keg Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 I don't hear these in our local Morrisons! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/virals/10772035/Overheard-in-Waitrose-Facebook-flavour-of-the-moment.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 One of my customers told me she liked having some council houses in the next village"as it's a good place to source a cleaner". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 One of my customers told me she liked having some council houses in the next village"as it's a good place to source a cleaner". Some council houses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted April 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Amazed the name "Tarquin" wasn't used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock11 Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Please feel sorry for us - very sorry - as we have no Waitrose yet in Northern Ireland. When my wife to be moved here from England, someone asked her what she missed most. She replied - her three sons and Waitrose - but not necessarily in that order. Waitrose is superb - Sainsbury's slightly less so - Tesco is utter rubbish and as a farmer and a food supplier totally off limits - We do not have Morrisons either -The Co-op is bankrupt [like the Labour party] We do not have Aldi - But -wait for it - we do have Lidl who are the greatest supporters of Northern Ireland agriculture - as a dairy farmer, I am so happy that they are sourcing their cheddar not only for the UK but for almost all of Europe from Northern Ireland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 I've heard some korkers whilst dangling on the quay in st.mawes. Proper wannabes, those that have it dont generally shout about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted April 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Please feel sorry for us - very sorry - as we have no Waitrose yet in Northern Ireland. When my wife to be moved here from England, someone asked her what she missed most. She replied - her three sons and Waitrose - but not necessarily in that order. Waitrose is superb - Sainsbury's slightly less so - Tesco is utter rubbish and as a farmer and a food supplier totally off limits - We do not have Morrisons either - The Co-op is bankrupt [like the Labour party] We do not have Aldi - But -wait for it - we do have Lidl who are the greatest supporters of Northern Ireland agriculture - as a dairy farmer, I am so happy that they are sourcing their cheddar not only for the UK but for almost all of Europe from Northern Ireland. Woodcock, you must be suffering terribly with one Any company that supports the local economy like that is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
station Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 A friend (honest) sent Waitrose an email asking if they could widen their parking spaces so he could park "The Bentley" easier ! They replied saying others had asked the same and it was being looked into ! I just let the chauffeur drive round the block and call her when ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetter Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 I nipped into our local one to work a couple of years ago. A little girl was playing up a bit and her mum (in riding boots and jodhpurs) commented "Harriett behave or I wont get the nanny to take you riding today" I paid and left after them and she got one of the Porsche 4x4s and eventually managed to get out of the car park after about five goes. You have to love Ampthill in Beds sometimes . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) These sort of people are metropolitan new money. There's nothing "posh" about them. All cash, ego and vulgarity, painfully image-conscious and without a shred of breeding. They don't know it but they're the cultural twins of the Waynes and Waynettas who live Argos and Primark lives fed by lager, chicken nuggets and mobile phone credit and call their kids Courtney, Chardonnay and Tyrone. They're all cast in the same mould. Edited April 18, 2014 by Gimlet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 We see them in the lakes as well. There is old money, New money and then no money. We are in the last camp... but happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Old money = label on the inside. New money = label on the outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d17 len Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 My late grandfather had a saying for these people. "A lot of people can afford to live on the land,but few of them could afford to live off of it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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