and he comes into work every day!
I work in a pub, not a family pub, not a pub that does meals, not a pub that does handy colouring in packs for the little folk, not a pub where the cherubim are welcome before 9pm.
It's a boozer. there is a lounge, it has carpet, there's a bar, it has lino, a pool table, a gambling machine, a jukebox full of obscurity, a manky yard, smoking for the use of, and thats it.
So why, when the lovely oldish bloke regular picks up where he left off with his ex wifey, does said wifey bring her obnoxious brat in with her?
She'll get herself 2 or 3 pints, get the child a lime and soda, go and smoke in the yard, and then ignore him. No matter what he does! We used to have a good early doors crowd loads of ordinary working people used to come and decompress with a pint and a game of pool, until the brat and it's parent started coming in.

She gets pissed and ignores him, whilst he runs amok in the pub, yells and shouts over people's conversations, orders me to turn up the jukebox loud enough to drown out peoples conversations (I turned it back down again and he whined and whined at his Mum until she told him to "Fuckin well shuddup". I actually had to shout at him when he tried to pull someone's chair out from under them because they didn't want to play pool with him. He also comes into the pub complaining that 18 year olds have beaten him up... There's not a mark on him, and all of the 18 year olds round here are either in the nearest big town getting pissed or in this pub, ditto.. It's the yelling and constant attention seeking that really wind me up. It's not that I haven't got children (single parent, 2 kids, 1 at Uni, one at FE college, Ithankyew)or that I don't like them. I just cannot be having with this one and his attitude, although two things have stopped me just slinging him and his drunken slattern of a parent out.

1) It really isn't his fault, it's down to parenting, so it's hers...

2) the poor sod's name. I won't give it here, I may get the sack, but it's the same name as one of King Lear's daughters, and a girl out of my mate's year... Yes this loathsome boy HAS A GIRL'S NAME!!!

I really should just get over it, I know...

Apologies for length, and for getting bent out of shape over it.. ooo err..
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Fri 10 Oct 2008, 21:28, 11 replies)

If they're driving business away
surely they should be bared?
(dxg, Fri 10 Oct 2008, 22:44, closed)

I know
Finally going to have a word with the bosses on Monday, it has only been for the last two weeks, so I'd need to see the figures to be certain...
rather than just be driven mad!!
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Fri 10 Oct 2008, 22:48, closed)

King Lear
Is it Regan? Also the name of the girl in The Exorcist
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sat 11 Oct 2008, 0:44, closed)

please, please
tell me the little fucker's name is goneril.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 11 Oct 2008, 1:35, closed)

piss
i was going to say this but you beat me to it ...
( writerblock ... embedding disabled by request on, Sun 12 Oct 2008, 20:20, closed)

too slow, chicken marengo
too slow for THIS cat! ;)
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 3:02, closed)

Regan? As in Jack Regan of The Sweeney.
The parents probably think it's a macho name.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sat 11 Oct 2008, 9:26, closed)

never thought of it as a girls name before
... As I have only heard it in association with a bloke, Regan King, NZ rugby player who plays for Llanelli Scarlets. Hard bugger too, for a back.
(One_Winged_Angel Ich Dien, Sun 12 Oct 2008, 7:01, closed)

Some of you aren't wrong...
Sorry Smashmonkey, The others are right.. I think it has to do with the Sweeney, as I very very much doubt they'd know about rugby, I think I met Mr King at my other job..oddly...

Goneril would've made a better story...;-)
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:28, closed)

would have been perfect
as it sounds like the name of a constipation remedy
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 0:10, closed)

Did
you mange to speak to your boss?
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Tue 14 Oct 2008, 12:32, closed)