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Howde Folks,
We hope you liked our choice last week. We're still laughing over it. Now, we would like to bring you one which WE posted earlier this year having taken it from her FB page. We think it is an incident which people can learn from. We think she handled the situation extremely well. It is a good lesson in dealing with idiots. How would you have dealt with the idiot? Possibly had the person arrested?
Outrage on Cooper
Street
On Saturday, 8th
December, I attempted to get my car from Treddles Lane onto the main road. I am
driving along Cooper Street as a car is coming up Park Street and wanting to
turn left so I continue along Cooper Street and turn right into the final small
section of that road. There is a parked vehicle at the top on the right, one
half way down on the left facing me with the engine running ready to move.
Another car is parked at the bottom end on the right. So, I proceed, overtake
the middle car, move back to the left and try to pass the parked car at the
bottom of the road. By now, there is another car behind me and the one I’d
overtaken has been able to leave the street. Unfortunately, the bottom car was
too near the middle of the road for me to pass. I gesticulated expecting person
to move over so that we could both move and the one behind me as well. Person
sat in car like a statue. I try again. Person still like a statue. Weird!
Then, person gets
out of car comes over to me and shouts, “You just had to push through, didn’t
you.” WHAT! How was the car in the middle going to get out if I didn’t move
down? Fly over me and the other parked vehicle? Was person serious? I am a
little stunned. Next, person locks car and says, “I’m going home. I only live
there.” I’m thinking, shall I do the same? I could walk round the corner and
leave my car. Now. I watch Judge Rinder and that word he uses frequently comes
to mind… STUPID! Anyway, why would I want to be as childish as person?
I get out and talk
with lady in the car behind me. She asked why person didn’t just move over; she
wanted to call the police. Then person would probably have got either a caution
or £60 ticket for blocking the road. I explained that I lived round the corner
and this type of situation was a regular occurrence. It would take time for
them to arrive and by then our roads would probably be at gridlock. I suggested
it would be easier if she reversed and went down Park Street. She was silent,
probably thinking why should she. I pointed out that I was totally blocked in
and couldn’t go anywhere. She, being sensible, took the reversing option and I
followed her. When person saw me moving person came out of house, probably
thinking how clever they had been. But has a person who cannot see the whole
road situation even got a driving licence? There’s a thought!
The law in the UK
states that we wear seatbelts while driving and I am law abiding citizen. So,
after reversing I stop conveniently by person’s off-road parking area. Now, I’m
a senior citizen and can be a little slow. Seatbelts have to be fitted
correctly. Person has now pulled up behind me so I look in mirror, wave and
smile. I don’t think person was very pleased because person got out of car and
proceeded toward mine presumably thinking of giving me another bol….ing! Oh
dear, I drove off before person got opportunity, waving and smiling. How to
deal with stupidity!
Btw, I’m the one
who has emailed the council requesting yellow lines in our streets before a
child is injured or killed when leaving the local school.
To all our regular
uninvited parking guests, be warned…lunacy prevails in the small area of Cooper
Street which runs parallel with Park Street. We all know in these streets that
there is a parking problem and we work with each other but there is always the
exception.
Why am I posting
this? Our local streets and the UK streets in general have become car parks in
recent years. The situation I encountered is not unique. Why didn’t I point out
the road situation to person? You can’t reason with idiots. Confrontation leads
to road rage, violence, racism and even death. Always be sensible.
Be happy and sensible.
All our love Sofia and Donald 😊😊
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