Rip Off Britain is alive and well and a good example are those greedy cunts at Car Parking outfit "APCOA".
Following the failed ram raid explosions at Glasgow Airport our local one blocked road access to the main terminals by planting oversized plant pots in the way, to 'enhance security' and required drivers dropping off and collecting passengers to do so within the short term parking area. Fair enough, they allowed 15 mins of "free-time" which is generally enough to drop off or collect my partner or whoever.
Now they have re-jigged it to just ten minutes (probably eight in reality) and anyone who tries the old trick of leaving just before their "free time" expires and re-entering find themselves clobbered with an immediate eye-watering charge of two fucking quid!
Tell me this APCOA, since I didn't ask to use your poxy car park but am obliged to by anti-terrorism measures, whose fault is it that I might need to wait more than ten minutes while picking up my loved ones? Shit Airport website that frequently lies about the expected arrival times of flights? Bone idle, lazy baggage handlers who can't be arsed to get their job done quickly? Overzealous customs and passport wankers suspicious that my friends might be smuggling fags* and booze in the light of disgusting tax levels?
Fucked up air traffic control that leaves planes circling for ages while they sort themselves out?
My passengers don't delay themselves and neither do I. APCOA plead the cost of running the airport car parks. Whose fault is that then? How much does it cost to run a bit of asphalt? Fucking loads if you install automatic barriers and shed loads of number recognition CCTVs and then employ blokes to sort it all out when it goes wrong.
APCOA, fleecing the public in the wake of anti-terror measures. Still, at least one good thing comes out of the Icelandic Volcano Horror, APCOA will be getting fuck all income from their rip-off carparks for few days.
Update* For my US readers, 'fags' is slang for cigarettes rather than homosexuals, sorry for any confusion.
Prize Update. You slowcoaches will have to get with it. The ever alert Captain Haddock spotted it first and here is his prize.
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What a mess. Our airport doesn't give you much time to pick up passengers either. They set up a cell phone lot where you can park and wait for a phone call from the traveler. Then you can head over to pick them up, but don't sit there too long while they get their baggage or the cop chases you away. Then you wind up circling the airport (just like the planes).
Spelling error: .. reads "Affects" when should read "Effects" ..
But what else can one expect in Blair's/Brown's Britain ?..
Ejukashun, Educachion .. Oh, bugger it .. School .. ;)
The effects of the ash cloud must have affected there ability to spel and stuff...
Your just being picky!
Hi Conservative Lady, sorry I've not been around much lately, been dealing with family issues. I expect that your airport is quite a large one, ours is just titchy but APCOA want to gets their mits in everywhere.
Captain Haddock First prize to you! See updated post. I spotted it around 2am when still in drink.
microdave You're pot calling the kettle black.
Too much reliance on spell checkers, their hopeless with this sort of thing....
Oh, and you probably missed it, but I posted a classic in JuliaM's comments recently. Our local paper had a heading in the classified section entitled "Office Equipment & Stationary".....
MD, yes, I did miss it, I'll try to check it out but that blog moves pretty quickly.
Wow, it must really be a mess over there. Those dirty Icelanders, can't they control their volcanoes ? Stuff Al Gore into it... that will stop it.
Good idea Woodie, first the Icelanders tried to steal our fish, then our money last year and now they resort to Tectonic Terror!
I reckon its Magnus Magnusson's revenge .. "I've started, so I'll finish" ... ;)
BTW .. Cheers for t'cup .. Lol
That is a lovely trophy! I sure feel sorry for all
the people stranded because of the volcano.
Are you noticing it in the air by you, Banned?
They should throw Gordoom into it, to appease the
volcano Gods, then it might seal up, from the infusion of density. I hope you have a pleasant weekend.
Bunni See my next post.
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