People who enjoy others misfortune.
Discussion
Triumph Man said:
It was probably the only Rover with a K series in the world that did not have HGF though! (Well in the time we had it, which was for 3 years as dad's company car, guessing that's what killed it off!)
If it was a 416 would it be Honda engine?I had a 416Gti and 416SE and both were lovely Honda engine and gearbox jobbies. Jolly nice motors all round in their day.
I worked for British Gas in the 80s and 90s when the government forced privatisation on the company at an impossible rate leading to all sort of s
t happening to customers. Anyway, at the time the Chief Exec, Cedric Brown was given a largish pay rise. The media went mental and this gave rise to the generally over used 'Fat Cat' term. After a lot of pressure he resigned. Normally I'd say it was well justified but in this case it wasn't. He'd risen from the bottom of the company right through to the very top, a stunning achievement. Even when he was at the top he was hugely underpaid given comparable jobs in any other industry. The company couldn't match the industry standard but needed to give him something in the hope he didn't leave. How ironic.
At the time the company had an American CEO and he wrote an article in The Standard shortly afterwards saying that in the USA people would look up to people like Cedric Brown and aim to emulate his achievements. In the UK people simply looked to drag high achieving and thus highly paid people down through nothing more than envy and jealousy.
I had a strange conversation with a temp at work at the time who simply couldn't understand/get her thick-as-st brain around why Cedric Brown was paid more than, as an example she gave, a road sweeper or cleaner. There wasn't any point arguing with that level of intelligence but I am sure many are/were like her.
t happening to customers. Anyway, at the time the Chief Exec, Cedric Brown was given a largish pay rise. The media went mental and this gave rise to the generally over used 'Fat Cat' term. After a lot of pressure he resigned. Normally I'd say it was well justified but in this case it wasn't. He'd risen from the bottom of the company right through to the very top, a stunning achievement. Even when he was at the top he was hugely underpaid given comparable jobs in any other industry. The company couldn't match the industry standard but needed to give him something in the hope he didn't leave. How ironic.At the time the company had an American CEO and he wrote an article in The Standard shortly afterwards saying that in the USA people would look up to people like Cedric Brown and aim to emulate his achievements. In the UK people simply looked to drag high achieving and thus highly paid people down through nothing more than envy and jealousy.
I had a strange conversation with a temp at work at the time who simply couldn't understand/get her thick-as-s
t brain around why Cedric Brown was paid more than, as an example she gave, a road sweeper or cleaner. There wasn't any point arguing with that level of intelligence but I am sure many are/were like her. I used to have a neighbour like this. If you ever told him of some misfortune, either your own or someone else's, his eyes would light up and a barely disguised smirk would creep across his face.
When they fitted a speed camera almost opposite it was manna from heaven. He used to sit by the window and coo with delight every time it went off.
When they fitted a speed camera almost opposite it was manna from heaven. He used to sit by the window and coo with delight every time it went off.
The Don of Croy said:
Triumph Man said:
It was probably the only Rover with a K series in the world that did not have HGF though! (Well in the time we had it, which was for 3 years as dad's company car, guessing that's what killed it off!)
If it was a 416 would it be Honda engine?I had a 416Gti and 416SE and both were lovely Honda engine and gearbox jobbies. Jolly nice motors all round in their day.
Pork said:
I know a couple who seemingly get pleasure from even possible misfortune. If you say something might happen, they go on and on about it as if it already has. It can be minor things to life altering things, they seem to get pleasure in being pessimistic and negative when that's the last thing you need.
I told them a story recently about mutual friends, ended the story with "but they're not too fussed, they'll move on...". It turned it to a lot of "oh no, what they going to do? Oh no..." carrying over to the next time we saw them "Hows XYZ?" to which I replied "they're fine, as I said last time, they're not too fussed...." which was met with an "Oh no.....nevermind. Oh no...."
They're lovely people and I suspect they have the best of intentions but it does come across as little like they're revelling in others misfortune.
TBH they just sound like busy-bodies, always after a bit of gossip because their own lives are terminally dull.I told them a story recently about mutual friends, ended the story with "but they're not too fussed, they'll move on...". It turned it to a lot of "oh no, what they going to do? Oh no..." carrying over to the next time we saw them "Hows XYZ?" to which I replied "they're fine, as I said last time, they're not too fussed...." which was met with an "Oh no.....nevermind. Oh no...."
They're lovely people and I suspect they have the best of intentions but it does come across as little like they're revelling in others misfortune.
I remember once getting stopped by police whilst driving my old car.
Whilst they were doing the usual licence/insurance checks, a car full of young black lads drove past whilst tooting the horn and laughing.
I saw the funny side, because the police officer looked really unimpressed by them and muttered something under his breath.
Whilst they were doing the usual licence/insurance checks, a car full of young black lads drove past whilst tooting the horn and laughing.
I saw the funny side, because the police officer looked really unimpressed by them and muttered something under his breath.
My brother and I were chatting on my front lawn a few summers ago when we heard the screeching of tyres and the unmistakable sound of a car being crashed, we drove down to the bottom of the road to find a completely smashed up old fiesta that had hit the kerb on one side of the road and then hit a stone wall on the other.
On the other side of the road were 2 lads about 19 or 20 completely in shock, one lad was trying to fix his rather bent glasses, as I put the window down to ask if they were OK he twisted the arm on the glasses, put them on his face and the lens fell out shattering as it hit the floor, I was laughing so much I couldn't breathe.
We promptly left the scene.
On the other side of the road were 2 lads about 19 or 20 completely in shock, one lad was trying to fix his rather bent glasses, as I put the window down to ask if they were OK he twisted the arm on the glasses, put them on his face and the lens fell out shattering as it hit the floor, I was laughing so much I couldn't breathe.
We promptly left the scene.
H22observer said:
I remember once getting stopped by police whilst driving my old car.
Whilst they were doing the usual licence/insurance checks, a car full of young black lads drove past whilst tooting the horn and laughing.
I saw the funny side, because the police officer looked really unimpressed by them and muttered something under his breath.
This reminds me of a Surveyor who I knew who got stopped on the M5 on the way to a CPD event. This meant a lot of other Surveyors drove past him. The piss was taken.Whilst they were doing the usual licence/insurance checks, a car full of young black lads drove past whilst tooting the horn and laughing.
I saw the funny side, because the police officer looked really unimpressed by them and muttered something under his breath.
Urban Sports said:
My brother and I were chatting on my front lawn a few summers ago when we heard the screeching of tyres and the unmistakable sound of a car being crashed, we drove down to the bottom of the road to find a completely smashed up old fiesta that had hit the kerb on one side of the road and then hit a stone wall on the other.
On the other side of the road were 2 lads about 19 or 20 completely in shock, one lad was trying to fix his rather bent glasses, as I put the window down to ask if they were OK he twisted the arm on the glasses, put them on his face and the lens fell out shattering as it hit the floor, I was laughing so much I couldn't breathe.
We promptly left the scene.
On the other side of the road were 2 lads about 19 or 20 completely in shock, one lad was trying to fix his rather bent glasses, as I put the window down to ask if they were OK he twisted the arm on the glasses, put them on his face and the lens fell out shattering as it hit the floor, I was laughing so much I couldn't breathe.
We promptly left the scene.
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