weekly commute

[cojak]

Boarding: have taken little shoulder bag out of main bag, so that I can get at passport and boarding pass, and so that when on board I can quickly put main bag up in rack, keeping little bag with valuables and book/kindle with me on seat. No: strict 1-bag policy, must put little bag inside. Then on board, start taking little bag back out again. No: please move in out of the aisle. Yes, well I'm here taking stuff out of my bag before placing in in the overhead rack just because your colleague outside insisted that I put it in there in the first place.

That's what happens when you're a cheapskate.

Suck it up big boy, you're paying less than the guy who gets the customer service.

[Ignis Fatuus]

That's what happens when you're a cheapskate.

Suck it up big boy, you're paying less than the guy who gets the customer service.

Bit abrasive today, no? I'm not asking for more customer service, just a bit less gratuitous idiocy.

[cojak]

It wasn't supposed to be abrasive, just joshing. (It'll cost you more for the silk version...)

[Paddy]

I think the worst thing about a weekly international commute isn't the time it takes or the getting up at stupid o'clock on Monday mornings or being cramped in an uncomfortable environment for hours, or even being away from home all week. The worst thing is the sheer number of idiotic and perverse jobsworths you run into.

I used to a commute from UK to NL although later I stayed in NL at the weekends. Flying was a pain and I found driving much easier. I could leave the UK at about 10pm Sunday, get at least one hour's snooze on the ferry and get to the house in NL by 5am or even 4am; time enough for anther snooze.

Door to door time, there was little difference between driving and flying. It also meant that on the way back I could pick up chips with mayonnaise in Belgium and be back in the UK by 8pm

[norrahe]

Bit abrasive today, no? I'm not asking for more customer service, just a bit less gratuitous idiocy.

Don't fly sleazyjet or vermin air.

Though I had fun and games from NL to UK today, no trains to Schipol this morning and then flight delayed by 3 and half hours.

Lost a half days billing ( which of course I've duly sent a complaint letter to KLM about )

[SueEllen]

. It also meant that on the way back I could pick up chips with mayonnaise in Belgium

[norrahe]

Frites and mayo is the only way to go

ketchup

[d000hg]

Bit abrasive today, no? I'm not asking for more customer service, just a bit less gratuitous idiocy.

Maybe they instigated a no-tolerance policy on train doors for a reason.

[Ignis Fatuus]

Maybe they instigated a no-tolerance policy on train doors for a reason.

Maybe they did, but maybe this was a jobsworth. While I was missing the train I had actually already boarded, his colleague on the other platform held his train for 2 more people after blowing the whistle. I am afraid that I go mental about anything I perceive as inconsistent unfairness (to others as much as to myself), no matter how trivial. However the real annoyance was that it didn't delay the train for me to leap on it, but it did for him to throw me off it.

[escapeUK]

However the real annoyance was that it didn't delay the train for me to leap on it, but it did for him to throw me off it.

The real reason is that despite the perceived power or success in life you have through being a high earner, one of life's nobodys made you feel impotent.