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People who pause for a second at the bottom of escalators, just before they step off, causing a ripple effect of stationary people who are trying to walk (on the left of course). This leads to a situation much like on a motorway when you end up crawling along for a while and then speed up again with no apparent reason.

Why this annoys me in particular is that I'm pretty sure these people have no idea of the impact they're having.


Also - the free Sport magazine that gets given out on Friday's isn't given out inside London Bridge. This means I have to get off the train, walk outside the station and then back in to collect mine thus wasting valuable seconds and almost definitely making me late for work.

Brendan Wrote:

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> Insert link to youtube clip of dinner table scene

> from Beetlejuice here:


Oh, all right then


Does anyone remember those Stone Age days when you couldn't just find any clip or song you wanted and instantly post it to your acquaintance? How DID we cope?

Driving:

1/ Guys who turn right(not with a filter) and do not indicate until you are behind them in the same lane and immobile.

Then the inevitable happens in London that the oncoming traffic prevents them turning for ages with you stuck behind them.:X

2/ People who dawdle to the lights when they finally turn green and then put ona last minute spurt so they get thru' and no-one else does behind them even though THEY caused the traffic to considerably slow down.(6)

3/ Aftertimers! Particularly after a Sporting Event.

Complete and utter bollix. Don't ever listen to these Ass-Clowns. If you haven't stated your opinion BEFORE the event do not bother after the team/player/horse/dog has Won please!:))

People who park across my driveway. I had to get out urgently and some man who lives over the road had parked right across it, it was pouring with rain, he then tried to start up a conversation with me.....I was very tempted just to shout " ******* MOVE" or to get in and hold my hand down on the horn until he got the point. Even more annoying was that there was a space on his side of the road. Grrrrrrrr.

absentminded Wrote:

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> People who park across my driveway. I had to get

> out urgently and some man across the road had

> parked right across it, it was pouring with rain,

> he then tried to have a conversation with me.....I

> was very tempted just to shout " ******* MOVE" or

> to get in a hold my hand down on the horn until he

> got the point. Even more annoying was that there

> was a space on his side of the road. Grrrrrrrr.




I know this driver - He / She / They do it to me all the time, usually with no idea that they are in the wrong and when you point out their error (either nicely or not so nicely) you get one of three responses


The Good ones move straight away and say sorry

The Bad ones try to argue that they are only popping to the shop / see a friend or going for a 2 hour lunch, but still move it after you repeat the words "NO PARKIGN ACROSS MY DRIVE" half a dozen times

The Ugly ones tell you not to be so 'uppity' (or words to that effect) and walk off


Sadly the law states that they can only be moved on if they are blocking you from getting out of your drive and not into it... however a handy little trick is to always keep a spare car in the garage for such an emergency thus allowing you to call the police and (if you so deem) get them a ticket for parking...


I sometimes wonder who's insurance would pay should my handbrake cable acciently snap resulting in my car rolling out of the drive and into theirs... after all that accident wouldn't have happened if they parked legally now !!! ::o

LuvPeckham Wrote:

> Sadly the law states that they can only be moved

> on if they are blocking you from getting out of

> your drive and not into it... however a handy

> little trick is to always keep a spare car in the

> garage for such an emergency thus allowing you to

> call the police and (if you so deem) get them a

> ticket for parking...

>


Really? Why can they only be moved on if they are blocking you from getting out of your drive and not into it?

There is currently a skip on one side of it too, and people park behind it so that they are ever so slightly over the edge of the drive, which makes it really tricky to get in. I have been tempted to leave pleasant (or menacing) notes on their cars, but haven't had the guts yet.

I don't really know why the law is that way, a couple of nice police officers told me the rules a few years ago when they had to move someone for me. I guess it is something to do with the fact that your exit is blocked but on returning you have the option to park elsewhere should your entrance be blocked.


Notes are a good thing, make sure you don't damage the car (maybe photo it before and after) and I would say polite, pointing out something like "Please do not park across this driveway, access required 24 hours a day, many thanks for your co-operation in future" menacing notes can end up with damage to the car in the drive.

If required, and the police can't contact the driver of the vehicle, they can give them a ticket, which tends to stop them doing it again, but if they are your neighbour then it doesn't make for good relationships.


I would also suggest a sign on your gates or wall saying "Please do not park across this drive, thank you" just to emphasis the point of not parking there.. if all else fails contact the council and get a white line painted across your drive (but that doesn't always work as people sometimes ignore that)


I have in the past contemplated puting a trolly jack under the offending car and twisting it 45 degrees into the road and then calling the police to say it looks abandoned and is parked dangerously, but I think that may get me into more trouble then it is worth. (but such a nice thought)

I say sir, don't you have either, my gawsh this is Dul-wich you know .... simply everyone and their maids have a spare car and Garage... for the days when one's driver has taken the rolls for a wash (damn fool always brings them back wet and it makes for a soggy cheese sandwich)

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