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Post by Reactionary Rage on Sept 27, 2021 19:42:10 GMT
Are they not much of a service focused nation?
Some countries are just like that.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Sept 27, 2021 19:42:40 GMT
Is anybody else following the labour conference btw? Quite incredible.
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Post by oh oooh on Sept 27, 2021 19:56:38 GMT
Are they not much of a service focused nation? Some countries are just like that. I think they're just not used to tourists. That was definitely the case in Bucharest. They could be friendly once you'd made the effort, but the whole 'scripted' greeting/goodbye stuff that we're used to just isn't in evidence. They'll throw change down, leave you alone for ages without checking on you in restaurants, snatch notes out of your hand, scowl at you when you first enter (like you're getting in the way).... I'm wary of complaining about it too much, because these countries cope perfectly well without adopting the oleaginous US model of service - and have done for many many years - but at the same time, you often find yourself thinking 'why the fuck can't you at least smile?'.
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Post by oh oooh on Sept 27, 2021 20:04:16 GMT
You should have taken Ceausescu out in 1970
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Sept 27, 2021 20:07:59 GMT
It would have been seen as an act of war, World War III
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Post by oh oooh on Sept 27, 2021 20:12:50 GMT
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Sept 27, 2021 20:14:40 GMT
cool. I saw Sloop and Snee.
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Post by cousinlou on Sept 27, 2021 20:31:09 GMT
They do that in a lot of hotels in Easter Europe. they do it a lot in christmas europe too. Don’t give up your day job
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Post by sloopjohnc on Sept 28, 2021 15:48:29 GMT
cool. I saw Sloop and Snee. Ha, ha. Last night I had a dream that I heard a demo version of Boston's More Than a Feeling that actually sounded good, because I hate Boston.
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Post by oh oooh on Sept 28, 2021 15:48:32 GMT
Ever wake up laughing?
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Post by oh oooh on Sept 28, 2021 15:49:02 GMT
Weird! I posted that before I saw your post, sloop
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Post by oh oooh on Sept 28, 2021 20:00:05 GMT
Well anyway - I up from an afternoon kip laughing.
In my half-dream I was telling people how to amuse yourself (I think) and I gave a demonstration where you go into the next train compartment to yours and say 'there's going to be an announcement in a minute' (wait until they all look at you) 'about a bomb'. And then walk out.
I was still laughing when I got up and went for a piss. I think it's very funny.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 20:07:44 GMT
Actually when it comes to food you're much more adventurous than most, D. Didn't you have a sheep's head in Iceland? That wasn't in a restaurant, it was in a disco!
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Post by tory on Sept 29, 2021 17:53:14 GMT
So I took a class with Year 8 about Science Fiction Short story writing. I talked about PK Dick and showed them a video which I had not watched all the way through. 6 minutes or so.
5 minutes in and a fan (American) says "Oh yeah I'm what you might call a real dick HEAD"
Class erupts.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2021 13:00:25 GMT
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