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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:34 pm 
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Buses.

F***ing hate them. :sad:



especially when they block a major road at school time for 3 or 4 minutes to load meaning you can't get to any of the supermarkets or one of the surgeries and the hospital :roll:

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:25 am 
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Highway departments who place traffic islands level with bus stops so when the bus stops you can't overtake it.


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:55 am 
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Every punter who moans about the rain always says and...

' I bet there will be a drought this summer'.

Don't know why it gets me, but it does.

FFS say something original punter. Image

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:57 am 
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Midlife martyr wrote:
Highway departments who place traffic islands level with bus stops so when the bus stops you can't overtake it.

That is done on purpose to make sure you can't overtake and hit bus passengers who will cross the road in front of the bus.

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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grandad wrote:
Midlife martyr wrote:
Highway departments who place traffic islands level with bus stops so when the bus stops you can't overtake it.

That is done on purpose to make sure you can't overtake and hit bus passengers who will cross the road in front of the bus.


If they haven't got the sense to wait until the bus has pulled away to cross the road it's a simple example of Darwin'ism at its finest.


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:33 pm 
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Being called a c*** today. :shock: :shock: :shock:

However I had the last laugh. :D :D :D

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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Being called a c*** today. :shock: :shock: :shock:

However I had the last laugh. :D :D :D

Well, do tell.

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:54 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
Every punter who moans about the rain always says and...

' I bet there will be a drought this summer'.

Don't know why it gets me, but it does.

FFS say something original punter. Image



must be a Brighton thing mine don't say that

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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Chris the Fish wrote:
Sussex wrote:
Being called a c*** today. :shock: :shock: :shock:

However I had the last laugh. :D :D :D

Well, do tell.

Sadly I can't. :-$

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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sitting for 15 minutes outside a house waiting to pick up to the airport phoned the customers "Oh my partner was supposed to phone and cancel" :roll:

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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The prat of a taxi driver (from a rival firm) who came round a blind bend at above the speed limit three foot over the central white line and took off my door mirror, then starts shouting abuse and threatening me saying it was my fault and what am I going to do about it.

THEN..........

The joy of pointing to my dashcam and saying how the police and licensing would be interested in seeing the footage !! :badgrin:
He's agreed to cover the cost of a new mirror, and half a days earnings whilst it's fitted - £270+vat for the mirror ( :shock: ) plus £50 for the inconvenience. :badgrin: :lol:

Oh, and he's got his own mirror to replace as well :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:59 pm 
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not "of the day " at such, but when we used to be on hack 2 on a bank holiday , picked up this wife & bloke from the pub about 4 on a afternoon , conversation went like this :lol:

them - " where the fook have you been we have been waiting nearly 30 mins for this fooking taxi "
me - just got the job about 3 mins ago actually
them - well ffs this is chit service
me- why did you wait ? there are about 5 hacks at the rank ???
them- not paying those prices
me - well err... you are, its the same rate for us as it is for them on a b/h
them , ohhh ..... :lol: fooking idiots


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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:32 pm 
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The prat of a taxi driver (from a rival firm) who came round a blind bend at above the speed limit three foot over the central white line and took off my door mirror, then starts shouting abuse and threatening me saying it was my fault and what am I going to do about it.

THEN..........

The joy of pointing to my dashcam and saying how the police and licensing would be interested in seeing the footage !! :badgrin:
He's agreed to cover the cost of a new mirror, and half a days earnings whilst it's fitted - £270+vat for the mirror ( :shock: ) plus £50 for the inconvenience. :badgrin: :lol:

Oh, and he's got his own mirror to replace as well :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:


Nice One :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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Punters who do their scratch cards in the cab.

Was is that all about? :sad:

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 Post subject: Re: Gripe of the Day
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Punters who do their scratch cards in the cab.

Was is that all about? :sad:



sociologists refer to it as "instant gratification" which apparently means you do things like that to desperately escape your hum drum existence

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