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It takes all kinds, but some kinds I don't like.

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    It takes all kinds, but some kinds I don't like.

    Was in the supermarket at the weekend, and came across a couple of snooty types and an ordinary person.

    First I approached the butcher's counter, where a woman was standing in front of it with a trolley. The assistant came to serve her but she waved him away. So I peered around her trolley, while she didn't think of budging an inch to let me see. Along came a man, similarly dressed in jodhpurs, and started discussing with Annabel (for so she was called) what they might buy. While monopolising the space and keeping everybody else out unnecessarily.

    Just along from that was the bread counter. I squinted for what I was looking for, and a woman with a more working-class accent said Can You See Alright There Love? and immediately shifted right out of my way. What a difference in attitude to others.

    Vote anything but conservative.

    #2
    I find a sharp "Excuse me!" followed by a look of utter disgust and contempt does the trick
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      #3
      Cue "I was slumming it in the local chav supermarket" post in 5...4...
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        #4
        Originally posted by sasguru View Post
        I find a sharp "Excuse me!" followed by a look of utter disgust and contempt does the trick
        Agreed, also bump into their trolley and shout "ouch" with a pained look on your face.... makes them shift too!
        Last edited by cailin maith; 21 October 2008, 09:36.
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          #5
          Originally posted by expat View Post
          Was in the supermarket at the weekend, and came across a couple of snooty types and an ordinary person.

          First I approached the butcher's counter, where a woman was standing in front of it with a trolley. The assistant came to serve her but she waved him away. So I peered around her trolley, while she didn't think of budging an inch to let me see. Along came a man, similarly dressed in jodhpurs, and started discussing with Annabel (for so she was called) what they might buy. While monopolising the space and keeping everybody else out unnecessarily.

          Just along from that was the bread counter. I squinted for what I was looking for, and a woman with a more working-class accent said Can You See Alright There Love? and immediately shifted right out of my way. What a difference in attitude to others.

          Vote anything but conservative.

          So someone posh got in your way and that's why you won't vote Conservative?

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            #6
            Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
            So someone posh got in your way and that's why you won't vote Conservative?
            Not just someone: because that's the kind of people the Tory party is for.

            PS the "chav supermarket" was Waitrose.

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              #7
              Didn't you have a trolley you could use to ram them with?
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                #8
                Originally posted by expat View Post
                Not just someone: because that's the kind of people the Tory party is for.
                Nothing like a sweeping generalisation to weaken an argument eh?
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by expat View Post
                  Not just someone: because that's the kind of people the Tory party is for.

                  PS the "chav supermarket" was Waitrose.
                  I bet they drive a shiny £60K 4x4 and laugh at little people like you too.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by expat View Post
                    Was in the supermarket at the weekend, and came across a couple of snooty types and an ordinary person. etc.
                    "Please move out of the way." might have worked. Worth a try, anyway.

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