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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:26 pm 
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Saturday 8pm...

pickup from....(house topside of twon)

bloke/wife/teen gets in..

drive back into town to the bar where the older daughter works (say £4 on the meter) cos theyve lost thier house keys and the older daughter has keys... after 5 minutes (dad and teen are in the car) mum comes out and walks off into the precint to get cash from ATM... (nice)

10 minutes later shes back, card declined... so they stand/sit having a convo

(BTW dads pi55ed and hardly with us)

after 5 minutes they decide they have enough cash (and dad slurs eyve gotch cashhh in home)

so i take em back home

as we arrive mum asks what she owes me

£10 says I

dad sobers up......"YOUR FLECKING JOKING" .... then i have to wait 5 minutes while mum finds dads stash..



next job... old couple from A&E to next town, straight in....straight there, £15 fare, gives me £20

then i went home.....

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:21 pm 
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Old c***s driving down the road and knocking and damaging your wing mirror.

Then driving off as if nothing has happened despite their wing mirror hanging by a thread and whacking itself against their motor.

Cost the old c*** £300. #-o

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:56 pm 
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Office staff treating driver like idiots.

Office staff treating self-employed drivers like employees.

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:05 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
Office staff treating driver like idiots.

Office staff treating self-employed drivers like employees.



Office staff



say no more

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 2:11 pm 
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idiot drivers at stansted that instead of getting change ready BEFORE driving to exit gate block all the exit gates for 2 minutes per car per gate whilst they fumble for change !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 6:26 pm 
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edders23 wrote:
idiot drivers at stansted that instead of getting change ready BEFORE driving to exit gate block all the exit gates for 2 minutes per car per gate whilst they fumble for change !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I thought they only did that at East Midlands?


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 7:55 pm 
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Punters who have to have the last word;
Heres a fiver keep the change,
ok thank you,
see you then,
ok see you,
have a safe night,
will do,
ok bye,
bye then,
bye,
yep,
bye,
right o,
ok then,
yep bye,
and on.............


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 8:23 pm 
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can you change a twenty?


first job of the shift, £4 fare

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:58 pm 
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So you pull over to let a fire engine go past.

Then a muppet behind follows the fire engine overtaking all the cars that have pulled over. Image

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 7:21 am 
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Sussex wrote:
So you pull over to let a fire engine go past.

Then a muppet behind follows the fire engine overtaking all the cars that have pulled over. Image



we get that a lot round here with ambulances and cars trying to take advantage of traffic pulling over

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 7:28 am 
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Level crossing keepers who deliberately keep traffic waiting longer than necessary !!

got stuck at Uffington yesterday which has manual gates (for sighting reasons as the approach is on a bend) 2 trains then the signalman took 1 to 2 minutes to come to the door slowly wandered down the steps and over to the gates then kept opening and shutting them while he worked out how they close :evil: and finally sauntered casually back to the box

its normally about 30 to 40 seconds after the train for the traffic to be able to go he took nearly 3 minutes

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 7:36 pm 
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Level crossing keepers who deliberately keep traffic waiting longer than necessary !!

got stuck at Uffington yesterday which has manual gates (for sighting reasons as the approach is on a bend) 2 trains then the signalman took 1 to 2 minutes to come to the door slowly wandered down the steps and over to the gates then kept opening and shutting them while he worked out how they close :evil: and finally sauntered casually back to the box

its normally about 30 to 40 seconds after the train for the traffic to be able to go he took nearly 3 minutes


2.5 minutes lost

took you longer to logon to TDO and type it out

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:34 pm 
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Pulling into a supermarket car park, bit of a queue.

Car in front girl gets out of the passenger side and runs towards shop.

Car in front doesn't move ahead when a gap appears in front of it.

Driver of car in front gets on the phone.

Girl who only minutes earlier got out of car came running back with the car f***ing keys. #-o

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:39 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
Pulling into a supermarket car park, bit of a queue.

Car in front girl gets out of the passenger side and runs towards shop.

Car in front doesn't move ahead when a gap appears in front of it.

Driver of car in front gets on the phone.

Girl who only minutes earlier got out of car came running back with the car f***ing keys. #-o


do they have a "drop off" layby where the clever fcks park and wait for an hour instead of finding a parking place like the rest of humanity?

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:41 pm 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
Sussex wrote:
Pulling into a supermarket car park, bit of a queue.

Car in front girl gets out of the passenger side and runs towards shop.

Car in front doesn't move ahead when a gap appears in front of it.

Driver of car in front gets on the phone.

Girl who only minutes earlier got out of car came running back with the car f***ing keys. #-o


do they have a "drop off" layby where the clever fcks park and wait for an hour instead of finding a parking place like the rest of humanity?



I don't think they have Morrisons that far south do they ?

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