One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4

[anonymous-user]

LetsTryAgain said:

You still managed to see him...

Yes i bet you have no problem with cyclists in all black, at dusk...
It is mental, a hiz viz isn't a chore and better alive than dead is my motto.

[nonsequitur]

LetsTryAgain said:

The Spruce Goose said:

A bloke trimming his hedge on a country road, wearing a camo jacket, so blends in with hedge. fking fkwit...

You still managed to see him...

And avoided clipping him.

[Drumroll]

The Spruce Goose said:

A bloke trimming his hedge on a country road, wearing a camo jacket, so blends in with hedge. fking fkwit...

Most likely didn't even occur to him that he needed to dress in a certain way to cut his hedge.

But then again a good road user would adjust his behavior to the conditions.

So when I see hedge trimmings, I slow down because maybe round the next corner there will be a tractor trimming the hedge or somebody who may not be readily visible.

I certainly wouldn't come on a forum to vent my frustration, but what others may see as my own shortcomings.

Edited by Drumroll on Thursday 2nd July 18:13

Edited by Drumroll on Thursday 2nd July 18:14

[Centurion07]

Drumroll said:

So when I see hedge trimmings, I slow down because maybe round the next corner there will be a tractor trimming the hedge or somboy who may not be readily visible.

How does that work when he started trimming the hedge at a point around the corner away from you and is currently working his way TOWARDS you then? Or is he throwing his clippings ahead of himself as an advance warning to motorists?

[Centurion07]

mikal83 said:

Centurion07 said:

CourtAgain said:

Wow, I'll make sure I'm in my Armani suit before I ask you to drop me to Crouch End... I think most of the young black guys today would rather go with a much cheaper and reliable minicab.

Kilburn and Cricklewood are hardly like The Bronx Or do you prefer it's Camden counterpart, West Hampstead? Being a "realist" might make you lose out on a lot of fares from decent people. Not every black guy will pull a knife on you, or run from the cab after claiming to "stop to get money from the cashpoint", especially in this age of Contactless Payments, and Central Locking in the cab...

Unless you are, or have been, a cab driver I'd pipe down if I were you.

It's amazing how many people know soooo much about the cab trade having only experienced it as a customer.

Your a cabdriver, not in the SAS FFS.

Reading and comprehension fail there bud?

[Drumroll]

Centurion07 said:

Drumroll said:

So when I see hedge trimmings, I slow down because maybe round the next corner there will be a tractor trimming the hedge or somboy who may not be readily visible.

How does that work when he started trimming the hedge at a point around the corner away from you and is currently working his way TOWARDS you then? Or is he throwing his clippings ahead of himself as an advance warning to motorists?

What I said was "when I see hedge trimmings" in your scenario I wouldn't see them. Your point was?

[Centurion07]

Drumroll said:

What I said was "when I see hedge trimmings" in your scenario I wouldn't see them. Your point was?

That a scenario exists where you wouldn't know there was a guy cutting a hedge but it didn't stop you having a pop at the OP saying it was his own fault.

[mikal83]

Centurion07 said:

mikal83 said:

Centurion07 said:

CourtAgain said:

Wow, I'll make sure I'm in my Armani suit before I ask you to drop me to Crouch End... I think most of the young black guys today would rather go with a much cheaper and reliable minicab.

Kilburn and Cricklewood are hardly like The Bronx Or do you prefer it's Camden counterpart, West Hampstead? Being a "realist" might make you lose out on a lot of fares from decent people. Not every black guy will pull a knife on you, or run from the cab after claiming to "stop to get money from the cashpoint", especially in this age of Contactless Payments, and Central Locking in the cab...

Unless you are, or have been, a cab driver I'd pipe down if I were you.

It's amazing how many people know soooo much about the cab trade having only experienced it as a customer.

Your a cabdriver, not in the SAS FFS.

Reading and comprehension fail there bud?

Errrrrrrrrr no just your BS on how you vet your rides and watch out for potential trouble OH and your a psychiatrist as well....

[Drumroll]

Centurion07 said:

Drumroll said:

What I said was "when I see hedge trimmings" in your scenario I wouldn't see them. Your point was?

That a scenario exists where you wouldn't know there was a guy cutting a hedge but it didn't stop you having a pop at the OP saying it was his own fault.

And a million other scenarios exist as well.

I just don't see why the OP got het up about it. But thank you for getting annoyed on the OP's behalf.

[Centurion07]

mikal83 said:

Errrrrrrrrr no just your BS on how you vet your rides and watch out for potential trouble OH and your a psychiatrist as well....

Like I said, everyone's an expert. It has nothing to do with being in the SAS or anything else you've read into my post.

[Centurion07]

Drumroll said:

And a million other scenarios exist as well.

I just don't see why the OP got het up about it. But thank you for getting annoyed on the OP's behalf.

Congrats on qualifying for the thread title.

[Drumroll]

Centurion07 said:

Drumroll said:

And a million other scenarios exist as well.

I just don't see why the OP got het up about it. But thank you for getting annoyed on the OP's behalf.

Congrats on qualifying for the thread title.

Quite happy to let others decide which one of us it applies too.

[Centurion07]

Drumroll said:

Quite happy to let others decide which one of us it applies too.

Well only one of us decided to rip into another poster for no reason despite knowing he was in the wrong and it wasn't me...

[Muddle238]

The Spruce Goose said:

A bloke trimming his hedge on a country road, wearing a camo jacket, so blends in with hedge. fking fkwit...

I agree with this actually. If you're going to work on a hedge while standing in a road, a bit of self preservation goes a long way. There are plenty of PH driving gods around who can use their x-Ray vision to see round bends, but for every one PH God, there's a hundred Karen's in their podgy hatchback crossovers staring in to oblivion. Wearing camo isn't the smartest attire for standing in a road.

[mikal83]

Centurion07 said:

mikal83 said:

Errrrrrrrrr no just your BS on how you vet your rides and watch out for potential trouble OH and your a psychiatrist as well....

Like I said, everyone's an expert. It has nothing to do with being in the SAS or anything else you've read into my post.

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including sizing up potential customers and destinations and the likelihood of trouble due to one or a combination of both those things."

[nonsequitur]

Muddle238 said:

The Spruce Goose said:

A bloke trimming his hedge on a country road, wearing a camo jacket, so blends in with hedge. fking fkwit...

I agree with this actually. If you're going to work on a hedge while standing in a road, a bit of self preservation goes a long way. There are plenty of PH driving gods around who can use their x-Ray vision to see round bends, but for every one PH God, there's a hundred Karen's in their podgy hatchback crossovers staring in to oblivion. Wearing camo isn't the smartest attire for standing in a road.

Also 'Country Road' could imply a narrow single lane track type highway, of which I drive on most of the time. So one should be proceeding with caution, well below the NSL, which outside of the villages they all are, hedge trimmer or no hedge trimmer.

[Frank7]

CourtAgain said:

Wow, I'll make sure I'm in my Armani suit before I ask you to drop me to Crouch End... I think most of the young black guys today would rather go with a much cheaper and reliable minicab.

Kilburn and Cricklewood are hardly like The Bronx Or do you prefer it's Camden counterpart, West Hampstead? Being a "realist" might make you lose out on a lot of fares from decent people. Not every black guy will pull a knife on you, or run from the cab after claiming to "stop to get money from the cashpoint", especially in this age of Contactless Payments, and Central Locking in the cab...

For starters, I really dislike any bad feelings with fellow posters, and I hate it when a thread drifts that way, maybe it’s my inability to get across the way that I saw things when I was out there.
It wouldn’t have mattered if a prospective fare wore an Armani suit, or Lee jeans, being an undesirable “job” is an attitude that shines out like a beacon to a Black Cab driver, much in the way that being Council is a state of mind, whether you live in Mandela House, or Belgravia.
If young black guys prefer a cheaper minicab, then that’s their prerogative, and if my being a realist lost me some fares, then so be it.
In all the years that I drove a Black Cab, only twice did I get bilked for the fare, that tends to make you fine tune your street smart radar.
Sure, having spent time both in the South Bronx, and Spanish Harlem NYC, Kilburn and Cricklewood were like a walk in the park, but I still felt vaguely uneasy there after dark, I’d take jobs there, but I’d turn the TAXI light off when I was empty.
It’s just a “feeling” you get for a place, you’d have to do the job to understand it.

[Centurion07]

Frank7 said:

It’s just a “feeling” you get for a place, you’d have to do the job to understand it.

No, apparently having ridden in a taxi one time is enough to make you qualified to speak on every aspect of the job.

[HM-2]

Just saw someone driving rather erratically at a roundabout. No indication, all over the road. Turns out they were eating a Pot Noodle whilst driving.

[juice]

HM-2 said:

Just saw someone driving rather erratically at a roundabout. No indication, all over the road. Turns out they were eating a Pot Noodle whilst driving.

What flavour ?