Imagine being the kind of person whose car alarm goes off multiple times from 2am on a Sunday morning and doesn't just lock the thing with the key and hide behind closed curtains for a week hoping no one knew it was you. I imagine most people had to get up at least once to check it wasn't their own car though. First time is to check your car, second time is to check who the selfish person is. A lot of mums just missed out on their Mother's Day lie in I imagine.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
And what sort of person parks their van on someone else's driveway, because their own drive already has their other car on it - even when they do actually have second and third allotted parking spaces slightly further away. Grrr.
The owner of that driveway needs to park their own vehicle in a position which prevents the 'rogue' car from being removed.
They tried that once. The rogue driver tried to exit to one side, and in the process, drove through a six-foot brick wall, which belongs to me. That stopped them!! Insurance claim paid up - the driver's insurance, but people don't seem to learn. The wall has been rebuilt - stronger. But, . . . . ., who knows what will happen next!?
It's cold and damp out there, frost might strike any time, plants and soil are sodden, torrential rain is on a 4 hour cycle..... so why on earth did a green fly decide it's time to raise its huge family on my rose!
The owner of that driveway needs to park their own vehicle in a position which prevents the 'rogue' car from being removed.
They tried that once. The rogue driver tried to exit to one side, and in the process, drove through a six-foot brick wall, which belongs to me. That stopped them!! Insurance claim paid up - the driver's insurance, but people don't seem to learn. The wall has been rebuilt - stronger. But, . . . . ., who knows what will happen next!?
The sense of entitlement of some people never ceases to amaze me. However it's nothing new. Back in the late 70s a work colleague of mine got home to discover a car on his drive. Assuming it was somebody visiting them, he parked behind it and went into the house. No visitor, and his parents knew nothing about the car. Some time later there was a knock at the door and the owner of the uninvited car demanding that they move their car to allow them out. They informed the owner of the 'rogue' car that the owner of the car behind them was out, had the only key, and wouldn't be back until after midnight. The car was stuck there until my colleague left for work the following morning.
I'm trying to do some ironing for my DIL whilst we're minding house/babysitting. I say, I'm trying, it's her new iron, very large, very heavy and internet connected. WHY??? It turns red and flashes at me about half way through a simple tee shirt which means I have to replace it on its cradle until it flashes green. It's making the ironing twice as long and my arm's aching after ten minutes. Grrr!
I'm trying to do some ironing for my DIL whilst we're minding house/babysitting. I say, I'm trying, it's her new iron, very large, very heavy and internet connected. WHY??? It turns red and flashes at me about half way through a simple tee shirt which means I have to replace it on its cradle until it flashes green. It's making the ironing twice as long and my arm's aching after ten minutes. Grrr!
Oh it must be one of those 'Smart' ones, if ever there was a case for misrepresentation...
@Lizzie27 I agree there is no point in an internet connected iron. Did you know you can get internet connected kettles so you can save 2 minutes boiling time by pressing the switch when you get home!
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The wall has been rebuilt - stronger. But, . . . . ., who knows what will happen next!?
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
The sense of entitlement of some people never ceases to amaze me. However it's nothing new. Back in the late 70s a work colleague of mine got home to discover a car on his drive. Assuming it was somebody visiting them, he parked behind it and went into the house. No visitor, and his parents knew nothing about the car. Some time later there was a knock at the door and the owner of the uninvited car demanding that they move their car to allow them out. They informed the owner of the 'rogue' car that the owner of the car behind them was out, had the only key, and wouldn't be back until after midnight. The car was stuck there until my colleague left for work the following morning.
It turns red and flashes at me about half way through a simple tee shirt which means I have to replace it on its cradle until it flashes green. It's making the ironing twice as long and my arm's aching after ten minutes. Grrr!
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.