http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/category19.asp A Selection of the latest gripes in the category of Communities and Society from The Weekly Gripe UK Webz ©2006 http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/rss.jpg http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/category19.asp I'd like to bring up the subject of travellers and indeed the travelling community as it has been on the news this week. How can people call themselves travellers when they don't actually travel anywhere? http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a1010.asp For a start, litter makes a place look horribly untidy but that’s only one of the issues that it raises. Hygiene is a big one, with rats and seagulls being attracted to discarded foodstuffs. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a961.asp It's understandable that people have a lot going on, the weekends are often crammed with stuff that needs doing. What does irk me though is leaving messages and very rarely getting a response. Is it too much to ask? http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a943.asp People who make discriminatory statements about race, religion and indeed single parents, tend to be uneducated, prejudiced and unable to cope with the notion that anyone else could be different to them. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a935.asp If there's one thing that really annoys me, it's they way that so many people frequently complain about the elderly these days. I was just on FB and a friend of a cousin had posted a comment about an old person. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a914.asp What ever happened to common courtesy in public? Something as simple as letting someone pass seems to be an alien concept to a lot of people walking down the streets these days, old and young alike. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a909.asp I recently bought an old cottage on a river served by bridleway and footpath. My property is 'land-locked' by the surrounding fields owned by the farmer and he has made access very difficult indeed. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a903.asp Has anyone else noticed that when you drop your kids off at school some of the mums are actually more childish than their children? I moved to a new area and found myself subject to what I can only call bullying... http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a898.asp I've noticed for a long while that people (particularly teenagers) just don't seem to have nay manners nowadays and they'd rather shove you out of the way than wait. It's a long time since I've heard the words 'Excuse me'. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a897.asp I have lived in my flat for about 5 years now and I love it here. It's right next to two town centres and most of of my neighbours are great - except for one smelly old racist busybody who won't mind her own business. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a881.asp