WRX_Dazza

I thought old people were not supposed to have any money....

only popped in get a bankers draft and the woman said "certainly, i'll just serve this lady first" so i said yes, no problem.

Why the hell did i say that???

Twenty minutes later, this old biddy was transferring £10 from here, £5 to there, then changing her mind...... i was about 2 mins away from launching her out the door, when she finally said thank you (to every staff member personally) and took her leave.

maybe im just being a bit impatient, but i have bettere things to do then listen to this load of time wasting cack, while all the time, my poor scoob is at the mercy of some dimwits doors, in the car park !!!


phew !!!!!

i feel better now !!

mrtheedge2u2

One hand on collar of jacket. One hand on top of skirt/pants and out the nearest window she is thrown. Problem Solved.

WRX_Dazza

i tell you mate... i was fuming... and im not usually like that... must be post-xmas financial stress or just being in a bank that does it !!

53

iTrader: (41)

I bet she recognised you as the little boy who used to spend 30minutes spending his 10p at the sweetshop. 1 Cola bottle, 1 chocolate saw, 2 shrimps no 3 shrimps, how much is that.................etc...............

Hysteria1983

Don't forget 2 fizzy cola bottles for 1p! Those were the days.

That old lady grew up in times where the world was much slower in general. They just seem to get stuck in third gear and stay like that.

I agree it is annoying, but like was said, us 'young uns' probably do things that the old folk find just as annoying. Like waking them up at 7.30 with our ruddy great big exhausts. Obviously we are just warming up the engine, to them, we are waking them up from their 'beauty sleep'.

WRX_Dazza

**** that stu, i used to get my mates to cause a distraction (usually a punch up) and then have the pick and mix away!!!!

times were tough !!

WRX_Dazza

yeah.... Hys, think i just need a bit more patience.....

+Doc+

You must have found a rare one, the only shifting normally is under mattresses!

Hysteria1983

I wouldn't worry about it too much. They all do it to us at some point.

My Grandma used to send me crazy with all her chat about Rita from the Wednesday club and how her daughters boss's cat had a new collar. Or something equally as tiresome and non important.

dpb

I was in a similar que couple days after new year , i was on a doulbe yello too

place was full o them - well you cant trust computers can you , even if you could work one ....

There was this little middle aged women ( mediterrean type ) paying in summat and then discussing her husbands afffairs and how he'd gone back to work now...etc...etc.etc.. Then she started on trying to obtain a credit card for her 19 year old son ......

Even teh cashier was noticably trying to tell her to shift off , in fact she said 3 times ' come back next week when when its less busy.

WRX_Dazza

good example.... so it's not just me then !!! was beginning to wonder.

the quicker my online "pin calculator thingy" comes through the better AFAIC

then the coffin dodgers can take all the time they want !!!

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iTrader: (41)

PINsentry is awesome Daz, no messing about in queues.

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

You'd think they would be in a hurry 'cos they're gonna die soon... but ohhhh no, full life story comes out, all the grand kid pictures, bunion tales, then they change their mind, yadda yadda.

Actually I try be as patient as I can but sometimes the poor dears don't realise that there is a que building and some may not be as patient as me

WRX_Dazza

yeah, that's the thingy.... everything is a fookin mission these days....
my letter box (at the front of the flats) accepts nothing thicker than a single sheet of 1 ply bog roll, so its a "we tried to deliver" card from the good old postie, then its trying to get parked near the PO collection office, then when you finally get there, i bet there's some old biddy in front of me !!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhggggghhhhh!!!!!

fitzscoob

its not just in banks now that this happens, have you met the person who goes to a cash point without a single clue at what they want to achieve...

check balance, withdraw money, stand there scratching head, try another card, talk to partner on phone to query balance....

when I go to a cash point I go there with a purpose in mind, not to decide whilst a queue is forming up nicely behind me.

superstar1

I was in a similar situation at the bank and the old fossel at the front said to the person behind the counter, "can i transfer £150, 000 from this account to that account".
Then she said, "how much is that in their now dear"?
£500, 000 was the reply.
Then the old fossell says, "on second thoughts can i move that original amount back"?
Then she says, "how much in my express gold platinum soopa doopa account"?
This telephone number talk went on for several minutes and eventually it was my turn.
I said can i draw out £10 please.

WRX_Dazza

funny you should mention that amount....

there was another lady asked to draw out a tenner today.

i'd did more than that in petrol on the way down there !!

also there was a cashpoint outside too, but as said above, some people don't trust these new fangled robotic things.

i think i'm happier at work to be honest

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

I remember as a teenager being proper skint and withdrawing something like 60p out my bank account to get a bus home. Ended up buying some fart spray from the joke shop, spraying the old dodderers on the high street and walking home

WRX_Dazza

nothing's changed then COB

pmsl

urban

iTrader: (1)

Old people having no money - what gave you that idea?








Anyway - different place, similar story

Christmas week off I pop to tesco to pick up some stuff, I collect stuff and go to self checkout armed with a handfull of things.

1 bloke in front also with an armfull of stuff, and a couple in their late 60's "trying" to use the checkout

They're nearly done I could see - maybe another 8 things to checkout.
But **** me it took ages.

Here how it went

She get item, looks all over for bar code and sets it down and sort of slides it on the scanner (which of course can't work when you do that)

Old biddy procedes to pick it up to make sure that she really did have the barcode down - machine of course then picks up barcode.

Old biddy procedes to carry on with the rest of the stuff like this

She checked through £143 worth of stuff like this

Then she goes to husband for payment
What does he do

Yes you guessed - pulls out a wad of notes from his coat.
Puts in first note

Machine spits it out again

Put it in again, machine spits out

Tries different note - same thing

I'm absolutely raging at this point, as is the guy in front and sort of expresses his disgust

Eventually tesco employee is summoned and goes off to get proper money

WRX_Dazza

lol, i don't use self checkout for that very reason "fear of looking like a ****" when it all goes Pete Tong on me.

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

it takes me 45 mins to do the banking sometimes !!!!!! one old biddy had 4 books transfering 2 pound from one , 50p into another just like dazza said . i always go at the same time they do . cant they have ques for quick people and a geriatric que for the rest !

Budgie

iTrader: (4)

PINsentry does have its downsides
it would not let me run a personal and business account online
and will not let you transfer more than 5k

WRX_Dazza

**** thats funny bob, can just picture you there as well !!! hahahahahhahha

happy new year bud

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

i expect everyone feels the same when you go to asda and hold the queue up with your shopping,thinking,WTF are they in front of me,if only i was 5 minutes earlier

same old same old and so on

Adidas

More like you started a Mexican wave

Adidas

That's because you're an uneducated fool

Alas

Glad to see this place is as forgiving as ever. haven't been on for a few months as I went down the bank to put my winter extra £10 heating allowance into my account.
While in the queue heard some young guy complaining about the time taken and the fact there was only one cashier on.
When called I went up to the counter took off my hat, gloves, scarf and rested my walking stick on the counter and of course it immediately fell off. After repeating this about 3 times I decided just to hold it.
This of course restricted my searching for my wallet under my 3 coats to find the money to pay in. Had trouble remembering my pin so put it in wrong twice before getting it right the third time. Of course to do this I had to search for my glasses under my 3 coats whilst holding my walking stick so I could see to enter my PIN.
Finally managed to pay the £10 in while entertaining the young lady behind the counter by telling her how old I was and what operations I'd had.
She kindly asked if I would like to take any money out. I said yes thanks - I'll have £10
and on
and on.