Pointless Attack on Traffic Warden
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LMAO, that was awesome
Hopefully if stuff like this becomes more common the will be a decline of people willing to do the job, scumbags.
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Traffic wardens are scum and they know full well they are doing a job the public despise them for yet do it anyway, they deserve anything they get.
You know Braunstone Gate isn't 'part' of Braunstone?
Look, I'll make this really simple. Don't park illegally and they will not ever both you.
People don't 'deserve' anything they get.
Thanks - the point I was trying to convey in far more eloquent wording
THIS ^
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Please, your condescension is not required.
I have been in plenty of threatening situations thanks, and actually elements of my job involve telling people like the above, where necessary, that what they are doing is not good enough. So yes I take a lot of flack because nobody likes to be told "you have done a **** job".
Has it been confirmed whether the man spat on the TW or the floor?
The TW has got the authority to issue a fine to the individual who spat. The fact that the individual does not respect that authority is not an excuse for ignoring bad behaviour. If we took that approach in life we would have anarchy.
I also note with interest that after kicking the TW the men did not set about him as you would normally expect from 'their type' if they were intending on assaulting someone. Maybe his companions were just as surprised by it as the warden was? Indeed the one man just stands there with a spaced out look on his face.
Fair play to the TW, he stood up for himself and tried to do his job. He challenged unacceptable behaviour which is something more of us should be doing. Foolish bravado? No I don't think so. An element of naivety maybe, but not bravado.
My point was, and still is, that the TW cannot have the blame laid at his feet for the actions of the individual that kicked him. I have heard this logic many times before, but it never stands up.
Agreed, if the TW had not pursued the issue he would probably not have come to harm, but pursuing the issue (which he was well within his rights to do) is not an excuse to blame him for being kicked in the face. How about we blame the man who kicked him, or are we now saying its OK to be a threatening and violent person because if you go around assaulting people, its everyone elses fault for calling you out on it? Hmm, slightly spurious logic in my opinion.
@Haggisman
No I would not try and tackle a gunman. Not without a gun of my own (and my gun would have to be bigger than his gun)
Good news on leaving Walsall - good luck with wherever you are heading to.
I really don't get that mentality. Its like calling the Police scum for arresting you for breaking the law. I have no issues with TW's and I certainly don't despise them. In fact I have found them to be quite amenable if you treat them with a bit of common courtesy. If you go off and treat them like 'scum' then that may be the cause of your problem.
Or maybe next time, don't park where you shouldn't? Or do you fall into the category of wanting to park where you like and then whining when you get a ticket from the 'scumbag' TW who is letting you know that no it is not OK to go around doing as you please? How dare they!!
Cheers
Buff
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I wouldnt waste anymore time discussing this with these a lot as clearly they are not interested in simple logic.
Its hardly the same though, most police are trying to do a good job and actually do good for the community. Traffic wardens on the other hand are more comparable to bailiffs, people who live just to make others lives miserable. Nobody forces them to take a job everybody will hate them for.
No I didn't, I haven't lived in Leicester for 8 years, so I'm a little rusty on locations, but I did think it was closer to Braunstone than it is.
Nah, It's at the bottom of the Narborough road next to DMU / City Centre, it's like a big side street full of bars, resturants and now a really random huge Tesco
Braunstone is about a fiver away in a taxi.
Surely their job is fairly straight forward and the only reason peoples lives are miserable is because they are too stupid to park in the right place. If anything they get my sympathy for having to contend with the nations most brainless or tightfisted halfwits that think they can park where they want. It's hardly rocket science that if you park your car in the appropriate place then you won't be bothered by them, I can't see how that makes them scum.
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Why do people hate traffic wardens so much? If they weren't around, people would be taking the pee and parking wherever they liked. My ***** neighbours kept parking on the double yellow line in front of our flats, which obscures your view when you are turning left into the narrow road (hence the double yellow line). I called the council on at least 4 occasions and they sent a warden round to ticket them. After the 4th time I think, they stopped parking there. They have a parking space in the flat parking but are too lazy to walk the extra 20 metres to the door. Once they got ticketed two days in a row (so 2 tickets on the bonnet) since they were too lazy to go out and move their car (I know they were home the whole time and they can see their car from their window).
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I don't hate them, and others on here have expressed the same sentiment. I suspect they are mostly decent people just trying to get through life the best they can. Is it their fault if people park where they shouldn't and they have to issue a ticket? Or is it the fault of the person who parked in the wrong place?
Could it be you are projecting your own prejudices onto everyone else and speaking for them when you have no real right to?
Nobody forces you to hate people you don't even know, yet you appear to do so. Do you hate them, really? Or are you just a disgruntled motorist?
I would say that maybe life circumstances means they take the job because maybe (just a stab in the dark here) they have some self respect and would rather be doing a job than claiming dole.
Terrible thing when people have self respect isn't it?
Buff
No I would not try and tackle a gunman. Not without a gun of my own (and my gun would have to be bigger than his gun)
Then I don't see the difference between that and confronting 3 lads who are clearly larger than you and have already illustrated they are willing to assault you (spitting on someone is classed as assault).
As you've very clearly illustrated
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I dont think you grasp simple logic.
You are walking down a street, the road forks into two, before reconnecting. On the left hand side you see a riot and riot police, on the other side its clear.
WHICH WAY DO YOU GO?
Oh, I love puzzles but I'll need another clue. Am I a rioter, a policeman or just a random somebody?
Oh, I love puzzles but I'll need another clue. Am I a rioter, a policeman or just a random somebody?
You are a level 12 Elf Wizard. If you choose the left path, turn to page 43, if you choose the right path, turn to page 167. If you have a car key in your inventory, you can use the Ferrari parked next to you by turning to page 18.