iandouglas Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Some of you know that I like a cafe in Hungerford, well it's not a cafe, it's a Deli Call in two days ago on my trip to Bude for a quick snack and cup of tea, different woman there this time to the one usually All goes well, park up outside as per picture below, my mirror is slightly loose so I decide to put a bit of pvc tape on as a temporary method of holding it...but I haven't got anything to cut the tape to length as i'm paying the bill I ask the woman serving if I can borrow some scissors, 'you're not going to stab with them are you' she says I think is she joking? No not entirely I decide so I just say 'of course not, I just want to cut this tape, here - you do it' that's my hi viz jacket from work - can't miss it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttaskmaster Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Other possible responses: "No, but I am going to run with them!". "Depends how much my bill comes to..." "Only a little bit!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandouglas Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 haha - I'm not that quick witted. After I remembered that 16 people were shot back in 1986 there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungerford_massacre perhaps that still haunts the shopkeepers I don't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttaskmaster Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I and twenty-odd of my biker brethren have been in full-on, road-stained leather kit and trooped into a fairly posh Hungerford high street restaurant for a meal, without so much as a second glance from anyone. I therefore believe she was joking. You're quite a serious lad, aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandouglas Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 serious? maybe - slightly crazed looking maybe hence the question yes perhaps I do take these things to heart when I should be more thick skinned anyhow it's put me off the place, wasn't cheap either plus I had to wait ages for her to sort out the previous customer moan groan winge and another thing, Anna who is the normal person serving lets you read the paper she leaves out when I asked the woman there the day before y/day she looked blank, we dion't do papers she said i thought yes I know you don't sell them but kept quiet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Its Hungerford dude, full of grockels, particularly if you are on the east side of the high street, those of us that have attempted to make the jump to civilisation are on the other side! The down gate pub is nice for a shandy and a spot of dinner in the evening on your way home, lovely scenery on days like today too Alternatively there's the three swans (technically a hotel but with a restaurant), Tutti Pole tea room down by the bridge (must be claiming the state pension to enter), what was formerly The Three Cooks opposite the newsagent but has no seating inside, or the kebab shop down by the river. choices are limited in hungerford dude :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandouglas Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 ah heard of theTutti Pole tea room - it was closed when I thought of calling, slightly irritating as I took the bike down the pavement there and had difficulty turning it to get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1949 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Other possible responses: "No, but I am going to run with them!". "Depends how much my bill comes to..." "Only a little bit!". "you can cut that out" Ttasky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttaskmaster Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 "Nah, I got this large knoife 'ere fer doin' that..." To which she ought to respond, "That's not a knoife... THAT's a knoife!!". If she does not, get her some beers, sit her down and crack out the Laptop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandouglas Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 well, whether it was my fault not 'taking a joke' or not that's one place that I'll be avoiding in the future, it's a shame because the owner is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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