The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 2011

[usedbustickets]

H got to agree on the rubbish issue.  A pet hate particulalry when I see rubbish strewn around for no other reason than ignorance.

Mind you that level of ignorance is not just a Turkish thing.  Last Sunday I was in Bracknell and this car pulled up 10 yards from us, with two young scrotes in.  The driver then proceeeded to throw out of his window onto the road his chip bag, followed by the lid of his drink, then his drink cup and straw, then a couple of napkins, followed by the KFC chicken box full of bones. And not ten yards away from where they pulled up was street bin!

Mrs UBT seeing my anger advised me to say nothing, and to let it go.  Against my better judgement I followed her advice, but when i walked over to the bin to get rid of some rubbish I got to the other side of the scrotes car to discover that his passenger had done exactly the same on his side.  By now steam was coming out of the ears, and I could no longer bit my tounge so went over to them and gave them both barrels about what low lifes they were, how they had been brought up, with plenty of explitives of the choicest variety.

They looked shocked, whether it was my bawling them out through the window of their car, or shocked that anyone should care what they do.  So after a couple of minutes of my rant and threats, they went off, I believe, a little shaken but with a good flea in their ear, examples included 'Go on bring yer dad back here and I'll explain how he failed in bringing up a scrote' 'Yes and please bring back yer mates, cos I'll be waiting' all littered with plent of explitives I'm afraid.

I am not sure they had learnt anything from the advice I gave them,  but I was determined they were going to hear it.  Mrs UBT says I have to stop doing this sort of thing as I'm getting too old for it, I'll probably get done by the old bill or worse by those I remonstrate with.  A possibility I recognise, but why should we allow unsocial behaviour to go unchallenged, if there was more of it, perhaps we would see better things around us.

[cazza]

It was great to meet you Highlander.

I have become a fan of Maya Bar, and  hope their success continues.

[cheers]

I totally agree UBT!  You wouldn't have got into trouble with the police if you would have just picked it up and thrown it back through the window all over them!  You wouldn't have been as angry and could have just walked away laughing saying 'Retribution!.
:D:D

[Highlander]

quote:Originally posted by cazza

It was great to meet you Highlander.

I have become a fan of Maya Bar, and  hope their success continues.

The pleasure was all mine cazza. Hope to meet up again especially if it was in Maya

[xxbilleigh-joxx]

I agree with you in regards to people dragging their young kids about at midnight-gone. I'll be out there with my 2 monsters in August (3yrs and 20mth). Their usual bedtime is no later than 7.30pm so in keeping with the time difference i'll be keeping them up until 9.30pm, maybe 10pm a couple of nights (This also means they SHOULD get me up at 8am and not 6am!   ). I will have a beer whilst out if I fancy it but if I want to have 'a few' I'll have them once the kids are settled and in bed... I intend to enjoy my holiday too but there's no need to do it in an irresponsible manner.

[Spicy1979]

quote:Originally posted by xxbilleigh-joxx

I agree with you in regards to people dragging their young kids about at midnight-gone. I'll be out there with my 2 monsters in August (3yrs and 20mth). Their usual bedtime is no later than 7.30pm so in keeping with the time difference i'll be keeping them up until 9.30pm, maybe 10pm a couple of nights (This also means they SHOULD get me up at 8am and not 6am!   ). I will have a beer whilst out if I fancy it but if I want to have 'a few' I'll have them once the kids are settled and in bed... I intend to enjoy my holiday too but there's no need to do it in an irresponsible manner.

Its all about opinions I suppose, but just to point out like I did previously if my daughter is still out she will be wrapped up nice and warm and once she is asleep we will take her home.
In no way am I irresponsible as my little girl is the best thing in the world to me.

[tony jenkins]

I can not see any problem with children being out late with their parents on holiday. If they are at an age to enjoy themselves, then great. If they are very young and are asleep in their buggy, also great.

The parents and their children are 'on holiday' for a couple of weeks every year. This is the time when all the family can be together, and enjoy themselves.

I smile when I see parents and children enjoying their holiday,together.

[Spicy1979]

quote:Originally posted by tony jenkins

I can not see any problem with children being out late with their parents on holiday. If they are at an age to enjoy themselves, then great. If they are very young and are asleep in their buggy, also great.

The parents and their children are 'on holiday' for a couple of weeks every year. This is the time when all the family can be together, and enjoy themselves.

I smile when I see parents and children enjoying their holiday,together.

Totally agree.
To be honest everyone has their own parenting skills and as I have only one daughter its a learning curve for me but she is always happy and as long as she is fine im happy.

[Sleuth]

We always made sure our `little ones` were in bed by 7.30pm ish in hotels all around the med years ago,We always stayed  in the hotel bars or sat on the balconies,or were in the grounds of the hotels after their bed time, and regularly checked on him / them religously every hour. If he or they ever needed us, we always  left instructions with them to pick up the phone to ring down to reception. He / they always were so burnt out they always went to sleep virtually immediately and over several years, bless them, they never not once woke up or needed us. The great thing about this was that the evenings were `our time`  and it always  worked. Next day he / they were never grumpy and tired because they slept well. We are all different I  know but thats how we treated our kids. I am afraid standards today have changed for the worse... Many parents allow their kids to stay up to all hours running around in restaurants and bars when its really late. Late at night is `adults time` at least thats how we viewed it.In Hisarony  many a time these days  we have seen youngsters in the arms of parents late at night either screaming or crying or asleep etc, and why ? because they are over tired from lack of sleep probably from the night before and so on. To mention something that really angers me is seeing  parents
( if you can call them that ) allowing their extremly young children, drinking several  mouthfuls  of spirits  or beer out of their `parents` glasses   The `parents` thinking... "great ain`t it " and approvingly smiling to themselves   Oh how times are changing !!!

[Sleuth]

We also wouldn`t dream of taking our kids out of school time on holidays, always  half terms or summer holiday time.... now many parents dont give a toss !! we all see children of school age ( dont mean the infants ) out and about in holiday tourist spots  during school terms ,and  yes, even years ago, school holiday times were always the most expensive weeks in the brochures, but we had to pay  it  back then , so the parents today cant use that as an excuse.  As I said ... unfortunately parental standards have dropped  for many :-(