Witnessed retarded driving. Idiots works in same office...
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I watched a bit of a kerfuffle on the commute this morning.
At a merge, a few hundred yards ahead of me, a car was indicating to merge into a space from the closing lane. There had been a space and he'd given warning well in advance so wasn't forcing his way in but the mongtwot in the recieving lane closed the gap to inhibit the merging driver's ingress. He kept that up for a good few hundred yards. IMO the merge could've taken place without incident.
The merging driver's reaction was, while understandable, quite inexcusable, but he peeled off at the next exit.
A little later the 'tard also tried to inhibit one of my lane changes, but I guess as my car's much bigger and looks like a derelict outhouse on wheels he may have realised he'd most likely come off worst and he backed off.
So it turns out the prick works in my office as he followed me into the car park.
Should I have a 'word'?
I watched a bit of a kerfuffle on the commute this morning.
At a merge, a few hundred yards ahead of me, a car was indicating to merge into a space from the closing lane. There had been a space and he'd given warning well in advance so wasn't forcing his way in but the mongtwot in the recieving lane closed the gap to inhibit the merging driver's ingress. He kept that up for a good few hundred yards. IMO the merge could've taken place without incident.
The merging driver's reaction was, while understandable, quite inexcusable, but he peeled off at the next exit.
A little later the 'tard also tried to inhibit one of my lane changes, but I guess as my car's much bigger and looks like a derelict outhouse on wheels he may have realised he'd most likely come off worst and he backed off.
So it turns out the prick works in my office as he followed me into the car park.
Should I have a 'word'?
Yes, but not in an aggressive manner.
I'd approach this with "Everything all right? You seemed a bit distracted on the way in."
This gives him an opportunity to fess up and apologise and it makes you look like the bigger man.
If he decides to be a t
t after that, gloves off and call him a .
I'd approach this with "Everything all right? You seemed a bit distracted on the way in."
This gives him an opportunity to fess up and apologise and it makes you look like the bigger man.
If he decides to be a t
t after that, gloves off and call him a .
Next time you and him are walking down the corridor or going for a door at the same time, just shoulder barge him into the wall / door frame
He thinks he can do it on the road so why not do it to him on foot?
When he reacts badly, tell him the error of his ways and kill him.
Kill him to death.
He thinks he can do it on the road so why not do it to him on foot?
When he reacts badly, tell him the error of his ways and kill him.
Kill him to death.
At my previous place of work we had limited parking, however we normally managed to find enough room to park without inconveniencing anyone. Unfortunately, one day I had to block someone in so I left a note in reception to this effect - this was not a totally unusual circumstance. Once more spaces had been made available, I went down to move my car and found a note from the guy I'd blocked-in expressing his ire in a rather discourteous manner.
This isn't a clever thing to do at work. His note was threatening (which in itself I thought rather ill-conceived given that I was further up the food chain than him in terms of position in the company and my being "powerfully built" an' all), and although the car I was driving at the time was a st-box (a temporary car I'd bought to offset my first Caterham purchase), it *might* have been a customer car - or even a car belonging to the public (we shared car parks with a famous "attraction" who happened to be our customer too).
Point is, I had to involve his boss and he was given a verbal lashing for it. If he'd stopped and thought a bit, it would have been resolved in seconds and with no inconvenience to anyone.
In the OP though, the event happened on the public highway. That said, I drive fast and overtake where possible but I concede that there's a fair chance I will encounter someone I work with, or even a customer, so I'm careful to be courteous and to not appear dangerous (although "fast" = "dangerous" in some people's eyes).
In your situation, I might have a quiet word and see where that leads you but I would first find out where he sat in your company food chain and moderate my approach accordingly.
This isn't a clever thing to do at work. His note was threatening (which in itself I thought rather ill-conceived given that I was further up the food chain than him in terms of position in the company and my being "powerfully built" an' all), and although the car I was driving at the time was a s
t-box (a temporary car I'd bought to offset my first Caterham purchase), it *might* have been a customer car - or even a car belonging to the public (we shared car parks with a famous "attraction" who happened to be our customer too).Point is, I had to involve his boss and he was given a verbal lashing for it. If he'd stopped and thought a bit, it would have been resolved in seconds and with no inconvenience to anyone.
In the OP though, the event happened on the public highway. That said, I drive fast and overtake where possible but I concede that there's a fair chance I will encounter someone I work with, or even a customer, so I'm careful to be courteous and to not appear dangerous (although "fast" = "dangerous" in some people's eyes).
In your situation, I might have a quiet word and see where that leads you but I would first find out where he sat in your company food chain and moderate my approach accordingly.
UncleRic said:
Next time you and him are walking down the corridor or going for a door at the same time, just shoulder barge him into the wall / door frame
He thinks he can do it on the road so why not do it to him on foot?
When he reacts badly, tell him the error of his ways and kill him.
Kill him to death.
Haha that make me think of the TV advert which suggests that people wouldn't behave so rude whilst out walking but feel the need to in a car. He thinks he can do it on the road so why not do it to him on foot?
When he reacts badly, tell him the error of his ways and kill him.
Kill him to death.
To be honest I take the view that life is too short to be lecturing people about driving standards and let them get on with it. One day he will turn up with either a broken car or broken nose and that will be the day he pushed someone too far.
dave
UncleRic said:
Next time you and him are walking down the corridor or going for a door at the same time, just shoulder barge him into the wall / door frame
I like the idea, but even though I'm 'sturdily built', I pale into insignificance against him. He's got to be 30 stone if he's an ounce!bicycleshorts said:
Go up to his desk then zip your fly up and down repeatedly while mumbling "look at the way the zipper merges" with just the right amount of drool overspilling from your mouth.
He'll get the point.
Thanks, and a great suggetion, but given the nature of my position here and the fact that he's one of the receptionists so those antics would be on full view of everyone entering/leaving the building I'll give that one a miss.He'll get the point.
(I also wouldn't want the responsibility of all those witnesses either turning to stone and/or laughing themselves to death!)
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