Just had an unfortunate tete-a-tete with a very unhappy Australian man who accused me of 'cutting him up' in the carpark (which is empty as most carparks are at 7am). I apologised profusely for causing him any inconvinience. He then proceeded to insult my driving on the public highway ("You drive like a plonker on the streets, mate"), to which I asked him to clarify what he meant by this, did I drive too fast, recklessly etc? He again reiterated his "plonker" comment and said he was going to report me to reception.
I gave him my full name & extension number, and held up my security badge so he could verify these details, and again requested that he clarify what he meant by reference of my "[driving] like a plonker on the streets". He refused to quantify this latter statement and began to exit the car park through the security door. I asked him if he could provide his full name for my records, to which he seemed not to hear (the empty car park being quite loud at 7am, it is easy for background noise and conversation to be drowned out in vicinities of less than 3m) and left the vicinity thereafter.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:54 am
by Molzie
yep, them australians...
next time you run into a disgruntled aussie, call him/her a 'flame'n tnuc' (that's their national code for friendship)
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:00 am
by finji
wub wrote:Just had an unfortunate tete-a-tete with a very unhappy Australian man who accused me of 'cutting him up' in the carpark (which is empty as most carparks are at 7am). I apologised profusely for causing him any inconvinience. He then proceeded to insult my driving on the public highway ("You drive like a plonker on the streets, mate"), to which I asked him to clarify what he meant by this, did I drive too fast, recklessly etc? He again reiterated his "plonker" comment and said he was going to report me to reception.
I gave him my full name & extension number, and held up my security badge so he could verify these details, and again requested that he clarify what he meant by reference of my "[driving] like a plonker on the streets". He refused to quantify this latter statement and began to exit the car park through the security door. I asked him if he could provide his full name for my records, to which he seemed not to hear (the empty car park being quite loud at 7am, it is easy for background noise and conversation to be drowned out in vicinities of less than 3m) and left the vicinity thereafter.
was it this man?
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:05 am
by wub
finji wrote:
wub wrote:Just had an unfortunate tete-a-tete with a very unhappy Australian man who accused me of 'cutting him up' in the carpark (which is empty as most carparks are at 7am). I apologised profusely for causing him any inconvinience. He then proceeded to insult my driving on the public highway ("You drive like a plonker on the streets, mate"), to which I asked him to clarify what he meant by this, did I drive too fast, recklessly etc? He again reiterated his "plonker" comment and said he was going to report me to reception.
I gave him my full name & extension number, and held up my security badge so he could verify these details, and again requested that he clarify what he meant by reference of my "[driving] like a plonker on the streets". He refused to quantify this latter statement and began to exit the car park through the security door. I asked him if he could provide his full name for my records, to which he seemed not to hear (the empty car park being quite loud at 7am, it is easy for background noise and conversation to be drowned out in vicinities of less than 3m) and left the vicinity thereafter.
was it this man?
No that's not him. Plus he was very careful to not use bad language towards me, which is a very respectful trait IMO.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:46 am
by Electric_Head
dubfordessert wrote:
Liam92 wrote:
dubfordessert wrote:men harassing me in the street making me feel like crying or like i did something wrong for wearing SHORTS on a HOT DAY
Where do you live? Saudi Arabia?
lol no i live in north london.
i don't like even minor things like "hey sexy" because minor things (a) add up, (b) happen in a context of bigger things and (c) can turn into bigger things, like the dude who said hello to me so i said hi back and he spent the next minute or so literally *yelling* obscene shit about my body as i walked off down the street, or they try and grab you as you walk past to get you to talk to them, or they drive past in their stupid vans making nasty gestures, or they lick their lips at you, or whatever.
something happens nearly every day at this point, PISSED OFF doesn't even cover it, i get worried about even leaving the house and i don't like going out without my headphones because i will hear people's creepy comments. it's a bit different atm as none of it necessarily comes up to the worst stuff that has happened (e.g. people in cars asking how much and driving after you calling you a fucking slag / groping / shouting "suck my cock!" / being followed) but something that bad could always happen and also i'm literally just sick to death of it. been loads of articles about it recently e.g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ ... ing-matter
Harsh, fucking O² thieves.
Re: The things that pissed you off today ™ thread
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:54 am
by Liam92
Wtf 6500 words at school, age 13?! I'm in my 2nd year of a nursing degree and my longest so far has been 3500 words!
