A lesson learnt for an angry old lady
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Took the Porsche out for a mini break the last couple of days - yesterday we travelled from Pocklington to Goathland (TV programme Heartbeat was set there) where we had lunch at the Mallyan Spout Hotel (spotted a blue roadster in the car park), on to Whitby, then down the coast road to Robin Hood's Bay, Scarborough and Filey.
Lovely weather so top down and just pulling into the car park at the bottom off Robin Hood's Bay when the wife discovered a Seagull incident ... the bird had unloaded on the top of my wife's head (she's blonde) and the dregs I discovered were on the back of the car ... only a disabled space left so I parked half i the bay leaving space for other cars to get round.
So there I am doing the hairdresser/cleaner job on wifey's head using wet wipes which I keep in the glove box when in comes a Kia Sorrento with an old couple in ... the lady immeadiately jumps out and gives me an earful of "Are you parking there ? - are you disabled ? cos we are and we have a blue badge".
I explain what has happened and ask for a couple of minutes to tidy the wife up before I move my car to allow them to park. So I eventually move the car and I continue with the clear up.
An American couple offer water for the final cleanup and a nice English guy comes over to see if he can help.
By this time I had a pile of used wet wipes piled up on the dash when old lady (with hubby), both with sticks, walks by and starts chastising me again, commenting that it's lucky to have a seagull poo on you and that I could have avoided the mess if I hadn't had the roof down. I sarcastically thanked her for her help and she went on her way down to the sea front.
I was just about to follow them to the car park waste bins when I had a brilliant idea before I continued my journey.
What do you think I did with the used wet wipes ?
Answers below please
Lovely weather so top down and just pulling into the car park at the bottom off Robin Hood's Bay when the wife discovered a Seagull incident ... the bird had unloaded on the top of my wife's head (she's blonde) and the dregs I discovered were on the back of the car ... only a disabled space left so I parked half i the bay leaving space for other cars to get round.
So there I am doing the hairdresser/cleaner job on wifey's head using wet wipes which I keep in the glove box when in comes a Kia Sorrento with an old couple in ... the lady immeadiately jumps out and gives me an earful of "Are you parking there ? - are you disabled ? cos we are and we have a blue badge".
I explain what has happened and ask for a couple of minutes to tidy the wife up before I move my car to allow them to park. So I eventually move the car and I continue with the clear up.
An American couple offer water for the final cleanup and a nice English guy comes over to see if he can help.
By this time I had a pile of used wet wipes piled up on the dash when old lady (with hubby), both with sticks, walks by and starts chastising me again, commenting that it's lucky to have a seagull poo on you and that I could have avoided the mess if I hadn't had the roof down. I sarcastically thanked her for her help and she went on her way down to the sea front.
I was just about to follow them to the car park waste bins when I had a brilliant idea before I continued my journey.
What do you think I did with the used wet wipes ?
Answers below please
Nik da Greek said:
Finding it unlikely the OP a) posts on here again and/or b) is truthful about the ultimate resting place of the wet wipes. But then, I was wrong about the fictitious nature of the fat Zafira owner too so what do I know?
a)
b)
the used wet wipes were carefully placed at the bottom of the windscreen on the Kia
fakenews said:
silverfoxcc said:
This sums up rat attacks alter ego old fakenews
Has a pop that he is the type of person write notes to ambulance drivers not to park there BUT appears to condone the similar action of blocking a space to ( say) an ambulance as it his divine right to attend to some bird s
t at the very instant
The Thread title sums up the OP doesnt it 'A lesson Learnt.....' =smug bd Grade 1 Fakenews aiming to achieve likewise status
What on earth did you just write? I'm guessing you're attacking me for stating that in certain situations we should, despite the 'rules', actually care and have consideration for others. If you disagree with that then you clearly have a problem.Has a pop that he is the type of person write notes to ambulance drivers not to park there BUT appears to condone the similar action of blocking a space to ( say) an ambulance as it his divine right to attend to some bird s
t at the very instantThe Thread title sums up the OP doesnt it 'A lesson Learnt.....' =smug b
d Grade 1 Fakenews aiming to achieve likewise statuslord trumpton said:
I'd say the OP should have realised the priorities, apologised to the elderly couple and moved his car. That would have been the right thing to do.
But no, OP fks them off, continues to attend to his Porsche and his wife and then potentially gives the disabled elderly couple a real headache when their car won't start. He should be ashamed of himself imo.
What a complete and utter self important individual.
I did move my car to allow them to park in the disabled space, they were waiting for less than a minute whilst I cleaned my hands, I then continued to attend to my wife (not the car as that wasn't the priority), and I didn't do anything to their car save for putting a neat pile of used wet wipes at the base of the Kia's windscreen.But no, OP f
ks them off, continues to attend to his Porsche and his wife and then potentially gives the disabled elderly couple a real headache when their car won't start. He should be ashamed of himself imo.What a complete and utter self important individual.
You obviously haven't read the thread and have made a bit of a fool of yourself with your comments based on assumed incorrect facts.
Badda said:
I'm calling bks on that as you alluded to the fact something would happen when they started the engine.
Not sure where you got that 'fact' from ... please be kind enough to quoteks on that as you alluded to the fact something would happen when they started the engine. Badda said:
there you are a grown man making a song and dance about your car as if it's your best thing ever and then you inconvenience and were rude to an elderly couplE.
I was very restrained (for me); the only 'song and dance' I made was a sarcastic "thanks for your help" as she passed me on her way to the beach. I was never rude although I admit, deep down, I wanted to be. I was more worried about the state of my wife who is also an elderly lady, probably older than the couple in the Kia.Edited by RATATTAK on Saturday 21st April 18:23
DoubleD said:
Its probably best not to say what someone did or didnt do from half a story then. Im presuming that the OP isnt lying when he said he parked where he shouldnt do and left his litter because why would you lie about that.
And that sums it up. I just thought my story would add a bit of humour to what could have been a dull weekend ... obviously I was wrong, but it's been interesting reading the responses, especially from those who immediately jump to incorrect conclusions. I wish the old lady and her driver no harm, my wife has now calmed down and had her hair done, the Porsche came out of it OK, I've enjoyed reading the responses on PH, so all is well in my life. Many thanks for listening everyone.
Monkeylegend said:
Not surprised you can only remove 50% at your age, the hand shakes must play havoc with the scalpel.
There can't be many surgeons still working at 72
No, you misunderstand, it's 50% off the price !There can't be many surgeons still working at 72
ETA
and the surgeon bit is not true
Edited by RATATTAK on Saturday 21st April 21:05
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