Grief At Work

[Arch]

I am not! But I was feeling pretty grumpy that morning after a near miss (and having to ride such a dreadful bike after my decent one got nicked) think it's fair enough that it might take a while to see the funny side!

I think you're perfectly entitled to be grumpy. Mindless comments on newspaper websites is one thing, but these people work with you. Presumably within a big organisation, but there's not much evidence that they see you as one of them. People who say "oh, it's just a bit of fun/banter" are generally those who are happy to dish it out. Some of us are politer and more reserved, and wouldn't dream of being rude to a colleague so we don't expect to get it from them.

In a way, I'd be happier about 'banter' from people I worked with closely, because I'd be able to gauge their seriousness. Some random person I don't know well, I'd be much more upset by it.

Anyway, they are all probably fat pillocks with high blood pressure who spend a fortune on diet food and gyms, so you win in the end.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Just email them all back (or to the list again) saying you intend to scratch all the cars at work such that you'll know if it is one of them who knocks you off in future... it's only a bit of harmless banter after all, surely they'll see the funny side of you saying you're going to damage their car...

 

[mr_cellophane]

If you have a back pack then I highly reccomend one of these....
http://www.ledwear.co.uk/products/ledbackpackcover

I suppose you could buy some flashing armbands 5 minutes sewing and get the same effect for under £3.

 

[BentMikey]

Or you could buy some serious lights and have a far more effective solution.

 

[Amanda P]

It is just joshing banter, but the subject of the joshing ought to be too serious to joke about. We're talking about someone we, and they, know, being horribly mangled on the road.

Not funny when it actually happens. Why on earth would anyone joke about it?

 

[Arch]

It is just joshing banter, but the subject of the joshing ought to be too serious to joke about. We're talking about someone we, and they, know, being horribly mangled on the road.

Not funny when it actually happens. Why on earth would anyone joke about it?

Because they haven't the wit to imagine it. Like that chap I wrote about on another topic, who seemed to think cars were safe because they were designed so that pedestrians would 'just roll off' if they were hit. Many people are morons.

Stick them in the middle of a road and drive a bus past with inches to spare, and some of them might get the point. But only some. The rest are super-morons.

 

[Amanda P]

Andy in sig's quote below just doesn't go out of date:

 

[TheDoctor]

It's amazing how everyone who says "it's only a joke / bit of fun" develops a major sense of humour failure when you tell them to FOAD!!

 

[HobbesChoice]

It's amazing how everyone who says "it's only a joke / bit of fun" develops a major sense of humour failure when you tell them to FOAD!!

.. or those very same people who have the same sense of humour failure when what they've done to others "as a joke" is done to them!

 

[Bman]

I think this is not a joking matter. I would report them.

I certainly would NEVER tell someone to "die" over corporate email. That is asking for a disciplinary and he/she should get one (but only if the OP reports it).

I know people who would jump at the chance for a job in the computer games industry. I am one of them. I also know people who have been let go for much less than the comments posted in the OP.

 

[downfader]

All sense of humour and levity goes out the window after you've felt the mind-zapping slap of a car across your body. And who the hell are we to tell people the lighten up, we're not the humour-police.

People in my workplace have been sacked for less tbh

 

[hackbike 666]

London Buses are equipped with cctv front rear side and internal report it promptly to the local police and demand they arrange a download of the buses harddrive.

look for the registration number or fleet number usually dt105 cit333 or dp101 usually two letters and three numbers depicting its make /model/body type these are on all sides and usually by the pedestrian entry doors .

Report also to Transport for London who can impose their own fines on bus co that fall below standard !

London buses also have the depot code on the side.T means leyton green bus garage.We aren't all mugs mr bus driver.

 

[Jezston]

I certainly would NEVER tell someone to "die" over corporate email. That is asking for a disciplinary and he/she should get one (but only if the OP reports it).

Cheers guys, the guy who made the 'die' comment has apologised to me in person unprompted, so all is good now.

More annoyed by the general attitude towards cyclists. Still getting advice that I shouldn't cycle on the section of road this happened on, despite it being one long, straight, wide road with a 40 limit.

 

[downfader]

Cheers guys, the guy who made the 'die' comment has apologised to me in person unprompted, so all is good now.

More annoyed by the general attitude towards cyclists. Still getting advice that I shouldn't cycle on the section of road this happened on, despite it being one long, straight, wide road with a 40 limit.

I garantee they'd be the first to complain about pavement cyclists too.

 

[hackbike 666]

http://www.self-preservation-society.co.uk/jotter/garagecodes.htm

Bus Depot codes.I forgot that Walthamstow (when it existed) was WW.

The 25 bendy buses have WH on them...West Ham...I couldn't think whether it was West Ham or West Hampstead.Also saw a 425 bus without a code on it.

Interested to know where all those buses that use Waterloo Bridge come from.