Moronic Signs

[Toad]

I've been out at a tree across the road and Ford fiesta upside down after trying to avoid it during a storm when some pissed up entitled cockwomble turns up and demands we let him through cos he doesn't think we should be there and his wife works in health and safety. They ended up driving up the verge and squeezing past while giving us shit. 

Had plenty of abuse for closing roads for fatal crashes too. 

[AHPP]

Also , on another thread , you can read about tree workers going ballistic when Joe Public tries to ignore " foot path closed " signs  and walks / jogs through the drop zone . 

I hate that too. Every instance of public shittiness towards workmen that I’ve witnessed could have been avoided if the workmen had just been nice in the first place. Many choose to be confrontational though. “MY site” etc.

[eggsarascal]

5 minutes ago, AHPP said:

I hate that too. Every instance of public shittiness towards workmen that I’ve witnessed could have been avoided if the workmen had just been nice in the first place. Many choose to be confrontational though. “MY site” etc.

When you deal with dickheads in roadworks day in, day out it makes you that way. 

[Stubby]

39 minutes ago, AHPP said:

I hate that too. Every instance of public shittiness towards workmen that I’ve witnessed could have been avoided if the workmen had just been nice in the first place. Many choose to be confrontational though. “MY site” etc.

This is what happened to me once time .....Steve is up the tree .  There are foot path closed signs at each extreme end  .  Cones and large red and white plastic barriers . It is very obvious whats required . Steve cuts a lump and doof it hits the deck in the " kill zone " Along comes mister keep fit jogger dude . Totally ignores the foot path closed sign . Jogs on through the cones I start to shout Stop meaning Steve stop cutting . Bloke thinks I mean him , gives me the finger , vaults the plastic barrier  , jogs through the kill zone slightly avoiding the ugly lumps on the ground , goes to vault the other plastic barrier , catches it with his leading foot and fall flat on his front . Picks himself up leaving the barrier down , jogs out through the other cones and footpath closed sign . I take my hat off and throw it on the ground .

Edited July 9, 2021 by Stubby

[AHPP]

This is what happened to me once time .....Steve is up the tree .  There are foot path closed signs at each extreme end  .  Cones and large red and white plastic barriers . It is very obvious whats required . Steve cuts a lump and doof it hits the deck in the " kill zone " Along comes mister keep fit jogger dude . Totally ignores the foot path closed sign . Jogs on through the cones I start to shout Stop meaning Steve stop cutting . Bloke thinks I mean him , gives me he finger , vaults the plastic barrier  , jogs through the kill zone slightly avoiding the ugly lumps on the ground , goes to vault the other plastic barrier , catches it with his leading foot and fall flat on his front . Picks himself up leaving the barrier down , jogs out through the other cones and footpath closed sign . I take my hat off and throw it on the ground .

His lookout principally. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes etc.

[Stubby]

6 minutes ago, AHPP said:

His lookout principally. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes etc.

I think not . If he got struck and was killed or injured it would still be partly or wholly our responsibility .  That's what pisses me off . Was him that chose to be confrontational/twattish .

Edited July 9, 2021 by Stubby

[AHPP]

I think not . If he got struck and was killed or injured it would still be partly or wholly our responsibility .  That's what pisses me off . Was him that chose to be confrontational/twattish .

Not necessarily. Volenti non fit injuria.

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Not necessarily. Volenti non fit injuria.

Ok . You can see my point though ?

[Toad]

3 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Ok . You can see my point though ?

Also, dealing with someone who had just been turned into jam by a falling tree would be horrific, ignoring whose fault it was.

Too many people are assholes who don't consider what their actions could do to other people.

[AHPP]

Ok . You can see my point though ?

I can. I’d have been annoyed, mostly about the barrier.