Last Tango in Cambridge

Last Night away in Cambridge... YIPPEE !!!
(That's Cambridge England as opposed to Cambridge Massachusetts)

OK anyone who lives in, or likes Cambridge England should look away...... Now !

Just for the record I want it clearly noted that I really; really; really totally Loath Cambridge, a LOT!

I am afraid the place has got to me and just the actual thought of the place seems to makes me feel depressed. I know I've posted about it before but I am truly disheartened.

OK, some of my distain might just be down to the fact that I'm away from home, missing RB and friends... [Oh and its Thursday Night! I'm up here and the 'Posse' are all out doing Beer and Curry without me, B'stards!!! I hope they all choke on their Porky Scratching and suffer in the morning from the after affects of a dodgy Vindaloo!!! Incidentally, I had a strange Tarka Dahl the other night, instead of using Lentils, they'd used real Otter! ;-)]

Cambridge... I'm desperately trying to think of a clever synonym or phrase to sum it up, but I can't, so I'll rely on a course one instead... 'The Place is just so stuck up it's own arse it's totally unbelievable'... I'll give you an example...

The Hotel I've been staying is right in the centre of Cambridge. It's just your average overpriced abode, nothing special, but not a doss. Its there to provide a service to its cliental, which I assume on the whole, during the week anyway are mostly businessmen. But this is Cambridge, so here they believe it to be perfectly reasonable for reasons unfathomable to any 'Outsider' to 'Ban' the use of Laptops or Cell Phones in the bar and restaurant... [Not to mention the fact as from next week there banning smoking to!]. 'We can however provide you with office/conference facilities if you require them!!! '

Can u imagine...

'Oh sorry Boss, I couldn't take yor call because I was having a bit of dinner and I didn't know you were having server problems tonight, obviously if I had known this before I would of booked the Hotel Conference room tonight!' - FCUK OFF !!!

Or lets take it to it's extreme...

'My dear old Granny got rushed into hosiptal last night, I found out very late in the evening because I wasn't allowed to take calls in the Bar, so I switched my mobile phone off. Shame because if I had got the called I might have had time of rush to ITC to say goodbye to her before she died'

I just can't believe it, and neither can what seems to be most of the other guests. 'We' don't care about your stupid rules, text; text; text; yatter; yatter; yatter; beep; beep; beep... rebels ;-)

In a hotel during the week, I expect to be surrounded by other like minded guests talking on their mobiles to their family back home, saying good-night to the kids, conversing with colleagues or just sitting down with their Laptops and writing a report, whilst hopefully at the same time maybe trying to relax a little by enjoying a beer or three. And it's a good thing, it breaths a little 'atmosphere' into a place, it helps you if you know your not the only sad fcuker having to work away, it's a common unity to have with your fellow guests.

Who cares whether anyone uses their mobiles or laptops anyway? I'll tell you who; not the staff, no, it's the 'Grumpy Old Men of Cambridge' that have joined someone who happens to be staying in the Hotel that night, no-one else, just the actual people of Cambridge itself.

Ring Ring... 'Ohh Turn that Off!' I hear them cry... :-/

And why do they feel the need to be so Anal about it? They believe because they're from Cambridge, they're far superior to anyone from outside... That's all it is... They haven't the faintest idea about the average guy working away from home just trying to earn a living... Its the Class System, its elitism, its ignorance... And it gets to me every time... pains me beyond belief :-(

OK so I do have an alternative theory that goes along the lines that these 'Grumpy Old Men of Cambridge' just Can't get laid!!! Ergo they're all in fact just complete Wankers! [Unfortunately though to substantiate this in any form I'd have to communicate with them, which I am presently not prepared to do!]

In Cambridge tradition takes precedent... It might well be a centre of excellence for many things, but understanding of the current 'Information Age' and its effects on the society the rest of have to live and breath, isn't one of them!

It's class dominated and it has to be so sickening to anyone with any form of social conscience.

Anyway, home tomorrow night... Yippee... :-)

Ciao Ciao
Confused from Cambridge

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