense .a few in our group didn’t go today , no one else could use their ticket, what a load of sh*t. I’m ringing the club tomorrow, will tell them I’ve had my iPhone nicked and I’m not getting another one. Want a plastic season ticket

I won’t say c*nt number 5, as I was happy with a home win against Leeds.

I know I sound like a miserable c*nt , but customer service has disappeared.

On the flip side as a postman I do come up against some awfully rude people. I am still polite and fairly cheerful. You have to stay professional. So it can work both ways. I've just received my food delivery and the girl was very happy and professional. This is generally the case on deliveries I receive. The great reset is coming in mate. Its only going to get worse. Be aware of what winds you up and do something about it. Otherwise you'll just make yourself miserable.

" You're not laughing now are you". Nigel Farage 2016.

i bought 10:01 quids worth of petrol.

I Gave the bloke a 50 note....he pushed it into a machine and hey presto ......it gave me back 39:99 exactly.

and so, on returning into my car , i fecked a packet of forecourt disposable gloves. 1 pair of gloves = free. The whole packet of 100 gloves ? taking the p1ss.

feck them, those feckers deserve it.

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'since Covid' the World seems to have got 100 times more bureaucratic & paranoid. And God help anybody over 70 who hates technology. Personally , i am fully capable of using all the technology, but just not so inclined. I prefer a car with 1980's controls to some 'motorised mobile iPhone' that remembers my shoe size and wants to plan my christmas shopping.

Certainly 'Freedom of Speech' seems to be under attack. As is the ability to live out your life anonymously.

You know you are living in the Desmond Morris 'human zoo' when Alexa is timing how many minutes you took in the loo to take a dump.

Edited by PalazioVecchio (09 Oct 2022 9.34pm)

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

went to a massive Tesco on Sunday, a good hour before they close. I only wanted a couple of items, and I like using the tills with people because of the interaction and it keeps people in jobs.

Out of the 24 cashier tills, only 2 were staffed, already serving customers with massive trolley-loads.
There was a queue of 10 people people with baskets like mine for the self-serve tills.

Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons, you rip off the public with your inflated prices and your extortionate fuel costs. Why add the extra humiliation of making us queue to give you our money?
Maybe employ more staff ? Y O U M A S S I V E C V N T S

I disengage, I turn the page.

My favourite thing at Tesco is the self scan handheld machines you can use whilst going around. I really like it when you use them to save time yet EVERY week for the last 7, we have been “randomly” selected for a trolley scan where someone has to scan 18 random items and waste your time.

At a food store I am standing in a queue waiting at the till. Then I'm next and as I am putting food on the conveyor belt, a local Turkish Cypriot/Turk goes in front of me with her provisions and tell the check out girl to serve her. And stone me she was served before me.

Another trick is instead of going round in a trolley filling it up with shopping, they select particular items, then go back and forwards to and from the aisles gradually piling it all up at the front of the check out.

Turkish for c*nt is kuku

Edited by Slimey Toad (10 Oct 2022 8.33am)