Zero Situational Awareness

That's true but by beat the operator I meant clear the till counter as quickly as the operator can fill it, the fact that I then take the trolley to the packing area or tip it into the car boot doesn't matter as I'm no longer holding up the queue and that's what good situational awareness is about.

When an item refuses to scan and they have to type in a code it gives you a respite and lets you catch up.

Airport is full of them.

Was in London over the weekend

Flew out Friday morning. My bag was pulled at security for a check (they wanted to test the power bank I had). 3 bags before mine were also pulled.

Security man "who owns this bag"? He asked around 6 times before a middle aged American lady beside me finally said it was hers. The next bag was a white one. Again after 6 or 7 calls she claimed it. Third bag...you guessed it.

Now this woman was standing in front of the security people looking at her bags. How stupid/unaware can you be not to know that your bag is in front of you?

She had toiletries in all 3 bags that she wasn't allowed to have.

Coming home a teenage kid was walking slowly in front of me on the walk from the plane to passport control. His parents asked him 3 times to move out of everyone's way. Eventually he moved... directly in front of me and stopped. His dad shouted at him "for God sake move to the right like everyone else". I'll give him a fools pass as teenagers aren't particularly aware at the best of times.

Also going out on Friday morning there was a mother with 3 kids standing at the area for packing your toiletries into the little plastic bags. Nobody could get near the bench to even get a bag. The gormless looking father was standing to the side watching them. Eventually my wife was able to reach over one of the kid's shoulder and get a bag. As we walked off I said to the father "good idea to have the 4 of them standing there blocking it for everyone else". Barely registered with him.

Gotta be honest, I find that too. They are overbearing in how complicated they can make a simple thing. Was with a group of them on a flight going to Ireland, and you would think you get on, put your bag in the overhead locker, sit down, stuff your hand luggage under a seat and there, you're done.

But no, an American woman was talking to her fellow Americans about where to put the bags, where people were sitting, did you need this, did you need that. All this on the plane as people are still boarding, then a kid was asking people if he could take their seat to sit beside his sister. They both said no.

Just. Fckn. Sit down, shut up and get on with it. None of the above needed to be an ordeal; it's a flight, you're all on it, your luggage is packed away. What fckn more needs to be said, read your boarding pass, and sit in your seat. There. That's all there is to it.

I don't know why people need to over complicate things to just yap s****

I was there at the airport recently (work - not there now - somewhere else now) and there was a crowd of them who's flight was boarding next door to the cafe. Asking do they have time to order food when the flights about to be boarded - also asking can I have x but not y etc. The place offered either a breakfast burger or a breakfast burrito (eggs,bacon,sausage, beans, salsa and avacado). Bunch of clueless twats who can't tell time - apparantly ordering food while boarding is happening is seen as acceptable, asking can it be rushed etc.

All of them asking can she get a bunch of different sh*te taken on or off whist also asking about different types of coffee (drip etc - of course they only had your usual machine) and do we have creamer, single cream, double cream etc. Ffs🙄😠 - all whilst supposedly being in a rush.

All whilst there is a massive line out the door. Sit the f*ck down, choose your food without the customisation and coffee, and shut the f*ck up.

I think maybe its because back home life is usually 'slower paced' and are not a rush or as busy as we typically are. As you said cultural differences. Probably not used to a jam packed busy place or scenario like Dublin Airport. Its annoying but at least you know they don't mean it.

I generally go by numbers - if a group of 10 are walking together then I expect a little bit of space to given so that I don't have to step off the footpath. If I am in a group then I'll do my best to make sure the group does the same.

Never really went by status - whether it be OAPs, women. Would never make a pram step off the path though.

This is more of a group mentality thing then a status thing in my opinion. If a group of 9 walking 3 abreast are taking up the footpath and force a individual off it then its up to the individual to yield to them and not the other way around unfortunatly.

"Civics" class isn't a thing nowdays, don't think it has been for a while.

What was the subject/class like?

Huh, so its just the old version of the kids CSPE then?

Yeh the social elements of the curriculam isn't really there anymore regarding giving way on paths etc like @tayto lover said. Is more about politics, structure of the EU etc. Seems they stripped that part out.

Edited to add

Seems there is an SPHE subject with the S being social "Social, Personal and Health Education" but from the looks of it its basically sex ed and relationships. Nothing on general social interactions.

I can handle dopes in the main areas of a supermarket but I'm considerably more cranky while waiting at till.

A couple of years ago I was in Aldi in Clonmel at till. I had maybe 20 items and was halfway through loading belt. There was 2 or 3 other customers in front of me.

While reaching into trolley to get remaining items gobsh1te arrives and places divider tight up against my items and drops his 10 or so items tight on the other side; leaving me with no room for my remaining items.

He was close to getting a slap.

Instead of violence I chose to grab divider and held it while belt started to move; causing his items to pile up and a couple to fall to floor. At which stage dope wakes up and starts shouting at me "what are you doing, what are you doing"

"Showing you the cost of being an ignorant prick".