Parent wanted me to run their child over!

Phate said:
I had something similar the other weekend, I was backing off my girlfriends driveway, it backs on to a main road so naturally you have to go slowly anyway, plus adding into the pathway to the road is sloped downwards, so any kids walking past are even harder to see if they're short.

So I start slowly backing off and I hear a scream, like you I slammed on the brakes, I looked in my rear view mirror, still couldn't see anything, looked out and saw 2 kids pop their heads out and a full 5 seconds later whoever was walking with them appeared. So basically he was letting them run off down the street and just monitored them at his own pace, he tried to tell me to "be more careful" and not to "come flying out" next time, I apologised and then told him it works both ways and said that kids that young and small shouldn't be left on their own anyway, plus i can't "fly out" as its a main road anyway.

Irresponsible idiot.
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Reversing onto a main road? Who's irresponsible exactly?
 
GiraffePencils said:
Right....well I just said Handicap, not anything about his mental or physical condition....
If you had something covering one eye it's a handicap.
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either or. according to dictionary.com

hand·i·cap
[han-dee-kap]
noun
1.
a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
2.
the disadvantage or advantage itself.
3.
any disadvantage that makes success more difficult: The main handicap of our business is lack of capital.
4.
a physical or mental disability making participation in certain of the usual activities of daily living more difficult.

note to self - stop feeding the trolls.
 
neil_g said:
either or. according to dictionary.com

hand·i·cap
[han-dee-kap]
noun
1.
a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
2.
the disadvantage or advantage itself.
3.
any disadvantage that makes success more difficult: The main handicap of our business is lack of capital.
4.
a physical or mental disability making participation in certain of the usual activities of daily living more difficult.

note to self - stop feeding the trolls.
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Thanks, You posted a definition detailing the way I used it as correct.
It was a simple misunderstanding of the words use, no need to pursue it further.

The hole just gets deeper
 
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