Not turning into my week with the commercial logistics operatives
Had a close pass from a UK Mail van. Not up there with my near offing earlier in the week (footage removed due to decent company MD) but much closer than it needed to be - a real 'f*** off out of my way' pass.
Matey pulls into station and gets out just where I'm dismounting. I stroll across and say "Couldn't give me a bit more room next time mate?" Nothing too heavy. He comes back "You were too far out" and gives me a fick-you look.
I sees red and start with some verbal along the lines of "what do you know? Do you know how much room you're supposed to give me?". He then says "Pay some tax". You can imagine how many of my buttons that pressed. To cut it short, we have a full-on verbal that came close to fisticuffs.
I behaved like a tw@t. What I should've done was either left it alone full stop or walked away after the first comment. But there you go, its done now.
I don't know about anyone else on here, but the cycling seems to have got a good deal more ugly on the roads in the past few months and I think its started to get to my attitude.
Time for me and cycling to get some marriage-guidance (or failing that, I could have an affair with a skateboard )
Had a close pass from a UK Mail van. Not up there with my near offing earlier in the week (footage removed due to decent company MD) but much closer than it needed to be - a real 'f*** off out of my way' pass.
Matey pulls into station and gets out just where I'm dismounting. I stroll across and say "Couldn't give me a bit more room next time mate?" Nothing too heavy. He comes back "You were too far out" and gives me a fick-you look.
I sees red and start with some verbal along the lines of "what do you know? Do you know how much room you're supposed to give me?". He then says "Pay some tax". You can imagine how many of my buttons that pressed. To cut it short, we have a full-on verbal that came close to fisticuffs.
I behaved like a tw@t. What I should've done was either left it alone full stop or walked away after the first comment. But there you go, its done now.
I don't know about anyone else on here, but the cycling seems to have got a good deal more ugly on the roads in the past few months and I think its started to get to my attitude.
Time for me and cycling to get some marriage-guidance (or failing that, I could have an affair with a skateboard )