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The Wrong Type of Insult!
While trundling very slowly (and I do mean slowly) uphill on my way home
this evening, along a quiet suburban road, riding my 'Dutch style' roadster, wearing my work suit with my choice of urban camoflage - an flo- orange sleveless jacket, a bloke, mid-30's, steps out in front of me - the conversation went as follows: bloke:"You lot really **** me off" me (grinding to a halt): "what have I done?" bloke: "you lot - coming out on strike at the drop of a f**ing hat" me: "I work at the royal" (local hospital) bloke: "well.... wearing that (points at flo-orange jacket) someone in your house must be out on strike" me "I bought it" bloke "where?" me "Aldi I think" bloke "Well yer all f**kers" I ride off ROFLMAO Beware all ye orange jacket wearers, it might be worse than being a cyclist!!!! |
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On 09/10/2007 18:40, Mike the unimaginative said,
While trundling very slowly (and I do mean slowly) uphill on my way home this evening, along a quiet suburban road, riding my 'Dutch style' roadster, wearing my work suit with my choice of urban camoflage - an flo- orange sleveless jacket, a bloke, mid-30's, steps out in front of me - the conversation went as follows: Look on the bright side - he might decide to do the same to the next bright red van he sees :-) Darwin's theory in action! -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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"Mike the unimaginative" wrote in message ... While trundling very slowly (and I do mean slowly) uphill on my way home this evening, along a quiet suburban road, riding my 'Dutch style' roadster, wearing my work suit with my choice of urban camoflage - an flo- orange sleveless jacket, a bloke, mid-30's, steps out in front of me - the conversation went as follows: bloke:"You lot really **** me off" me (grinding to a halt): "what have I done?" bloke: "you lot - coming out on strike at the drop of a f**ing hat" me: "I work at the royal" (local hospital) bloke: "well.... wearing that (points at flo-orange jacket) someone in your house must be out on strike" me "I bought it" bloke "where?" me "Aldi I think" bloke "Well yer all f**kers" I ride off ROFLMAO Beware all ye orange jacket wearers, it might be worse than being a cyclist!!!! Wonderful anecdote Reminds me of the time I was employed by British WasteofSpace, and we were suspended without pay by the management (?)*. All the local media, including the BBC, refered to us suspended persons as "strikers". And it didn't matter how many times you put them right, the next edition said "strikers". *the current joke during this time was that if intelligence could be measured in height, management would be a hole in the ground. |
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Mike the unimaginative wrote:
While trundling very slowly (and I do mean slowly) uphill on my way home this evening, along a quiet suburban road, riding my 'Dutch style' roadster, wearing my work suit with my choice of urban camoflage - an flo- orange sleveless jacket, a bloke, mid-30's, steps out in front of me - the conversation went as follows: bloke:"You lot really **** me off" me (grinding to a halt): "what have I done?" bloke: "you lot - coming out on strike at the drop of a f**ing hat" me: "I work at the royal" (local hospital) bloke: "well.... wearing that (points at flo-orange jacket) someone in your house must be out on strike" me "I bought it" bloke "where?" me "Aldi I think" bloke "Well yer all f**kers" I ride off ROFLMAO Beware all ye orange jacket wearers, it might be worse than being a cyclist!!!! Excellent, thats made my day Reminds me of the time I was yelled at for riding two abreast while riding immediately (3") behind my mate, oh how we laughed as he drove off in frustration. |
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Mike the unimaginative wrote:
While trundling very slowly (and I do mean slowly) uphill on my way home this evening, along a quiet suburban road, riding my 'Dutch style' roadster, wearing my work suit with my choice of urban camoflage - an flo- orange sleveless jacket, a bloke, mid-30's, steps out in front of me - the conversation went as follows: bloke:"You lot really **** me off" me (grinding to a halt): "what have I done?" bloke: "you lot - coming out on strike at the drop of a f**ing hat" me: "I work at the royal" (local hospital) bloke: "well.... wearing that (points at flo-orange jacket) someone in your house must be out on strike" me "I bought it" bloke "where?" me "Aldi I think" bloke "Well yer all f**kers" I ride off ROFLMAO Heh.. I'm a postie but before you flame me over the strikes, I ride a Royal Mail issue bike and ride to my delivery route despite it being the furthest route away from my office, I live in the hilliest city in the UK, my bike has only 3 gears and that nearly all other posties in my office use their own car and nearly all the Royal Mail bikes are left rusting in the shed. Anyway. Being a postie meant that I came across a spare orange hi-viz jacket which was worn, and when I got my replacement, my partner liberated the old jacket from me, as her hi-viz bike vest was not breathable and cheap and nasty, and a good quality hi-viz jacket cost a fair bit. Since taking the jacket from me meant she kept getting stopped and asked for directions, or got asked where their letters were and others! I guess I better warn her that something like what happened to you might happen to her Cheers - Piers |
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Piers Kittel said the following on 10/10/2007 16:19:
nearly all other posties in my office use their own car and nearly all the Royal Mail bikes are left rusting in the shed. Perhaps you can answer something (totally avoiding any strike issues!). Do RM employees use their own cars to carry mail? If so, does RM pay to insure the postie's car for business purposes or does the postie have to pay that? (Or do they not have business use insurance at all!?!?) -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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Paul,
Perhaps you can answer something (totally avoiding any strike issues!). Do RM employees use their own cars to carry mail? If so, does RM pay to insure the postie's car for business purposes or does the postie have to pay that? (Or do they not have business use insurance at all!?!?) Officially it's not allowed. Most posties do though, mainly because Bristol is hilly and the Royal Mail issue bike only have 3 gears. Some delivery offices covers a large area, but they sometimes get their own van. I just grin and bear it. I don't know about other cities though. Royal Mail do not refund the postie for petrol, wear & tear, insurance or anything. If the car breaks down, it's the postie's problem. If the car is involved in a crash, it's postie's problem. No-one bothers with taking out business insurance for their cars. I choose not to use my car for the following reasons (in order) 1) Environment (although my bags gets delivered by van but then again the van do other deliveries) 2) Get fitter 3) My car's old and short journeys wears cars out faster. I'd have to buy a new car if mine wore out! 4) Don't want to risk crashing while working as my insurance would be void 5) Royal Mail has said all posties are "Underworked and overpaid". Thank you very much for calling me under worked where I've been coming in early, not taking any breaks, carrying overweight bags and using my car occasionally. I now come in on time, take my breaks, split up my bags and use the bike. I also now claim a lot of overtime Cheers - Piers |
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On 10/10/2007 18:47, Piers Kittel said,
4) Don't want to risk crashing while working as my insurance would be void Thanks for the comprehensive answer! It was the above bit that I was specifically wondering about - postal workers, and others, effectively driving un-insured! I wasn't sure if RM were expecting the postie to use their own cars or not. -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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"Paul Boyd" usenet.is.worse@plusnet wrote in message
... Piers Kittel said the following on 10/10/2007 16:19: Perhaps you can answer something (totally avoiding any strike issues!). Do RM employees use their own cars to carry mail? If so, does RM pay to insure the postie's car for business purposes or does the postie have to pay that? (Or do they not have business use insurance at all!?!?) My brother was unfortunate enough to be involved in a collision with a Royal Mail van, about 10 years ago. It was then he discovered that RM were "self-insuring" - that is, they don't pay any premiums to an underwriter, but they cover the risk themselves with a bond. -- MatSav |
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