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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:59 pm 
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Parking wardens that tell taxi drivers that they can't pick up or drop off passengers unless it is at a taxi rank. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:31 am 
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Parking wardens that tell taxi drivers that they can't pick up or drop off passengers unless it is at a taxi rank. :lol: :lol: :lol:



the problem is now that they are all "private enterprise" wardens education is a bit poor and only teaches them the basics as that costs money

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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vauxhall they've had the car for 2 weeks and not done the job !!!!

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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PH car on M23 at 03.20 this morning sitting in middle lane at 65 went to overtake it and it accelerated to 80 grrrrr...... :roll: once I was past him he slowed down again .................pointless

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Idiot coming towards me who swerves at the last second to avoid a pigeon in the road, forcing both of us to do an emergency stop inches from a head on, and then starts hurling abuse at me ! :x


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:46 pm 
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PH car on M23 at 03.20 this morning sitting in middle lane at 65 went to overtake it and it accelerated to 80 grrrrr...... :roll: once I was past him he slowed down again .................pointless


Same on the M1 this morning, 4 lanes but there's still idiots who sit in lane 3 when there's nothing on the road.


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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Nidge2 wrote:
Same on the M1 this morning, 4 lanes but there's still idiots who sit in lane 3 when there's nothing on the road.
Similar, empty road being followed by a transit both doing same speed. Gets to traffic lights and transit moves to outside lane alongside me. Lights go green and I out accelerate transit, after a hundred yards they pull back in behind me. Gets to next set of lights and same thing happens, and again at the third set of red lights. Why ? We're both doing the same speed and I've already beaten them off the lights twice already, neither of us were racing or flooring it, just pulling away normally.

I like it when there's four or five numpties all sat behind each other in the outside lane at a red light and the inside lanes completely empty, time it right and you can go past on the inside just as the lights change and get in front before they all have to filter back into one lane.


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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did something similar today approaching Kings lynn idiots all queing in outside lane to turn right sailed down inside lane marked any route turned right left them all behind still took 3 hours to Yarmouth though :sad:

At least when i fetch them back next saturday they have to be out of hotel 10am so will get through before big queues build up on the Acle straight but it will probably be a non stop convoy of caravans on the way back :evil: :evil:

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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Never thought I would see and hear it....

But someone asked today in a pound shop in Bath how much a certain bowl was.

For f*** f***ing sake. #-o

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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Never thought I would see and hear it....

But someone asked today in a pound shop in Bath how much a certain bowl was.

For f*** f***ing sake. #-o



long way to go to use a pound shop mind you don't suppose they have them in sussex far too posh :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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Sussex wrote:
Never thought I would see and hear it....

But someone asked today in a pound shop in Bath how much a certain bowl was.

For f*** f***ing sake. #-o

Maybe he thought there would be a sale on?

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edders23 wrote:
Sussex wrote:
Never thought I would see and hear it....

But someone asked today in a pound shop in Bath how much a certain bowl was.

For f*** f***ing sake. #-o



long way to go to use a pound shop mind you don't suppose they have them in sussex far too posh :lol:

Went to see Mini Sx get his degree. =D>

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 3:04 pm 
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How about this one. Driver loads shopping in the boot and the customer closes the boot down on the drivers hand. Driver thinks his hand is broken so he tells the customer that she will need to book another taxi. Customer rings up playing merry hell because she has been left stranded at the shop because the "stupid" diver put his hand in the way.
Don't you just love customers.

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How about this one. Driver loads shopping in the boot and the customer closes the boot down on the drivers hand. Driver thinks his hand is broken so he tells the customer that she will need to book another taxi. Customer rings up playing merry hell because she has been left stranded at the shop because the "stupid" diver put his hand in the way.
Don't you just love customers.



legal claim time ? #-o

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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Don't you just love customers.

Maybe a few. :wink:

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