From No Bags Allowed to Bloodied and Bruised

Those that can't do (or walk)... rant.

Warning; Mild profanity used in this rant... proceed at your own risk.

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[Rugger]

That young man deserves an Esther Rantzen 'Jobsworth' cap and you deserve an "I was very brave at the concert" sticker!

I hope your Billy Joel wounds heal up well.

x

[Hidden in reply to Rugger]

I had to Google Esther Rantzen and 'Jobsworth,' but now... I wholeheartedly agree! And yes, I'll take the sticker as well! I was very brave indeed! 🎖

[Patricia157]

Wow! What a performance; excuse the pun! Still I’m glad you enjoyed the concert and hope your leg is healing. Officialdom leaves a lot to be desired these days. I almost dread travelling nowadays as something always seems to go wrong. If it’s not the size of my case (I bought it to suit the airline, then they reduced the size the day before I flew - I don’t think they made the plane smaller!!) then it’s the contents.

Last time I flew, the hand luggage official rudely said there was a bottle in my bag. I assured her there wasn’t. She insisted there was. I actually was quietly smiling as I knew she was wrong. She proceeded to empty all my contents. A bottle - No: a folded umbrella - yes.

However if I expected an apology there was none.

[Hidden in reply to Patricia157]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 it was quite a performance, both outside the venue and especially once we got inside! When's the last time you performed for 70,000 people, with all eyes on the pitch? Love it; Officialdom! Rules with no rhyme or reason, and people blindly enforcing them. Good on you with that folded umbrella trick.... I'll remember that for next time! 🤣

[CT-5012 in reply to Patricia157]

My airport one was you have a bottle of liquid and a large knife in your bag, which were a plastic comb and a pack of wet wipes. 😂

[Hidden in reply to CT-5012]

Hahahahahahaha....

Airport Security: "Excuse me Ma'am, but it appears you have a bottle of liquid and large knife in your bag."

You: "Ummmmm, no."

[CT-5012 in reply to Hidden]

Should have gone to specsavers? 😂

[Hidden in reply to CT-5012]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha.

[SheffieldJane]

It was the same bag rule at the Murrayfield Rugby Stadium Edinburgh fortunately for me Grunge had noticed. Loads of women had to take their bigger bags to a cloakroom area ( miles away) and pay a returnable deposit of £5.00. I had bought an umbrella (raining steadily) on the long walk to the stadium ( would not fit in tiny clutch). I had to bin that ha ha. I wish I’d mentioned it to you. It right knocks you off your duck, as we say in Sheffield and probably led to the fall. The stress of these things does lead to bickering, it did with us. I was too exhausted to walk back to town with hundreds of people like my party wanted too and instead joined an enormous bus queue on my own and in a huff. Finally on the bus and upstairs I was befriended by an extremely drunk Glaswegian in kilt and Stones tee shirt, who didn’t appear to know where he was. Unedited version just for you! Eye rolling husband and son downstairs.

I am so sorry you got injured. There’s no way I collected any refreshments, once I was there I was done.

[Hidden in reply to SheffieldJane]

Ahhhhh, it must be the new thing. " Sorry Ma'am, your bag is too big." Huh?

Yes, it was definitely the stress of being hungry, row with hubby, and gruff young man enforcing a ridiculous rule without even considering the "logic" behind it! By the time I ventured into the bowels of the building, I was unnerved! But I was, after all being "A Big Shot."

I LOVE that you were befriended by a drunk Glasweigan in a kilt and RS Tee shirt! Perfect ending to a perfect night! Xxx

[Jean56 in reply to SheffieldJane]

What a wonderful expression, ‘It right knocks you off your duck!’ I’ve filed it away for future use. Actually think I’d better write it down, brain cell may not be able to retrieve when required.

[Hidden in reply to Jean56]

It was a great expression, huh? "It right knocks you off your duck!" Love it!

[CT-5012 in reply to SheffieldJane]

Did you understand a word he said? At least he didn’t give you the Glasgow kiss 😂

[Hindags]

Major win I would say. It's amazing how music can take the pain away, at least until it stops. I became a Rockin' Grandma at age 68. First Rock Concert. Joined a group of women I'd met online and we went to concerts together. At that time i have pretty bad lower back pain. But never felt it during a concert. Good Times.

Sorry for your frustration and your hurt. Glad you rescued the best of the event.

Great story.

[Hidden in reply to Hindags]

Yes! Music will cure what ails you.... if only temporarily. Good on you... Rockin Grandma, who did you go see? Yes I will have the scars on knee and elbow to remember this one.... hope to tell Max about one day! 🤣

[Hindags in reply to Hidden]

Bon Jovi, David Cook, Springsteen, Crash Kings. Started accidentally watching American Idol in 2008, the year David Cook won. 😜. Started looking on line for kindred spirits. Found them. Some still friends though we don’t go the concerts much anymore.

[Hidden in reply to Hindags]

Very cool. I'm happy you got to experience a rock concert.... there's nothing lie that energy!!!!

[Hidden]

Oh, Melissa, Melissa, Melissa!...

What a truly awful thing to happen! I’m sure you’ll be stiff & aching today/tomorrow but maybe indistinguishable from your PMR

Thank God you didn’t injure your face or head, then you’d have got carried away by the Medics!

Relax, Relax, Relax this week & just take it easy!

Hope you feel better soon 💐

Angela xx

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Ha! Already stiff and very sore.... soaking in a tub of Epsom salt as I write this! (Too much information?) 🤣 I did thank God it wasn't my face and that it was the bad knee! I mean, not for nothin.... the knee is already screwed! I have plans to do nothing for several days... maybe put on some Billy Joel music and reminisce.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Glad your relaxing 🛀 it’ll do you good, l prescribe a full week of indulgence, warm baths & Billy Joel! 💐

Get Well Soon xxx

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Cheers Mrs Nails!!!! Cheers. Hey are you all moved in? Settled? Happy?

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Hi Melissa

We’re settled in the Rental House & it was great to just drive 15mins to meet up with Martin & Emma for a Fathers Day Lunch.

But as to ‘The House’ the top of the chain wont agree on a Completion Date or agree a date with the Builder so everyone is in Limbo!

Darling Husband is a Man who NEEDS a Portfolio! He needs structure & feels the summer will be passing us by & he can’t get started on the house.

Baby will be here soon (due 3rd July) we’re going to see the Estate Agents tomorrow as he’s so restless! That’s Terry not The Baby! 😂

I’m fine, l feel it’s what’s meant to be & it’ll work out in the end!

Speak Soon

Love Angela xxx

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Oh, well I am happy you are feeling settled. Hmmm, sorry about the "top of the chain," wanker! I hope that sorts itself out SOON!

And a new baby!!!! Woooooo Hooooo!

[teesher]

I enjoyed this rant, it made me smile, especially 'The F bomb may have been uttered' - surely not? That young man was lucky not to be introduced to your Chanel Pirate Red Lipstick in a very particular way, after his behaviour. You enjoyed the concert, even though you were in pain in so many ways. That's all that matters. Thanks for the laughter.

[Hidden in reply to teesher]

I'm happy you laughed/smiled!!!!! That makes me so happy!!!! And YES, that young man could have easily been introduced the the wrong end of my, Chanel Pirate Red Lipstick!!!!!

You are most welcome... thank you for reading!!!! : )

[Jean56]

I hate jobsworths, no common sense, too full of their own importance. It makes me so bad tempered. Rest, listen to the music. Husband fell Saturday on a ceramic tiled floor, of course it was his new replacement knee that took the impact. Thankfully with arnica and the cold compress he seems ok. Have a quiet week. Use of arnica too late but cold compress will help.

[Hidden in reply to Jean56]

Wow! Bummer. I hope your husband is okay!!!! Scary, huh?

Yup, I have lots of Arnica.... thanks!

[Jean56 in reply to Hidden]

Yes, thank you. It was extremely painful and very scary. He’d seen consultant a few days before and had been discharged so we thought here we go again. Fingers crossed he seems to be ok.

[Hidden in reply to Jean56]

Fingers crossed.

[Pipalina]

Well you just never know the minute do you? However, I hope you are pretty much unscathed other than some bloody scratches, a sore & stiff knee and a bruised ego.

I think the gruff young man at the bag search set off a chain of events that could not be halted...let's say he irked you good and proper!

I truly hope you will soon be in recovery mode but have to say that you are a little lightweight compared to my recent incident on my first grown-up outing since last December.

Six stitches and a Saturday night in A&E after catching my heel on a high bar stool resulting in me hurtling through the air at high speed onto a concrete floor - how rock-n-roll was that!?!?! Even PMRpro was impressed!

It was as you say - you know it is going to happen but you just can't do anything about it - it all seems to happen in slow motion yet in a split second.

All the best to you Melissa & get better very soon - Kathy x

[Hidden in reply to Pipalina]

WHAT?????? I will definitely have to find that POST!!! Are you okay???? OMG! I am a lightweight!!!! Please take care of you and REST, REST, REST....

[Pipalina in reply to Hidden]

Hello again, it happened about three weeks ago and strangely I seem to have got off quite lightly from the after effects. I thought I might have a super duper relapse or flare-up but as I was having both of those things anyway I noticed no difference.

Basically, I continued to feel rubbish to varying degrees.

My post was entitled "Night out on the Town" and it's not a good look. I'm now slightly less red, bruised and mottled! On the up side I have a line above my eyebrow which I would have had to pencil in before.

On the down side, my son questions why I (at my age) was out at 1.45am in the morning - I'll leave you to imagine my response to that...x

[Hidden in reply to Pipalina]

Oh wow!!! I missed it completely! I will go look for it!

Hahahahahaha... I have come up with several possible responses for your son. However, I would guess your actual response, was a lot less offensive!!! ; )

"...at your age," INDEED!

[Sandradsn]

So sorry to hear your evening was almost ruined,but glad you didn't miss Billy,phew!! take care and recover 😀🍫🍷🍰

[Hidden in reply to Sandradsn]

Thank you!!!! It would have taken a lot more than a tumble to make me miss Billy!!!!

[Telian]

What a jobsworth, security gone mad or what! You should have asked him for a pair of scissors to cut the bag down to size and see his face....I would have - it's worth being as stupid as they are sometimes to relieve the tension...

Pleased you enjoyed the concert and hope you can rest up now...but what next Melissa?

Terri x

[Hidden in reply to Telian]

Ohhhh, man!!!! I wish I had thought of that!!!!!

What is next??? What kind of shenanigans can I get up to next?

Hubby is going away for a week with his football cronies... When he has gone away previously, I got bored... One time I got a tattoo.... The next time I painted the master bathroom a bold, bright Canary Yellow... another time I got my belly button pierced.

Hmmmm?

[Sandradsn in reply to Hidden]

Uh oh! but did he notice when he got back?😄

[Hidden in reply to Sandradsn]

He noticed the bathroom right away, when he turned the light on! The tattoo took a day or so I think {in all fairness he did arrive in middle of night from Brazil!) and the belly button piercing took a few days.

Hmmmm, what to do, what to do.

[Telian in reply to Hidden]

Well one things for certain there will be something, I presume (or at least sincerely hope) the tattoo and belly button piercing was pre AI !!!!

Just nothing invasive now - paint a picture instead of a wall! or perhaps you should go and sit on Brighton beach and practice Yoga or Tai Chai and let the coastal breezes take away your anxieties/boredom... I'm sure we'll hear about it whatever you decide...

Take care x

[Hidden in reply to Telian]

Yes... all pre-AI. "Sit on a beach?" "Practice yoga?" Hahahahahahahahahaha!

The Ikea order just arrived... three, 3 foot long, picture ledges (Mosslanda). I'll have to hide, till Hubby leaves on Friday... Now where is that big, ol, box of framed photos?

[Telian in reply to Hidden]

Sounds like a plan to keep you busy - does it matter if he sees them before leaving or do you prefer less aggro?

I'll have to have a look at Mosslanda as I've got lots of framed photo's and paintings....

Whatever you do protect your hands, which reminds me how are your hands now?

[GOOD_GRIEF]

I just don't carry a purse to these events anymore.

scottevest.com/page/travele...

A pocket for everything, and everything in its pocket.

[Hidden in reply to GOOD_GRIEF]

Good tip GG!

[Rimmy]

Oh dear Melissa WHAT A NIGHT !!! Pleased the damage is 'recoverable' if not the 'dignity'. All of a sudden this experience of yours triggered the memories of a trip we had to Melbourne a few years ago.

We were sitting chatting for FAR too long with some old friends drinking (only) coffee when we glanced at the time and realised we were running late for our plane. Rushing to the cab laden with bags and luggage - Ruth with both hands full - tripped on a median strip near the tram lines and still clutching the bags landed face first on the bitumen. She looked rather pathetically up at me and I saw a mouthful of blood and a weird grimace from a fast swelling face and forehead. By coincidence we were outside a chemist who disinterestedly supplied us with some bandages and we continued (would you believe STILL in haste as Ruth was very determined) to get to the plane 'in time'.

Then there was the ultra necessary security demand - as Ruth looked very 'suspicious' - possibly 'on drugs' - swaying - 'take off your (knee high laced) boots' (which Ruth always wears and often anyway gets picked on in airports for avant-garde gear ) instruction - her head down almost falling over while we tried to explain she had just had an 'accident' - they didn't care although nearby police stared bemused at her battered face.

On the plane though I really started to worry that Ruth actually wasn't 'too well' as she looked very strange and wasn't conversant. I called the attendant who spoke to the pilot and then placed her next to a PALLIATIVE care nurse (passenger) who assured me she 'might live' as they placed an oxygen mask on her face. After a 3 hour flight we arrived to a waiting ambulance and off to A & E where they concluded Ruth was OK and would recover

Ruth later recounted her main concern in Emergency however. was the man in the opposite cubicle who she thought needed 'immediate assistance' as his genitals had escaped and were 'swinging around 'in full view making her feel quite 'nauseous' - so she 'altruistically' pleaded they help him 'first' which resulted in her being described as one of the 'most thoughtful patients they had ever had ' !!

So I guess the 'moral' of both our experiences - is don't 'rush' especially with full hands as landing on them is usually 'helpful' ... but if the wine is REALLY good - um ....

Take it 'easy' Melissa

Rimmy

XX

[Hidden in reply to Rimmy]

OMG.... RIMMY!!!! That was hysterical!!!! I was literally laughing out loud!

Poor Ruth!

I love the part where they seated her next to the, "PALLIATIVE care nurse," who assured you she "might live," as they placed an oxygen mask on her face!!!!

Yes... Lesson: Don't rush, especially with wine in your hands!

xxxxxx

[Pongo13]

Amusing read. Cheered me up. Woken extra early due to golf hub going off for day! I guess you will never forget the BJ night! Even if for the wrong reasons. I was cross having to hand in my cheapo water bottle at Bournemouth - but fortunately left slightly ahead of crowds which meant I managed to collect rather than abandon. Crazy rules.

[Hidden in reply to Pongo13]

Hahahahaha. Happy it cheered you up! ...and NO I will never forget seeing Billy in Manchester!!!! : O Yeah, I miss my £9.99 tote.... but boy, did I show him, huh? Sometimes only a passionate (albeit stupid) display of emotion and anger, will do.

[Chrob]

I might have a similar bag so that’s not going anywhere concerty with me . Did a lovely side step down a 4 foot drop in Skiathos 5 weeks ago thinking it was just a pavement. Bruised and then some . Hot brush broke so with the face and hair I looked like a hippy who had done a round with Ali . Nothing broken was the upside . Have a pampering week . Love Carol

[Hidden in reply to Chrob]

OH MY!!! Sounds horrific! A 4 foot drop?????

Carol versus Ali! : O

Hope you're ok now???

[Chrob in reply to Hidden]

Bit creaky, but just been to aqua so alls good .