Colleague is a MLM
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miln0039

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2,013 posts

179 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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I'm currently being driven by a colleague from a course in Crewe to another meeting in central Birmigham. The M6 is nice a clear but I fear it won't be behind us...we're just sat in the middle lane and not even close to maintaining a constant speed - anywhere between 55 and 75!!

So what do I do? Pull her up on it and risk a long walk or keep schtum?!?

LukeSi

5,780 posts

182 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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Tell her to get in lane 1 and do 70+

RoseyG21

1,596 posts

210 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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Walk while you still have use of your legs!

NISMOgtr

727 posts

212 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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Ask her if she owns the middle lane.

Papa Hotel

12,760 posts

203 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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Tough situation... I'd put my seat back and try and get some sleep. Absolves you of any blame by association and saves you the embarrassment of silently shrugging at others giving her the coffee beans.

twazzock

1,930 posts

190 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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Keep looking over your left shoulder. When she asks you what's up, tell her it's completely fking clear and to move the fk over, biatch.

StottyZr

6,860 posts

184 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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Difficult one. People don't like being corrected.




















Sucker punch her in the face yes

miln0039

Original Poster:

2,013 posts

179 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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twazzock said:
Keep looking over your left shoulder. When she asks you what's up, tell her it's completely fking clear and to move the fk over, biatch.
Haha!!! Brillaint. I have just had to explain what was so funny though....

Simbu

1,869 posts

195 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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I'd make a relatively benign comment along the lines of "you do realise the first lane is free, don't you?"

If she moves over, then hopefully she's learnt.

If you get a "so what" then give her both barrels for being an ignoramus.

miln0039

Original Poster:

2,013 posts

179 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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The sleep option sounds sensible....

miln0039

Original Poster:

2,013 posts

179 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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Latest quote "whys this guy flashing at me - what's his problem?!"

Tongue nearly bitten through...using the left shoulder technique. She's not cottoned on yet.

twazzock

1,930 posts

190 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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miln0039 said:
Latest quote "whys this guy flashing at me - what's his problem?!"

Tongue nearly bitten through...using the left shoulder technique. She's not cottoned on yet.
Keep doing it, be subtle at first then do massive turning-in-your-seat rubbernecked stares out of your window and the rear window. Do it all with an aghast look on your face, keeping utterly silent until she starts to look quite worried. When she's really nervous and panicking, asking 'what? what is it?!' say with a look of utmost horror on your face 'there's no-one in the left lane :|'

It probably won't work but it'll be a bit of a laugh.

Papa Hotel

12,760 posts

203 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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miln0039 said:
Latest quote "whys this guy flashing at me - what's his problem?!"

Tongue nearly bitten through...using the left shoulder technique. She's not cottoned on yet.
Sleeping also takes away the need to explain why people are flashing/beeping. Honestly, there is no point trying to educate her. She doesn't give a st and is comfortable in the middle lane, she want change her ways.

Farm boy

165 posts

174 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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I had this with a collegue recently.
He was just sat in L3 so I asked him why.
He thought about it (obviously for the 1st time) and said He'd pull over if anyone wanted past.
Sure enough an Alpha soon appeared and (eventually) he pulled over and sat in L2.
I looked over my left shoulder and asked
"So who are we overtaking now ?"
He was not amused and I dropped it laugh

OP- ask her who are we overtaking just to get a reply you can post up here.

irf

812 posts

246 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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miln0039 said:
Latest quote "whys this guy flashing at me - what's his problem?!"

Tongue nearly bitten through...using the left shoulder technique. She's not cottoned on yet.
surely that was your perfect opportunity to educate her politely?

i've had it with male colleagues before and i've just asked them "are you overtaking anything?". they reply with a "no" to which i reply "well move the f**k over to the left then!"

sometimes they try and say its easier to just stay in the middle lane but after i keep repeating the above they tend to give up.

hombrepaulo

1,372 posts

192 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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Just show her this thread.

MOVE THE fk OVER


Simbu

1,869 posts

195 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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miln0039 said:
Latest quote "whys this guy flashing at me - what's his problem?!"

Tongue nearly bitten through...using the left shoulder technique. She's not cottoned on yet.
The problem is that when you crack and berate her retardedness, she'll inevitably retort with "The outside lane is free, so what's the problem?"

How do you respond to this? She'll unlikely accept a "that's not the point" argument, even thuogh we know better.

twazzock

1,930 posts

190 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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Start rummaging through her glovebox, when she asks tell her you're looking for a copy of the Highway Code as you have a few things you'd like to discuss...

keemaklan

418 posts

171 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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Punch her in the tits and do her up the gary.

Then start singing 'move bh, get out of the way!

Heres the lyrics for you;

Move bh, get out the way
Get out the way bh, get out the way
Move bh, get out the way
Get out the way bh, get out the way

[Ludacris]
Oh no! the fight's out
I'ma 'bout to punch yo... lights out
Get the fk back, guard ya grill
There's somethin' wrong, we can't stay still
I've been drankin' and bustin' two
And I been thankin' of bustin' you
Upside ya motherfkin' forehead
And if your friends jump in, "ohhh gurrlll", they'll be mo' dead
Causin' confusion, disturbin tha peace
Since not into lution', we run in the streets
So bye-bye to all you groupies and gold diggers
Is there a bumper on your ass? no nigga!
I'm doin' a hundred on the highway
So if you do the speed limit, get the fk outta my way
I'm d.u.I., hardly ever caught sober
And you about to get ran the fk over



Edited by keemaklan on Friday 4th November 16:08

judas

6,203 posts

280 months

Friday 4th November 2011
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Dear oh dear, nearly a whole page an no one has yet asked the most basic of PH questions: is she hot?

wink

Seriously, tell her you heard that they're cracking down hard on MLMs and wasn't that a cop car on the bridge we just passed?