[WillowTheWhisp]

It's just as easy to say "excuse me" as it is to say "oi oi" and far nicer for the person on the other end. It really bugs me when some people act as if others are beneath them because they are "serving" either as shop assistants or waiters or something. I remember a scene in "Half a Sixpence" where Kip didn't know what knife and fork to use for each course and one bloke ridiculed him for not being a gentleman and someone else commented that there was only one person there who wasn't a gentleman and it wasn't Kip.

Many years ago I went out with a posh guy (His Dad had bought him an island for his birthday so you get the idea!) but he did the snapping of fingers and "oi!" bit to summon a waitress and that put me right off him.