Odd things your neighbours do?

[Kinky]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

if your mate lived anywhere close to me, I'd be popping round to see him

[SlimJim16v]

Kinky said:

if your mate lived anywhere close to me, I'd be popping round to see him

Next PH meeting?

[Kinky]

SlimJim16v said:

Kinky said:

if your mate lived anywhere close to me, I'd be popping round to see him

Next PH meeting?

We could do it, so we each arrive in 15 minute slots during the day

[hondafanatic]

Kinky said:

SlimJim16v said:

Kinky said:

if your mate lived anywhere close to me, I'd be popping round to see him

Next PH meeting?

We could do it, so we each arrive in 15 minute slots during the day

exactly my first thought when I read Keyser’s post

[Frank7]

PixelpeepS3 said:

Kind of reminds me of some commotion i caused when i was an electrician working on the boots contract about 15 years ago..

Got an emergency call out (2hr response) for a branch in Rayleigh, Essex. job was 'light fitting fallen from ceiling, unstable ceiling tiles, live wires exposed at head height'. Got there as quick as i could, no parking other than in a taxi rank right outside the store. Pulled up in my transit connect, put my default "engineer on emergency call out' clipboard and put it on the dash (you're picturing the midwife on call from only fools, arn't you..?) - this also had my mobile number on it, just in case.

I rush into the store, make the area safe - takes about 20 minutes. Store manager comes up to me and points out the window, "er, there's a crowd gathering round your van .."

go outside and there are 10+ cabbies, all out their cars round my van. Soon as they realise its my van they start surrounding me.

"you're not allowed to park here, its a taxi rank" - yes, i know that, i'm sorry but it was an emergency, and i started to explain the job. I got interrupted by a few of them saying its their livelihood and i am stopping them earning a living - i understand this so i try and explain that the sooner they leave me alone, the sooner i'll be gone...

then one says.."well, we'd like to see you try and leave, we've blocked you in!!" - he delivered it like it was their ace up the sleeve..

Really? you're all angry that I've parked somewhere which is stopping you earning a living. and your solution is to STOP ME FROM MOVING FROM THAT SPOT?!

i then noticed one of the taxi drivers was standing on my toes, like some kind of passive aggressive attack.. i further explained i had steel toe caps on and he should probably give up that line of protest.

Just to add, they were perfectly within their rights to have the hump with me, just their chosen form of protest was most odd.

First off, I am emphatically, stress emphatically, NOT saying you were wrong, and they were right.
From what you’ve said, you did your best under the circumstances, and we all recognise that finding a parking spot, when you’re really pushed, is not a simple thing to do.
But secondly, as an ex taxi driver, I can tell you that few things got up our noses more than finding a “Connaught”, (Connaught ranger- stranger) parked on a working rank.
A situation like Pixelpeep’s, where he’s left an explanatory note, plus phone number would be understood, and tolerated, at least by me, but just some odd mark who couldn’t find a spot, so decided, f**k it, I’ll take a chance and leave it here, is calculated to drive you over the top.
FWIW, I’m sorry that they gave you a hard time.

[anonymous-user]

Frank, were you really a cabbie? You've never mentioned.

[Johnspex]

[quote=had ham]Frank, were you really a cabbie? You've never mentioned.[/quo
AND he refused to pick up...tell you what, forget it.

[Flibble]

Johnspex said:

had ham said:

Frank, were you really a cabbie? You've never mentioned.

AND he refused to pick up...tell you what, forget it.

I wish I could.

[PositronicRay]

Flibble said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

You got it half right, the FRO, but missed a comment on his fat beak. Could do better.

Well this is the thing, private car park, doesn't belong to you and having a row seems a good idea. Some of you are permanently angry and defensive, clearly not everyone lives up to your high standard of interpersonal skills.

Words fail me.

FWIW I know the " king of the estate" type. I used to visit a relative who had one, 1st flat, ground floor with a small terrace thing from which he'd watch comings and goings.

1st time I met him, I got a very assertive, loud, "can I help you" A brief expiation as to the nature of my visit and all was sweetness an light.

Actually a useful bloke, the private car park was close to the town centre, with a walk way through to the shopping precinct. Without him chancers would fill up the spaces, and he'd confront the odd ne're-do-well damaging property. Lent me tools when I'd forgotten mine, jump leads once, along with knowing the local trades.

It took me all of 30s to make a friend, all we had to do was smile and acknowledge each others existence, hardly rocket science. Everyone's a winner.

Or in a split second you can choose to difuse or escalate a situation. He gets angry, your wife's now involved, angry and upset. Your day is spoiled and you are so incensed with the injustice that you feel the need to report him to PH. (and he's not even your neighbour)

Edited by PositronicRay on Friday 18th January 09:53

[Frank7]

had ham said:

Frank, were you really a cabbie? You've never mentioned.

No I wasn’t, I was a licenced taxi driver, I don’t expect you to
understand that, so copy flibble, and try to forget about it.

[Frank7]

Flibble said:

Johnspex said:

had ham said:

Frank, were you really a cabbie? You've never mentioned.

AND he refused to pick up...tell you what, forget it.

I wish I could.

You’re not trying hard enough, concentrate.

[anonymous-user]

Get over yourself, you were a cabbie. And you keep telling us, ad infinitum.

[hyphen]

PixelpeepS3 said:

Kind of reminds me of some commotion i caused when i was an electrician working on the boots contract about 15 years ago..

Got an emergency call out (2hr response) for a branch in Rayleigh, Essex. job was 'light fitting fallen from ceiling, unstable ceiling tiles, live wires exposed at head height'. Got there as quick as i could, no parking other than in a taxi rank right outside the store. Pulled up in my transit connect, put my default "engineer on emergency call out' clipboard and put it on the dash (you're picturing the midwife on call from only fools, arn't you..?) - this also had my mobile number on it, just in case.

I rush into the store, make the area safe - takes about 20 minutes. Store manager comes up to me and points out the window, "er, there's a crowd gathering round your van .."

go outside and there are 10+ cabbies, all out their cars round my van. Soon as they realise its my van they start surrounding me.

"you're not allowed to park here, its a taxi rank" - yes, i know that, i'm sorry but it was an emergency, and i started to explain the job. I got interrupted by a few of them saying its their livelihood and i am stopping them earning a living - i understand this so i try and explain that the sooner they leave me alone, the sooner i'll be gone...

then one says.."well, we'd like to see you try and leave, we've blocked you in!!" - he delivered it like it was their ace up the sleeve..

Really? you're all angry that I've parked somewhere which is stopping you earning a living. and your solution is to STOP ME FROM MOVING FROM THAT SPOT?!

i then noticed one of the taxi drivers was standing on my toes, like some kind of passive aggressive attack.. i further explained i had steel toe caps on and he should probably give up that line of protest.

Just to add, they were perfectly within their rights to have the hump with me, just their chosen form of protest was most odd.

Is this a windup??

Emergency call you aren't the emergency services or a doctor

It's a commercial issue, close the store, or the section and you can take your time parking.

Emergency lighting crisis at Boots

[hyphen]

PositronicRay said:

Flibble said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

You got it half right, the FRO, but missed a comment on his fat beak. Could do better.

Well this is the thing, private car park, doesn't belong to you and having a row seems a good idea. Some of you are permanently angry and defensive, clearly not everyone lives up to your high standard of interpersonal skills.

Words fail me.

FWIW I know the " king of the estate" type. I used to visit a relative who had one, 1st flat, ground floor with a small terrace thing from which he'd watch comings and goings.

1st time I met him, I got a very assertive, loud, "can I help you" A brief expiation as to the nature of my visit and all was sweetness an light.

Actually a useful bloke, the private car park was close to the town centre, with a walk way through to the shopping precinct. Without him chancers would fill up the spaces, and he'd confront the odd ne're-do-well damaging property. Lent me tools when I'd forgotten mine, jump leads once, along with knowing the local trades.

It took me all of 30s to make a friend, all we had to do was smile and acknowledge each others existence, hardly rocket science. Everyone's a winner.

Or in a split second you can choose to difuse or escalate a situation. He gets angry, your wife's now involved, angry and upset. Your day is spoiled and you are so incensed with the injustice that you feel the need to report him to PH. (and he's not even your neighbour)

Edited by PositronicRay on Friday 18th January 09:53

As said, it takes two to argue. When you see a bloke who is clearly frustrated by a situation where he lives then life is too short. Be nice to the poor sod, won't cost anything.

[Woody John]

had ham said:

Get over yourself, you were a cabbie. And you keep telling us, ad infinitum.

Why do cabbies have big egos?
They tend to be very precious about themselves.

[anonymous-user]

I have two close friends who are London Black Cab drivers - both refer to themselves as 'cabbies' and they're the least precious folk you could hope to meet. One of them lives right around the corner - perhaps that's the 'odd thing' he does!

I do know what you mean though,

[anonymous-user]

hyphen said:

PixelpeepS3 said:

Kind of reminds me of some commotion i caused when i was an electrician working on the boots contract about 15 years ago..

Got an emergency call out (2hr response) for a branch in Rayleigh, Essex. job was 'light fitting fallen from ceiling, unstable ceiling tiles, live wires exposed at head height'. Got there as quick as i could, no parking other than in a taxi rank right outside the store. Pulled up in my transit connect, put my default "engineer on emergency call out' clipboard and put it on the dash (you're picturing the midwife on call from only fools, arn't you..?) - this also had my mobile number on it, just in case.

I rush into the store, make the area safe - takes about 20 minutes. Store manager comes up to me and points out the window, "er, there's a crowd gathering round your van .."

go outside and there are 10+ cabbies, all out their cars round my van. Soon as they realise its my van they start surrounding me.

"you're not allowed to park here, its a taxi rank" - yes, i know that, i'm sorry but it was an emergency, and i started to explain the job. I got interrupted by a few of them saying its their livelihood and i am stopping them earning a living - i understand this so i try and explain that the sooner they leave me alone, the sooner i'll be gone...

then one says.."well, we'd like to see you try and leave, we've blocked you in!!" - he delivered it like it was their ace up the sleeve..

Really? you're all angry that I've parked somewhere which is stopping you earning a living. and your solution is to STOP ME FROM MOVING FROM THAT SPOT?!

i then noticed one of the taxi drivers was standing on my toes, like some kind of passive aggressive attack.. i further explained i had steel toe caps on and he should probably give up that line of protest.

Just to add, they were perfectly within their rights to have the hump with me, just their chosen form of protest was most odd.

Is this a windup??

Emergency call you aren't the emergency services or a doctor

It's a commercial issue, close the store, or the section and you can take your time parking.

Emergency lighting crisis at Boots

Boots probably paid a lot of money for that 2 hour response, so to them it was an emergency. There will be contracts set up around the response and fix times and if not met, they will be looking for another contractor next time. Salesmen will happily sell all kinds of practically unattainable call to fix times just to get a contract. We have had 1 hour call to fix times before now, which means from the time the customer rings through the fault, you have 1 hour to get to site and get the fault fixed, often on the most incongruous kit too.

[Woody John]

had ham said:

I have two close friends who are London Black Cab drivers - both refer to themselves as 'cabbies' and they're the least precious folk you could hope to meet. One of them lives right around the corner - perhaps that's the 'odd thing' he does!

I do know what you mean though,

Its the private hire ones around here more than your typical black cab drivers. They wear their little company v neck sweater like a super hero outfit. And they are so picky about their little sandwiches and coffee made to go. Right kings of the roads to boot.

[Shakermaker]

The people at the bottom of the road have two dogs who they take out for a walk twice a day, once in the morning at about 6.30am and once in the evening at about 6.30pm.

But they don't seem to yet be surprised by the fact that the dogs will bolt out of the door as soon as it is opened in the morning, and they'll chase any birds/rabbits/cats that are around. Instead of putting them on a lead until they can get round the corner to the wide open fields, they decide to just shout down the road "GET BACK HERE NOW! NOW! STOP IT! COME BACK!" and so on for about 30 seconds.

Just put them on a bloody lead you inconsiderate bds!

[Frank7]

had ham said:

Get over yourself, you were a cabbie. And you keep telling us, ad infinitum.

I’ve got nothing to get over, I used to be a taxi driver,
I no longer am, it’s that simple.
I said that you wouldn’t understand it, and you haven’t.
Carry on popping away, it makes no never mind to me,
in one ear, and out the other.