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Today i pissed off at lunchtime to go get something i'd reserved at Argos, its an Argos with its own car park. Pulled up in the car park, pretty quiet, not many cars there at that particular moment, loads of spaces to choose from so i did, no cars either side of me. As i turn the engine off my phone rings, im on the phone for about 5 minutes then as i put the phone down i feel like a jolt behind me, very faint, sort of like something really heavy falling over in the boot. I look in my rear view mirror to see the bonnet of this silver Ford Galaxy very close up. So i get out to discover she has essentially parked on my rear bumper.
Me: "Some reason you've just parked in my car is there?"
Bint then gets out and says "Well you're not in the space properly!"
Me: "All four wheels are in the space"
Bint: "Yeah but your back end is overhanging, its not easy for me to park when you do that"
Me: "Then why not park in one of the other 40 empty spaces instead if you know that?"
Bint: "Oh look theres not even any damage, theres nothing there whats your problem?"
Me: "Thats not the point is it?!?!"
Bint then sighs sarcastically and rolls eyeballs backwards: "For goodness sake do you want my insurance details?"
Me: "No i want you to get your car off of mine!"
Bint then does so and waits for me to go in the shop, completely ignoring me. I did await an apology but it never arrived. Just a scratch on the car, nothing a bit of polish wont fix but thats not the point is it? I know its a bit of a non-event but just her attitude annoyed me, if she'd just said sorry i wouldnt of minded so much.
Me: "Some reason you've just parked in my car is there?"
Bint then gets out and says "Well you're not in the space properly!"
Me: "All four wheels are in the space"
Bint: "Yeah but your back end is overhanging, its not easy for me to park when you do that"
Me: "Then why not park in one of the other 40 empty spaces instead if you know that?"
Bint: "Oh look theres not even any damage, theres nothing there whats your problem?"
Me: "Thats not the point is it?!?!"
Bint then sighs sarcastically and rolls eyeballs backwards: "For goodness sake do you want my insurance details?"
Me: "No i want you to get your car off of mine!"
Bint then does so and waits for me to go in the shop, completely ignoring me. I did await an apology but it never arrived. Just a scratch on the car, nothing a bit of polish wont fix but thats not the point is it? I know its a bit of a non-event but just her attitude annoyed me, if she'd just said sorry i wouldnt of minded so much.
martin84 said:
Bint: "Yeah but your back end is overhanging, its not easy for me to park when you do that"
No doubt she is one of these I have 2 kids but need a 7 seater people mover types and one of these people who couldn't park a mini in a air craft hanger if it was the only car in there but as soon as you park another car in there she would use it as a guide.
She's putting in her claim for whiplash as we speak.aka_kerrly said:
No doubt she is one of these I have 2 kids but need a 7 seater people mover types and one of these people who couldn't park a mini in a air craft hanger if it was the only car in there but as soon as you park another car in there she would use it as a guide.
Yes ive noticed whenever i park in an empty car park, i come back to find someones always parked beside me! Not in the 400 empty spaces but the one beside me! People who cant tell if they're straight or not unless theres a car beside them, clearly those reflective things on the side of the vehicle havent made it into these peoples driving routine.Caruso said:
To be honest you got off lightly. I would have expected a torrent of abuse from the wrongdoer.
Typical Essex mum, thick as a doorknob with plenty of 'errrrrr innit', huffing and arm flailing. I condensed her dialogue for the purposes of this thread.Urban Sports said:
What did you get from Argos?
A lamp and a kettle 
Sorry it wasnt as exciting as you were hoping.I'm not suprised your opening gambit of slightly aggressive sarcasm was not met with a polite apology, civility costs nothing.
Perhaps if you'd opened with "ooops are you ok, lets see if there is any damage?" may have led to a more jovial discourse? If she didn't immediatly apologise after that you' be bang to rights to kick her in the minge
Perhaps if you'd opened with "ooops are you ok, lets see if there is any damage?" may have led to a more jovial discourse? If she didn't immediatly apologise after that you' be bang to rights to kick her in the minge
Not just women though is it. I parked up the other day, in reverse, right between the lines, like a normal bloke does. Then some guy in a massive audi tries a 50 point turn to get his car driven in forwards into the space next to me, all the while I'm holding onto the door handle to exit the car waiting for his shambles of a parking maneuver to get over with, rev rev backwards, rev rev forwards (same position as he started) rev rev backwards and so on...... there were about 100 other free spaces.
mattnunn said:
I'm not suprised your opening gambit of slightly aggressive sarcasm was not met with a polite apology, civility costs nothing.
Perhaps if you'd opened with "ooops are you ok, lets see if there is any damage?" may have led to a more jovial discourse? If she didn't immediatly
apologise after that you' be bang to
rights to kick her in the minge
I quite agree. He should har also offered to try and polish out any damage to her car.Perhaps if you'd opened with "ooops are you ok, lets see if there is any damage?" may have led to a more jovial discourse? If she didn't immediatly
apologise after that you' be bang to
rights to kick her in the minge
She was wrong but she does have a point in so much as you do make it easier for people to reverse into you if you are over the back line. Of course if the alternative is to have the nose poking out, you make it easier for people to reverse into that instead, but what would you do if you couldn't find the one-and-a-bit spaces in a line to park in? In this case unfortunate to risk the wrong end at the wrong time IMO.
Sure, she made a mistake and then decided to get uppity instead of admitting to it, but again I'm not completely surprised if your opening line is verbatim. Again not your fault but something you could possibly control too.
I'm saying all that but at the same time I can't claim that I'd have been any more polite to her
Easier to talk from this side of the screen, but I do think a calmer and less sarky approach may (or may not) have elicited a more favourable response.
Sure, she made a mistake and then decided to get uppity instead of admitting to it, but again I'm not completely surprised if your opening line is verbatim. Again not your fault but something you could possibly control too.
I'm saying all that but at the same time I can't claim that I'd have been any more polite to her
Easier to talk from this side of the screen, but I do think a calmer and less sarky approach may (or may not) have elicited a more favourable response.soad said:
Was she not a looker then?
I'd give her an 8 out of 10 but women annoy me when they open their mouths. (No im not gay before anyone asks).mattnunn said:
I'm not suprised your opening gambit of slightly aggressive sarcasm was not met with a polite apology, civility costs nothing.
Perhaps if you'd opened with "ooops are you ok, lets see if there is any damage?" may have led to a more jovial discourse? If she didn't immediatly apologise after that you' be bang to rights to kick her in the minge
I'd describe myself as a slightly aggressive sarcastic person Perhaps if you'd opened with "ooops are you ok, lets see if there is any damage?" may have led to a more jovial discourse? If she didn't immediatly apologise after that you' be bang to rights to kick her in the minge
If anyone shouldve leapt out and asked if anyone was ok it shouldve been her! She didnt even get out of the car until she realised i was still in it.martin84 said:
Fort Jefferson said:
Why wasn't your car in the space properly? Are you a lazy parker?
Not that its relevent but i still havent got used to the back end of the 75, everything is about a foot closer to the rear than i think it is.Stupid bint!
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