Absolute *** of our time Pt.MXXVI

[Daggers]

2 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

From the video I saw, I don’t think he was driving 

Whoever was driving is getting points for the no MOT = no insurance. And given that insurance invalidation, it's going to cost the driver a pretty packet to the bus company. I don't care who was driving, just happy to see him suffer.

[st albans fox]

7 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Whoever was driving is getting points for the no MOT = no insurance. And given that insurance invalidation, it's going to cost the driver a pretty packet to the bus company. I don't care who was driving, just happy to see him suffer.

Uninsured - correct 

if the bus is shown to have driven into the Audi then will the bus company be able to claim against the Audi driver ?

[Daggers]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

Uninsured - correct 

if the bus is shown to have driven into the Audi then will the bus company be able to claim against the Audi driver ?

I think it being in a cycle lane pretty much ruins any defence Fox might have had.

[Jon the Hat]

18 hours ago, Daggers said:

I think it being in a cycle lane pretty much ruins any defence Fox might have had.

Impossible to say, if a bus was pushing you off the road you would rightly use whatever space you had.  Looks like a typical London squeezed by a bus crash to me.  

[Jon the Hat]

[SpacedX]

On 02/06/2024 at 12:11, leicsmac said:

How do you deal with a democracy where the very idea of truth has been so subverted by digital misinformation and other factors?

My son-in-law's doctoral thesis research question in a nutshell. 

[leicsmac]

1 hour ago, SpacedX said:

My son-in-law's doctoral thesis research question in a nutshell. 

Did he come up with a conclusive answer?

[SpacedX]

3 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Did he come up with a conclusive answer?

Thesis pending/write up atm.

 

It's actually exploring the conflict between the regulation of digital misinformation and the compromising of free speech from a legal standpoint. We have archaic laws and legislation that are completely unfit for the internet age. 

[Daggers]

The absolute penis of a BT “engineer” who has messed me about this week. 
 

I assumed he was delivering the new router and boosters. First, he doesn’t show for the appointment. Second, he doesn’t show for the second appointment. Calls fifteen minutes after he should’ve left me to say he was on his way. 
 

Rocks up - does nothing but check my signal strength. 
 

No router. No boosters. Absolutely no point. If I wasn’t WFH I’d be spitting nails. 
 

I hate BT. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

2 hours ago, Daggers said:

The absolute penis of a BT “engineer” who has messed me about this week. 
 

I assumed he was delivering the new router and boosters. First, he doesn’t show for the appointment. Second, he doesn’t show for the second appointment. Calls fifteen minutes after he should’ve left me to say he was on his way. 
 

Rocks up - does nothing but check my signal strength. 
 

No router. No boosters. Absolutely no point. If I wasn’t WFH I’d be spitting nails. 
 

I hate BT. 

My BT/EE full fibre broadband that went in in January is shite, I feel your pain. 

 

I'm building up to a complaint but I just cannot be arsed

[Daggers]

33 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

My BT/EE full fibre broadband that went in in January is shite, I feel your pain. 

 

I'm building up to a complaint but I just cannot be arsed

I wish I’d changed suppliers now. Still, got it reduced by 33% so there’s that. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

33 minutes ago, Daggers said:

I wish I’d changed suppliers now. Still, got it reduced by 33% so there’s that. 

I've got a half hour window to try and do something about it. I'm going in

[StanSP]

4 hours ago, Daggers said:

The absolute penis of a BT “engineer” who has messed me about this week. 
 

I assumed he was delivering the new router and boosters. First, he doesn’t show for the appointment. Second, he doesn’t show for the second appointment. Calls fifteen minutes after he should’ve left me to say he was on his way. 
 

Rocks up - does nothing but check my signal strength. 
 

No router. No boosters. Absolutely no point. If I wasn’t WFH I’d be spitting nails. 
 

I hate BT. 

I had them install some new stuff in our new place a couple of years ago. The engineer couldn't find our place (despite it definitely being on Google Maps). So he parked up at the nearest supermarket and rang us, asked us to come and get him so he could follow us to the house . It was less than a 30 second drive and I think he was just being a lazy shit. 

 

Anyway, I complained as it was not something I should have done or been expected to do (while working). BT customer services were shocked when I told them. They ended up giving me a credit back on the account, equivalent to about 4-5 months free for the inconvenience. 

 

 

[Daggers]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

I had them install some new stuff in our new place a couple of years ago. The engineer couldn't find our place (despite it definitely being on Google Maps). So he parked up at the nearest supermarket and rang us, asked us to come and get him so he could follow us to the house . It was less than a 30 second drive and I think he was just being a lazy shit. 

 

Anyway, I complained as it was not something I should have done or been expected to do (while working). BT customer services were shocked when I told them. They ended up giving me a credit back on the account, equivalent to about 4-5 months free for the inconvenience. 

 

 

I got a third call this morning. He was parked in my drive next to the front door with the street name and number clearly signed. 
 

“Have you got a black door?”

 

These people get to vote and shit. 

[StanSP]

41 minutes ago, Daggers said:

I got a third call this morning. He was parked in my drive next to the front door with the street name and number clearly signed. 
 

“Have you got a black door?”

 

These people get to vote and shit. 

Yes, take away their right to shit! 

[DennisNedry]

https://news.sky.com/story/woman-died-of-heart-attack-after-being-repeatedly-orally-raped-by-stranger-on-park-bench-court-hears-13227991

[RumbleFox]

Didn’t know where to put this so put it here…..

 

Long story short…… had an argument with a stranger in the street. Nothing serious and pretty much two sided. Thought nothing of it. A week later I get a call from the police to say they reported me and I’m receiving a RPW (Recorded Police Warning) for Breach of the Peace (Scottish Law). I have to either accept the Warning (stays on file for 2 years) or challenge it which means actually going to court.  I’m genuinely in shock. 

Edited 14 October 2024 by RumbleFox

[Dahnsouff]

What on Earth was the topic of the argument if you do not mind me asking?

[RumbleFox]

1 minute ago, Dahnsouff said:

What on Earth was the topic of the argument if you do not mind me asking?

Petty. They were being an arse outside a shop, slagging it off (it was a small independent). “This place is full of junk, £4 for that piece of shit?!?”. I said “**** off if you don’t like it”. They retaliated. Stupid childish argument ensued. We parted ways. 

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, RumbleFox said:

Petty. They were being an arse outside a shop, slagging it off (it was a small independent). “This place is full of junk, £4 for that piece of shit?!?”. I said “**** off if you don’t like it”. They retaliated. Stupid childish argument ensued. We parted ways. 

It is a shame that such a police notice was issued for such small potatoes and utilising the capacity to do so for such an incident is just plain weird.

 

(I have visions you were wearing a cape in this situation  )

[Dunge]

A couple of further questions:

1. Was this person known to you? I’m wondering how they identified you to issue you the warning without it.

2. Can you accuse the person back?

[Alf Bentley]

25 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

Petty. They were being an arse outside a shop, slagging it off (it was a small independent). “This place is full of junk, £4 for that piece of shit?!?”. I said “**** off if you don’t like it”. They retaliated. Stupid childish argument ensued. We parted ways. 

 

I hope you asked if they were ready to rumble? 

 

In all seriousness, that's weird. How could they have had evidence sufficient for a warning....unless they examined CCTV and had you on tape making your initial comment and deemed that sufficient? Otherwise, it would be just one person's word against another's.....and even if they did have CCTV, does telling someone to **** off seriously constitute a breach of the peace? Haven't people got something better to do with their time - and that applies to both the other party and the Scottish police? 

 

In the interests of candour, I should confess that I got bound over for a breach of the peace several decades ago.

But I'd turned up drunk on a complete stranger's doorstep at 1am, incorrectly claimed that I lived there, asked to come in and sleep and then refused to leave when the police were called.

So, I was bang to rights and fully deserving of the opprobrium of the criminal justice system. 

 

Free the Rumble One! 

 

 

[RumbleFox]

18 minutes ago, Dunge said:

A couple of further questions:

1. Was this person known to you? I’m wondering how they identified you to issue you the warning without it.

2. Can you accuse the person back?

I own another shop and I think they must have identified me that way. I’d never met the person. I could but I’m worried it will just create more hassle. Such an annoying situation. 

[RumbleFox]

2 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

I hope you asked if they were ready to rumble? 

 

In all seriousness, that's weird. How could they have had evidence sufficient for a warning....unless they examined CCTV and had you on tape making your initial comment and deemed that sufficient? Otherwise, it would be just one person's word against another's.....and even if they did have CCTV, does telling someone to **** off seriously constitute a breach of the peace? Haven't people got something better to do with their time - and that applies to both the other party and the Scottish police? 

 

In the interests of candour, I should confess that I got bound over for a breach of the peace several decades ago.

But I'd turned up drunk on a complete stranger's doorstep at 1am, incorrectly claimed that I lived there, asked to come in and sleep and then refused to leave when the police were called.

So, I was bang to rights and fully deserving of the opprobrium of the criminal justice system. 

 

Free the Rumble One! 

 

 

Apparently in Scotland if two people report you (there were two of them) it’s classed as proof. Seems insane. 

[Wymsey]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0dwq8yejo