Public Meltdowns

[philpy]

Menopause. 

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

4 minutes ago, philpy said:

Menopause. 

It was the woman who paused that caused it.

[Molotov]

11 hours ago, scottsdad said:

In Treetops pub in Alloa back in the 90s, I was standing with a few mates drinking. Saturday night, loads of folk having a nice time. This really pished guy came in and started going mental at some girl he had tried and failed to pick up.

The bouncers came in to escort the guy out and he put in a fantastic display. Offered to fight me and my pals, then screamed at the bouncers "I'm Keyzer Soze! Get your hands off me or I'll tuck you up! Your face is noted! I'm Keyzer Soze!"

Just the usual suspect who can’t handle his drink then?

[velo army]

Me today at Buchanan Bus Station Bogs.

The card reader wouldn't work and I had no money so, bursting for a slash I louped the barrier and proceeded to go about my business. There is a security lad (I assumed he was a bus driver milling about) who rushed in and started going mental at me. He was about 6'3" (I'm 5'11") and he was pretty in my face which triggered my "square go" reflex. I proceeded to have a fair old head's gone at him as it was serious jobs worth behaviour for the sake of 30p and the way he was behaving was a bit much.

He did eventually show me a card reader behind a pillar which wasn't immediately obvious but he could have fucking led with that instead of acting like I'd committed a major crime.

 

[scottsdad]

11 minutes ago, velo army said:

Me today at Buchanan Bus Station Bogs.

The card reader wouldn't work and I had no money so, bursting for a slash I louped the barrier and proceeded to go about my business. There is a security lad (I assumed he was a bus driver milling about) who rushed in and started going mental at me. He was about 6'3" (I'm 5'11") and he was pretty in my face which triggered my "square go" reflex. I proceeded to have a fair old head's gone at him as it was serious jobs worth behaviour for the sake of 30p and the way he was behaving was a bit much.

He did eventually show me a card reader behind a pillar which wasn't immediately obvious but he could have fucking led with that instead of acting like I'd committed a major crime.

 

Should have pished on his shoes. The best way to teach a lesson, as my old chemistry teacher would say.

[Hedgecutter]

I once had a French guy absolutely lose his sh*t in an inflatable boat full of other tourists. 

This was back when I was a tour guide on the North Coast with an older guy who previously worked in the Netherlands after a spell in an Israeli kibbutz.  I studied German at school, so this combo worked well seeing as German & Dutch tourists formed the vast majority of people on our tours (this being pre-NC500 when few ventured beyond Ullapool, even Brits).

Given the tour had some jargon involved, we knew the technical terms in German & Dutch, but not so much in French (some, but not as much).  Then following the standard German spiel for half the group on one boat tour, this absolute MILF of a solo-travelling Israeli woman asked a question, which my mate gave the answer to in some Hebrew.  She was clearly impressed.  Then this French guy asked a question about the translation in French, to which we said we never knew.

Cue bedlam.  This guy ends up standing up in the middle of the boat, absolutely yelling out a lecture with his arms waving everywhere.   It involved the line: "you know it in German, Italian and even f***ing Hebrew, but you do not know it in French, the 5th(?) most spoken language in the world*?!  What do they teach you here?!".

The French woman with him eventually but quietly stood up beside him in a way that reminds me of that Rangers official trying to gently calm a hedge-bound Pedro Caixinha.  In the end it was the glorious laughter from the other nationalities that put him in his place.  In a small boat for 10 people, there are only so many places you can hide, and he was silent for the rest of the 20 min trip.

 

*largely in places most people have little or no interest in visiting. Who here is planning a holiday to Chad or Sierra Leone?

Edited December 29, 2023 by Hedgecutter

[DiegoDiego]

47 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said:

*largely in places most people have little or no interest in visiting. Who here is planning a holiday to Chad or Sierra Leone?

I'll be holidaying in Sierra Leone in a few weeks.

[Halbeath Raith Rover]

14 hours ago, velo army said:

Me today at Buchanan Bus Station Bogs.

The card reader wouldn't work and I had no money so, bursting for a slash I louped the barrier and proceeded to go about my business. There is a security lad (I assumed he was a bus driver milling about) who rushed in and started going mental at me. He was about 6'3" (I'm 5'11") and he was pretty in my face which triggered my "square go" reflex. I proceeded to have a fair old head's gone at him as it was serious jobs worth behaviour for the sake of 30p and the way he was behaving was a bit much.

He did eventually show me a card reader behind a pillar which wasn't immediately obvious but he could have fucking led with that instead of acting like I'd committed a major crime.

 

Louped the barrier there a few months ago glorious feeling. 

10 mins later a random guy gave me his day ticket for the subway which I took as a sign from God to bump the bus station toilets everytime in future.

[Empty It]

1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said:

I once had a French guy absolutely lose his sh*t in an inflatable boat full of other tourists. 

This was back when I was a tour guide on the North Coast with an older guy who previously worked in the Netherlands after a spell in an Israeli kibbutz.  I studied German at school, so this combo worked well seeing as German & Dutch tourists formed the vast majority of people on our tours (this being pre-NC500 when few ventured beyond Ullapool, even Brits).

Given the tour had some jargon involved, we knew the technical terms in German & Dutch, but not so much in French (some, but not as much).  Then following the standard German spiel for half the group on one boat tour, this absolute MILF of a solo-travelling Israeli woman asked a question, which my mate gave the answer to in some Hebrew.  She was clearly impressed.  Then this French guy asked a question about the translation in French, to which we said we never knew.

Cue bedlam.  This guy ends up standing up in the middle of the boat, absolutely yelling out a lecture with his arms waving everywhere.   It involved the line: "you know it in German, Italian and even f***ing Hebrew, but you do not know it in French, the 5th(?) most spoken language in the world*?!  What do they teach you here?!".

The French woman with him eventually but quietly stood up beside him in a way that reminds me of that Rangers official trying to gently calm a hedge-bound Pedro Caixinha.  In the end it was the glorious laughter from the other nationalities that put him in his place.  In a small boat for 10 people, there are only so many places you can hide, and he was silent for the rest of the 20 min trip.

 

*largely in places most people have little or no interest in visiting. Who here is planning a holiday to Chad or Sierra Leone?

I don't know why but this reads like a Bob Mortimer story on WILTY.

[Richey Edwards]

In 1994 I threw a wobbly in Superdrug because my mum wouldn't buy a bottle of Matey bubblebath with a particular character on it because there was already a bottle with a different character on it at home.

[carpetmonster]

16 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:

In 1994 I threw a wobbly in Superdrug because my mum wouldn't buy a bottle of Matey bubblebath with a particular character on it because there was already a bottle with a different character on it at home.

Understandable. 
 

wid 

[Raidernation]

As soon as I see anything likely to kick off here I GTFO if I can as soon as I can. You never know when one of these people will whip out a gun and go for the kill, literally!

 

[superwell87]

1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said:

In 1994 I threw a wobbly in Superdrug because my mum wouldn't buy a bottle of Matey bubblebath with a particular character on it because there was already a bottle with a different character on it at home.

Seems fair enough a reason for throwing a wobbly.

[Richey Edwards]

46 minutes ago, Raidernation said:

As soon as I see anything likely to kick off here I GTFO if I can as soon as I can. You never know when one of these people will whip out a gun and go for the kill, literally!

 

Do you have a firearm? Because according to experts* more people possessing firearms will make these events less likely to occur.

 

 

*by experts I mean fucking idiots.

[Sergeant Wilson]

5 hours ago, DiegoDiego said:

I'll be holidaying in Sierra Leone in a few weeks.

All inclusive of self catering?

[Stellaboz]

Currently waiting to fly back from Budapest and reminds me a year back of an incident here.

Same idea, waiting to fly back home so lots of Germans. Waiting on the 2nd bus to take us to the plane and the gate had already closed. 

Some old German woman appears quite a bit after it closed and the staff were closing up. She went tonto, pure purple in the face type stuff. 

Problem was that she was so angry at being knocked back from the flight (who misses their gate after security?! The staff said she'd cleared security over an hour ago and the walk is 5 mins) that she ran onto the bus and demanded she get on the flight. Was clear that she was going nowhere and took her 20 minutes and the police arriving to back down as others on the bus had started to get pretty ratty.

[ICTChris]

A better question is have any P&Bers had a public meltdown?

I don’t think I have.

[Molotov]

43 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

All inclusive of self catering?

Possibly cannibalism?

[southernrover]

8 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

A better question is have any P&Bers had a public meltdown?

I don’t think I have.

Never sober, at least.

[Molotov]

 

Just another day in Tesco in Fratton near Portsmouth 

 

 

Edited December 29, 2023 by Molotov