One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
Discussion
Brilad said:
A couple of years ago I was hit by an unexpectedly massive tax bill. Just about managed to pay it and then about 3 months after I got another demand for a further £7,000 or something.
Phoning the HMRC was interesting: they denied all knowledge that I owed them anything after multiple calls. No-one could tell me how or why the computer had decided to post me a letter!
They need to go back to pen and paper.
I`ve had a statement today from HMRC for some monies owed, knew I owed it & they had the necessary paperwork from me sometime in July!!Phoning the HMRC was interesting: they denied all knowledge that I owed them anything after multiple calls. No-one could tell me how or why the computer had decided to post me a letter!
They need to go back to pen and paper.
No payment slip so I can pay it now & have already transferred the sum to my Current account to do this.
It says on the statement that it will be added to my next payment schedule for Jan 2017 & I can pay it then.
Knobs.
Jim AK said:
Tankrizzo said:
Almost as good as when the Severn Bridge had the coin bins and I watched a woman in an X5 throw a handful of change at the bin....and miss it with every single coin. Had to get out of her car and scrabble around in the wet picking them all up. I was laughing too much to be angry.
Did similar with a LHD years ago at Dartford. Very embarrassing .......
Hackney said:
The Greenflag driver, on the M25 / A10 roundabout here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6836539,-0.04814...
As I moved to the left to take the "new" lane over the M25 he swerved in front of me.
No real bother, I'll go in the middle lane and join the shorter queue.
Except he swerved back into the middle lane.
It's OK all three lanes go down the A10 and I have several routes to get to work from the A10, so now I'm sat next to him at the lights here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6830841,-0.04810...
When I see him leaning out of the window giving me the coffee beans gesture, for "overtaking on the inside"
If you're going to drive like a w
ker can I advise you not to do it in a van advertising the company you work for with a phone number prominently displayed on all four sides of said van. Hopefully your boss has a word with you about how you conduct yourself on company time, you knob.
I saw something very similar on the A1 this evening.The Green Flag driver was tailgating a car, then when he couldn't bully his way past, undertook and cut back inside.He did this three times in all.Stupid knob!https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6836539,-0.04814...
As I moved to the left to take the "new" lane over the M25 he swerved in front of me.
No real bother, I'll go in the middle lane and join the shorter queue.
Except he swerved back into the middle lane.
It's OK all three lanes go down the A10 and I have several routes to get to work from the A10, so now I'm sat next to him at the lights here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6830841,-0.04810...
When I see him leaning out of the window giving me the coffee beans gesture, for "overtaking on the inside"
If you're going to drive like a w
ker can I advise you not to do it in a van advertising the company you work for with a phone number prominently displayed on all four sides of said van. Hopefully your boss has a word with you about how you conduct yourself on company time, you knob.Trabi601 said:
Great one tonight.
Woman with 2 kids ignored all the signs on the approach to the Severn Bridge and ended up in the TAG lane, despite not having a tag.
This resulted in a queue building up behind her as it took about 5 minutes for a member of staff to meander over from the toll office to the booth (which is in the far right lane!).
I don't know which part of the bright green LED 'TAG ONLY' sign she struggled with!
Isn't the knob the Severn Bridge.Woman with 2 kids ignored all the signs on the approach to the Severn Bridge and ended up in the TAG lane, despite not having a tag.
This resulted in a queue building up behind her as it took about 5 minutes for a member of staff to meander over from the toll office to the booth (which is in the far right lane!).
I don't know which part of the bright green LED 'TAG ONLY' sign she struggled with!
If there were the facilities to pay in the every lane including the TAG lane you wouldn't have had to wait five minutes.
TimmyMallett said:
Bloke in black BMW coupe at IKEA roundabout in Bristol this weekend.
I know you thought you were cool by booting it when that car got out of your way and to show your displeasure you floored it half way round the roundabout, but everyone else who was sat in the queue next to you thought you were Tiff Needell when the back end let go and you spun round to face the other way and narrowly miss the back end of 2 cars and a kerb. And me, sat in traffic with my 2 kids in the car. The kids asked what you were trying to do (six and four) and I had to honestly say I didn't know but I think you should put that TC fuse back in.
Yet another reason why I would never want a BMW & would be embarrassed to be seen in one. I even turned them down when they were options on a company car list as was convinced that friends colleagues & clients would write me off as a flash berk, and no I'm not talking about ugly boggo basic Series 1's or sales reps. Series 3 diesels. I know you thought you were cool by booting it when that car got out of your way and to show your displeasure you floored it half way round the roundabout, but everyone else who was sat in the queue next to you thought you were Tiff Needell when the back end let go and you spun round to face the other way and narrowly miss the back end of 2 cars and a kerb. And me, sat in traffic with my 2 kids in the car. The kids asked what you were trying to do (six and four) and I had to honestly say I didn't know but I think you should put that TC fuse back in.
Being stuck for ages right here...
...in a queue that appeared to be going absolutely nowhere.
I resisted the temptation to get over into the bus lane, partly because I'm not a fan of breaking the rules, and partly because it wasn't safe to move over due to the speed of taxis down it.
Eventually the seven seater taxi ahead of me (you're a taxi, dude - NOT using the bus/taxi lane when you're entitled to, and there's a queue in the car lane? That makes you a knob too...
) moved left, and there was a learner driver ahead of me. So I'm thinking they must be the source of the hold-up. Stalled? Panicked? Instructor had to use the dual controls? But no.
The actual cause of the hold-up was some utter throbber in a Nissan kiddie-van thing who was waiting to turn right. Dilemma time. Between me and him is the learner. I hate people who show a lack of patience around learners so didn't want to toot lest they feel pressed into doing something they shouldn't, but eventually my patience deserted me and I leaned on the horn.
There was no response. Just as I unclipped my belt to go point out the error of his ways, someone coming the other way actually stopped to let him cross.
It's no right turn into that road, and no right turn out of it either. None of the junctions on this road permits a right turn save the one controlled by traffic lights. Just how stupid does one have to be these days to not get a driving licence?
It's all deliberate too. Just like the endless procession of utter wkers who drive through the 'ambulances only' area outside the local A&E to cut past the queues and turn right into the hospital car park despite the absolute FOREST of "No Right Turn" signs.
And morons do it regularly here to...
...because the signs aren't clear enough, and the physical obstruction doesn't give enough of a hint, and because driving a WHOLE MINUTE (according to 'directions' on Google maps, but it's not even a minute, it's less than half a mile) down to the roundabout is just way too inconvenient. Never mind the fact that the road layout was changed after several serious accidents involving vehicles turning right out of this road.
...in a queue that appeared to be going absolutely nowhere.
I resisted the temptation to get over into the bus lane, partly because I'm not a fan of breaking the rules, and partly because it wasn't safe to move over due to the speed of taxis down it.
Eventually the seven seater taxi ahead of me (you're a taxi, dude - NOT using the bus/taxi lane when you're entitled to, and there's a queue in the car lane? That makes you a knob too...
) moved left, and there was a learner driver ahead of me. So I'm thinking they must be the source of the hold-up. Stalled? Panicked? Instructor had to use the dual controls? But no. The actual cause of the hold-up was some utter throbber in a Nissan kiddie-van thing who was waiting to turn right. Dilemma time. Between me and him is the learner. I hate people who show a lack of patience around learners so didn't want to toot lest they feel pressed into doing something they shouldn't, but eventually my patience deserted me and I leaned on the horn.
There was no response. Just as I unclipped my belt to go point out the error of his ways, someone coming the other way actually stopped to let him cross.
It's no right turn into that road, and no right turn out of it either. None of the junctions on this road permits a right turn save the one controlled by traffic lights. Just how stupid does one have to be these days to not get a driving licence?
It's all deliberate too. Just like the endless procession of utter w
kers who drive through the 'ambulances only' area outside the local A&E to cut past the queues and turn right into the hospital car park despite the absolute FOREST of "No Right Turn" signs.And morons do it regularly here to...
...because the signs aren't clear enough, and the physical obstruction doesn't give enough of a hint, and because driving a WHOLE MINUTE (according to 'directions' on Google maps, but it's not even a minute, it's less than half a mile) down to the roundabout is just way too inconvenient. Never mind the fact that the road layout was changed after several serious accidents involving vehicles turning right out of this road.
Bloke in the CLS500 this morning on Chiswick Roundabout that had gone into the barriers for the Pedestrians and demolished them.
https://goo.gl/maps/vraqnJN2ox42
(This one)
Who was feverishly trying to straighten it back up by hand. Looking sheepish.
Looked like done the NS trackrod as well given by the fact the wheels were pointing in different directions. It was mid morning heavy traffic made worse of course by his inability to drive according to the road and his talent.
https://goo.gl/maps/vraqnJN2ox42
(This one)
Who was feverishly trying to straighten it back up by hand. Looking sheepish.
Looked like done the NS trackrod as well given by the fact the wheels were pointing in different directions. It was mid morning heavy traffic made worse of course by his inability to drive according to the road and his talent.
Rich_W said:
Bloke in the CLS500 this morning on Chiswick Roundabout that had gone into the barriers for the Pedestrians and demolished them.
https://goo.gl/maps/vraqnJN2ox42
(This one)
Who was feverishly trying to straighten it back up by hand. Looking sheepish.
Looked like done the NS trackrod as well given by the fact the wheels were pointing in different directions. It was mid morning heavy traffic made worse of course by his inability to drive according to the road and his talent.
Are you sure it wasn't a CLK430?https://goo.gl/maps/vraqnJN2ox42
(This one)
Who was feverishly trying to straighten it back up by hand. Looking sheepish.
Looked like done the NS trackrod as well given by the fact the wheels were pointing in different directions. It was mid morning heavy traffic made worse of course by his inability to drive according to the road and his talent.
People who block roads or pressure you into leaving your space when they see you sat in a parked car. Excuse me but I've been sat in my car 10 seconds don't assume I'm leaving RIGHT NOW. I need to let the car breathe for a bit, let the windows de-mist and regain feeling in my toes before I leave.
I was so tempted to just turn it off and go back indoors just to wind them up but for once I actually had to be somewhere on time so they got the space. Idiots.
I was so tempted to just turn it off and go back indoors just to wind them up but for once I actually had to be somewhere on time so they got the space. Idiots.
ashleyman said:
People who block roads or pressure you into leaving your space when they see you sat in a parked car. Excuse me but I've been sat in my car 10 seconds don't assume I'm leaving RIGHT NOW. I need to let the car breathe for a bit, let the windows de-mist and regain feeling in my toes before I leave.
I was so tempted to just turn it off and go back indoors just to wind them up but for once I actually had to be somewhere on time so they got the space. Idiots.
I got called a wI was so tempted to just turn it off and go back indoors just to wind them up but for once I actually had to be somewhere on time so they got the space. Idiots.
ker once, in a car park. Apparently it's the law that once you return to your car you need to get it the fk out of everyone else's way quicksharp!I'd been Christmas shopping for bulky stuff when the kids were younger, and instead of dragging huge boxes round the rest of the shopping centre all day, I'd taken them to the car. Then someone spotted me loading and waited, blocking the aisle. I failed to notice them specifically waiting for MY space, so apparently that made me a w
ker when I simply locked up and walked back to the shops.Real knobs? The idiots in car parks who block the route through to DOZENS OF EMPTY SPACES because they are waiting for someone to leave a space near the entrance. So despite there being rows of unoccupied spaces further in, none of the cars who are now queuing back out onto the road can get to them. Bonus knob points if the occupants of the car they're waiting to leave are parents of babies/young children, or particularly doddery pensioners. Because you know that these groups can take an absolute age to get moving even after they've taken the time that they need to get kids strapped in or to fold their creaky old bones into the car. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is still stuck behind you, and all those unoccupied spaces remain tantalisingly out of reach...
Grrrr!
The person who parked his BMW outside my place last night on double yellow lines making it difficult for me to get into my drive and virtually impossible for SWMBO who would be arriving shortly. I went into the next-door pub to ask whose car it was and the guy stood up. I said that my OH wouldn't be able to get into the drive and asked if he could move his car to the car park behind the pub. He apologised and said he didn't realise that it was causing a problem. I told him that was the reason there were double yellows there. He said that they had a baby with them and didn't want to take her out in the cold too much!
So it's OK to break the law and inconvenience others just so you could take your new baby into the PUB??!!
Knob!
So it's OK to break the law and inconvenience others just so you could take your new baby into the PUB??!!
Knob!
Or, typical entitled new parent.
See: people (women) with pushchairs who use them as a threat of an ankle battering if you don't get out of their way, while they walk 3 abreast on the footway. Or who leave them across the whole footway while they natter to the other full time mummy they're talking to. Or who expect everyone else to put up with their screaming little turd while they natter to someone in a restaurant/on a plane/train/bus.
New parents are just about the most selfish, pompous, pretentious fks on the planet, and think that everything should revolve around them and their spawn. Conversations, photos, political decisions, fking "World's greatest daddy" mugs etc. All utter cocks.
Doubly so if they call their kid Olly, Toby, Charlie, or Fenella.
They'll be divorced and one half will be a failed weekend parent within 5 years.
No problem with kids. Big problem with other people's kid's parents.
See: people (women) with pushchairs who use them as a threat of an ankle battering if you don't get out of their way, while they walk 3 abreast on the footway. Or who leave them across the whole footway while they natter to the other full time mummy they're talking to. Or who expect everyone else to put up with their screaming little turd while they natter to someone in a restaurant/on a plane/train/bus.
New parents are just about the most selfish, pompous, pretentious f
ks on the planet, and think that everything should revolve around them and their spawn. Conversations, photos, political decisions, fking "World's greatest daddy" mugs etc. All utter cocks.Doubly so if they call their kid Olly, Toby, Charlie, or Fenella.
They'll be divorced and one half will be a failed weekend parent within 5 years.
No problem with kids. Big problem with other people's kid's parents.
Not exactly hard to drop your wife/partner and child off first then and park the car afterwards.
But, that would mean 'effort'.
[sarcasm]Much better to try it and see if anyone you deliberately inconvenience, just sucks it up quietly, or actually bothers to complain. AND You can always ask them if they think they are the police, to deflect attention. [/sarcasm]
But, that would mean 'effort'.
[sarcasm]Much better to try it and see if anyone you deliberately inconvenience, just sucks it up quietly, or actually bothers to complain. AND You can always ask them if they think they are the police, to deflect attention. [/sarcasm]
The tt with the old Landcruiser who thinks that parking spaces dont apply to him, so leaves his car parked fully on the pavement or on the grass areas in front of the houses. The communal parking has recently been extended and this prick still abandons his vehicle wherever the hell he wants.
t with the old Landcruiser who thinks that parking spaces dont apply to him, so leaves his car parked fully on the pavement or on the grass areas in front of the houses. The communal parking has recently been extended and this prick still abandons his vehicle wherever the hell he wants.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff