tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post54350839154232304..comments2023-02-22T01:06:05.490+00:00Comments on Strawberry Yoghurt: Bl**dy stupid queueing arrangements and other Irritants of that IlkStrawberryyoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088158170872265875noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-2051033992245239182007-06-28T08:25:00.000+01:002007-06-28T08:25:00.000+01:00Hmm dunno. Maybe. Or Ebayable, I bet. I lost my Ca...Hmm dunno. Maybe. Or Ebayable, I bet. I lost my Cassandra book (or it fell apart or something) and I was able to replace it with an as-new hardback for about 46p ...Strawberryyoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01088158170872265875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-46678947563624749512007-06-28T07:01:00.000+01:002007-06-28T07:01:00.000+01:00I hadn't thought about him in years. Must have bee...I hadn't thought about him in years. Must have been the queuing thing which reminded me.<BR/><BR/>I am now tempted to re-read his books.<BR/><BR/>Wonder whether they're still in print...?Lady Bracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140991035663374911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-81512777524258185612007-06-27T17:51:00.000+01:002007-06-27T17:51:00.000+01:00Crikey, I don't know, and hello Lady B. I would be...Crikey, I don't know, and hello Lady B. I would be <I>terribly</I> flattered to think I did sound a bit like him as I always enjoyed his writing. Not quite a childhood hero for me on the scale of Cassandra (about whom I really ought to write one day) but certainly up there among the Good Writing Peoples.Strawberryyoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01088158170872265875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-76206610425747373542007-06-27T16:26:00.000+01:002007-06-27T16:26:00.000+01:00Is that the echo of George Mikes I hear?(I liked G...Is that the echo of George Mikes I hear?<BR/><BR/>(I <I>liked</I> George Mikes.)<BR/><BR/>Blame Becca. She sent me a link.Lady Bracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140991035663374911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-214505190302237882007-06-26T15:08:00.000+01:002007-06-26T15:08:00.000+01:00Yeah maybe something like that. But of course one ...Yeah maybe something like that. But of course one thing we don't know is how many of the people in that ex-queue actually <I>do</I> have reservations. If (as I suspect) many of them do, then your problem is practically undiminished. And it's the organization (or lack thereof) of all this that bugs me. At the moment, they don't give the impression that they could organize me, a small bag of bananas, and a litre pack of yoghurt into a simple line then get it onto a train. Gah, I say, and gah again!!! :)Strawberryyoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01088158170872265875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-80800738738846519702007-06-22T10:59:00.000+01:002007-06-22T10:59:00.000+01:00I think they ought to let reservation-holders thro...I think they ought to let reservation-holders through first, give them a 20 minute head-start before they unleash the rest onto the train... gives you a fair chance of finding your seat and getting settled in it.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436653419185638854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-76114456342009034762007-06-20T20:00:00.000+01:002007-06-20T20:00:00.000+01:00Why does the manner of getting on the train matter...Why does the manner of getting on the train matter when you have a reserved seat anyway? Because by the time you get to it, there's already a teenage tourist with a huge rucksack there, or maybe a family of six. They'll probably move if you ask them nicely (though I have had someone argue with me about it) but it doesn't exactly help with the stress levels. The train company, though it makes you get a reservation, doesn't seem to give a monkey's about where you actually sit, and indeed frequently shifts the reservations around a bit, just to make sure you're paying attention. None of it is all that brilliantly good. So, yeah, if I had faith that the reservations <I>worked</I> I could maybe afford to be more relaxed about the queueing. Indeed if more things worked in general, if more of life did exactly what it says on the tin, then maybe I'd be a wonderfully calm person. Yeah right. At the moment though this "system", like so many others, rewards the bully and punishes the rule-abiding conformist. Nice.Strawberryyoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01088158170872265875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-14428296954373671882007-06-20T19:58:00.000+01:002007-06-20T19:58:00.000+01:00Yes, it's rather a lot of Going On About The Abyss...Yes, it's rather a lot of Going On About The Abyss (GOATA perhaps?) compared with the Core Griping Activity. But, what the h*ll, I like The Abyss. I probably ought to try to write about it properly one day. Ramble drone zzzzz.Strawberryyoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01088158170872265875noreply@blogger.com