That’s exactly what NOT to do when you are physically outmatched.
out there.
There’s rage everywhere you’re right. Can blow up out of nowhere or nothing as the OP experienced. I had a 12 year old girl once start on me whilst out walking my dog. Screaming abuse across the road at me I had to look round to check it was me rather than another kid she was directing at. Then ran across road to get in my face about looking at her. I marched her and her friends into the nearby school and ended up getting an apology from / child put in detention for a week etc. Kid turns out to be from broken home, expelled from last 532 schools for bad behaviour blah blah blah. Probably been stabbed since by a peer. Not right in the head for a 12 year old girl to want to pick a fight with a man in his 40s twice her size! So aggressive, no filter, so angry, but so very ‘today’ unfortunately!
I have a bunch of mates in different trades and I love the way they all ‘hate’ each other, like the Popular front of Judea sketch in Monty Python. It’s most amusing, I never fail to giggle the way they’re rude about each other down the pub or on a job. But recommend each other to customers if after a plumber, sparky, chippy, decorator, plasterer etc.
I hope you got his registration and reported him to Royal Mail.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
That dickhead electrician @Justice and myself enjoy a bit of good humoured piss taking out of each other and our trades on here.
To busy looking at Facebook
Well if they'd sweep up after themselves we wouldn't do it..
saw the bully paying and couldn’t help but to ask him if he could see that coming…..sometimes they come unstuck
We had a nice tradesmen who came round today to fix my broken 3 way valve attached to the boiler which decided to shit itself in sub zero temperatures.I’m one of the nice ones
It all depends. On how much distance there is between protagonists.
It must be hard being 'tarred by the same brush'. To be fair, I know a lot of decent, honest and friendly trades people too. Unfortately, it's the c***s we tend to remember.I’m one of the nice ones
That show rouge traders made the public distrust tradesmen in general.It must be hard being 'tarred by the same brush'. To be fair, I know a lot of decent, honest and friendly trades people too. Unfortately, it's the c***s we tend to remember.
I can’t think of any bad trades people I’ve met recently, I do work on my own but sometimes other trades work in the same properties as I do.It must be hard being 'tarred by the same brush'. To be fair, I know a lot of decent, honest and friendly trades people too. Unfortately, it's the c***s we tend to remember.
