Last night a female ex-colleague called and we went and did some drinking in the City. She is fairly attractive and drew a few purrs from my friends.
We always got on pretty well at work and I have of course considered whether I'd "go there" myself. But, as we drunkenly exchanged stories of our recent opposite-sex travails, I remembered how different we were.
For her and a million other Londoners, life is Seeing Friends, Visiting Museums, Walking in Parks and Eating in Restaurants. But for me - to sound like an arse - it is travelling, nature, adventure and pondering.
My soulmate will feel as out of place in London as me. She will cringe at the mock-culture of London's street festivals. She will be nauseated by the Gü marketing campaign ('puds' - what the fuck?). The idea of having someone wash her hands for a tip will amaze her (does this happen in the Ladies? is the handwasher always black?).
Every day perhaps, like me, she will squeeze onto the tube and think "What. Am. I. Doing??"
7 comments:
Thank heavens the handwashing thing hasn't caught on in Edinburgh yet. That doesn't even happen in Bergdorf's in NYC, and they are some of the most fantastic loos possible.
And the Gu marketing campaign may be nauseating, but the puddings themselves make up for it.
OK granted - when they were handing out the free samples I didn't say no, and yes they aren't bad!
I take the bus so that I don't have to think that ;-)
And yes, I don't understand why I have to pay someone to hand me a paper towel - I'm quite capable of walking that 0.5m by myself!
F-Log i saw a guy once tipping £10 then turning to the rest of us refuseniks and saying "See - I'm giving him this cos I'm a nice guy. Cheers mate - what's your name? Nice one, yeah?"
Can't quite convey it but what an ostentatious, condescending arse?
Total arse. Although at least that means that it saved you tipping :-p
(oh and he was probably trying to get rid of certain 'evidence')
London: No stars at night.
That's how rubbish it is.
F-Log: Har - I hadn't thought of the evidence factor
SOG: No stars is a shame, for sure
Guess I shouldn't complain, I've done the CBA and decided to stay...
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