Why is it that when we go somewhere else apart from our own sofa to watch an England game, they are always such a crushing bore and usually not a great result? And is it just a coincidence that these games are the ones that are being shown on ITV. There appears to be a pattern emerging from recent tournaments. It did leave me wondering whether one of the channels hidden away in the upper reaches of the Sky channels is dedicated to watching paint dry. Just interested for alternative viewing for the next England game ITV show.
If the game wasn’t very good, it was a good gathering. Lots of Italian fare on offer. Pizza, dough balls, garlic bread, mozzarella sticks etc. I suppose it’s one way of getting the Italians involved in the world cup. I couldn’t resist asking Simon (pronounced See Mon) how Italy were getting on in the tournament in their easy group (consisting of themselves, Scotland, Peru, and New Zealand). He didn’t look impressed, not amused. Not that sarcastic me cares.
And if the game was bad enough, they left the same channel on, and so I got subjected to the first episode of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here, in this lifetime. I failed to see any celebrities, and feel that none of those there should get out, in fact it would do many people a favour if they just landfilled the whole site with everyone still in situ.
There are some tacky TV ads featuring players at the World Cup, but none of them are as bad as the radio ad for Muller Rice. They have Declan Rice, and they sing Rice Rice Baby. If I ever find the person responsible for that shitshow then there may be a prison sentence coming in my future.
Anyway, Saturday morning came, and the long running bugbear about Maccy D’s breakfasts annoyed me again. When you customise an item, it costs extra to add items (obviously, fair enough), but it doesn’t reduce the price if you remove items. If it costs 80p to add an egg or sausage to a double sausage and egg McMuffin, then why doesn’t it take the same amount off when you remove one? I always customise mine to remove the egg and add an extra sausage. Both items show as being the same price, so why get charged extra when all that has been done is in effect a swap of one item for another of the same price? It’s just a way to rip customers off again.
It isn’t as if they are putting the extra money towards staff training. Even basic reading skills would be a bonus. If the order clearly says eat in, why is it not on a tray. Why is it in a crappy take away bag?
And since they removed the self-service area for serviettes, condiments, straws etc. why are none being added to the bag? Why are they staring at me as if I’m some kind of mass murderer if I ask them for a serviette and some salt.
I get it, they don’t want to be there, but by the same token, I don’t want to be having to speak to you. But if you make the decision to remove these items from self service then you have no right to be looking at customers as if they are a piece of shit.
And as for the arrogant teenagers in there. No, it fucking well isn’t your seat. You are not Ronald McDonald. If you are that desperate to sit in the seat, I am in then you can wait until I am done (granted I may now take even longer to eat my food than I was originally planning on doing). Or you can fuck off and find another seat.