Aaaah,the day from hell!

[Motu]

I can't believe how much shit I'm getting into at work this year,I'm almost at breaking point...here's what happened today...

We often get trucks and buses,not to mention the public parking on my forecourt blocking up my activities.So at 10.30 I go out to jump in a car to do a WoF road test and a Fruitco truck pulls up and blocks off 2 bays,and me getting out - so I ask the guys if they can go forward a couple of metres,but they just ignore me.Then I look in the cab and see the driver sitting there (Damion Norton for everyones information) I open the door and ask if he can move a couple of metres...''can't you drive mate? just back around us'' 'no,not really,you are blocking off my business,you have no right to park here,you aren't delivering to my premises,how about you park where you are supposed to?'

Next thing he's out of the cab and we are shouting to each other puntuated with lot's of ''you fucking dickhead'' and stuff like that.I have a stand off with the 3 of them and tell them to just FUCK OFF from my forecourt...they get in their truck,but one guy climbs down and gives me an ''evil stare''....I get out of the car and close the door,take a step forward and give him an ''evil stare'' back,thinking just try it mate,I won't do a bloody thing,but you'll go up on an assault charge.

So when they leave of course they don't go forward,they drive back and stop,just a little more confrontation eh? Finally they start to move off and I back back past the truck,it's to my right,me looking over my right shoulder as I go.BANG! bugger...I hit a customer who is pulling in,coming around behind the back of the truck.He has been waved on by other traffic,and is looking up the road,not to the right and missing me coming out from behind the truck.

So,two customer vehicles damaged by me,both are not too concerned really,it was just one of those things,but if the truck hadn't been there,and me all steamed up about it,it wouldn't of happened.One is a 1998 Civic,the right headlamp is smashed,that's all.The old Lancer I was in just has small dent in the rear skirt and a nick in the plastic bumper.Not enough for me to claim on and easy to fix really.

I rang Fruitco and made a complain about the driver,his actions and attitude,and the very reason I don't want them blocking off my forecourt is that it leads to accidents just like what happened.

Later in the afternoon my younger daughter rings me and says she has some bad news - she had an accident in her car this morning...sitting in the centre easement to turn into a service station,someone pulls out and slams into her! It was a company car,the guy accepts responsability,the car has gone for assesment,all in control...but hey,she's had an accident that's not her fault,the guy who hit her is totaly casual about it,no worries eh? ''Is the Telstar fixed,can I borrow it?'' 'No,it was going over to the panelbeater today,but he's too busy fixing the car I pranged this morning!' ''Well,can you put an illegal WoF on it for now?''....'um...come and pick it up tonight eh?'

Ah well,life can get boring sometimes eh?...or so I'm told...

[Waylander]

Damn, that kinda stuff makes you think about the places you think you are somewhat safe from idiots... but then you do work at a WoF station..

[crashe]

Shit....not a good day at all.
What did the GM of Fruitco have to say about their employers?
Hope the prattts either get a a good bollocking or the boot.
Dudes like that are total arseholes....

Hope yu are having a good night now....

[dangerous]

dudes like that are total arseholes....

hehe.. I had words with a 40 something asshole today..... I was in the left lane ahead of Mr a/h put my indercator on waited while looking in my wing mirror and noticed huge balls of black smoke pour out of his tail pipe (poked out the side) this tells me along with the fack I noticed the frount of his car raise that he planted boot........ well I have no time for these wankers and proceded to change lane, so what does he do... toots and flicks me the birdy...... what a wast of energy, anyway he then changed lane in frount of me rored past well over the speed limit swings back infrount of me and fucks of balls out.
Well for all the good it did Ifurther up the rd he was stopped at a red light.... this is were I was norty I hoped out and walked up to his window which was down..... I just stared.... cos I could tell he was shitting his pants (i kinda look a bit.... ummmm... well black slinglet, tatts, sunnies and gote you get the pic) then I said WTF IS YOUR PROBLEM...... answer...'well you pulled in frount of me' this guy was bright a trucky was hanging out his window next to this guy watching on in hope of some better action.... LOL, I gave the trucky a wink and started yelling again " man you must be having a bad to be so wound up is your boyfriend not giving out at the moment" the trucky choked on his coke, which made me smile and give away the bad boy attude... so I called him a cock sucker and said fuk off will ya the lights been green for 30secs.
The people behind us were rather patitent I thought... anyway he tore off driving no differant than before....... so all my efforts were in vane, but I already knew that....................................... people can be deliberate assholes all right.

[Mr Skid]

Surely you must have some "Unsafe Vehicle" pink stickers in your WOF kit?

Y'know, the ones that stand out like dogs balls and are *really* hard to remove?

[Biff]

Sorry to hear about your shit day Motu.
Hopefully this story will cheer you up.

Imagine the scene - A very hot and sticky summers day back in the UK (yeah - they do get summers there honest), 25-30 mile traffic jams on the M25, the main London circular. Moving at about 10 metres every 5 minutes or so. There's been a nasty accident in the outside lane, the police have closed two lanes off, and only two lanes remain open.

My cousin and I are in pretty pi$$ed off moods as it was when we see the signs warning drivers that two lanes are closed so all traffic should move over into the inside two lanes. Everybody duly complies a long way before the police traffic cones, as much as they can do while travelling at a snails pace.

We eventually get to the point in the road where the police cones are physically blocking off the outside two lanes and the traffic is just picking up speed again, moving along quite nicely in the remaining open lanes. Then we hear a car horn, a lorry horn, and several other horns. My cousin looks in his mirror and sees a wanker of a Volvo driver who has left it to the last minute to pull in, attempting to muscle his way in any gap he can, while the rest of us have waited patiently for ages. He get alongside my cousins car (he's driving) running over some road cones when this passengers car window winds down and a foul mouthed bitch of a woman began screaming obscenities at my cousin. As cool as poo my cousin leans over to the glove box on my side, removed a can of Coke, shook it violently and opened it a split second before throwing into the lap of the bitch. Oh how she screamed!!!

My cousin sped off, the lorry driver behind us also refusing to let the Vulva in as did a stream of traffic behind the lorry, all blocking these prats from following us.

Happy days.....

[gav]

One of our truck drivers got carved up by another truckie today. Our guy was in front and indicating to move over where two lanes merged into one, this truck behind TOLL FREIGHT (curtainsider) and yes we do have your rego number, proceeded to barrell on through, our guy had to slam on the brakes and nearly wiped out, heart in the mouth stuff, he was pretty shaken up about it when he got back into yard. We rang TOLL to complain just put on hold for like ever....friggen tossers.....

[dangerous]

Giday Motu...... are we having/had a better day today? as much as wankers can piss us of the trick is to not let them.... I usuall just have a chukle to my self and think that they will have a corany before long. Did the trucking Co get back to you?

attempting to muscle his way in any gap he can

LOL.... ya see theres were the problem is, if you were to decrease speed for a second and let the volvo in there wouldent be a problem... however the way in which it was done wasent very polite..... ya see your mate that hiffed the can into the volvo was all fuked off cos he dident use his brain and merge later, theres no rule saying that you have to move into the lane you need 500km's up the rode befor you need that lane.

I leave it to the last moment as a general rule, and why not its using my brain why cause a traffic jamb 5k before there needs to be.... and when merging its so simple... merge like a zipper.

to barrell on through

Ohhh yeah thats what people like to do those in the open lane think its there bloody right to barrell on through wee in fact once again..... merge like a zipper, and if the car behind me dosent let me in between it and the car in frount...... I muscle my way in... cos I can, I allways let the car in from the other lane infrount of me.

[Dodgyiti]

Welcome to Auckland Motu,
It seems you are acclimatising well.

[toads]

Hi Motu, I really feel sorry for you working up there in boganville, living on your street sounds hellish too, time to move to Gisborne I say!

[Biff]

LOL.... ya see theres were the problem is, if you were to decrease speed for a second and let the volvo in there wouldent be a problem... .

Decreasing speed!? How much slower than about 1MPH can you go?!
Besides, my cousin was already in the merged section, the Vulva driver was running over road cones too get passed him and the umpteen motors behind us. Why the hell should he let a foul mouthed, arrogant fuckwit push in? It was a matter of prnciple that my cousin and an untold number of peope behind us basically told the Vulva to pi$$ off.

If ever fooker moves over about 500 metres from where the lane closes, then crawls along at a snails pace until they hit the merged section, you'd be pissed off if someone then pushed in past dozens if not hundreds of other people that are waiting patiently.

The roads in the UK are infinitely busier than anything I've ever seen here. The traffic volume is enormous, particularly around the M25.

There are written rules, and unwritten rules. Both sets of rules combined with common courtesy (something most Kiwi drivers know nothing about) are the only things preventing all out battles occurring on UK roads every day. I just prey that NZ never experiences the traffic problems that the UK currently does.

[Sniper]

Thats why its safer to live in small places. Although I do feel sorry for ya

[Ms Piggy]

What a pack of tossers! I find it unreal when people are in the wrong (clearly) and still insist on being wankers!

Poor Motu!

[dangerous]

1) a matter of prnciple that my cousin and an untold number of peope behind us basically told the Vulva to pi$$ off.

2) you'd be pissed off if someone then pushed in past dozens if not hundreds of other people that are waiting patiently.

3) (something most Kiwi drivers know nothing about)

4) I just prey that NZ never experiences the traffic problems that the UK currently does.

1) come on man..... surely you are above that nonsence :spudwave:

2) Na... Id think bloody prick, why dident I think of that

3) Hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll l yes

4) arrr yeah, we would be some what fuked if that happened

[El Dopa]

Giday Motu...... are we having/had a better day today? as much as wankers can piss us of the trick is to not let them.... I usuall just have a chukle to my self and think that they will have a corany before long. Did the trucking Co get back to you?


LOL.... ya see theres were the problem is, if you were to decrease speed for a second and let the volvo in there wouldent be a problem... however the way in which it was done wasent very polite..... ya see your mate that hiffed the can into the volvo was all fuked off cos he dident use his brain and merge later, theres no rule saying that you have to move into the lane you need 500km's up the rode befor you need that lane.

I leave it to the last moment as a general rule, and why not its using my brain why cause a traffic jamb 5k before there needs to be.... and when merging its so simple... merge like a zipper.

Ohhh yeah thats what people like to do those in the open lane think its there bloody right to barrell on through wee in fact once again..... merge like a zipper, and if the car behind me dosent let me in between it and the car in frount...... I muscle my way in... cos I can, I allways let the car in from the other lane infrount of me.

I'll go out on a limb here and say you've obviously never driven in the UK, or even Auckland.

What Biff is getting at is the equivalent of someone using, say, a LH ONLY turn lane to carve up/queue jump a row of people waiting patiently in the straight ahead lane, and then expecting to get let in at the head of the queue.

It's just a pity Biff's cousin lobbed a coke can and not a grenade.

Oh, and 'merge like a zip' is the most sensible road rule around....when everyone displays a bit of sense and manners, and obeys it.