extrucker:
I do,however, sympathise with the chap just doing his job.
They get a lot of undeserved bad press in my humble opinion.
Flip, this is what annoyed me. We were dealing with a car smoking heavily, waiting for Fire to arrive. We were causing about 200 yds of congestion and he felt this warranted abuse as he drove past. If we had stopped four lanes of traffic for 20 mins to clear a crisp packet, I could understand it.
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If what you say is true, then you’re the exception rather than the rule. I drive every “A” road and motorway in the country, and I’ve had plenty of opportunity to see hippos in action, and there’s no doubt in my mind that you cause more problems than you solve. Far from proving a valuable public service, you’re a massive waste of public resources. On the odd occasion that you’re not sat in the services drinking coffee, you’re pottering down the motorway at 40 mph, just getting in the way.
extrucker:
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Flip, this is what annoyed me. We were dealing with a car smoking heavily,
Marlboro or B & H
FLIP:
Gotta laugh at “modern terminology”.
Any lorry driver worth his salt knows that a Womble is a Bulgarian lorry driver and nothing else. Had to read it twicecto work out what the HA officer (plastic copper) was on about.
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Agree about the old use off the word Womble, to refer to a Bulgarian driver, but time and tide wait for no Man, and now its common to use it in reference to HA officers. Where as Plastic copper’s are PCSO’s. Hope this helps
FLIP:
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I do,however, sympathise with the chap just doing his job.
They get a lot of undeserved bad press in my humble opinion.
extrucker:
To the Ralph Davies driver M1 J13 exit slip, whilst I was dealing with a car fire, with only 1 lane closed causing minimal congestion, don’t shout abuse at me when you drive pass, if you’re not man enough to tell me what you said to my face when I walk up to you when you get stuck at the traffic lights. Obviously not shouting anything constructive, just abuse for no reason at all except that I’m a womble and you feel it’s ok to abuse me while I work.
By “dealing with a car fire”, do you mean standing looking at it whilst awaiting the proper authorities to turn up.
Not very professional to leave your post in order to confront a lorry driver at the lights…Probably best for you that this bit was made up…
Apologies for any upset I caused at the time but you look so much like a womble that I had to shout womble, bit like say what you see. My mild terrets aside you need to get a thicker skin.
I reckon I saw the RD driver in question today on the northbound M5. I moved over to let him join the motorway and rather than let me back in, prefers to undertake me at elephant race pace. I had a nice stress free day so I couldn’t be bothered to sit there, I just knocked the cruise off let him have go by and dropped in behind him.
He had more fun by forcing a Wincanton tanker onto the hard shoulder about a minute later anyway. His head must’ve been full of dreams of crossing frozen lakes, baking deserts bribing border guards and driving to the moon and back in an F16.
stevejones:
well mr karl86 whats this guys name u seem to be keeping tabs on in lady thelma
No need for the mr I’m off no importance, I couldn’t tell you just remember someone on a wind up with the truck as a profile picture I only took notice because I’ve seen the lorries down my neck of the woods and parked outside our yard here and there I woulda gone and said hello if said driver of the lorry was parked up outside ours that’s the only reason I took any notice at the time.
extrucker:
To the Ralph Davies driver M1 J13 exit slip, whilst I was dealing with a car fire, with only 1 lane closed causing minimal congestion, don’t shout abuse at me when you drive pass, if you’re not man enough to tell me what you said to my face when I walk up to you when you get stuck at the traffic lights. Obviously not shouting anything constructive, just abuse for no reason at all except that I’m a womble and you feel it’s ok to abuse me while I work.
What more would you expect from low-skilled muppets who think it acceptable to bypass the lorry’s speed limiter??
And I’m not talking about limiters which are set to 57-ish, more like full-on fully disconnected limiters, 60mph a-la scotch lorry stylee.
Utter bollox,you sir are talking out of your backside.
And thanks for the derogatory comment I bet all your workforce are all perfect and the sun shines out of their asses!!
extrucker:
I do,however, sympathise with the chap just doing his job.
They get a lot of undeserved bad press in my humble opinion.
Flip, this is what annoyed me. We were dealing with a car smoking heavily, waiting for Fire to arrive. We were causing about 200 yds of congestion and he felt this warranted abuse as he drove past. If we had stopped four lanes of traffic for 20 mins to clear a crisp packet, I could understand it.
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Theres no smoke without fire
extrucker:
To the Ralph Davies driver M1 J13 exit slip, whilst I was dealing with a car fire, with only 1 lane closed causing minimal congestion, don’t shout abuse at me when you drive pass, if you’re not man enough to tell me what you said to my face when I walk up to you when you get stuck at the traffic lights. Obviously not shouting anything constructive, just abuse for no reason at all except that I’m a womble and you feel it’s ok to abuse me while I work.
What more would you expect from low-skilled muppets who think it acceptable to bypass the lorry’s speed limiter??
And I’m not talking about limiters which are set to 57-ish, more like full-on fully disconnected limiters, 60mph a-la scotch lorry stylee.
Utter bollox,you sir are talking out of your backside.
And thanks for the derogatory comment I bet all your workforce are all perfect and the sun shines out of their asses!!
What a ■■■■!!
If i had a “full on fully disconnected limiter” i would be doing more than 60 mph.
extrucker:
To the Ralph Davies driver M1 J13 exit slip, whilst I was dealing with a car fire, with only 1 lane closed causing minimal congestion, don’t shout abuse at me when you drive pass, if you’re not man enough to tell me what you said to my face when I walk up to you when you get stuck at the traffic lights. Obviously not shouting anything constructive, just abuse for no reason at all except that I’m a womble and you feel it’s ok to abuse me while I work.
One of my best mates works for Traffic Management, has done for about 8 years or more. The tales he tells me of abuse and near misses makes my toes curl !! He usually gets the abuse to his face, which is funny as he’s an ex boxer. I think the only reason he hasn’t lamped one is because he doesn’t want the sack. Daily if not weekly occurence for him he recons.
extrucker:
To the Ralph Davies driver M1 J13 exit slip, whilst I was dealing with a car fire, with only 1 lane closed causing minimal congestion, don’t shout abuse at me when you drive pass, if you’re not man enough to tell me what you said to my face when I walk up to you when you get stuck at the traffic lights. Obviously not shouting anything constructive, just abuse for no reason at all except that I’m a womble and you feel it’s ok to abuse me while I work.
One of my best mates works for Traffic Management, has done for about 8 years or more. The tales he tells me of abuse and near misses makes my toes curl !! He usually gets the abuse to his face, which is funny as he’s an ex boxer. I think the only reason he hasn’t lamped one is because he doesn’t want the sack. Daily if not weekly occurence for him he recons.
extrucker:
To the Ralph Davies driver M1 J13 exit slip, whilst I was dealing with a car fire, with only 1 lane closed causing minimal congestion, don’t shout abuse at me when you drive pass, if you’re not man enough to tell me what you said to my face when I walk up to you when you get stuck at the traffic lights. Obviously not shouting anything constructive, just abuse for no reason at all except that I’m a womble and you feel it’s ok to abuse me while I work.
One of my best mates works for Traffic Management, has done for about 8 years or more. The tales he tells me of abuse and near misses makes my toes curl !! He usually gets the abuse to his face, which is funny as he’s an ex boxer. I think the only reason he hasn’t lamped one is because he doesn’t want the sack. Daily if not weekly occurence for him he recons.
You just made that up.
Its late, i’m having a bevvy, just come in from the pub and wanted to participate in some banter. Sorry about that.
Mike , you mentioned abuse on a daily basis. I have heard of English drivers that drove for a foreign firm.They arrive at a depot in England to unload or reload.
The fork lift drivers or goods in staff make snotty comments about the driver and abuse the driver assuming he is a foreigner.
The driver hears the abuse and then speaks to them English.
Watching them scarper with embarassment.
toby1234abc:
Mike , you mentioned abuse on a daily basis. I have heard of English drivers that drove for a foreign firm.They arrive at a depot in England to unload or reload.
The fork lift drivers or goods in staff make snotty comments about the driver and abuse the driver assuming he is a foreigner.
The driver hears the abuse and then speaks to them English.
Watching them scarper with embarassment.
I saw this happen the other way round, a foreign driver swore under his breath at a goods in bloke, because he was told to put boots on. The driver didn’t account for the goods in bloke speaking the same language, all hell broke loose. this other brit driver sitting in his truck, says “whats gone off over there”, when I told him he found it as funny as I did
Sad I know but it was the most amusing thing I saw all week
extrucker:
To the Ralph Davies driver M1 J13 exit slip, whilst I was dealing with a car fire, with only 1 lane closed causing minimal congestion, don’t shout abuse at me when you drive pass, if you’re not man enough to tell me what you said to my face when I walk up to you when you get stuck at the traffic lights. Obviously not shouting anything constructive, just abuse for no reason at all except that I’m a womble and you feel it’s ok to abuse me while I work.
Obviously a ■■■■ which is surprising as usually Ralph’s boys can drive & seem ok.
extrucker:
To the Ralph Davies driver M1 J13 exit slip, whilst I was dealing with a car fire, with only 1 lane closed causing minimal congestion, don’t shout abuse at me when you drive pass, if you’re not man enough to tell me what you said to my face when I walk up to you when you get stuck at the traffic lights. Obviously not shouting anything constructive, just abuse for no reason at all except that I’m a womble and you feel it’s ok to abuse me while I work.
Obviously a [zb] which is surprising as usually Ralph’s boys can drive & seem ok.
Cheers pal
if he knew the name on the front or the Reg I would probably know who it was.
toby1234abc:
Mike , you mentioned abuse on a daily basis. I have heard of English drivers that drove for a foreign firm.They arrive at a depot in England to unload or reload.
The fork lift drivers or goods in staff make snotty comments about the driver and abuse the driver assuming he is a foreigner.
The driver hears the abuse and then speaks to them English.
Watching them scarper with embarassment.
I have done this a few times when I was on for the foreigners. I was sat listening to two cabbages in an RDC once slagging me off, ‘‘bloody foreigners coming over here’’ etc I, sat listening with a vacant stare forward, got my notes and said ‘‘well see you lads, I’m off now’’ their face was a picture
To get back to the o/p what’s with all the hostility on here to the womble guy, have I missed something, he was only doing his job ffs.
I know the reg number but was more interested in why drivers feel it necessary to abuse us for no reason. As I’ve said, if we are causing mayhem for no reason, then fair enough.
