OpenReach indirectly dinged my car - thoughts?

OpenReach indirectly dinged my car - thoughts?

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Speed Badger

2,693 posts

117 months

Friday 10th May 2019
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Vaud said:
Someone should write a song about things being ironic.

And use this example to correct previous errors
I know! Barely any of that song is ironic, most of it is just unlucky, sod's law or typical.

Phil Dicky

7,162 posts

263 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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krisdelta said:
parabolica said:
KP328 said:
Just wondering, was the BT van a Transit or a Vivaro ?
hehe 10/10 for dragging that back into the PH conscious once more
laugh and one from me, well played!

@OP - no, not a leg to stand on. Fix it, move on.
And mesmile

helix402

7,861 posts

182 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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I blame the “sudden traffic light control”.

Surely the blame lies with the nasty person who made them too fast?

As mentioned the van was definitely a Vivaro:




stuartmmcfc

8,664 posts

192 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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austinsmirk said:
OverSteery said:
The school play round bullying mentality lives on.


Do we need another 4 pages of minor changes by sparkling wits to same basic joke at his expense?
I think you'll find the answer is YES. I'l start.)
hehe

EazyDuz

2,013 posts

108 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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Tricky one this.
I think the best solution would be to find the person(s) who established BT, then sue them if they are still alive, if not sue their family on the grounds that their company caused an accident due to the Butterfly Effect.
At the same time sue your other halves mother for giving birth to someone who is incapable of driving a car without damaging it.

DoubleD

22,154 posts

108 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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Phil Dicky said:
krisdelta said:
parabolica said:
KP328 said:
Just wondering, was the BT van a Transit or a Vivaro ?
hehe 10/10 for dragging that back into the PH conscious once more
laugh and one from me, well played!

@OP - no, not a leg to stand on. Fix it, move on.
And mesmile
Ive missed this van debate, any links?

legless

1,693 posts

140 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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DoubleD said:
Phil Dicky said:
krisdelta said:
parabolica said:
KP328 said:
Just wondering, was the BT van a Transit or a Vivaro ?
hehe 10/10 for dragging that back into the PH conscious once more
laugh and one from me, well played!

@OP - no, not a leg to stand on. Fix it, move on.
And mesmile
Ive missed this van debate, any links?
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

The OP deleted their original message (presumably out of shame) but it's quoted further down the thread.

Thats What She Said

1,152 posts

88 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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These people walk among us.

Pica-Pica

13,804 posts

84 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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EazyDuz said:
Tricky one this.
I think the best solution would be to find the person(s) who established BT, then sue them if they are still alive, if not sue their family on the grounds that their company caused an accident due to the Butterfly Effect.
At the same time sue your other halves mother for giving birth to someone who is incapable of driving a car without damaging it.
Better still, sue OFCOM who decided that OpenReach should be split from BT.

DoubleD

22,154 posts

108 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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legless said:
DoubleD said:
Phil Dicky said:
krisdelta said:
parabolica said:
KP328 said:
Just wondering, was the BT van a Transit or a Vivaro ?
hehe 10/10 for dragging that back into the PH conscious once more
laugh and one from me, well played!

@OP - no, not a leg to stand on. Fix it, move on.
And mesmile
Ive missed this van debate, any links?
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

The OP deleted their original message (presumably out of shame) but it's quoted further down the thread.
Cheers. Off for a read

V8LM

5,174 posts

209 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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PH poster indirectly shortened my life by 3 minutes - thoughts?

The Wookie

13,950 posts

228 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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Speed Badger said:
Vaud said:
Someone should write a song about things being ironic.

And use this example to correct previous errors
I know! Barely any of that song is ironic, most of it is just unlucky, sod's law or typical.
That’s the genius though, a song called ironic where none of the content of the song is ironic = irony.

If the contents of the song were actually ironic it would need to be called ‘unlucky’

anonymous-user

54 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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Thats What She Said said:
These people walk among us.
And drive.

HIAO

169 posts

93 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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Dear OP,

We'd like to apologise for the unfortunate indirect dinging incident, which we've filed under ding-gate.

We accept indirect liability and you should shortly receive compensation from our nominated outsourced partner, your wife.


With our best regards for the weekend.
Openreach Special Situations Customer Service Team

Exige77

6,518 posts

191 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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garyhun said:
Thats What She Said said:
These people walk among us.
And drive.
Oh dear, thought this thread was a wind up but appears not.

I guess this thread reflects today’s blame culture.

These people really do live and drive among us.

Killer2005

19,644 posts

228 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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Pica-Pica said:
EazyDuz said:
Tricky one this.
I think the best solution would be to find the person(s) who established BT, then sue them if they are still alive, if not sue their family on the grounds that their company caused an accident due to the Butterfly Effect.
At the same time sue your other halves mother for giving birth to someone who is incapable of driving a car without damaging it.
Better still, sue OFCOM who decided that OpenReach should be split from BT.
Go further and sue Alexander Graham Bell for them existing in the first place.

Miserablegit

4,021 posts

109 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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Openreach indirectly gave me rsi in both wrists- who do I sue wink

anonymous-user

54 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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Miserablegit said:
Openreach indirectly gave me rsi in both wrists- who do I sue wink
And tinnitus.

KungFuPanda

4,334 posts

170 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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OP, what would happen if this morning one of your kids wanted scrambled eggs for breakfast. You’d run out of eggs in the house and needed to nip out to the shop to get some.

Whilst parking up, you negligently hit a bollard in the car park and damaged the bumper on your car.

Would you seek to recover the cost of repairing the damage from the kid who wanted eggs?

helix402

7,861 posts

182 months

Saturday 11th May 2019
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KungFuPanda said:
OP, what would happen if this morning one of your kids wanted scrambled eggs for breakfast. You’d run out of eggs in the house and needed to nip out to the shop to get some.

Whilst parking up, you negligently hit a bollard in the car park and damaged the bumper on your car.

Would you seek to recover the cost of repairing the damage from the kid who wanted eggs?
What nonsense. It’s the bollard’s fault.

Or maybe the eggs. Or the chicken’s fault for laying the eggs. Which came first?