One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
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Blown2CV said:
as with many other places you may live, my village has a 'locals' facebook group. Recommendations requests, planning moans, lost items etc form most of the content. After seeing the millionth 'i found someone's bank card' post i took it upon myself to highlight that people shouldn't really be posting images of the card front on an effectively public internet page, and then casually handing it to a total stranger behind a bar or in a shop to 'look after', in case the cardholder happens to see the post over the next few weeks. Whilst I am sure they thought they were doing a good thing, by far the safest thing to do would be to destroy the card on their behalf, rather than leave a potentially still active card with someone who may or may not share the same good intentions. So whilst it may be reunited with the careless owner, if it is still active then it's a massive risk until then, but if it is cancelled then the whole thing was for nothing. I was subsequently lambasted by a number of people who felt I was trying to piss on someone's good deed.
I follow our local facebook group, but despite being tempted to comment on a few posts I have so far restrained myself. I find these groups tend to attract a certain sort, and if anyone dares to offer a different opinion mob rule sets in and (at best) you get shouted down.Therefore I tend to just sit back and watch a bunch of illiterates argue amongst themselves over trivial matters...
Zetec-S said:
Blown2CV said:
as with many other places you may live, my village has a 'locals' facebook group. Recommendations requests, planning moans, lost items etc form most of the content. After seeing the millionth 'i found someone's bank card' post i took it upon myself to highlight that people shouldn't really be posting images of the card front on an effectively public internet page, and then casually handing it to a total stranger behind a bar or in a shop to 'look after', in case the cardholder happens to see the post over the next few weeks. Whilst I am sure they thought they were doing a good thing, by far the safest thing to do would be to destroy the card on their behalf, rather than leave a potentially still active card with someone who may or may not share the same good intentions. So whilst it may be reunited with the careless owner, if it is still active then it's a massive risk until then, but if it is cancelled then the whole thing was for nothing. I was subsequently lambasted by a number of people who felt I was trying to piss on someone's good deed.
I follow our local facebook group, but despite being tempted to comment on a few posts I have so far restrained myself. I find these groups tend to attract a certain sort, and if anyone dares to offer a different opinion mob rule sets in and (at best) you get shouted down.Therefore I tend to just sit back and watch a bunch of illiterates argue amongst themselves over trivial matters...
I have been on the receiving end of this. I found a card and posted a message on the page board (without any photo's) telling them their card has been returned to the local branch of the bank. Just to let them know it's safe and nobody is trying to use it. Right?
WRONG!
I was citicised for making someone have to go to town and get their card back.
My total and utter lack of consideration was the worst thing I could have done.
I have only lived in the village twenty five years so I wasn't local anyway and I should move back to wherever I came from.
I suggested they shouldn't procreate, left the page and blocked everyone on it.
About a week later I was told the bank sent the card to the address of the account holder the next day with a note saying a very kind citizen handed it in and thanks to that the card holder didn't have to wait up to a week for a new one.
You're right about the certain type of user of these pages and "Admin" is as close to "God" they will ever get so leave them to their own little worlds.
Last time I looked there were at least twelve (four of those were dormant) pages for my village. All with different admin's....
"This is the original and best page for <village name here>"
"This is the page for people of <village name here> who are under 40"
"Millennial <village name here> page"
...and so on. All wasting most of the server space slagging the other pages off and being about as productive as a compost heap.
The Police car that drove the wrong way down a 1 way lane in a jam packed car park to nab a space! I had to go around the long way & was tempted to say something about "1 law for us etc" but thought better of it. Not even an emergency, the car pulling out took about 5 minutes
The taxi that jumped the queue in L2(right turn only) by driving up L1(left turn only) & nipping onto a box junction that had been left clear by a considerate driver(i.e. me!)
The daft bint that pulled into L2 from :L1 at practically 90 degrees on an MWay slip road,nearly taking the wing off my new car!
The taxi that jumped the queue in L2(right turn only) by driving up L1(left turn only) & nipping onto a box junction that had been left clear by a considerate driver(i.e. me!)
The daft bint that pulled into L2 from :L1 at practically 90 degrees on an MWay slip road,nearly taking the wing off my new car!
The woman with the blank expression that pulled out from a side road to turn right across the front of me. I was in a line of cars doing 45-50 with a decent gap in front of me, but nothing a normal person would even consider enough to pull out on. How I stopped in time I do not know.
Liquid Knight said:
Zetec-S said:
Blown2CV said:
as with many other places you may live, my village has a 'locals' facebook group. Recommendations requests, planning moans, lost items etc form most of the content. After seeing the millionth 'i found someone's bank card' post i took it upon myself to highlight that people shouldn't really be posting images of the card front on an effectively public internet page, and then casually handing it to a total stranger behind a bar or in a shop to 'look after', in case the cardholder happens to see the post over the next few weeks. Whilst I am sure they thought they were doing a good thing, by far the safest thing to do would be to destroy the card on their behalf, rather than leave a potentially still active card with someone who may or may not share the same good intentions. So whilst it may be reunited with the careless owner, if it is still active then it's a massive risk until then, but if it is cancelled then the whole thing was for nothing. I was subsequently lambasted by a number of people who felt I was trying to piss on someone's good deed.
I follow our local facebook group, but despite being tempted to comment on a few posts I have so far restrained myself. I find these groups tend to attract a certain sort, and if anyone dares to offer a different opinion mob rule sets in and (at best) you get shouted down.Therefore I tend to just sit back and watch a bunch of illiterates argue amongst themselves over trivial matters...
I have been on the receiving end of this. I found a card and posted a message on the page board (without any photo's) telling them their card has been returned to the local branch of the bank. Just to let them know it's safe and nobody is trying to use it. Right?
WRONG!
I was citicised for making someone have to go to town and get their card back.
My total and utter lack of consideration was the worst thing I could have done.
I have only lived in the village twenty five years so I wasn't local anyway and I should move back to wherever I came from.
I suggested they shouldn't procreate, left the page and blocked everyone on it.
About a week later I was told the bank sent the card to the address of the account holder the next day with a note saying a very kind citizen handed it in and thanks to that the card holder didn't have to wait up to a week for a new one.
You're right about the certain type of user of these pages and "Admin" is as close to "God" they will ever get so leave them to their own little worlds.
Last time I looked there were at least twelve (four of those were dormant) pages for my village. All with different admin's....
"This is the original and best page for <village name here>"
"This is the page for people of <village name here> who are under 40"
"Millennial <village name here> page"
...and so on. All wasting most of the server space slagging the other pages off and being about as productive as a compost heap.
Blown2CV said:
our local facebook group takes local to another level. Anyone responding to a 'recommendation request' with a business that is outside the village is generally shouted at, and then usually removed from the group. Unfortunately we live in a very small place, so half decent suppliers of most types of goods and services are generally outside of the village. However, village is best, apparently. The fact that many of the recommendations are people just tagging the business of a friend or relative rather than someone that will actually do a good job is somewhat lost on most people. Also anyone telling a joke, or trying to be humorous generally also gets told off because "people don't come here for jokes" or whatever. It's a weird setup, as there is a lot of in-fighting... far far more than you'd expect from a small place with such a 'strong community spirit'.
It would be a shame to fuel that type of community spirit!! 
Maximum knobbishness on Sunday evening...a car with badly adjusted headlights (and fog lights on, naturally) approaches from behind, I flip my mirror up and continue my merry way, until I get to the next t-junction, where I and the car in front wait to turn left. There's a bit of traffic so we have a wait. Our hero behind suddenly pulls up on my right. The traffic clears, the car in front pulls out, I pull out, just as t
t face to my right also pulls out, trying turn left in front of me.
Sadly it didn't end there..he then tail gates for a bit, drops back for a bit, tail gates again. We get to a wide straight bit and I keep over to the left assuming he'll come past, but no, he actually slowed down. We come to another t-junction, there's a gap in the traffic just big enough for me to join and I think I'll be rid of him, but no, Mr Throbber pulls straight out behind me, causing the car approaching from the right to brake hard. Eventually we come to a hill with an overtaking lane, so I dawdle behind a Volvo in front of me and Captain Bell-end finally decides to overtake. It's a shagged out looking Accord with a big boot spoiler. Sir tt-a-lot then decides he'll overtake the Volvo as well, but does it so slowly that he eventually runs out of road, so just cuts in front of the Volvo, while simultaneously braking for no apparent reason, causing the Volvo to brake as well.
Happily, Karma struck a mere 100 yards later as he took the first exit onto the A41, before realising he'd gone wrong and trying to reverse out of the slip road. Sadly for him two other cars then joined the slip road behind him...
I was tempted to do a few laps of the roundabout just to see if he tried to force them out of the way, but decided life was too short and carried on, marginally happier than I had been for the previous couple miles.
t face to my right also pulls out, trying turn left in front of me.Sadly it didn't end there..he then tail gates for a bit, drops back for a bit, tail gates again. We get to a wide straight bit and I keep over to the left assuming he'll come past, but no, he actually slowed down. We come to another t-junction, there's a gap in the traffic just big enough for me to join and I think I'll be rid of him, but no, Mr Throbber pulls straight out behind me, causing the car approaching from the right to brake hard. Eventually we come to a hill with an overtaking lane, so I dawdle behind a Volvo in front of me and Captain Bell-end finally decides to overtake. It's a shagged out looking Accord with a big boot spoiler. Sir t
t-a-lot then decides he'll overtake the Volvo as well, but does it so slowly that he eventually runs out of road, so just cuts in front of the Volvo, while simultaneously braking for no apparent reason, causing the Volvo to brake as well. Happily, Karma struck a mere 100 yards later as he took the first exit onto the A41, before realising he'd gone wrong and trying to reverse out of the slip road. Sadly for him two other cars then joined the slip road behind him...
I was tempted to do a few laps of the roundabout just to see if he tried to force them out of the way, but decided life was too short and carried on, marginally happier than I had been for the previous couple miles.
Zetec-S said:
I follow our local facebook group, but despite being tempted to comment on a few posts I have so far restrained myself. I find these groups tend to attract a certain sort, and if anyone dares to offer a different opinion mob rule sets in and (at best) you get shouted down.
Therefore I tend to just sit back and watch a bunch of illiterates argue amongst themselves over trivial matters...
Sounds like PH..... Therefore I tend to just sit back and watch a bunch of illiterates argue amongst themselves over trivial matters...
The motorcyclist who blocked me from moving into lane 1 to take the next junction after I'd deliberately stayed in lane 2 to let him out on a slip road. There was heavy traffic and I was indicating left . The clown sped up to take up position on my left. Fortunately I didn't assume he had joined the lane and held position . If I had I'd have killed him as I side swiped him. Instead I was stuck in L2 until I could safely slow and swing in behind him. Apologies to the cars in L2 that had to slow slightly because of this.
Prick in the grey VAG-box estate I was following this morning. Making sensible progress along a NSL A road when we caught up with someone dithering along at 40. Nice long empty straight comes up, VAGman decides he'll overtake at 41mph, I can only assume to try and piss me off and stop me getting past at the same time.
No idea why, I hadn't been following for long, tailgating or anything. Didn't work as I was still able to get past safely.
Oh, and extra knob points for the lame attempt at brake checking me afterwards - doesn't really work when someone leaves a sensible distance. tt.
No idea why, I hadn't been following for long, tailgating or anything. Didn't work as I was still able to get past safely.
Oh, and extra knob points for the lame attempt at brake checking me afterwards - doesn't really work when someone leaves a sensible distance. t
t.People getting on tube trains, and stopping right in front of the doors to look around for a seat. It’s not the best idea ever. I was getting on behind someone who did this a minute ago, and ended up with the straps on my rucksack getting trapped outside the doors. Fortunately it really didn’t matter, as the doors could still close tight, but it’s irritating none the less. Also, whilst we’re about it, people going through the barriers at a small station ( Camden for example ) and standing stock still about an inch in front of the barriers, whilst they dick about with their stuff, oh yeah, and the eternal pain in the arse who waits for the barriers to flap shut, after the person in front has gone through, before tapping their card down. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT. Oh, and people using their ‘device’ to pad out. fk off, it takes ages to register, just use a debit card / Oyster, it’s better:
k off, it takes ages to register, just use a debit card / Oyster, it’s better:GOATever said:
People getting on tube trains, and stopping right in front of the doors to look around for a seat.
I'm in London roughly weekly with work, usually on the tube at rush hour, on the very commuter-heavy Victoria line. The frequently with which I see people doing this in clearly standing-room-only carriages absolutely astonishes me. If people are queuing down the aisles,there probably aren't any fking seats. You get the same on trains. There's always one pleb who wants to stand right in the carriage entrance peering out on tippy-toes to see if there's an available seat rather than just walking down.
GOATever said:
People getting on tube trains, and stopping right in front of the doors to look around for a seat. It’s not the best idea ever. I was getting on behind someone who did this a minute ago, and ended up with the straps on my rucksack getting trapped outside the doors. Fortunately it really didn’t matter, as the doors could still close tight, but it’s irritating none the less. Also, whilst we’re about it, people going through the barriers at a small station ( Camden for example ) and standing stock still about an inch in front of the barriers, whilst they dick about with their stuff, oh yeah, and the eternal pain in the arse who waits for the barriers to flap shut, after the person in front has gone through, before tapping their card down. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT. Oh, and people using their ‘device’ to pad out. fk off, it takes ages to register, just use a debit card / Oyster, it’s better:
Walk into the back of them "by accident". k off, it takes ages to register, just use a debit card / Oyster, it’s better:
GOATever said:
People getting on tube trains, and stopping right in front of the doors to look around for a seat. It’s not the best idea ever. I was getting on behind someone who did this a minute ago, and ended up with the straps on my rucksack getting trapped outside the doors. Fortunately it really didn’t matter, as the doors could still close tight, but it’s irritating none the less. Also, whilst we’re about it, people going through the barriers at a small station ( Camden for example ) and standing stock still about an inch in front of the barriers, whilst they dick about with their stuff, oh yeah, and the eternal pain in the arse who waits for the barriers to flap shut, after the person in front has gone through, before tapping their card down. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT. Oh, and people using their ‘device’ to pad out. fk off, it takes ages to register, just use a debit card / Oyster, it’s better:
Not if you open the wallet app ready to tap. That takes no longer, then.k off, it takes ages to register, just use a debit card / Oyster, it’s better:Solocle said:
Not if you open the wallet app ready to tap. That takes no longer, then.
None of them did today, they all took ages to get the bloody things out and down, which wasn’t an issue, until everyone did it simultaneously, at a teenie weenie little stop, like Camden, and Covent Garden. Normally I’d have got off at Leicester Square and walked round, but there was a ‘crowding incident’ and the train didn’t stop there. It’s all part of the game, but sometimes it boils my urine, today was such a day. But to be fair, the rest of the day more than compensated for it, so that’s okay.GOATever said:
People getting on tube trains, and stopping right in front of the doors to look around for a seat. It’s not the best idea ever. I was getting on behind someone who did this a minute ago, and ended up with the straps on my rucksack getting trapped outside the doors. Fortunately it really didn’t matter, as the doors could still close tight, but it’s irritating none the less. Also, whilst we’re about it, people going through the barriers at a small station ( Camden for example ) and standing stock still about an inch in front of the barriers, whilst they dick about with their stuff, oh yeah, and the eternal pain in the arse who waits for the barriers to flap shut, after the person in front has gone through, before tapping their card down. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT. Oh, and people using their ‘device’ to pad out. fk off, it takes ages to register, just use a debit card / Oyster, it’s better:
i don't like having my wallet in my pocket when i am travelling through london on business. On my way towards the turnstile I get my phone out, unlock it, go to wallet, pre-authenticate the transaction and when i get to the turnstile just place the phone near the reader pad. It's no slower than using a contactless card and I don't have to get my wallet out of my bag. It doesn't hold anyone up. k off, it takes ages to register, just use a debit card / Oyster, it’s better:GOATever said:
People getting on tube trains, and stopping right in front of the doors to look around for a seat. It’s not the best idea ever. I was getting on behind someone who did this a minute ago, and ended up with the straps on my rucksack getting trapped outside the doors. Fortunately it really didn’t matter, as the doors could still close tight, but it’s irritating none the less.
Before I reassemble my pistol and wipe the oil from my throwing knives, could you reassure me that you were not wearing a rucksack on the Tube but were carrying it in your hand?
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