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Old Sep 11th 2015 | 6:12 am
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Originally Posted by JamesM
Quite a few newbies.

Reminds me of Hooters in a way.

People come in. Get drunk and annoying then move on.

More people come in. Cycle repeats.

I have no idea how the girls put up with it to be honest. It's certainly an industry where you develop a thick skin.
They probably have to. Word on the street is that their clientele has become rather arrogant lately.
 
Old Sep 11th 2015 | 6:15 am
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Originally Posted by Alan2005
They probably have to. Word on the street is that their clientele has become rather arrogant lately.
This will make you laugh.

My favourite girl Alana recently described me as being "such a Yelper".

Urban Dictionary: Yelper
 
Old Sep 11th 2015 | 6:23 am
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Originally Posted by Shard
Absolutely. Can't believe the changes there.
Yip, my family go back for generations there. I have seen posters up saying this is an islamic area & their rules need to be followed. My husband (then boyfriend) was punched on the train at Whitechapel once for daring to sit with his arm around me. This attitude I completely blame on the left mollycoddling telling them they don't need to integrate because we'll bend over backwards to accommodate their needs. One such example while I was there was the council cancelling the annual bonfire night in Vicki park to host a Bangladeshi night instead, so that the large Bangladeshi community in the area doesn't feel excluded (never mind about excluding everyone else). Now I'm all for them having a Ba'night but why does a British tradition have to be taken away to do it, it sends the message that they are more important & creates division.

I don't generalize or tar everyone with the same brush, I take people on face value, I know a lot of really lovely people from all walks of life but at the same time I'm not going to deny there isn't a certain number of people in our society that have been able to act as they please & it's created voluntary segregation. This leaves the youth of these communities feeling lost as they don't feel British (for example, it's the same in many countries) & they go in search for something else or somewhere to belong (i.e. ISIS). Of course this is just my ( DM reading, right winged, racist, xenophobic, islamaphobic, any'obic) opinion so probably doesn't count
 
Old Sep 11th 2015 | 6:31 am
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Originally Posted by JamesM
This will make you laugh.

My favourite girl Alana recently described me as being "such a Yelper".

Urban Dictionary: Yelper
Urban dictionary can pervert even the most innocent looking words. For instance, I don't know whether to laugh or wince my people say they are just "sounding" off.
 
Old Sep 11th 2015 | 6:35 am
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Originally Posted by Alan2005
Urban dictionary can pervert even the most innocent looking words. For instance, I don't know whether to laugh or wince my people say they are just "sounding" off.
A lot of people in Toronto like to go "Cottaging"
 
Old Sep 11th 2015 | 6:37 am
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A lot of people in Toronto like to go "Cottaging"
 
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Originally Posted by JamesM
You need a beer
I do, it's been a long week.

Plus I'm not in a positive mood about immigrants at the moment after a Nigerian sat next to me on a bus yesterday. What initially started as a polite friendly conversation turned into him propositioning me to come back to his flat (repeatedly) then him trying to follow me home. I had to hide out in a shop for half an hour to wait for my husband to leave work early and pick me up.
 
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Originally Posted by confused_uk
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Plus I'm not in a positive mood about immigrants at the moment
Err...
 
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Originally Posted by JonboyE
Err...
Oh I'm fairly sure the irony is lost..

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Old Sep 11th 2015 | 7:03 am
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Originally Posted by JonboyE
Err...
If you are implying I am one I'll just clarify I'm not one yet
 
Old Sep 11th 2015 | 7:15 am
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Originally Posted by confused_uk
If you are implying I am one I'll just clarify I'm not one yet
Just so everybody knows where they stand.

I have immigrated 3 maybe 4 times.
 
Old Sep 11th 2015 | 7:17 am
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Originally Posted by Tirytory
Oh I'm fairly sure the irony is lost..

You have given a great example of xenophobia though..
You again, yep take away from that the light hearted opening sentence & ignore the seriousness of the rest. Must be lovely walking around with those blinkers on & seeing the world through rose tinted glasses.

Oh & if I was xenophobic I wouldn't have talked to him the first place. I would've carried on with my usual routine of listening to my music relishing my 20mins of me time a day after a stressful days work before going home to start the housework. Selfish xenophobic me though decided to talk to the man next to me who had only been in the country a few months & didn't really know anyone, what an absolute cow I must be to have considered his feelings.
 
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Originally Posted by confused_uk
You again, yep take away from that the light hearted opening sentence & ignore the seriousness of the rest. Must be lovely walking around with those blinkers on & seeing the world through rose tinted glasses.

Oh & if I was xenophobic I wouldn't have talked to him the first place. I would've carried on with my usual routine of listening to my music relishing my 20mins of me time a day after a stressful days work before going home to start the housework. Selfish xenophobic me though decided to talk to the man next to me who had only been in the country a few months & didn't really know anyone, what an absolute cow I must be to have considered his feelings.
I'm not... you took an individual's alleged poor behaviour and extrapolated to include his immigrant status.
 
Old Sep 11th 2015 | 7:31 am
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Originally Posted by confused_uk
If you are implying I am one I'll just clarify I'm not one yet
what are you not one of?
 
Old Sep 11th 2015 | 7:37 am
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Originally Posted by Tirytory
I'm not... you took an individual's alleged poor behaviour and extrapolated to include his immigrant status.
Oh yeah 'alleged' nice , thanks for that. Well he was an immigrant & was using that fact as a newcomer to the country as a way to talk to me so hardly irrelevant to the story is it. I'm not saying all immigrants are like him nor that he was a sleaze because he is an immigrant.
 


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