Nasty people in ipswich

MissKitty

Blimey, where do I start!!

We had friends visiting this weekend and we decided to take them to Ipswich yesterday (Saturday) for a day out. We usually go to Bury St Edmunds so I'm not overly familiar with the place.

The first thing that nearly gave me a heart attack was the cost of the bus fare. We couldn't take our car as it's not big enough for us all to fit in (our friends came by train to see us), so we used the local bus service. Now bearing in mind we are only about 20 minutes from Ipswich, it cost us £14.60 for x 2 Adults & x 1 Child return. That price does not encourage me to use the bus again.

When we got there we were having a nice time, that was until we started walking around the town. I stopped in the high street to look behind me as I had lost my friend, this young girl probably in her early 20's just about rammed me with her child's buggy as she was so close to me. She started screaming and shouting at me that I cant stop in the street in front of her like that, I wasn't aware there was a rule in Ipswich about that one. Please also bear in mind the whole time she was busy chatting and swearing on her mobile so maybe she should of looked where she was going too. I would of apologised to her if she had given me a chance but just gave up and told her to shut up. Next thing she turned around and shouted at the top of her common voice "shut up you fat c***".

OMG, I was gob smacked to hear such foul language. Loads of people around us turned around to look. It upset me to be spoken to like this but what upset me the most was my 9 year old daughter, my friends son and all the other children in the street had to listen to such foul words.

I felt like asking her if she had looked at her backside recently, wobbling away in her shell suit, but didn't want to cause a scene in front of my daughter as I am a decent, respectable person. I felt sorry for the child in the buggy if that's what she had for a role model. She was a great candidate for the Jeremy Kyle show!!

A little while later we were waiting to cross the road, across the other side of the road was a group of young girls clearly on drugs. Their faces and bodies looked completely ravaged by drugs. We could clearly see them buying drugs from a young lad, while families were passing by. Then comes along another girl pushing a young child in a buggy completely off her face, looking to buy her next hit. I wish I had called the police, but I was too gob smacked at the time, before I knew it they were all gone. I think I've lead a sheltered life as I've never seen this before.

I came home feeling really sad that our friends saw such a horrible side to beautiful Suffolk. They had a lovely time and it didn't bother them, but it bothered me.

I apologise to all the lovely people that live in Ipswich as I know you are not all horrible, it's those few people that let a place down. I know there is people like that everywhere in this world, it makes you feel quiet sad. It's put me off Ipswich and I will never go there again unless I really have too.

fluffnutter

Anyone from Ipswich care to comment?

geri1965_2

I've never been to Ipswich, so I can't comment. However, I doubt the people there are any worse than anywhere else, it sounds as if you were unfortunate enough to be in the wrong part of it.

I once went to Oxford, for football, and got spat at by some random bloke in the street. I suspect he did not like my football top, or else was just a loon.

GrungeMeister

To be honest, if I'm in a rush I hate it when old buffers are wandering about without any sense of direction.

It's very inconsiderate.

davenport151

I have been to Ipswich on numerous occasions with no incident. To echo geri1965, the people there are no worse(or better) than anywhere else.
By the way for that price the train would have probably been comparable with the bus.

s_b

a few years ago i had to park in the biggest car park in leeds city centre and the guy in the next car was openly heating a spoon with tin foil on with a coke can in his other hand
chasing the dragon or something?
this area is allegedly full of cctv
i once walked round luton
once is enough for me

McKneff

unfortuneatly its the same all over.

I went to Blackpool under protest last Sunday, it was cold, wet, filthy, littered, louts effing and blinding, drunk as lords, spitting, etc etc and that was just the women:eek:

I will never, ever go back there in my lifetime.

thistledome

GrungeMeister wrote: »

To be honest, if I'm in a rush I hate it when old buffers are wandering about without any sense of direction.

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Old buffers (sic)? (do you mean old duffers?). The OP has a 9 yr old daughter so he/she can't be that old.

If someone in front of you stops and you crash into them, then you are too close and not anticipating the path ahead. This applies to pedestrians as well as motorists IMO. Don't blame others for your lack of foresight and/or poor spatial skills.

mynameistallulah

MissKitty wrote: »

OMG ...

Using expressions such as this I'd have expected you to fit in perfectly with the shell suit wearing brigade. Who are you, Vicky Pollard?

MissKitty

thistledome wrote: »

Old buffers (sic)? (do you mean old duffers?). The OP has a 9 yr old daughter so he/she can't be that old.

If someone in front of you stops and you crash into them, then you are too close and not anticipating the path ahead. This applies to pedestrians as well as motorists IMO. Don't blame others for your lack of foresight and/or poor spatial skills.

Your right, I'm only 38.

She was way too busy on her phone so she was at fault too. There was no need for her to talk to me like that. I would of been quiet happy to apologise for causing her an inconvenience but I couldn't get a word in with all the F words she was shouting. Social skills obviously wasn't her strong subject in school (if she went to school that is!!).

GrungeMeister

thistledome wrote: »

Old buffers (sic)? (do you mean old duffers?). The OP has a 9 yr old daughter so he/she can't be that old.

If someone in front of you stops and you crash into them, then you are too close and not anticipating the path ahead. This applies to pedestrians as well as motorists IMO. Don't blame others for your lack of foresight and/or poor spatial skills.

No, I meant buffer. Someone who's just bumbling along without a thought for anyone apart from themselves, assuming they're even thinking at all.

Not anticipating what's ahead ? It's a bleedin pavement not the fast lane of the M1. You shouldn't just STOP ... and if you do just stop without any thought for someone else then, well, you deserve a mouthful with double barrels ... it doesn't matter whether it's Ipswich or anywhere else. It's really inconsiderate.