Well done, we don't like a lot of them but rules are rules, too many people stand by and do or say nothing these days.Whilst filling up at the petrol station on my way to work, some jumped-up so-and-so decided it was a great idea to use his phone while filling up their work's van. I whistled across and told him he shouldn't be using it, to which he replied 'I know', paused for a second, then quickly followed it up with 'what's it to do with you?'. I told him that there's a sign there telling him specifically to not use it and that if the petrol station goes up in flames it has everything to do with me, and everyone else there. He asked, less than calmly;
"What are you, the f*'ing police or something?"
I replied that no, I wasn't, but that I'd happily inform them should he please. He told me to... 'go elsewhere'. At this point I was at my wick's end and told him to grow up, the 'something something' (mild expletives). He then asked what I'd called him, so I repeated it, at which point he was nose-to-nose with me. Now, considering I'm a sleight, young-looking, 20-something year old, and he was (guessing) mid 40's, I thought he'd have something better to do than to shout at me that he'd 'fill me in' and suchlike. I stood my ground and told him he was welcome to try, one hand on my petrol nozzle (no euphemism intended), one in my jacket pocket, at which point he backed off.
Very generously, a young (late 20's/early 30's) man, built like a brick sh*t house, decided to step in and told him that he'd fill the phone-user himself. I pulled away the generous helper and told him that it wasn't worth the effort. They shared some expletives and went their separate ways.
I know full-well that the evidence supporting mobile phone use around petrol fumes is relatively limited and, often, inconclusive. I also know, first-hand, the effects of being involved in a explosion and wouldn't wish it on anyone, let alone innocent bystanders in a 20-odd point petrol station. I think that's why I was so quick to jump down his throat, as it were.
I couldn't have let that one go - strangely it's my second run-in with incorrect phone-uses in the last two months or so. One was a driver, the other was today's offender.Well done, we don't like a lot of them but rules are rules, too many people stand by and do or say nothing these days.
What happened to the 'boom' at the end?Well I was filling up the van at the petrol station, chatting to the Memsahib on the phone, minding my own business,.........
It was ambiguous,....I meant it as the yoof use it, meaning "all kicked off",What happened to the 'boom' at the end?
You yoof-ful go-getter, you! Unfortunately, there is a possibility (albeit small) that it could! I'm not keen to take that risk, to be frank. Sorry for my serious response!It was ambiguous,....I meant it as the yoof use it, meaning "all kicked off",
....I was afraid of being misinterpreted as one who thinks that using a mobile phone at a petrol station will actually cause an explosion.
I think it's just the lack of intonation as a result of being via interwebs. Don't take it to heart, Mr Toff. I didn't want to escalate it but had to get my point across!This escalated rather quickly.
I'd rather back off this subject than explain my rather unsuccessful attempt at humour, I do, after all, have a "knot" to break in.
Could have been matey from the petrol station!! There are some idiot's out there, unlucky mate.Got in the car to head to work only to find some b*stard had removed my wing mirror with their foot. Driver's side so not legal to drive. Wing mirror found behind a lamppost nearby but wiring looks pretty ruined, and fixings have snapped. Will probably need an entirely new unit.
When will my string of bad luck end, aye?
Could have been matey from the petrol station!! There are some idiot's out there, unlucky mate.
I think it's some of the students/youths who live nearby. £125 for the part, £30 fitting. Could have done without this...Aww Ben, bummer m8.
JohnnyO. o/
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