People's Attitude
Discussion
I struggle to understand what people think when they give out attitude instead of having manners, It doesn’t really get you anywhere and you tend to burn your bridges.
e.g.
Friends, you do them a favour or even lend them money and when it gets to the stage where you have to ask for your money back or help to return the favour you are bombarded with attitude for doing them a good deed. You learn who real friends are.
Driving/cyclists the attitude on the roads today is just silly, if you beep someone because they nearly caused a crash you get attitude/ fingers up in the air. I do like the videos on YouTube where they have dropped something and they instantly give out attitude until they realise the person is doing them a favour.
I was recently at Wembley and went to the McDonalds, there were 2 women in front of me about 20-25yrs old, lots of gold, 20 rings on each hand, 49 bracelets, massive hoop earrings, and proper chav looking. They got served and the server walked off but they wanted sauce and had to wait for the server to return. Que huffs and puffs, tapping their 2 inch false finger nails on the counter and the way they spoke to the server was just all wrong. Maybe this is normal in London.
e.g.
Friends, you do them a favour or even lend them money and when it gets to the stage where you have to ask for your money back or help to return the favour you are bombarded with attitude for doing them a good deed. You learn who real friends are.
Driving/cyclists the attitude on the roads today is just silly, if you beep someone because they nearly caused a crash you get attitude/ fingers up in the air. I do like the videos on YouTube where they have dropped something and they instantly give out attitude until they realise the person is doing them a favour.
I was recently at Wembley and went to the McDonalds, there were 2 women in front of me about 20-25yrs old, lots of gold, 20 rings on each hand, 49 bracelets, massive hoop earrings, and proper chav looking. They got served and the server walked off but they wanted sauce and had to wait for the server to return. Que huffs and puffs, tapping their 2 inch false finger nails on the counter and the way they spoke to the server was just all wrong. Maybe this is normal in London.
PAULJ5555 said:
I struggle to understand what people think when they give out attitude instead of having manners, It doesn’t really get you anywhere and you tend to burn your bridges.
e.g.
Friends, you do them a favour or even lend them money and when it gets to the stage where you have to ask for your money back or help to return the favour you are bombarded with attitude for doing them a good deed. You learn who real friends are.
Driving/cyclists the attitude on the roads today is just silly, if you beep someone because they nearly caused a crash you get attitude/ fingers up in the air. I do like the videos on YouTube where they have dropped something and they instantly give out attitude until they realise the person is doing them a favour.
I was recently at Wembley and went to the McDonalds, there were 2 women in front of me about 20-25yrs old, lots of gold, 20 rings on each hand, 49 bracelets, massive hoop earrings, and proper chav looking. They got served and the server walked off but they wanted sauce and had to wait for the server to return. Que huffs and puffs, tapping their 2 inch false finger nails on the counter and the way they spoke to the server was just all wrong. Maybe this is normal in London.
Point 1e.g.
Friends, you do them a favour or even lend them money and when it gets to the stage where you have to ask for your money back or help to return the favour you are bombarded with attitude for doing them a good deed. You learn who real friends are.
Driving/cyclists the attitude on the roads today is just silly, if you beep someone because they nearly caused a crash you get attitude/ fingers up in the air. I do like the videos on YouTube where they have dropped something and they instantly give out attitude until they realise the person is doing them a favour.
I was recently at Wembley and went to the McDonalds, there were 2 women in front of me about 20-25yrs old, lots of gold, 20 rings on each hand, 49 bracelets, massive hoop earrings, and proper chav looking. They got served and the server walked off but they wanted sauce and had to wait for the server to return. Que huffs and puffs, tapping their 2 inch false finger nails on the counter and the way they spoke to the server was just all wrong. Maybe this is normal in London.
Not really friends
Point 2
Inncorect use of horn
Point 3
I'm guessing for to accurately count the bracelets they were there a while, and you were paying them quite a lot of attention.
PositronicRay said:
Point 1
Not really friends
Point 2
Inncorect use of horn
Point 3
I'm guessing for to accurately count the bracelets they were there a while, and you were paying them quite a lot of attention.
1 YepNot really friends
Point 2
Inncorect use of horn
Point 3
I'm guessing for to accurately count the bracelets they were there a while, and you were paying them quite a lot of attention.
2 Rules of the road, not the highwaycode, like flashing your lights to let people out.
3 I was stood behind them, you could not notice. Not my type.
PAULJ5555 said:
2 Rules of the road, not the highwaycode, like flashing your lights to let people out.
No its not the "rules of the road"It's being aggressive. Whether the other driver has made a genuine mistake or is a genuine belled, hooting at them achieves precisely nothing other than possibly further escalating the situation.
boyse7en said:
PAULJ5555 said:
2 Rules of the road, not the highwaycode, like flashing your lights to let people out.
No its not the "rules of the road"It's being aggressive. Whether the other driver has made a genuine mistake or is a genuine belled, hooting at them achieves precisely nothing other than possibly further escalating the situation.
Few years ago I was driving my motorhome through rural Wales and on the approach to a left hand bend which I could then see was uphill there after for me. I could see through the hedges a lone cyclist coming down the hill at some speed. Maybe 40mph.
It was clear we were going to meet on the bend so I gave a 1/2 to 1 second warning on the horn about 50 yards before the bend.
He did not slow much if any, I could see he was never going to make the corner without taking the apex which brings him onto my side of the road so I stopped, just before the entry to the corner and half a second later he appears from behind the bushes knee down on the wrong side and shouts "f*ck off" at me as he whizzed past... (my window was down)
WTF is wrong with people I don't know, but looking back I wish I had just done like most other motorists and just carried on my way and let him splat on the front of my 5.5 tonne motorhome.
I was trying to help the guy, and actually went out of my way to do so. In fact, probably saved him a long stay in hospital.
But no, its all my fault because I had the audacity to bib my horn. FFS.
(cool story bro etc)
It was clear we were going to meet on the bend so I gave a 1/2 to 1 second warning on the horn about 50 yards before the bend.
He did not slow much if any, I could see he was never going to make the corner without taking the apex which brings him onto my side of the road so I stopped, just before the entry to the corner and half a second later he appears from behind the bushes knee down on the wrong side and shouts "f*ck off" at me as he whizzed past... (my window was down)
WTF is wrong with people I don't know, but looking back I wish I had just done like most other motorists and just carried on my way and let him splat on the front of my 5.5 tonne motorhome.
I was trying to help the guy, and actually went out of my way to do so. In fact, probably saved him a long stay in hospital.
But no, its all my fault because I had the audacity to bib my horn. FFS.
(cool story bro etc)
PAULJ5555 said:
boyse7en said:
PAULJ5555 said:
2 Rules of the road, not the highwaycode, like flashing your lights to let people out.
No its not the "rules of the road"It's being aggressive. Whether the other driver has made a genuine mistake or is a genuine belled, hooting at them achieves precisely nothing other than possibly further escalating the situation.
PositronicRay said:
PAULJ5555 said:
boyse7en said:
PAULJ5555 said:
2 Rules of the road, not the highwaycode, like flashing your lights to let people out.
No its not the "rules of the road"It's being aggressive. Whether the other driver has made a genuine mistake or is a genuine belled, hooting at them achieves precisely nothing other than possibly further escalating the situation.
Well I got the finger from a taxi driver today. He had positioned himself about a foot over both he give way and centre line to pull out from a junction purposefully blocking those waiting to turn in, ie. forcing his way out. I was behind him.
Mum with kids in her MPV was not letting him push out and swung into the junction over the front of his car forcing him to move back.
He didn't see me behind until I had my hand on the horn and he had rolled back about 3 foot until he was literally an inch or so off my front.
Cue, finger to me and him almost losing control and he floored it out of the junction one hand on the wheel.
Anyway, that aside. Attitude changes a lot as you mature as can been seen in many of the posters on here.
Mum with kids in her MPV was not letting him push out and swung into the junction over the front of his car forcing him to move back.
He didn't see me behind until I had my hand on the horn and he had rolled back about 3 foot until he was literally an inch or so off my front.
Cue, finger to me and him almost losing control and he floored it out of the junction one hand on the wheel.
Anyway, that aside. Attitude changes a lot as you mature as can been seen in many of the posters on here.
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
Yep, people are getting worse that’s for sure. Being rude and bolshy seems to be the order of the day for some people. Sad.
It’s bad enough if people do get rude and bolshy, but when it’s for no apparent reason, why?Yesterday, I was driving along Drummond Rd. Bermondsey, a side road that has vehicles parked both sides, 24/7.
A car was coming toward me, and seeing a gap on the left, I gave a quick headlight flash, and moved into the gap.
As the other car approached, I expected possibly a quick light flash, or a raised hand in thanks to be forthcoming, but no, the other driver looked at me, and raised his hand, palm inward, and flipped me the finger, mouthing something at the same time.
My immediate thought was, ‘What was all that about?’
I still have no idea.
PAULJ5555 said:
Friends, you do them a favour or even lend them money and when it gets to the stage where you have to ask for your money back or help to return the favour you are bombarded with attitude for doing them a good deed. You learn who real friends are.
Friend and I were chatting today about the Euromillions. 10-12 years ago the list of people I would have helped out financially (ie more than £1M) had I been in the position to would have been 6 or 7. Now that number is nearer 2-3! All of those that have left the list (and tbf never knew they were on it 
) have done so precisely because whilst I helped them out, often at cost of time or money, they never reciprocated when I could have done with a hand. I'm sure I'm not alone in that.
In fact the older I get I notice my actual list of friends is shrinking. Maybe its me!
Maybe I just trust others to do the right thing too much...
S1KRR said:
Friend and I were chatting today about the Euromillions. 10-12 years ago the list of people I would have helped out financially (ie more than £1M) had I been in the position to would have been 6 or 7. Now that number is nearer 2-3! All of those that have left the list (and tbf never knew they were on it ) have done so precisely because whilst I helped them out, often at cost of time or money, they never reciprocated when I could have done with a hand.
I'm sure I'm not alone in that.
In fact the older I get I notice my actual list of friends is shrinking. Maybe its me!
Maybe I just trust others to do the right thing too much...
I'd be amazed if a lot don't think the same, I know I do. ) have done so precisely because whilst I helped them out, often at cost of time or money, they never reciprocated when I could have done with a hand. I'm sure I'm not alone in that.
In fact the older I get I notice my actual list of friends is shrinking. Maybe its me!
Maybe I just trust others to do the right thing too much...
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