hamburg fishmarket.
just down the hill from the reeperbahn centre of arts and culture.
security dude in a hut with a psychopathic doberman,a automatic pistol and a wad of hash.
he was spot on before i went out trawling the fleshpits ( as you do ),had a couple of beers and a garlbled chat of sorts.
by the time i came back he was more ■■■■■■ than i was,plus off his ■■■■ on hash.
spent several hours in his hut getting totally blocked ( i dont smoke so it would have been the passive inhaling skunk effect) and had a somewhat enlightening evening slabbering to him and clapping his dog which by now was somewhat mellow and clappable ( more passive super skunk inhalation i think)
i withdrew gracefully when during the night he started shooting at rats swimming in the water next to my truck.( there were no rats) 
ezydriver:
Coke Edmonton - at night there’s a bloke in the booking-in office I’ve not seen until recently. Indian, short beard, balding on top, around 40ish. He’s always got his earphones in and watching some bollywood film on his computer. I opened the window and he didn’t notice. So I said “hello mate”, and he looked up and didn’t say anything, just put his clipboard in front of me and returned to his film. I filled it in, and waited for him to look up and take it, but he was too engrossed in his film, so I waited, and waited, and waited, until I had to say “here you are”, and he took it. He booked me in, and without taking his eyes off his film handed me a pager. I’ve dealt with him 2 or 3 times now and never heard him utter a single word, not even the courtesy of a grunt. Ignorant zb.
That scenario wouldn’t have progressed with me until the ■■■■ had acknowledged me.
If I say hello and get ■■■■ all back, I will just stand there and repeat the hello until they get the idea!
Bombardier Aircraft Dublin Security staff are fabulous , if at night they offer you use of the loo and a brew if you have to wait . Even though they have a strict bookings processes at night they still help you through the process and show you a safe spot if you need to take a break .
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grumpyken52:
Bombardier Aircraft Dublin Security staff are fabulous , if at night they offer you use of the loo and a brew if you have to wait . Even though they have a strict bookings processes at night they still help you through the process and show you a safe spot if you need to take a break .Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk
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it must be the old irish hospitality there.
theres a slope security wifey in dublin fishmarket at night who keeps on trying to get in the cab with me anytime i go there as sometimes i might have to wait a while to tip.
she wants to make the coffee and sit in for a “chat” but shes 5 ft high and 5 ft wide,and even by my standards i just couldnt…not even with the lights off…
dieseldog999:
grumpyken52:
Bombardier Aircraft Dublin Security staff are fabulous , if at night they offer you use of the loo and a brew if you have to wait . Even though they have a strict bookings processes at night they still help you through the process and show you a safe spot if you need to take a break .Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk
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it must be the old irish hospitality there.
theres a slope security wifey in dublin fishmarket at night who keeps on trying to get in the cab with me anytime i go there as sometimes i might have to wait a while to tip.
she wants to make the coffee and sit in for a “chat” but shes 5 ft high and 5 ft wide,and even by my standards i just couldnt…not even with the lights off…
Not her was it by any chance 
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along similar lines though filipino 
“If I say hello and get [zb] all back, I will just stand there and repeat the hello until they get the idea!”
Exactly what I do as well, manners cost nothing .
You can make a pig squeal if you kick it, H&S Good’s in, barrier button operations staff are disposable
BASF Bradford… bloke in there is an absolute ■■■■■■■■■. Been there twice… same ■■■■ attitude with me on both occasions. He must hate his job!! Or maybe his wife is getting rattled by a wagon driver!!
Dammit I wish I could remember where this guy was… (somewhere up north in the middle of nowhere, around 11 at night)
I woke him up (no lights on so papped my horn to try and get someone’s attention) he flung the slidey glass bit open and yelled at me
Decided he wouldn’t let me in because I didn’t have a hard hat so I reversed back into the road. He then had a fit because I had carried out an ‘illegal manoeuvre’.
I mentioned that just because he didn’t like it didn’t make it illegal. I think there is still probably smoke coming out of his ears! He said I was the rudest woman he had ever met. I asked if he was married.
I’m 5ft but pretty bolshy when I need to be. Silly man. I never did find out what I needed the hard hat for.
Mixed results for Sainsbury’s Northampton. One cheerful bloke and one absolute helmet.
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Farah Trousers, Galway.
Arrived after hours with a full wagon and drag to tip and reload. The gate was closed so I thought might as well park here for the night.
Then a casually dressed bloke came out of a door and asked my business, he said that it would be the morning because everyone but him had gone home, but he’d open the gate and I could drive down to the dock and park for the night, and once I’d done that to walk back and though this door and the canteen was on the left.
If everyone was gone I hoped I had some Irish pennies for the machine but no need. He was behind the counter, served me a cup of tea and a couple of sandwiches while indicating the cakes. Help yourself but sorry you must excuse me, I have work to do. Switch out the lights when you leave please.
Turns out he was the finance director and was working late to do the annual returns. Never went back so never knew if this was normal treatment.
I like to think it was.
Spardo:
Farah Trousers, Galway.Arrived after hours with a full wagon and drag to tip and reload. The gate was closed so I thought might as well park here for the night.
Then a casually dressed bloke came out of a door and asked my business, he said that it would be the morning because everyone but him had gone home, but he’d open the gate and I could drive down to the dock and park for the night, and once I’d done that to walk back and though this door and the canteen was on the left.
If everyone was gone I hoped I had some Irish pennies for the machine but no need. He was behind the counter, served me a cup of tea and a couple of sandwiches while indicating the cakes. Help yourself but sorry you must excuse me, I have work to do. Switch out the lights when you leave please.
Turns out he was the finance director and was working late to do the annual returns. Never went back so never knew if this was normal treatment.
I like to think it was.
That must have been a while back!
Builder Depot, Edgeware Rd,
Proper, and I mean PROPER, good at the job.
Sharing a loading/unloading zone with various levels of civilian competence, these guys get you in and out SAFELY.
A well known builders supply merchant on the opposite side of the road is, how shall we say, less efficient and just a tad unhelpful.
steviespain:
Builder Depot, Edgeware Rd,
Proper, and I mean PROPER, good at the job.
Sharing a loading/unloading zone with various levels of civilian competence, these guys get you in and out SAFELY.
A well known builders supply merchant on the opposite side of the road is, how shall we say, less efficient and just a tad unhelpful.
I know the place well, never had the misfortune of delivering to it, hope I never do!
You mean the opposite side of the road place?
Well, it’s not THAT bad tbh. The problem with it it is that it’s a drive in, then reverse out, drop. SO you get a couple of wagons in there, all competing for the forkie, and when you finally get tipped you gotta wait until it’s clear enough to reverse out.
ABsolutely crazy.
Forkie is a nice guy.
New securidude, …ain’t.
Last time I was there, about a month back, I had 2 boxes for em. weighed about 10k each. Securidude made me park up outside to wait until the loading area was clear. 3 wagons waiting to be tipped.
I tucked a box under each arm and ■■■■■■ walked em in, 150 metres. I had to ignore the shouts of “OI”…“HEY”…“DRIVER”…! from securidude. I blamed my hearing aids when asked why I ignored Securidude 
Still, job done, got a sig, off to the next one.
Drempels:
Spardo:
Farah Trousers, Galway.Arrived after hours with a full wagon and drag to tip and reload. The gate was closed so I thought might as well park here for the night.
Then a casually dressed bloke came out of a door and asked my business, he said that it would be the morning because everyone but him had gone home, but he’d open the gate and I could drive down to the dock and park for the night, and once I’d done that to walk back and though this door and the canteen was on the left.
If everyone was gone I hoped I had some Irish pennies for the machine but no need. He was behind the counter, served me a cup of tea and a couple of sandwiches while indicating the cakes. Help yourself but sorry you must excuse me, I have work to do. Switch out the lights when you leave please.
Turns out he was the finance director and was working late to do the annual returns. Never went back so never knew if this was normal treatment.
I like to think it was.
That must have been a while back!
It was, ha ha, you picked up on the Irish pennies? 
Mid 80’s I reckon, before the euro, after the EU join, but before the single market, I’d had to clear customs at Londonderry before heading down the west coast.
Spardo:
Drempels:
Spardo:
Farah Trousers, Galway.Arrived after hours with a full wagon and drag to tip and reload. The gate was closed so I thought might as well park here for the night.
Then a casually dressed bloke came out of a door and asked my business, he said that it would be the morning because everyone but him had gone home, but he’d open the gate and I could drive down to the dock and park for the night, and once I’d done that to walk back and though this door and the canteen was on the left.
If everyone was gone I hoped I had some Irish pennies for the machine but no need. He was behind the counter, served me a cup of tea and a couple of sandwiches while indicating the cakes. Help yourself but sorry you must excuse me, I have work to do. Switch out the lights when you leave please.
Turns out he was the finance director and was working late to do the annual returns. Never went back so never knew if this was normal treatment.
I like to think it was.
That must have been a while back!
It was, ha ha, you picked up on the Irish pennies?
I did indeed! I remember they used to have florins, think they were the same size as an old Sterling 10p. I feel really old now
Drempels:
I did indeed! I remember they used to have florins, think they were the same size as an old Sterling 10p. I feel really old now
Yes, and we also called our own 2 bob pieces florins as I recall. Did we use the same currency then, was the old punt the same as the pound? I think maybe it was, so I needn’t have worried anyway. Certainly don’t remember that I had to change money at the border.