Advice on handling a trick situation...

**nudemetalz** · 7th April 2006, 09:40

Hi Peoples,

I have had a couple of instances lately where I go to park in the bike park in town and there’s a car parked right in the way.
Now I have asked politely for them to shift their car but one particular di1ckhead once in a Toymota Surf said to me “No, I can park where I like, you can get stuffed !!”
Now, I’m normally a cool-headed reasonable person but this made my blood boil.
I went off the deep rather nastily by responding that if he decided to continue parking there I shall rearrange his nice straight panel lines, and then him to match it.

He saw that I was not joking and therefore decided to shift his jalopy.
I got to work and was in a bad mood for the whole morning.

Later on reflection, I was quite ashamed of how I handled this despite the positive result.
He probably thinks we’re all t0ssers now.

What do you think I SHOULD have done instead of threatening violence?

NDMz.

**sAsLEX** · 7th April 2006, 09:47

Originally Posted by nudemetalz

What do you think I SHOULD have done instead of threatening violence?

hit him with a hammer, you would of got off lightly by lying about your brother All Black and how hard done by you are

**oldrider** · 7th April 2006, 09:47

He was a tosser anyway you probably haven't changed him but you sure did move him. Good on you mate.
You practiced situation ethics. Have you done a course on that?

Cheers ,John.

**Marmoot** · 7th April 2006, 09:48

Originally Posted by nudemetalz

Hi Peoples,

I have had a couple of instances lately where I go to park in the bike park in town and there’s a car parked right in the way.
Now I have asked politely for them to shift there car but one particular di1ckhead once in a Toymota Surf said to me “No, I can park where I like, you can get stuffed !!”
Now, I’m normally a cool-headed reasonable person but this made my blood boil.
I went off the deep rather nastily by responding that if he decided to continue parking there I shall rearrange his nice straight panel lines, and then him to match it.

He saw that I was not joking and therefore decided to shift his jalopy.
I got to work and was in a bad for the whole morning.

Later on reflection, I was quite ashamed of how I handled this despite the positive result.
He probably thinks we’re all t0ssers now.

What do you think I SHOULD have done instead of threatening violence?

NDMz.

You can walk off, if you want to be called calm.
Or, you can just not threaten but actually do it, but you might regret it.
Or you can do what you did.
Only those three alternatives, I guess.

Calling council will not help much normally.

**skelstar** · 7th April 2006, 09:50

Could have been calm and collected and told him that he was being unreasonable and childish.

You SHOULD apologise to him if you truely regret the stance you took in the first place.

**SimJen** · 7th April 2006, 09:53

hit him

I think you did right. He had no problem telling you to get stuffed.....that makes all car drivers look bad (as if they need it).
Good on ya

**Str8 Jacket** · 7th April 2006, 09:54

Ive had a similar thing happen to me. I had nowhere to park but right in front of their car cause it was jammed packed. I asked them nicely to move as it was a bike park but they told me to get f**ked so I just parked my bike right in front of their car so they couldn't get out. It was a brand new BMW so I had assumed that they wouldnt want to hurt their car by riding it into my bike (was my old GN). As I walked away I noted their rego incase they did do something to my bike, I went and did my shopping and came back about an hour later, they were sitting in their car but couldnt move. They hurled abuse at me but I just laughed at them and rode away.

**The_Dover** · 7th April 2006, 09:57

Shoulda parked your bike on the pavement then come back and laid a few tacks under the cunts tyres.

**limbimtimwim** · 7th April 2006, 10:07

You've already done the right thing by realising that you have made a mistake.

Both of you have just had a refresher course in "Not being a pig head".

You are Toyota Surf guy are now both better for it.

**sAsLEX** · 7th April 2006, 10:13

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

As I walked away I noted their rego incase they did do something to my bike, I went and did my shopping and came back about an hour later, they were sitting in their car but couldnt move. They hurled abuse at me but I just laughed at them and rode away.

they wanted you to move and hurled abuse at you? I would of gone and got a drink and a book and sat down and waited

**limbimtimwim** · 7th April 2006, 10:16

This reminds me a little of what happened to me last night.

One lane straight ahead. I am stopped at a red. The moment the light turns green there is a car to my left passing me. This gave me a suprise. The guy in the car thought he'd pissed me off, I think he knew he was being a bit naughty. Law says you can pass a stopped vehicle on the left, so he didn't technically do anything wrong. He had annoyed me a little with his proximity, but not much. So he tries to run away from me, in his station wagon, going up Bowen St at 80km/h (In the dead of the night, I think I have clocked up the Bowen St Speed Record, so there was no chance he could get away). So we stop at the top to turn right onto Tinakori. Light turns green, he drives away all sensible, proceeds 100m and pulls over in a dumb spot to let me pass. I think he thinks I was following him. But no sir, I was just going home.

Ha ha, he musta got a fright. Thinking I'd road-rage his arse or something.

**Ixion** · 7th April 2006, 10:17

Originally Posted by nudemetalz

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What do you think I SHOULD have done instead of threatening violence?

NDMz.

Practice it. And if he thinks we're all violent tossers so much the better. At least he'll have a bit of respect in future.

**MSTRS:Me** · 7th April 2006, 10:17

You done good. SUV drivers do not understand subtle things like "Please"

**Str8 Jacket** · 7th April 2006, 10:19

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

they wanted you to move and hurled abuse at you? I would of gone and got a drink and a book and sat down and waited

lol, well I figured that they had been waiting quite a while already any longer and they might have just tryed knocking my bike over. The funny thing was that they had a big trailor attached to the car and when I got back they had started to remove it, probably so they could manouver their car out so it would'nt have been long before they left anyway...