Cycling along this morning an illegal e scooter came flying out of a side road wrong side of the road didn’t even look . Dressed head to toe in black hood up he nearly ended up on the ground I just about managed to stay on my bike saidF@@@ing hell man then as I rode on spur of the moment called him a F@@@ing P@@@@ . He took umbrage at this and gave chase shouting who you calling a F P , I pedalled a heck of a lot faster hoping that the pedestrian crossing was clear which it was 👍 eventually after what seemed like ages I couldn’t hear him so was “ brave “ enough to look round and see he’d given up . Really shook me up I don’t mind admitting 🙄Why does it feel like people like this have the upper hand all the time ?
If your idea of engagement is calling people a Pedo, I’d say you are the problem dude.
Sorry the word I used rhymes with brick wasn't expecting anyone to make the assumption you did 🤔🙄
i read that as P R I C K. sounds appropriate.
Oh and maybe counting the missing letters next time 🤔
Yeah, I read as P rick as well. I'd also probably have said similar.
Fair enough, I apologise for the incorrect assumption.
That starts with a 'T' though dunnit?
It feels like they have the upper hand because you are scared of them. They are from a world that you don’t understand and have the power of youth on their side.
good work out peddling the scooter, though.
Not being funny but most people don't take being called that with particular grace, especially chaps like you describe so if you don't want a confrontation maybe don't do it?
I tend to find the best approach with the local scrotes is to treat them like anyone else - give them a nod and say ayup and generally get similar back. Never seem to get any disrespectful 'old man abuse' off them
That said, we just have a few ASBO's round here and not fully balaclava'd up Surron tossers
Not sure why OP is getting a hard time the words used seem totally justified to me.
Got in an argument with a scrote driver last week after he called me and my mates "dickheads" for riding two abreast in an empty country lane- this was as he easily passed us to the right with zero delay on a totally empty road. He genuinely seemed surprised when he stopped to threaten us and we remonstrated with him- as if nobody should ever have the right of reply.
Similar to the OP though I did think we were going to get our heads kicked in or run over 5mins down the road so it does feel like engaging with people in any way is kind of a risk and you never know where its going to end up.
Not sure why OP is getting a hard time the words used seem totally justified to me.
you can't call someone a ****ing prick and not expect some kind of response though can you? (whether it's justified or not)
Not sure why OP is getting a hard time the words used seem totally justified to me.
Similar to the OP though I did think we were going to get our heads kicked in or run over 5mins down the road so it does feel like engaging with people in any way is kind of a risk and you never know where its going to end up.
They are justified but if you're going to use them don't be surprised when the undesirable decides to clump you.
I'd never start a fight but will sometimes use colourful language to describe someone's behaviour. If they decided to have a go I'd try to defuse the situation while being prepared to defend myself. I wouldn't do it if my off ramp was to hope they didn't catch me.
A few months ago I was walking home from work. I got to a crossroads and a bloke on an e-bike riding on the path shot across straight in front of me (from my left around a blind corner). Out of shock and surprise at the near miss, I yelled "****ING HELL! What the **** do you think you're doing you ****ing ****!" (F and C words). I don't usually react like that, but the sheer speed he was going and the surprise/shock at how close he was to hitting me totally caught me off guard.
I kept walking, he turned the bike around towards me (he was at the other side of the road at this point, due to his speed) but seemed to think better of it and went off again (which I was quite glad about).
Edit: Don't think I explained the scenario well, so here's a diagram, blue is me, red is him, arrow is the near miss point
I thouht the OP was calling the scrote Farting Peter.
He chased after the OP shouting "who are you calling Farting Peter" because his name was actually Gary. Or maybe Wayne. 🤷♂️
He genuinely seemed surprised when he stopped to threaten us and we remonstrated with him- as if nobody should ever have the right of reply.
I had this sort of thing on the very unpleasant & crowded monorail at Stansted airport last summer. Cramming in with my Wife & daughter, getting shoved by the people still trying to get on board.
I heard the bloke behind me who I had admittedly bumped into a couple of times say to his mate something like "i'll sort it out when this ****ing prick (funnily enough) stops banging into me". I ignored that & tried to move, but he kept chuntering away so I confronted him about it, pointed to the hoards of people behind me who were still shoving us into the carriage and basically told him to stop being such a baby.
When I actually looked around, him & his mate had basically stopped with a shit-ton of space around them & had they moved further into the carriage it would give everyone else a bit more room. So I suggested that to them as well which got a smirk from a couple of people nearby who were in earshot.
He was about 6" taller than me, so I did wonder if I made the right call but hey ho. Luckily they weren't on my flight 😁 Given my normal luck, they would have been also flying to Lanzarote & staying in the same hotel.
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