Who was rude?

Originally posted by Trev33
About 60. Maybe a little older... he looked older than my Dad who is 61.

Maybe you didn't get annoyed with him for being slow but possibly for his attitude.

Originally posted by Trev33
and knowing me would have asked to see the manager and bitched until they gave me a discount.

This is Belfast, people don't keep quiet but who was ruder, myself or the ticket guy? Or either?

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You're Irish not Scot for crying out loud. 😛

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
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You're Irish not Scot for crying out loud. 😛

I'm 1/8th Scot 😉

Originally posted by Trev33
Over the years I've found to get the best service it's best not to piss people off, but sometimes they are just so inherently stupid it's worth it just to blow off some steam.

Hey Trev. One day you will be old and stupid too, so perhaps you should consider giving stupid old people a bit of slack 🙂

Originally posted by lolof
Maybe you didn't get annoyed with him for being slow but possibly for his attitude.

I got annoyed because an incompetent person was on the verge of messing up my day.

Originally posted by Sicilian Sausage
Hey Trev. One day you will be old and stupid too, so perhaps you should consider giving stupid old people a bit of slack 🙂

Where the fun in that? 😀

Originally posted by Sicilian Sausage
Hey Trev. One day you will be old and stupid too, so perhaps you should consider giving stupid old people a bit of slack 🙂

He may be halfway there now.

Originally posted by Trev33
I got annoyed because an incompetent person was on the verge of messing up my day.

Take a breath and be sure that it won't be the last time that this happens.

one fine day you will be the old dude.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
He may be halfway there now.

Nah, I wouldn't call 29 old 😛

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Take a breath and be sure that it won't be the last time that this happens.

Believe me I did a lot better today than I would have done in the past... hell even a year ago. Slowly, slowly. In a couple more years I might be asking to PLEASE hurry up...

Originally posted by Trev33
OK, so I arrive at the train station 2 minutes before it's due to leave, normally plenty of time to buy a ticket and get on.

Today however I get an old dude who apparently doesn't know how the ticket machine works (this is his only job - to sell tickets) and takes what feels like a year working it out. I say 'Hurry up, the train is about to leave" and he r ...[text shortened]... This is Belfast, people don't keep quiet but who was ruder, myself or the ticket guy? Or either?

Trev, I think turning up to buy a ticket 2 minutes before departure makes you worthy of hasslement by the old dude. I've have faked a stroke and made you miss it.

Originally posted by divegeester
Trev, I think turning up to buy a ticket 2 minutes before departure makes you worthy of hasslement by the old dude. I've have faked a stroke and made you miss it.

What happened to the customer always being right and be nice to them?

Come on, he has one thing to do in his job and needed to get assistance... you can't get anymore incompetent than that. I regularly turn up with a few mins to buy a ticket and never have any problems.

Transaction shouldn't take more than 30 seconds.

Can I have a return to *****, as I slip the money between the glass.

Press, press... ticket comes out. Goes to til to change money... gives ticket and change - simples. That's all the dude has to do during the day, It wasn't like I was asking for a ticket to hell and he needed to check if they had any trains going there. There's 4 train lines in N.I. FOUR. I've never counted the stops but there can't be more than 30 and I was asking for a ticket to one of the main ones.

If there had been a cue I would have told the guys at the gate that I would buy a ticket on the train because there wasn't enough time to do so.

Originally posted by Trev33
Nah, I wouldn't call 29 old 😛

That's not the half I was referring to.🙄😲😀