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Think that post says more about your own "sensibilities and prejudices" as an anti-snob than hers Himself.
Ginge
A member of the Tory voting "working class", not that I believe in class.Yes, I admit, I am anti- snobbery. Shoot me at dawn, sir.
A working class Tory voter, eh, Ginge ? – who’d have thought
Well, I and my fellow socialist brothers and sisters ( ) consider such a thing a contradiction in terms. Well, I suppose it all depends on what class of work one finds oneself employed in ?I heard one ex-Tory grandee from the Thatcher government ( Lord Mumbo-Jumbo or something ) commenting during the election that historically it was most unusual for a member of the " working classes " to vote Conservative; and those who were that way inclined, did so out of self interest.
May I take a punt and suggest that you fall into this bracket. Not that I wish to go down your road of personalising things, you understand. Chin, chin, old boy ! 
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I never go in the Bookies shop anymore, I find them quite depressing and souless these days, the smoking ban and the appearance of the fotb was the end of them imo.
The article is a load of middle class prattle. I’m not really interested in what Ms.Whatever thinks. She’ll have a lot of opinions about everything, I wouldn’t wonder.
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I’d bet the author has more than one over dressed friend who is drowning in credit card debt due to their shopping addiction or desperate need to keep up with the Jones’s.
People that work in bookmakers are generally
thick and clueless. Many of them have an attitude aswell
and have the communication skills of a Lizard.I find alot of them hate paying you out aswell, acting like
it’s their money.Ladbrokes I find to be the worst, dreadful, they employ any
old sole. Also, I have a debit account with Ladbrokes and the call centre
staff are the thickest people you could ever deal with, if you phone
up and for example want to back Roger Federer to beat Rafa in running,
surely that isn’t difficult to be aware that’s a Tennis match? By the time
they’ve been advised or worked it out you’re about 2 minutes on the phone
and quite often the price has changed or the betting
has suspended. It never favours you it seems. I’ve lost thousands
due to dealing with these type of idiots.Surely, Ladbrokes could afford to organise an induction course
for new employees, I’ve closed my account there now as it’s cost me
too much, mainly by their errors.I will however say that I find Stan James call centre staff to be extremely
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If Ladbrokes has a customer service division it takes up no more space than a shoebox in the broom cupboard. Staff training is lamentable. Worse than Greggs and that’s saying something.
If Ladbrokes has a customer service division it takes up no more space than a shoebox in the broom cupboard. Staff training is lamentable. Worse than Greggs and that’s saying something.
It’s absolutely disgusting to be honest.
I’ve lost thousands due to dealing with these type of idiots.
it’s cost me bundles rather, down to the staff at Ladbrokes.You clearly aren’t getting my point.
That’s precisely the point, Mat. David is getting your point. I think it’s called irony.
Kon(Oops! Freudian slip with the K)I think we need to get back to the real issue and Himself identified it ….
Why do people wear scarves indoors?
My guess is she had already written the article before she went into the bookies, if she actually went in to one at all.
Though to be fair, the wearing of scarves indoor, is a subject that probably deserves more scrutiny.
…well she won’t be middle class much longer, backing anything of Cameron’s…
…. As for my local bookies, they are light and clean and airy and the staff are friendly. William Hills especially have tables to sit at to watch the racing, the beauty of that being you tend to chat with other people sitting at the same table. The people playing the machines I tend to think of as existing in another dimension. I must say that Ladbrokes, which is probably the oldest shop in the high street tends to be a bit more intimidating, with a glass screen etc. I probably wouldn’t hang around there to watch a race as I would at Corals or WH’s.
…very much my own experience.
An unpleasant piece written with the sneer of someone who believes the world begins and ends with the witterers on ‘Newnight Review’ – Thank Goodness It’s Friday, darling
Other than that I have to say I preferred both Bookmakers and Pubs when they were the smoky louche somewhat forbidding dirty dives they were meant to be: temples of despair both, where we dreggy disciples of misery could while away a few hours of our pathetic little lives with heads full of Racing and guts full of Best Bitter – and nothing but Racing and Best Bitter – before crawling off louse-and-wig like to safety of the up-turned stone
They’re all just too clean, sanitized, comfortable, acceptable and…confusing now
To paraphrase Ken Dodd:
The trouble with Bryony is that she never played second house Saturday night at the Glasgow Empire after Celtic and Rangers had both lost
An unpleasant piece written with the sneer of someone who believes the world begins and ends with the witterers on ‘Newnight Review’ – Thank Goodness It’s Friday, darling
Other than that I have to say I preferred both Bookmakers and Pubs when they were the smoky louche somewhat forbidding dirty dives they were meant to be: temples of despair both, where we dreggy disciples of misery could while away a few hours of our pathetic little lives with heads full of Racing and guts full of Best Bitter – and nothing but Racing and Best Bitter – before crawling off louse-and-wig like to safety of the up-turned stone
They’re all just too clean, sanitized, comfortable, acceptable and…confusing now
To paraphrase Ken Dodd:
The trouble with Bryony is that she never played second house Saturday night at the Glasgow Empire after Celtic and Rangers had both lost
You’re bang on with that. Well said.
Maybe just maybe – betting ‘online’ is easier for some under the guise of getting better prices etc – but is it due to the lack of human contact?!
I.e. It’s a whole lot easier to put it on – via the web than it is in a shop!
Could it be that – ‘One Big Bet’ gone astray – might be too much ‘face’ for some to lose?!
They then ‘might’ have to find a different shop hey?!
Would the ‘Betfairian Layers’ also have the sufficient amount of Bull-Bag to stand and lay a horse face to face – with a punter that they then might make fun of later on a forum?!
The article is out of date – as ‘Betting Shops’ are not the same since the smoking ban – fact!
The article is out of date – as ‘Betting Shops’ are not the same since the smoking ban – fact!
That is probably the best thing to happen to betting shops!!!
Have to say I much prefer having a bet online and watching
a race in my own living room, the last thing you need is having
a few losers, getting aggitated and having punters right up your
back side cheering on another horse, which they’ve only
had £2 e/w on.When you’re at home, I feel you can have a proper study up
and therefore, arguarbly get better results.
Well, I and my fellow socialist brothers and sisters ( 
) consider such a thing a contradiction in terms. Well, I suppose it all depends on what class of work one finds oneself employed in ?
May I take a punt and suggest that you fall into this bracket. Not that I wish to go down your road of personalising things, you understand. Chin, chin, old boy ! 
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