My helmet in Morrisons caused uproar
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hora said:
neelyp said:
Read the f
king full thread, it was a flip front helmet with the front flipped up, his face was totally exposed.
What bit of this are you struggling with.
Calm down. I said 'the sides' of the helmet which should flag to you that I know.king full thread, it was a flip front helmet with the front flipped up, his face was totally exposed.What bit of this are you struggling with.
Now post me a pic of a few males wearing one flipped up and say you could (under duress) accurately identify someone?
Why the anger?
I don't go to the mg section and tell them their tf is pointless on paper,but I dunno as I've never driven one and they should have bought a mx-5
Explain to me why someone with some milk and the money to pay for it needs to be identified under duress.
Also with the milk in one hand, the cash in another where exactly do you propose he was to put his helmet.
The picture of the girl wearing the flip front about 14 posts in seems quite identifiable, certainly no less identifiable than someone wearing a hat.
The reason I get pissed off is folk who rarely or never visit BB and then try to stir things up when it's been explained to them by numerous other posters what a hassle it is taking off your helmet for a splash and dash in a shop and also the workings and example pictures of a flip front flipped.
Also with the milk in one hand, the cash in another where exactly do you propose he was to put his helmet.
The picture of the girl wearing the flip front about 14 posts in seems quite identifiable, certainly no less identifiable than someone wearing a hat.
The reason I get pissed off is folk who rarely or never visit BB and then try to stir things up when it's been explained to them by numerous other posters what a hassle it is taking off your helmet for a splash and dash in a shop and also the workings and example pictures of a flip front flipped.
neelyp said:
Explain to me why someone with some milk and the money to pay for it needs to be identified under duress.
Also with the milk in one hand, the cash in another where exactly do you propose he was to put his helmet.
Really?!Also with the milk in one hand, the cash in another where exactly do you propose he was to put his helmet.
You've never used your crash helmet as a basket in a shop
moanthebairns said:
hora said:
How many times a week? Unclip, gloves in. Sheesh how do you cope away from a bike with a bag, toddler/child in tow etc? In a easily removed item.
I am going to be as polite as I can be, fk off. You don't belong here. Flip front up, I can't see an issue... Purely jobsworth and fair play to you standing your ground.
Full face regular lid I can see their issue with it, but even so I rarely take mine off. Don't think I'd walk round the supermarket with a regular lid still on my head though, no matter how small the shop was to be. When I get told to take it off in a fuel station, when I've got the cash in my hand - that annoys me greatly!
Full face regular lid I can see their issue with it, but even so I rarely take mine off. Don't think I'd walk round the supermarket with a regular lid still on my head though, no matter how small the shop was to be. When I get told to take it off in a fuel station, when I've got the cash in my hand - that annoys me greatly!
"I then said it's fine, I won't buy the milk and started to walk out the shop, and the staff wouldn't let me leave telling me I needed to remove my helmet now. I proceed to gently squeezed through their huddle around me and walked out."
They tried to keep you in the shop against your will? That is crazy.
Well done for showing constraint.
Mind you, they had you outnumbered.
They tried to keep you in the shop against your will? That is crazy.
Well done for showing constraint.
Mind you, they had you outnumbered.
hora said:
How many times a week? Unclip, gloves in. Sheesh how do you cope away from a bike with a bag, toddler/child in tow etc? Its a easily removed item.
Edit- carry on though. I just thought I'd give a different perspective from the store point of view etc.
I have young children and I can say with absolute certainty that it is much, much easier to walk around and buy a few items from a supermarket with young children in tow than it is to walk in to a supermarket with a helmet on, unfasten the strap, untangle the intercom connection, remove the helmet, remove my earplugs, put earplugs in my pocket, refasten the strap so I can use it as a handle, walk around the shop hoping I don't drop it while carrying items with my one free hand, paying for stuff, looking for earplugs in my pocket, putting earplugs back in, putting helmet on, taking helmet off again when earplug falls out while putting helmet on, picking earplug off the floor, putting earplug back in, putting helmet back on, fastening strap again, picking groceries back up off the floor as I've had to put them down to put helmet on. Edit- carry on though. I just thought I'd give a different perspective from the store point of view etc.
I trust this explains why I don't like removing my helmet, nor should I need to given that like OP I have a flip front helmet, so you can see my face.
PHlL said:
I then said it's fine, I won't buy the milk and started to walk out the shop, and the staff wouldn't let me leave telling me I needed to remove my helmet now. I proceed to gently squeezed through their huddle around me and walked out.
You may like to point out to them in writing that wearing a helmet is quite legal, regardless of any store policy they may have, which is policy not law. OTOH detaining somebody against their will where no offence has been committed is unlawful and forcefully detaining them is likely to constitute assault.
strudel said:
moanthebairns said:
hora said:
How many times a week? Unclip, gloves in. Sheesh how do you cope away from a bike with a bag, toddler/child in tow etc? In a easily removed item.
I am going to be as polite as I can be, fk off. You don't belong here. It's a much nicer place when non bikers don't appear and try and pick a fight about something they know nothing about.
And keep on and on about it even though the evidence from multiple posters totally contradicts their argument.
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