[Albion] So this happened to me today

PascalGroß Tips said:

That's awful and is similar to a situation I experienced this morning on a trip to Lewes.

I was walking with Mrs PGTips along a pedestrian area. Yes, there is a cobbled section down the middle that vehicles use - but we were on the pavement. A Royal Mail van came along and swung onto the pavement (there's no kerb) and was so unbelievably close to my wife she had to quickly step out of the way. The van pulled up right by me and so when he opened his door I said to him about being careful of pedestrians. I did not swear or raise my voice. He glared at me and said he'd indicated and we shouldn't have been walking on the road. Errr ... it's not actually a road and we were actually on the pavement section anyway. He asked what my problem was and I repeated he'd nearly taken my wife out. His reply ... word for word ... "If I had, she'd be splatted all over the floor'. I was abolutely shocked. I stood there and he then got close and towered over me asking if "I wanted something". He was a young chap around 30 ish (I'll be 63 next month) ... over 6ft I'd say compared to my 5' 7". Another older gent who'd heard what what was going on came over to check I was OK and guided me away. Driver then got some parcels out of his van and headed off. Trousers half way down his arse ... very scruffy. Very odd he was driving a Royal Mail van as he didn't look like a Royal Mail employee.

Basically, he was just a nasty bully. I hate nasty bullies

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kevo said:

So many arseholes out there. Why is everyone so angry? It was a mild inconvenience for my fella to move his van (a completely reasonable request) and he may have been having a bad day. He could have tutted and moaned but instead decided to threaten me with physical violence.

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kevo said:

So many arseholes out there. Why is everyone so angry? It was a mild inconvenience for my fella to move his van (a completely reasonable request) and he may have been having a bad day. He could have tutted and moaned but instead decided to threaten me with physical violence.

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Bodian said:

Hope you got your delivery okay though

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portlock seagull said:

Society is more angry than ever. Not least because our population has almost doubled in a generation so more people more pressure on everything, and a positive soup of different cultures for added spice. No wonder our kids are armed to the teeth!

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Jackthelad said:

Society got more angry post pandemic. That dog eat dog culture the Tories cultivated during lockdowns never really went away. It’s not just men, there are a lot of women often young women lots of rage just waiting to unload on some poor man or woman.

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kevo said:

I said to the fella 'Look, you're obviously having a bad day'. I meant it genuinely, trying to calm him down. But it just made him more apoplectic! Pure red mist, for no reason at all.

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kevo said:

I've recently moved into a new flat in a block. Today I was getting everything delivered from the storage company. Moments before the van was due to arrive with my things, a contractor's van turned up to do some work on one of the flats, completely blocking the entrance to the driveway.

When he returned to the van to get some tools I *very politely* asked him if he could move his van (there was a massive space with plenty of room'). He said 'I'm not moving it', picked up his tools and walked past me back into the building without saying anything else.

As he passed me, I simply said 'So you're not going to move it then?'. At which point he flew into a blind rage, shouting in my face and physically threatening me multiple times saying how he was going to 'chew me up and spit me out' and how I should 'get back in my house'. I backed off, and eventually went inside as it was clear he intended to violently assault me.

I'm sure people have different ways of reacting to this kind of situation, but I am 61 years old. This guy was younger, bigger and stronger than me.

Thinking about it now, it seems incredible that someone should threaten the neighbour of someone they are doing work for in such a way.

His response was completely and utterly unprovoked. I did nothing wrong and was perfectly polite. Just a simple request to move his van.

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kevo said:

Turns out he's an arsehole trader, unfortunately.

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Wrong-Direction said:

My partner and her colleague (both occupational therapist's) are allowed to park on double yellow lines when visiting patients. Couple of weeks ago they parked outside a house in Hove, the owner who looked in his seventies, came flying out telling them to move. After they told him they were allowed to park there, he got in his car and started reving the engine a pushing his bumper against there's. Then his wife and kids came out to continue the abuse. Bare in mind they're in their NHS uniform visiting his neighbour!
I told her with any luck the winter will kill him.

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Ike and Tina Burner said:

A disproportionate amount of tradesman are just unredeamable ****s who will get super aggro for basically no reason. Bully types who'll start on anyone. I don't know why it's the case. Stress of the job maybe?

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Jackthelad said:

Society got more angry post pandemic. That dog eat dog culture the Tories cultivated during lockdowns never really went away. It’s not just men, there are a lot of women often young women lots of rage just waiting to unload on some poor man or woman.

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