No good deed goes unpunished
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When I was a youth I was a manager at Burger King (oh yes) and one evening a lad I was working with got a call to say his dad had been in an accident (he died unfortunately).
The lad didn't drive and lived about 10 miles away, he would get buses or whatnot to get to work.
I said to get in my car and proceeded to drive him home to his mum.
As we got to where he lived I had to drive over a pavement and in my very low car at the time it took a bit of time, I had to cross a lane of traffic to do so. As I was completing the manoeuvre someone came along the road and beeped at me for being in their way.
Lad jumped out and was gone, I went off again and saw the person who beeped at me going the same way I was so (in my youthful exuberance) went after them. On a section of dual carriageway I got next to them, I didn't really know why but I have them the old 'death stare', yeah that'll teach em.
As I looked back forward, the silver mondeo in the inside lane had pulled in front of me, I hit the brakes, no ABS and gracefully slid into their near side rear bumper as I had yanked the wheel left to try and miss them.
They pirouetted right, I slid left, they mounted the central reservation, my bonnet came up and smashed the screen as I came to a halt.
Police came, I was breathalysed, car got written off and I got a b
king for not making it back to work by the site manager.
Ho hum. Just looked at the pictures, October 2006 that happened, I can remember it like it was yesterday!
The lad didn't drive and lived about 10 miles away, he would get buses or whatnot to get to work.
I said to get in my car and proceeded to drive him home to his mum.
As we got to where he lived I had to drive over a pavement and in my very low car at the time it took a bit of time, I had to cross a lane of traffic to do so. As I was completing the manoeuvre someone came along the road and beeped at me for being in their way.
Lad jumped out and was gone, I went off again and saw the person who beeped at me going the same way I was so (in my youthful exuberance) went after them. On a section of dual carriageway I got next to them, I didn't really know why but I have them the old 'death stare', yeah that'll teach em.
As I looked back forward, the silver mondeo in the inside lane had pulled in front of me, I hit the brakes, no ABS and gracefully slid into their near side rear bumper as I had yanked the wheel left to try and miss them.
They pirouetted right, I slid left, they mounted the central reservation, my bonnet came up and smashed the screen as I came to a halt.
Police came, I was breathalysed, car got written off and I got a b
king for not making it back to work by the site manager.Ho hum. Just looked at the pictures, October 2006 that happened, I can remember it like it was yesterday!
Few yars ago I was passing over a single lane hump back bridge near my mums house. Local method is to approach real slow with a couple of blasts on the horn. As I approach a car comes over too fast and hits me. So I get out, mildly peeved, take a few photos then back up to a layby to exchange details.
It becomes apparent the girl driving is the daughter of some of my mothers friends we used to go camping with.
Looking at my car the damage is cosmetic with a couple of bent body bars, girl is in bits apologising for her speed, she was late for a social engagement etc.
I tell her not to worry about my car, I can easily fix the damage myself but we will need to contact insurance even if no claims are made, which I promptly do.
Next thing I know a letter arrives from a bunch of ambulance chasers letting me know they will be chasing me for accident which I caused, having had a couple of friendly texts from her about her car I try to contact her, assuming a mistake. Nope she wants full payment for damage and injuries, next couple of months and it ends up 50/50 with no claim from me.
This I would have put down to experience but then my mother calls, quite upset, as the girls father has been on the phone very irate asking for my address so he can have a word about my behavior, incidentally her father is a top bloke who I've always had a lot of respect for, so I end up driving to bloody Conway to see him, showed him all the photos, he knows the bridge well, and happily he realised his daughter was clearly in the wrong. Her description of events in no way matches the photos and her claim I harassed her by phone is easily shown to be bks by production of phone.
Next time I'll just call the police about the dangerous driving.
It becomes apparent the girl driving is the daughter of some of my mothers friends we used to go camping with.
Looking at my car the damage is cosmetic with a couple of bent body bars, girl is in bits apologising for her speed, she was late for a social engagement etc.
I tell her not to worry about my car, I can easily fix the damage myself but we will need to contact insurance even if no claims are made, which I promptly do.
Next thing I know a letter arrives from a bunch of ambulance chasers letting me know they will be chasing me for accident which I caused, having had a couple of friendly texts from her about her car I try to contact her, assuming a mistake. Nope she wants full payment for damage and injuries, next couple of months and it ends up 50/50 with no claim from me.
This I would have put down to experience but then my mother calls, quite upset, as the girls father has been on the phone very irate asking for my address so he can have a word about my behavior, incidentally her father is a top bloke who I've always had a lot of respect for, so I end up driving to bloody Conway to see him, showed him all the photos, he knows the bridge well, and happily he realised his daughter was clearly in the wrong. Her description of events in no way matches the photos and her claim I harassed her by phone is easily shown to be b
ks by production of phone.Next time I'll just call the police about the dangerous driving.
stitched said:
Few yars ago I was passing over a single lane hump back bridge near my mums house. Local method is to approach real slow with a couple of blasts on the horn. As I approach a car comes over too fast and hits me. So I get out, mildly peeved, take a few photos then back up to a layby to exchange details.
It becomes apparent the girl driving is the daughter of some of my mothers friends we used to go camping with.
Looking at my car the damage is cosmetic with a couple of bent body bars, girl is in bits apologising for her speed, she was late for a social engagement etc.
I tell her not to worry about my car, I can easily fix the damage myself but we will need to contact insurance even if no claims are made, which I promptly do.
Next thing I know a letter arrives from a bunch of ambulance chasers letting me know they will be chasing me for accident which I caused, having had a couple of friendly texts from her about her car I try to contact her, assuming a mistake. Nope she wants full payment for damage and injuries, next couple of months and it ends up 50/50 with no claim from me.
This I would have put down to experience but then my mother calls, quite upset, as the girls father has been on the phone very irate asking for my address so he can have a word about my behavior, incidentally her father is a top bloke who I've always had a lot of respect for, so I end up driving to bloody Conway to see him, showed him all the photos, he knows the bridge well, and happily he realised his daughter was clearly in the wrong. Her description of events in no way matches the photos and her claim I harassed her by phone is easily shown to be bks by production of phone.
Next time I'll just call the police about the dangerous driving.
Stupid fIt becomes apparent the girl driving is the daughter of some of my mothers friends we used to go camping with.
Looking at my car the damage is cosmetic with a couple of bent body bars, girl is in bits apologising for her speed, she was late for a social engagement etc.
I tell her not to worry about my car, I can easily fix the damage myself but we will need to contact insurance even if no claims are made, which I promptly do.
Next thing I know a letter arrives from a bunch of ambulance chasers letting me know they will be chasing me for accident which I caused, having had a couple of friendly texts from her about her car I try to contact her, assuming a mistake. Nope she wants full payment for damage and injuries, next couple of months and it ends up 50/50 with no claim from me.
This I would have put down to experience but then my mother calls, quite upset, as the girls father has been on the phone very irate asking for my address so he can have a word about my behavior, incidentally her father is a top bloke who I've always had a lot of respect for, so I end up driving to bloody Conway to see him, showed him all the photos, he knows the bridge well, and happily he realised his daughter was clearly in the wrong. Her description of events in no way matches the photos and her claim I harassed her by phone is easily shown to be b
ks by production of phone.Next time I'll just call the police about the dangerous driving.
king cow. Also youre a lot more patient than I am for being able to handle that st in a civil manner. Me and a friend witnessed what appeared, at first glance, to be a bloke smacking his girlfriend about in a pub car park.
So we intervened and pulled him off her hoping that would be the end of it. Sadly, she decided that our chivalrous actions warranted a beating - which is what we received off her meathead of her boyfriend, with her joining in for good measure.
I won't be doing that again.
So we intervened and pulled him off her hoping that would be the end of it. Sadly, she decided that our chivalrous actions warranted a beating - which is what we received off her meathead of her boyfriend, with her joining in for good measure.
I won't be doing that again.
littlebasher said:
Me and a friend witnessed what appeared, at first glance, to be a bloke smacking his girlfriend about in a pub car park.
So we intervened and pulled him off her hoping that would be the end of it. Sadly, she decided that our chivalrous actions warranted a beating - which is what we received off her meathead of her boyfriend, with her joining in for good measure.
I won't be doing that again.
I wouldn't have intervened, simply because I've seen that exact situation unfold many times.So we intervened and pulled him off her hoping that would be the end of it. Sadly, she decided that our chivalrous actions warranted a beating - which is what we received off her meathead of her boyfriend, with her joining in for good measure.
I won't be doing that again.
Girl taking public beating from boyfriend. Strangers intervene to help. Girl turns into violent screaming banshee and attacks the strangers.
Absolutely standard issue with those kind of people. They will always be in violent relationships and don't like anyone interfering.
MikeGoodwin said:
stitched said:
Few yars ago I was passing over a single lane hump back bridge near my mums house. Local method is to approach real slow with a couple of blasts on the horn. As I approach a car comes over too fast and hits me. So I get out, mildly peeved, take a few photos then back up to a layby to exchange details.
It becomes apparent the girl driving is the daughter of some of my mothers friends we used to go camping with.
Looking at my car the damage is cosmetic with a couple of bent body bars, girl is in bits apologising for her speed, she was late for a social engagement etc.
I tell her not to worry about my car, I can easily fix the damage myself but we will need to contact insurance even if no claims are made, which I promptly do.
Next thing I know a letter arrives from a bunch of ambulance chasers letting me know they will be chasing me for accident which I caused, having had a couple of friendly texts from her about her car I try to contact her, assuming a mistake. Nope she wants full payment for damage and injuries, next couple of months and it ends up 50/50 with no claim from me.
This I would have put down to experience but then my mother calls, quite upset, as the girls father has been on the phone very irate asking for my address so he can have a word about my behavior, incidentally her father is a top bloke who I've always had a lot of respect for, so I end up driving to bloody Conway to see him, showed him all the photos, he knows the bridge well, and happily he realised his daughter was clearly in the wrong. Her description of events in no way matches the photos and her claim I harassed her by phone is easily shown to be bks by production of phone.
Next time I'll just call the police about the dangerous driving.
Stupid fIt becomes apparent the girl driving is the daughter of some of my mothers friends we used to go camping with.
Looking at my car the damage is cosmetic with a couple of bent body bars, girl is in bits apologising for her speed, she was late for a social engagement etc.
I tell her not to worry about my car, I can easily fix the damage myself but we will need to contact insurance even if no claims are made, which I promptly do.
Next thing I know a letter arrives from a bunch of ambulance chasers letting me know they will be chasing me for accident which I caused, having had a couple of friendly texts from her about her car I try to contact her, assuming a mistake. Nope she wants full payment for damage and injuries, next couple of months and it ends up 50/50 with no claim from me.
This I would have put down to experience but then my mother calls, quite upset, as the girls father has been on the phone very irate asking for my address so he can have a word about my behavior, incidentally her father is a top bloke who I've always had a lot of respect for, so I end up driving to bloody Conway to see him, showed him all the photos, he knows the bridge well, and happily he realised his daughter was clearly in the wrong. Her description of events in no way matches the photos and her claim I harassed her by phone is easily shown to be b
ks by production of phone.Next time I'll just call the police about the dangerous driving.
king cow. Also youre a lot more patient than I am for being able to handle that st in a civil manner. She gets out, knows she was wrong, crying and saying she was sorry she couldn't stop etc. We agree it's her fault and exchange details. I check she's ok and all that kind of thing.
A week later I get a phone call at home and it's her dad telling me that I'm totally responsible for 'almost killing' his daughter through my reckless driving as I was going 'flat out' in my 'stupid hot hatch sports car' and smashed right into her. He threatened me, shouted, told me I should pray I never see him etc.
She basically got home and lied about what happened to her dad and the insurance company.
It went 50/50 in the end.
Very angry about it at the time.
Edited by NinjaPower on Tuesday 13th December 12:14
Mine is nothing compared to those above, but just to add my experience:
Driving along, a road, see a guy waiting to pull out, I slow to a crawl and flash him, he pulls out then BAM! a little Punto has gone up by backside (of my MKII Astra GTE - Loved that car!)
Bent all my floor plan, boot lid etc basically written off!
Driving along, a road, see a guy waiting to pull out, I slow to a crawl and flash him, he pulls out then BAM! a little Punto has gone up by backside (of my MKII Astra GTE - Loved that car!)
Bent all my floor plan, boot lid etc basically written off!
sebhaque said:
Compared to our tame stories about cold paninis and a £60 fine I think you have had the worst by far.
My condolences for your loss. How are the kids coping?
The kids are doing incredibly well, the 2 year old doesn't get it, as she wouldn't, the 5 year old is amazing, some of the things she's come out with, she fully understands what's happened and really wants to "make christmas happy as that's what Mummy would have wanted".
Breaks my bloody heart.
Next door neighbours are old, wife rarely drives, husband had an operation. They phone me and want to return some wood to a DIY store. So I agree go round to take him to the store, drive him there drive him back. Probably took 50 minutes and a few quid in fuel. value of the piece of wood? About a fiver.
Rescued a stray dog at 2am, carried it down the road to the address on its tag.
Two doors from home, it launched itself from my arms and attached itself to my face with its teeth.
Spent eight hours over the following week in A&E until my face shrank to its normal size.
The kids thought it was funny...
Two doors from home, it launched itself from my arms and attached itself to my face with its teeth.
Spent eight hours over the following week in A&E until my face shrank to its normal size.
The kids thought it was funny...
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