A bit council (Vol 3)
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Roofless Toothless said:
Roofless Toothless said:
The last time I visited a breakfast buffet was last winter in a hotel close to Aberdeen airport. The family at a table close to us were endeavouring to cram as much food as possible into the gullet of their son. He already looked like the fat boy from Pickwick Papers, but even he couldn't manage the amount of stuff they had scavenged for him. There were four or five sausages for a start, let alone all the other fried goods. When they got up and left, the amount of food they had taken from the buffet and then discarded all over their table would have served half the guests in the hotel.
I don't know about you, but when I see this kind of thing going on something kicks off inside of me that makes me want to take less and less from the buffet. I enjoyed a very controlled 'one of everything' type breakfast with plenty of white china still showing, while Mrs Roofless had her usual porridge and fruit thing.
That’s just reflective of any hotel buffet frequented by the marauding British anywhere in the world though. I don't know about you, but when I see this kind of thing going on something kicks off inside of me that makes me want to take less and less from the buffet. I enjoyed a very controlled 'one of everything' type breakfast with plenty of white china still showing, while Mrs Roofless had her usual porridge and fruit thing.
Had the joys of taking junior back to uni a week or two back...as it's one hell of a long way decided to use a Travelodge to break the journey... Before cold sweats from the ph collective...that was fine - clean basic and a bed for the night, however deepest Derby with a Toby carvery next door, a new experience for me.....well just wow....couture ala sports direct, average BMI off the charts and surplus on revolting show, universal vaping and gratuitously taking the piss on free soft drink refills....that was before piling a cheap plate to snow capped levels...
Approach seems to be grab as much as you can, chuck it in via slack jawed open mouthed constant conveyor shovel movement, treat staff abysmally and don't bother when excess food slops off the plate.....
Even jnr was appalled. However doubled down and went back in the morning for a second dose of people watching....unlimited breakfast (surprisingly decent).... But the rest of the clientele seemed obsessed in getting their money's worth......
Redefined council for me...these folk seem to actually believe McDonalds is a restaurant.....
Approach seems to be grab as much as you can, chuck it in via slack jawed open mouthed constant conveyor shovel movement, treat staff abysmally and don't bother when excess food slops off the plate.....
Even jnr was appalled. However doubled down and went back in the morning for a second dose of people watching....unlimited breakfast (surprisingly decent).... But the rest of the clientele seemed obsessed in getting their money's worth......
Redefined council for me...these folk seem to actually believe McDonalds is a restaurant.....
Tim-D said:
Had the joys of taking junior back to uni a week or two back...as it's one hell of a long way decided to use a Travelodge to break the journey... Before cold sweats from the ph collective...that was fine - clean basic and a bed for the night, however deepest Derby with a Toby carvery next door, a new experience for me.....well just wow....couture ala sports direct, average BMI off the charts and surplus on revolting show, universal vaping and gratuitously taking the piss on free soft drink refills....that was before piling a cheap plate to snow capped levels...
Approach seems to be grab as much as you can, chuck it in via slack jawed open mouthed constant conveyor shovel movement, treat staff abysmally and don't bother when excess food slops off the plate.....
Even jnr was appalled. However doubled down and went back in the morning for a second dose of people watching....unlimited breakfast (surprisingly decent).... But the rest of the clientele seemed obsessed in getting their money's worth......
Redefined council for me...these folk seem to actually believe McDonalds is a restaurant.....
That was exactly my first "proper" experience of Britain!Approach seems to be grab as much as you can, chuck it in via slack jawed open mouthed constant conveyor shovel movement, treat staff abysmally and don't bother when excess food slops off the plate.....
Even jnr was appalled. However doubled down and went back in the morning for a second dose of people watching....unlimited breakfast (surprisingly decent).... But the rest of the clientele seemed obsessed in getting their money's worth......
Redefined council for me...these folk seem to actually believe McDonalds is a restaurant.....
About 19 years ago to the day, my dad drove me up for my 1st year of Uni and we stayed at a hotel on the outskirts of Nottingham with a Toby Carvery next door.
Definitely character forging
Edited by matrignano on Wednesday 26th September 12:13
Thesprucegoose said:
i'm off to a carvery toby style tomorrow love them and pig trough buffets. not vaping yet and no gf with 5 kids but some council stuff is great.
What’s more council the Toby carvery or harvester? I visited a harvester the other day and it seemed to be a bit council. El stovey said:
What’s more council the Toby carvery or harvester? I visited a harvester the other day and it seemed to be a bit council.
they both usually have sticky floors/tables/menus, bits of food everywhere, that council smell, fat on fat people, yet for a tenner a head fill your boots.S11Steve said:
HTP99 said:
DoctorX said:
Whats all that about?! The school prides itself on having 35 different languages spoken by it's pupils. It is also right in the middle of Page Hall which has a long history of community racial tensions. It's not the first time the area has made national news.
king hate them. Over there the police tend to turn a blind eye to any slav sorting out their gripe with a gypsie. 
Bear-n said:
Swampy1982 said:
captain_cynic said:
Clearly not the same drugs you are on... How long ago was this post?
You clearly didn't read my post, I didn't say all holidays in the UK were council, just most. But yes, mountain biking as any kind of holiday is council. You may not think it is, but everyone else does, especially the people you're holding up.
Also yet to find a breakfast buffet that isn't council. Given that you think mountain biking is a good holiday you've really shot yourself in the foot here.
Further more, if I'm travelling for business (which I've had to do quite a bit in the past) then someone else is paying for it... So you're damn well right I'm going to a nice sit down restaurant to have a table service meal billed to the client. If the client will not meet such basic requirements, then good luck finding someone with my level of skill who'll do the same job.
In fact all my previous jobs have stipulated I'm not permitted to work more than 8 hours when working away from home as the "reasonable overtime" in most professional contracts clause goes right out the window and some hideously expensive overtime comes into it. I also got paid for flight time, regardless of if it was in or out of business hours, once again, see the part about the client above.
If you find you're pressed for time when working away... it's either poor planning or you need a better career.
First things first, I can't work out if this post is serious or an attempt at satire.You clearly didn't read my post, I didn't say all holidays in the UK were council, just most. But yes, mountain biking as any kind of holiday is council. You may not think it is, but everyone else does, especially the people you're holding up.
Also yet to find a breakfast buffet that isn't council. Given that you think mountain biking is a good holiday you've really shot yourself in the foot here.
Further more, if I'm travelling for business (which I've had to do quite a bit in the past) then someone else is paying for it... So you're damn well right I'm going to a nice sit down restaurant to have a table service meal billed to the client. If the client will not meet such basic requirements, then good luck finding someone with my level of skill who'll do the same job.
In fact all my previous jobs have stipulated I'm not permitted to work more than 8 hours when working away from home as the "reasonable overtime" in most professional contracts clause goes right out the window and some hideously expensive overtime comes into it. I also got paid for flight time, regardless of if it was in or out of business hours, once again, see the part about the client above.
If you find you're pressed for time when working away... it's either poor planning or you need a better career.
If serious, it's one of the most self indulgent, narcissistic, and generally appalling posts I've ever read.
If satire, it's brilliant.
Very council.
( Serious or satire?: It's brilliant either way!
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Is it council to rofl? moanthebairns said:
S11Steve said:
HTP99 said:
DoctorX said:
Whats all that about?! The school prides itself on having 35 different languages spoken by it's pupils. It is also right in the middle of Page Hall which has a long history of community racial tensions. It's not the first time the area has made national news.
king hate them. Over there the police tend to turn a blind eye to any slav sorting out their gripe with a gypsie. Paul Dishman said:
moanthebairns said:
S11Steve said:
HTP99 said:
DoctorX said:
Whats all that about?! The school prides itself on having 35 different languages spoken by it's pupils. It is also right in the middle of Page Hall which has a long history of community racial tensions. It's not the first time the area has made national news.
king hate them. Over there the police tend to turn a blind eye to any slav sorting out their gripe with a gypsie. 
Nanook said:
I'd never heard of Toby Carvery til one popped us near us at Hillington a few years ago. Went once, realised it was awful, never went back.
Seems others feel the same way, as we drove past at the weekend to get to Costa (rip off, but another story, wasn't for me) and noticed it's been shut down and is being turned into something else.
I'll admit it, Toby Carverys are my guilty please. Guess I'm Council then (again) Seems others feel the same way, as we drove past at the weekend to get to Costa (rip off, but another story, wasn't for me) and noticed it's been shut down and is being turned into something else.
WestyCarl said:
Nanook said:
I'd never heard of Toby Carvery til one popped us near us at Hillington a few years ago. Went once, realised it was awful, never went back.
Seems others feel the same way, as we drove past at the weekend to get to Costa (rip off, but another story, wasn't for me) and noticed it's been shut down and is being turned into something else.
I'll admit it, Toby Carverys are my guilty please. Guess I'm Council then (again) Seems others feel the same way, as we drove past at the weekend to get to Costa (rip off, but another story, wasn't for me) and noticed it's been shut down and is being turned into something else.
funkyrobot said:
Alex_225 said:
kowalski655 said:
Couple I saw the other day,letting their 5 year old take their 1 year old into the kiddies play area, letting him climb up ramps,and then leaving him there to go back to mum & dad who were too engrossed in their phones to bother checking on their kid! All this with older kids running about,as you would expect. Miracle the poor thing wasnt trampled
Definitely council in my opinion, too involved with Farcebook than looking after your kids! Poor show. Secondly, why not embrace the opportunity to be a big kid and take your little ones on the soft play.
Person in a Zafira leaves young kids in car in car park and disappears. People hear kid screaming in the car, so try to find out what is going on. By the time the mum appears, there are a few people around who are quite concerned.
Mum's response? Swearing and shouting at the people and asking what their problem is. Apparently, this isn't the first time this has happened and she has form for it.
It gets better though. There is a follow up on Facebook later that day as someone posts on the local 'spotted' page with the incident. Cue the mum and her mates then kicking off on Facebook at people.
Her mates gather round the mum with supportive messages such as 'well done Chelsea Leigh, tell them to f**k off and mind their business'. Spelt wrong, of course. Why do I picture Chelsea Leigh as being a bit of a dog wearing slag wellies? (Ugg Boots).
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