tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post8670005041683908121..comments2024-02-06T12:09:18.943+00:00Comments on The Witty Ways of a Wayward Woman: Q is for Queues and British StoicismJane Turleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-51212287110777267202016-04-25T20:02:46.200+01:002016-04-25T20:02:46.200+01:00Yes H & S needs a big dollop of common sense s...Yes H & S needs a big dollop of common sense sometimes!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01103884780854638066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-52371036877281738402016-04-22T09:32:48.992+01:002016-04-22T09:32:48.992+01:00Welcome to my blog, Deborah and thank you for the ...Welcome to my blog, Deborah and thank you for the comment. Queue behaviour is a very british thing but if possible I avoid at all costs. Life is too short!Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-74362995960094993612016-04-22T09:30:43.885+01:002016-04-22T09:30:43.885+01:00Thanks, Paula:) I try to avoid queues if I can. If...Thanks, Paula:) I try to avoid queues if I can. If I see a long queue in a shop I will just leave unless I need to get something urgently.Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-29083777700293316902016-04-22T09:28:57.930+01:002016-04-22T09:28:57.930+01:00Your school sounds a lot more sensible, Wendy. I&#...Your school sounds a lot more sensible, Wendy. I'm afraid every call-out I've had has been a false alarm. They are too nervous about health insurance at my boy's schools to take any logical decision on health care matters. I have even been called out to replace a bottle of eye drops for Ben which I sent in the packaging that came with Jacob's prescription (even though they take the same hayfever preparations. I just told them to throw the packaging away with Jacob's name on it and just administer the eye drops - and they wouldn't even do that. I wasted an hour driving to and from school etc and needed about 4 hours to calm down from the anxiety/anger!Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-85043508892396161122016-04-21T17:35:33.272+01:002016-04-21T17:35:33.272+01:00Your writing always delights me, but today I'm...Your writing always delights me, but today I'm delighted not to have been in any queues as well. I needed to sit down and have a chocolate just reading about yours.Deborah Weberhttp://www.deborah-weber.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-13602632745492207282016-04-21T04:37:01.533+01:002016-04-21T04:37:01.533+01:00I have absolutely no patience and waiting in lines...I have absolutely no patience and waiting in lines drives me crazy. I try to avoid. I also will not go to the doctor until I am nearly dead. My kids give me heck for that. I would be so annoyed with the school secretary I would probably just go ahead and get on the train!! Loved your writing today!! And everyday!!Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406717262345866373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-17868871193748991312016-04-20T23:01:35.448+01:002016-04-20T23:01:35.448+01:00Very funny Jane. Having worked in a school I can ...Very funny Jane. Having worked in a school I can empathise with the secretary who plays down an injury. Nothing worse than being honest and having to try and calm an hysterical mother on the phone so that she's fit to drive and collect their child. Probably why I was told by phone that my son had a cut on his ear that might need "a stitch or two" when in fact he nearly lost the top of his ear and it took 18 stiches to fix. Queueing at bus stops seems to have gone out of fashion though which can be a pain at times.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01103884780854638066noreply@blogger.com