Lose lose situations.

mattjack · 19-08-2012 08:10PM

syndeyfife wrote: »

His brother did, he offered me the seat!! Said not to mind his brother when he came back, hes on the blob!

:pac::pac: Ma'am I tip my hat to you.

cgpg5 · 19-08-2012 08:11PM

Colmustard wrote: »

I walked into the worse pub in Ilford in London with a girlfriend and ordered 2 drinks I took 2 sups and went to the jax while my friend went to the cigarette machine. As I was coming back I seen a guy just stretch over and grab my pint.

I said that's my pint, he said, no its not my mate bought it for me, I seen you take it, you didn't mate, do you want to take this outside.

I knew it wouldn't have been just me and him it would have been me him and his mates.

I was totally snookered and knew the only thing I could do was swallow my pride and leave. Although I did the right thing it bugged me for about a week.

TBf ya shouldn't leave a pint unattended. If you told the gf to mind it she has something to answer for then. He was obviously a tool but I always make sure ta keep my pint with me (ensure someone is watching it) cos there's always clowns who'll try and rob it

DEFTLEFTHAND · 19-08-2012 08:11PM

You shouldn't have been perturbed that it was a female occupying your seat. Same rules apply, speak up and tell her to move.

kneemos · 19-08-2012 08:12PM

Lookit,sure we gave it our best.

Chuck Stone · 19-08-2012 08:12PM

risteard7 wrote: »

I hate when people say "the brother" "the mother" etc. it's my brother!

Pedantophile.

Chuck Stone wrote: »

My brother,

dj jarvis · 19-08-2012 08:14PM

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

should have sat on her lap

should have sat on her face - that would have shifted her smartish
and if it didn't - win win

and chuck , if find your comment " she not attractive - on the outside " probably the most touching thing i have read on AH

so from now on you must suffer a thousand deaths by slagging
sorry , hand in the man card on your way out

Chuck Stone · 19-08-2012 08:14PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

You shouldn't have been perturbed that it was a female occupying your seat. Same rules apply, speak up and tell her to move.

True in an ideal world but we don't live in an ideal world.

The further I would have pushed the issue the worse off I would have looked imho.

Tombi! · 19-08-2012 08:15PM

dj jarvis wrote: »

should have sat on her face - that would have shifted her smartish
and if it didn't - win win

and chuck , if find your comment " she not attractive - on the outside " probably the most touching thing i have read on AH

so from now on you must suffer a thousand deaths by slagging
sorry , hand in the man card on your way out

I'm pretty sure he lost it after he got beaten up by a 12 year old girl he asked to move before, that's why he was so scared to be more demanding with the girl in the bar.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 19-08-2012 08:17PM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

True in an ideal world but we don't live in an ideal world.

The further I would have pushed the issue the worse off I would have looked imho.

Never worry about how others perceive you. You were in the right, you had just cause to reclaim the seat.

jessiejam · 19-08-2012 08:17PM

If she had gotten up would you have let her keep the seat?
If she was hot Sydneyfife would you have let her keep the seat?

Btw... there's never talent in the crane lane....

mattjack · 19-08-2012 08:20PM

jessiejam wrote: »

If she had gotten up would you have let her keep the seat?
If she was hot Sydneyfife would you have let her keep the seat?

Btw... there's never talent in the crane lane....

Yes I would let her (Sydneyfife) keep the seat... in fact she's talking about shiteing in her strides in another thread at the moment.

mauzo · 19-08-2012 08:20PM

jessiejam wrote: »

If she had gotten up would you have let her keep the seat?
If she was hot Sydneyfife would you have let her keep the seat?

Btw... there's never talent in the crane lane....

If it was syndeyfife in his seat he wouldnt have even asked for it back :cool:

mauzo · 19-08-2012 08:20PM

mattjack wrote: »

Yes I would let her (Sydneyfife) keep the seat... in fact she's talking about shiteing in her strides in another thread at the moment.

So you never ever want to sit in a seat after me :rolleyes:

Chuck Stone · 19-08-2012 08:20PM

jessiejam wrote: »

If she had gotten up would you have let her keep the seat?

That was exactly my intention. To score a moral victory - as it were.

jessiejam · 19-08-2012 08:33PM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

That was exactly my intention. To score a moral victory - as it were.

Maybe next time..

humbert · 19-08-2012 08:46PM

Smartphone + google translate = déplacer femme laide (in my head she's French).

Chuck Stone · 19-08-2012 08:57PM

humbert wrote: »

Smartphone + google translate = déplacer femme laide (in my head she's French).

I think they were Spanish. Her friend was very apologetic when I told her her friend had very bad manners.

Regardless, language wasn't the problem.

beanie10 · 19-08-2012 09:33PM

Im guessing you dont moan much??

Pumpkinseeds · 19-08-2012 10:03PM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I was in the pub last night with the brother. I went to the toilet and when I came back there was a girl sitting in my seat. She knew that she was sitting in my seat but pretended that she didn't. My brother, who was minding the seat/pint, asked her to move but she pretended she didn't understand (foreign girl).

So I'm viewing this situation unfold and I tap her on the shoulder and say 'you're sitting on my seat' and she looks at me like she doesn't understand - so I point to my arse and point to the seat and gesture for her to move.. nothing.

If it was a bloke I would have been a little more forceful but because it was a female I knew I couldn't win. I know I could have called the security staff but then I'd have eneded up looking lika a complaining gobshite and I value my reputation more than I value sitting down.

So I walked away. I beckoned the brother and said let's move and went to another part of the pub (Crane Lane). We had a laugh anyway and the move was good ultimately but it was certainly one of those lose/lose situations.

Got any lose lose situations to share?

Speaking from a female perspective, I would've told her she was taking the pish and that she could move herself or I'd have her moved. You asked her nicely and she took the proverbial. So she couldn't understand English when you said you wanted your chair back, however she could speak enough English to order a drink in a bar. Yeah, right.:rolleyes:

Sunnyisland · 19-08-2012 10:10PM

beanie10 wrote: »

Im guessing you dont moan much??

Have you not read his posts here yet

:D

Sunnyisland · 19-08-2012 10:12PM

I would have moved her on.

Dangerous Man · 19-08-2012 10:13PM

Trying to lose weight. Whether you're a success or not, you lose.

Ficheall · 19-08-2012 10:13PM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I know I could have called the security staff but then I'd have eneded up looking lika a complaining gobshite

That's true - couldn't have that now.

Also, I'm surprised Fr. whathisname's "stools are ****" post has been so underappreciated. Especially in a thread of this calibre.

oppenheimer1 · 19-08-2012 10:13PM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I was in the pub last night with the brother. I went to the toilet and when I came back there was a girl sitting in my seat. She knew that she was sitting in my seat but pretended that she didn't. My brother, who was minding the seat/pint, asked her to move but she pretended she didn't understand (foreign girl).

So I'm viewing this situation unfold and I tap her on the shoulder and say 'you're sitting on my seat' and she looks at me like she doesn't understand - so I point to my arse and point to the seat and gesture for her to move.. nothing.

If it was a bloke I would have been a little more forceful but because it was a female I knew I couldn't win. I know I could have called the security staff but then I'd have eneded up looking lika a complaining gobshite and I value my reputation more than I value sitting down.

So I walked away. I beckoned the brother and said let's move and went to another part of the pub (Crane Lane). We had a laugh anyway and the move was good ultimately but it was certainly one of those lose/lose situations.

Got any lose lose situations to share?

This is not a lose-lose situation, it was in fact a win-lose situation where you lost.

Chuck Stone · 19-08-2012 10:19PM

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

This is not a lose-lose situation, it was in fact a win-lose situation where you lost.

I disagree. If I got the seat back buy kicking up a fuss I would have looked like a twat - not getting it back was a loss. Lose lose.

Better to walk away imo.

mackg · 19-08-2012 10:23PM

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

This is not a lose-lose situation, it was in fact a win-lose situation where you lost.

Once she didn't move when he asked politely even if he got her to move by being more forceful everyone who saw it would have seen him as "the guy getting thick with the girl who can't speak English". Crane Lane is a fairly reserved spot too so it would have definitely attracted attention.

Satts · 19-08-2012 10:32PM

There was two of them and two of ye and ye didn't get the ride and walked away and had a good laugh, I'm sorry but this scene comes in to my head for some reason :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZoECE8rQQs

But I'm sure ye scored from the other location in the pub.

Red21 · 19-08-2012 10:39PM

When stuff like this happens on a night out I tend to go into, turn the page and forget about it mode, because things are a little differant when drink is involved, for example people trying to jump the que in a nithclub wouldn't piss you off as much as someone trying it in Tesco and if it did you'd be in for a pretty sh!te night.

Chuck Stone · 19-08-2012 10:43PM

Satts wrote: »

There was two of them and two of ye and ye didn't get the ride and walked away and had a good laugh,

They sat down where we were because their male friends were there (one stank of B.O. actually)

ChunkyLover54 · 19-08-2012 10:45PM

Satts wrote: »

There was two of them and two of ye and ye didn't get the ride and walked away and had a good laugh, I'm sorry but this scene comes in to my head for some reason :

But I'm sure ye scored from the other location in the pub.

He said she wasn't good looking...not exactly bikini model material

Lose lose situations.

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