Comments on: Nobody does a “polite notice” quite like the Brits

By: Mudd

Mudd — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:07:26 +0000

I think they’re just being nice by leaving a bowl out. Doesn’t mean they are obligated in any way to re-fill it when they are busy. Especially as it’s implied in the note, the customer is not buying anything. Totally justified note, but horrendously bad poetry.

By: plainbeliedsneetch

plainbeliedsneetch — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:49:56 +0000

I’m guessing it’s not so much moaning as standing near the till and loudly announcing to no one in particular, “Looks like the free doggie dish is empty (hint, hint). You’d think SOMEONE would stop waiting on paying customers and FILL it. (Slight pause, martyred sigh) I guess they AREN’T going take care of it. WhatEVER are we supposed to do for poor Wuffy?”

By: WMDKitty

WMDKitty — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:46:48 +0000

What.

By: Katter

Katter — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:02:54 +0000

What I find curious about this is that they emphasize that they do provide a doggie water bowl and sell dog biscuits at the counter – so they’re sort of encouraging dog owners to hang out there. Then when the bowl goes dry and they get complaints, they tell the dog owners to shove it and go home. I can understand being frustrated if the dog owners get obnoxious about it, but if they didn’t want the place full of dogs, they shouldn’t have provided services that would entice people to bring them.

By: Caoimhe

Caoimhe — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:32:08 +0000

Ahhh pleasing! This is a park a 3 minute walk from me, and that note fits the twee little village within perfectly.

By: gladystopia

gladystopia — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:28:47 +0000

Vogon poetry lives.

By: MAMARILLA2

MAMARILLA2 — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:36:30 +0000

There once was a cafe in Brighton
That folks and their dogs set their sights on.
Then employees did post
The thing they hate most
Hoping folks take the hint here in Brighton.

By: Grant

Grant — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:17:18 +0000

“We are here to do a job”…

Well, don’t expect me to clean up after you.

Info: to ‘job’ is UK (Scottish) slang for ‘poo’

By: Dr. Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff

Dr. Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:38:05 +0000

The point has been made before, but I think can stand to be made again; it’s up to the reader to decide if your notice is polite or not, and if you feel the need to state that it is polite then it probably isn’t.

By: kermit

kermit — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:50:05 +0000

See, this is why the only coffee shops worth working in are the ones frequented by hipsters in their hippy neighbourhood. They’re far more mellow.

By: kermit

kermit — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:46:34 +0000

No offense, but a museum is not nearly as busy as a coffee shop. People expect to wait in line at a museum but want their machiatto/muffin/whatever prepared to their exacting expectations and right freaking now because they’re late for work or otherwise cranky.

By: kermit

kermit — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:42:05 +0000

Dogs, unlike other humans or children, cannot always be controlled, especially when they’re young and their owner is still training them.

If you have dog slobber on your crotch, chances are that it’s more your fault than the dog’s. You’re not petrified, and I assume that your arms aren’t broken. So you can either i) move away from the dog and/or ii) use your hand to move the dog’s face away from your crotch. Really, it’s not that hard. And I dpn’t even have a dog.

By: Mudd

Mudd — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:47:16 +0000

Quick translation:

This is a tea shop, not a dog spa! If you want water for your dog, bring your own or go home! We don’t owe you anything, especially if you’re not a paying customer. Now, bugger off!

=) I love Brits.

By: MD

MD — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:03:28 +0000

Clearly, this would be a solid case in which they were alreaady WAAAAAAAAY over the legal limit for caffiene.

You would be ethically obligated, as a business and as a decent citizen, to cut them off and get them emergency medical attention.

And if they object and spout and steam denial about their overdose and its poisoning symtoms, you get the police, who will promptly jolt them with as much current as they can Macgyver together.

Hey! It would be exactly like a shock collar for dogs, except–of course–it would be deserved and in no way inhumane.