Lose lose situations.

Chuck Stone

I was in the pub last night with the brother. I went to the toilet and when I came back there was a girl sitting in my seat. She knew that she was sitting in my seat but pretended that she didn't. My brother, who was minding the seat/pint, asked her to move but she pretended she didn't understand (foreign girl).

So I'm viewing this situation unfold and I tap her on the shoulder and say 'you're sitting on my seat' and she looks at me like she doesn't understand - so I point to my arse and point to the seat and gesture for her to move.. nothing.

If it was a bloke I would have been a little more forceful but because it was a female I knew I couldn't win. I know I could have called the security staff but then I'd have eneded up looking lika a complaining gobshite and I value my reputation more than I value sitting down.

So I walked away. I beckoned the brother and said let's move and went to another part of the pub (Crane Lane). We had a laugh anyway and the move was good ultimately but it was certainly one of those lose/lose situations.

Got any lose lose situations to share?

Unregistered.

Did you get her number?

Tombi!

Why didn't you deck your brother for giving your seat away?

1ZRed

Read this as "loose loose situations".





Very disappointed OP!

mauzo

Couldnt have just grabbed a stool no?

Chuck Stone

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

Why didn't you deck your brother for giving your seat away?

My brother obviously thought that she would be a reasonable person and move when I came back I guess.

Fr Jessup

I was caught between a rock and a hard place once. That was a real lose/lose situation.

Chuck Stone

syndeyfife wrote: »

Couldnt have just grabbed a stool no?

Nope. It was the end of a bench and the place was busy. That's not the issue though.

Even if there were a hundred stools and plenty of room the issue remains.

aaronjumper

I would have kicked your brother out of his seat when he went to the bathroom. Foreign chick and new seat. That's a win win.

Enright

Should have stayed there and spilled your drink accidentally on her

Fr Jessup

syndeyfife wrote: »

Couldnt have just grabbed a stool no?

Stools are shit though

My name is URL

You should have just sat on top of her

Tombi!

Chuck Stone wrote: »

My brother obviously thought that she would be a reasonable person and move when I came back I guess.

Well blame him and not the girl.

He didn't guard it for you.

frozenfrozen

ask if you can have your chewing gum that you left on the seat back. when she stands up, you get your seat back and she is left running in tears to the bathroom. then you get a pint and laugh about it and its a lose lose win situation

Chuck Stone

aaronjumper wrote: »

I would have kicked your brother out of his seat when he went to the bathroom. Foreign chick and new seat. That's a win win.

She wasn't attractive (physically at least).

mauzo

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Nope. It was the end of a bench and the place was busy. That's not the issue though.

Even if there were a hundred stools and plenty of room the issue remains.

Its a bar, people take peoples seats all the time. I really dont get the issue here to be honest. If it was anyones fault it was your brothers!

Icyseanfitz

should have sat on her lap

aaronjumper

Chuck Stone wrote: »

She wasn't attractive (physically at least).

Give it a few pints.

Icyseanfitz

syndeyfife wrote: »

Its a bar, people take peoples seats all the time. I really dont get the issue here to be honest. If it was anyones fault it was your brothers!

you took his seat didnt you :pac:

Chuck Stone

syndeyfife wrote: »

Its a bar, people take peoples seats all the time. I really dont get the issue here to be honest. If it was anyones fault it was your brothers!

My brother is guilty of thinking that she would be a reasonable person and get up when I came back. What's he to do? Punch anyone attempting to sit down in the face?

We're reasonable people - the seat thief wasn't. Lose lose situation.

mauzo

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

you took his seat didnt you :pac:

Yeah and Im pissed off because he said Im not attractive!!!! :mad:

Tombi!

syndeyfife wrote: »

Yeah and Im pissed off because he said Im not attractive!!!! :mad:

Well wait till we're drunk next time and the beer googles might make it seem like you are?

mauzo

Chuck Stone wrote: »

My brother is guilty of thinking that she would be a reasonable person and get up when I came back. What's he to do? Punch anyone attempting to sit down in the face?

We're reasonable people - the seat thief wasn't. Lose lose situation.

Sorry, that seat is taken....is what most people do in that situation!

Colmustard

I walked into the worse pub in Ilford in London with a girlfriend and ordered 2 drinks I took 2 sups and went to the jax while my friend went to the cigarette machine. As I was coming back I seen a guy just stretch over and grab my pint.

I said that's my pint, he said, no its not my mate bought it for me, I seen you take it, you didn't mate, do you want to take this outside.

I knew it wouldn't have been just me and him it would have been me him and his mates.

I was totally snookered and knew the only thing I could do was swallow my pride and leave. Although I did the right thing it bugged me for about a week.

risteard7

I hate when people say "the brother" "the mother" etc. it's my brother!

mauzo

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

Well wait till we're drunk next time and the beer googles might make it seem like you are?

Thats generally how I get my rocks off!!!!

mattjack

syndeyfife wrote: »

Yeah and Im pissed off because he said Im not attractive!!!! :mad:

Could be worse ... him and his brother could've tried it on with you .

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Going to the cinema to see a crap film that you dont want to see, with a girl that wont have sex with you after the film.

lose, lose.

aaronjumper

If someone asks me to mind their seat I'll throw my legs up on it.
Does it look rude? Yes. Does the seat stay taken? Yes.

Icyseanfitz

syndeyfife wrote: »

Yeah and Im pissed off because he said Im not attractive!!!! :mad:

op is on a losing streak

mauzo

mattjack wrote: »

Could be worse ... him and his brother could've tried it on with you .

His brother did, he offered me the seat!! Said not to mind his brother when he came back, hes on the blob!

mattjack

syndeyfife wrote: »

His brother did, he offered me the seat!! Said not to mind his brother when he came back, hes on the blob!

:pac::pac: Ma'am I tip my hat to you.

cgpg5

Colmustard wrote: »

I walked into the worse pub in Ilford in London with a girlfriend and ordered 2 drinks I took 2 sups and went to the jax while my friend went to the cigarette machine. As I was coming back I seen a guy just stretch over and grab my pint.

I said that's my pint, he said, no its not my mate bought it for me, I seen you take it, you didn't mate, do you want to take this outside.

I knew it wouldn't have been just me and him it would have been me him and his mates.

I was totally snookered and knew the only thing I could do was swallow my pride and leave. Although I did the right thing it bugged me for about a week.

TBf ya shouldn't leave a pint unattended. If you told the gf to mind it she has something to answer for then. He was obviously a tool but I always make sure ta keep my pint with me (ensure someone is watching it) cos there's always clowns who'll try and rob it

DEFTLEFTHAND

You shouldn't have been perturbed that it was a female occupying your seat. Same rules apply, speak up and tell her to move.

kneemos

Lookit,sure we gave it our best.

Chuck Stone

risteard7 wrote: »

I hate when people say "the brother" "the mother" etc. it's my brother!

Pedantophile.

Chuck Stone wrote: »

My brother,

dj jarvis

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

should have sat on her lap

should have sat on her face - that would have shifted her smartish
and if it didn't - win win

and chuck , if find your comment " she not attractive - on the outside " probably the most touching thing i have read on AH

so from now on you must suffer a thousand deaths by slagging
sorry , hand in the man card on your way out

Chuck Stone

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

You shouldn't have been perturbed that it was a female occupying your seat. Same rules apply, speak up and tell her to move.

True in an ideal world but we don't live in an ideal world.

The further I would have pushed the issue the worse off I would have looked imho.

Tombi!

dj jarvis wrote: »

should have sat on her face - that would have shifted her smartish
and if it didn't - win win

and chuck , if find your comment " she not attractive - on the outside " probably the most touching thing i have read on AH

so from now on you must suffer a thousand deaths by slagging
sorry , hand in the man card on your way out

I'm pretty sure he lost it after he got beaten up by a 12 year old girl he asked to move before, that's why he was so scared to be more demanding with the girl in the bar.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Chuck Stone wrote: »

True in an ideal world but we don't live in an ideal world.

The further I would have pushed the issue the worse off I would have looked imho.

Never worry about how others perceive you. You were in the right, you had just cause to reclaim the seat.

jessiejam

If she had gotten up would you have let her keep the seat?
If she was hot Sydneyfife would you have let her keep the seat?

Btw... there's never talent in the crane lane....

mattjack

jessiejam wrote: »

If she had gotten up would you have let her keep the seat?
If she was hot Sydneyfife would you have let her keep the seat?

Btw... there's never talent in the crane lane....

Yes I would let her (Sydneyfife) keep the seat... in fact she's talking about shiteing in her strides in another thread at the moment.

mauzo

jessiejam wrote: »

If she had gotten up would you have let her keep the seat?
If she was hot Sydneyfife would you have let her keep the seat?

Btw... there's never talent in the crane lane....

If it was syndeyfife in his seat he wouldnt have even asked for it back :cool:

mauzo

mattjack wrote: »

Yes I would let her (Sydneyfife) keep the seat... in fact she's talking about shiteing in her strides in another thread at the moment.

So you never ever want to sit in a seat after me :rolleyes:

Chuck Stone

jessiejam wrote: »

If she had gotten up would you have let her keep the seat?

That was exactly my intention. To score a moral victory - as it were.

jessiejam

Chuck Stone wrote: »

That was exactly my intention. To score a moral victory - as it were.

Maybe next time..

humbert

Smartphone + google translate = déplacer femme laide (in my head she's French).

Chuck Stone

humbert wrote: »

Smartphone + google translate = déplacer femme laide (in my head she's French).

I think they were Spanish. Her friend was very apologetic when I told her her friend had very bad manners.

Regardless, language wasn't the problem.

beanie10

Im guessing you dont moan much??

Pumpkinseeds

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I was in the pub last night with the brother. I went to the toilet and when I came back there was a girl sitting in my seat. She knew that she was sitting in my seat but pretended that she didn't. My brother, who was minding the seat/pint, asked her to move but she pretended she didn't understand (foreign girl).

So I'm viewing this situation unfold and I tap her on the shoulder and say 'you're sitting on my seat' and she looks at me like she doesn't understand - so I point to my arse and point to the seat and gesture for her to move.. nothing.

If it was a bloke I would have been a little more forceful but because it was a female I knew I couldn't win. I know I could have called the security staff but then I'd have eneded up looking lika a complaining gobshite and I value my reputation more than I value sitting down.

So I walked away. I beckoned the brother and said let's move and went to another part of the pub (Crane Lane). We had a laugh anyway and the move was good ultimately but it was certainly one of those lose/lose situations.

Got any lose lose situations to share?

Speaking from a female perspective, I would've told her she was taking the pish and that she could move herself or I'd have her moved. You asked her nicely and she took the proverbial. So she couldn't understand English when you said you wanted your chair back, however she could speak enough English to order a drink in a bar. Yeah, right.:rolleyes:

Sunnyisland

beanie10 wrote: »

Im guessing you dont moan much??

Have you not read his posts here yet :D