Not me, honest... Ok, maybe I am ranting!

[Jayneflakes]

Funny day today and I did something I have never done before.

Decided to take my Mountain bike to work this morning, it was a glorious start to the day and riding in the fresh chill spring air was divine...

Until Mrs Dangerousdriver in a red hatch back decides to over take and then turn immediately left, just missing my front wheel, causing me to brake heavily (just serviced my Hope Disks and they are awesome) and swerve. She pulled into the garage and and stopped in the queue for a pump.

Usually, I would just let something like that go, but not today. My anger level suddenly sawed and I was absolutely furious.

So today I followed her into the garage and had a bit of a shout at her, using a few choice words, many of which began with F and ended in ing! She used some back and I swear to you, I very nearly punched out the window on her car, which she would not wind down. I sprinted away from her when I realised I was about to lose it and rode up and over the fly over as fast as I could.

I have never responded in such a fashion and I do not know where the full on rage came from, it felt like it lasted for ages, was probably no more than a few seconds. I got to work and was so hyped that I kept on swearing and using words that would make a squaddie blush. After that I was somewhat militant for the rest of the day and it took a fair while for me to settle down.

However this did not last too long and I was somewhat annoyed to discover that although I have written confirmation that tomorrow is my last day of employment with Halfords, the Assistant Manager expects me to work on until Friday! I could feel myself flaring again and had to calm down. He told me that he has to talk to the Store manager tomorrow morning because he has scheduled me to work. Then this evening I worked three hours over time because they do not have enough bike staff to run the Bikehut properly.

Unbelievable, they can't even make me redundant properly because they still need me to work my hours... How can this be legal?

[flymo]

Originally Posted by Jayneflakes

.... I was somewhat annoyed.....

only a British person would write that

[Red Herring]

Big deep breath.....and out. Feel better now?

It is surprising how just a little thing early on in a day can play on your mind for the rest of it. I had almost exactly the same thing happen to me this morning. There I was minding my own business at a steady 70 in the centre lane, gently passing a line of lorries in lane one when another car steamed past my offside then pulled straight in front of me standing on his brakes to try and make a gap between the lorries so he could take the exit. I swear to god for just a second I was tempted to give him a shunt up the rear. Fortunately sense prevailed and he will live to fight another day, tomorrow to be precise. Given that my desk is right next to the Traffic Sergeants he copped my feelings and it seems the unmarked car has a task for tomorrow. I must just remember to keep the speed down myself.....

Kicking wing mirrors off is usually a good stress reliever in these circumstances!

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by TazDaz

Kicking wing mirrors off is usually a good stress reliever in these circumstances!

Not necessarily so, most would then worry just how long it will be before they get a knock at the door.....

you need a black metal gig *hint, read my facebook*

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by TazDaz

Kicking wing mirrors off is usually a good stress reliever in these circumstances!

Just remember that I learned the hard way that just slapping someones bonnet, even if they ARE trying to run you over WILL get you an Arrest Record AND a day in the Cells...

Of course that was more to do with lazy coppers trying to get me to drop the Assault allegation I had made against the driver of said car by threatening me with the Crim Dam charge, which would be dropped if I dropped the Assault one...

[SoulKiss]

Jayne, I'm so proud of you - and I mean that in a non-sarcastic way.

Hugs

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Not necessarily so, most would then worry just how long it will be before they get a knock at the door.....

Takes quite a bit of police work to track down cyclists in areas with little CCTV coverage...

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Just remember that I learned the hard way that just slapping someones bonnet, even if they ARE trying to run you over WILL get you an Arrest Record AND a day in the Cells...

Of course that was more to do with lazy coppers trying to get me to drop the Assault allegation I had made against the driver of said car by threatening me with the Crim Dam charge, which would be dropped if I dropped the Assault one...

On a push bike?