Ben was his usual quiet self last night...
We had been told by someone at Swindon that he had copped off the other weekend. As this was contrary to what he'd told us on Friday night (he'd said he'd not been getting any for ages), I asked him about it... he said he had been escorted to his bus stop by a guy who had then left him there and gone on to a club :-( Poor Ben! He needs a good man to look after him and give him some TLC but he's too shy to find a nice man on his own...
The camp fair haired barman at the OCG is gone now -- he had been drunk last weekend and giving out free shots to people. His boyfriend is the bar manager and we felt he was pushing his relationship a bit too far. The bar man that got called in to take over from him last weekend said he had gone back to Newcastle -- pity... he was pretty to look at but not as "doable" as his boyfriend the bar manager :-P
There was as "DJ" (well a person that was fiddling with the sound system and decks) that we weren't sure what gender they were -- wearing a silvery-grey nylon dress with large black dots on it, tights and black leg-warmers -- a bit of a mess lol... I nudged the guy sitting close to me and asked him what gender he thought the DJ was and he couldn't tell either. We ended up getting into conversation with him and his mates. He had on a light grey hoodie and R and I had been thinking he was quite good-looking for a bit. Can't remember his name but do remember the name of one of his two mates. Remember Sean's name as he works in the big office building next to the big office building I work in. I'd noticed him at work before bounding up the shared stairs -- he's got a lovely arse and dreadlocks. He said to say hi to me at work and I will as he's the sort of guy that would make an interesting friend :-) They left to go to some gig at the Trinity Centre that does Indie and Alternative gigs.
We were going to get the 1am night bus but R decided he was feeling a bit drunk (we were only on our 4th pint) he persuaded me that we would get a taxi home. I went into the taxi office and asked for one to where I live (we use that taxi office as they have fixed prices for taxi rides to each area of Bristol where I live is £13). The controller said it was outside... We got into the taxi and the driver said it would be £16 I said "your price list in the taxi office says it's a fixed price of £13" he got angry and said £15 I said "we're getting out and will wait for the next taxi then" I went back into the taxi office and told the controller what had happened. The driver was standing in the doorway behind me and got a bollocking from the controller in Bengali I assume. The controller told us it would be £13 I went out (passing the driver) and we walked towards the taxi and waited. The driver eventually stormed out of the taxi office and marched into the (I assume) driver's waiting room next door. I wasn't prepared to go in again and ask for another so they lost our custom.
R got angry with me for having stood up for my rights and I had him grumbling all the walk to the bus stop for the nightbus and while waiting the 15 minutes it took for the bus to arrive. He says he'll be too embarrassed to use that taxi office again.
I feel that I was in the right as that greedy driver is spoiling the reputation of the company he works for and deserves everything that's coming to him. I'm not prepared to pay extra to someone who is effectively a thief.
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