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All the posts below would probably involve some form of action from yourself .. however the question is simply for which of the below would you involve the police at all? For each of the examples .. no matter what reasoning you try and use with the transgressor they're attitude doesn't change and the transgressor is also always so hard you can't just give him a beating!!! So if the choice is 'cops' or, to be honest, kinda 'drop it' .. what you gonna do?.
I'm interested in if you have the same principles about police involvement with your troubles that I do ..
So .. the scenarios ..
1) You own a knackered old fence seperating your garden from the neighbours. One day you come home and a brand new fence is there in it's place - without your permission. The neighbour has replaced your fence with a new one, and apparently put your old fence on his bonfire! He is adamant the new fence belongs to him and, as with all the below, will not concede he has done anything wrong or reimburse you at all. Would you get the cops in?
2) You are drunk out off your head and accidentally slam into some guy in a nightclub, who drops the £20 tray of drinks he was holding all over the floor. On discovering you can't afford to reimburse him immediately, he grabs your throat for 5 seconds screaming 'If that ever happens again I'll kill you' then walks off. You're quite shaken up. Cops?
3) You go to a meeting at work and come back to find your colleague munching through the lunch sandwiches on your desk because 'they looked nice and you left them unguarded so tough luck'. As with all these scenarios, he's totally unrepentant and you're not gonna get any apology or anything. His line manager suggests it's a private problem between you and him so sort it out yourselves. Police?
4) You buy a TV 'to collect' over the internet and arrange to drive to the shop to pick it up. You get there, and they've 'sold it to a cash buyer and they'll send a cheque refunding your money within 6 weeks'! It cost you £50 of petrol to get to the place, which they suggest is 'your tough luck' .. ?
5) You play Sunday morning footy, and an opposition player breaks your leg on purpose, miles away fom the ball, because 'he didn't like the look of you'. You're going to have to miss 6 weeks work and you're self employed so no sick pay. He said 'Yea that's why I did it mate .. funny eh?' Same question -- police involvement?
6) Your mate is showing off about doing 165mph on the motorway in the wrecking down rain .. his car computer confirms he's not lying. He's a clueless and dangerous driver. This couldn't have possibly been safe for the other road users. So, usual question?
7) You run a company, and some bloke steals 500 sheets of printer paper. When confronted he says something about 'not having time to get to the shops to buy it'. Does the disciplinary measures involve Pc Plod at all?
8) You find out over the grapevine that one of your ex-mates has been spreading lies about you having an affair behind your missus' back. Now a load of people in your community think you're scum, yet you're entirely innocent. Do your plans moving forward involve police men?
9) Your mate and some other bloke have some drunken ruck over some girl, both as equally to blame as the other. But when the other guys goes down your mate decides to stamp on his head for a while. Other bloke ends up needing 6 weeks in hospital with all kinds of problems and can't remember the assault at all, no matter who did it. Other bloke now apparently talks with a slur and slower than he used to :/
10) Neighbour has a loud party. It's 1:30am. You want some kip now .. yet you asking him to quiet down is met with laughter ...
?? So .. which numbers would you choose to involve PC Plod? Which ones would you drop? Remember, the transgressors are hard as nails so any private revenge, if they figure out it was you, is going to end up with you severely duffed up ..
After some posts I'll tell you for which of the above I'd involve the cops ..
I'm interested in if you have the same principles about police involvement with your troubles that I do ..
So .. the scenarios ..
1) You own a knackered old fence seperating your garden from the neighbours. One day you come home and a brand new fence is there in it's place - without your permission. The neighbour has replaced your fence with a new one, and apparently put your old fence on his bonfire! He is adamant the new fence belongs to him and, as with all the below, will not concede he has done anything wrong or reimburse you at all. Would you get the cops in?
2) You are drunk out off your head and accidentally slam into some guy in a nightclub, who drops the £20 tray of drinks he was holding all over the floor. On discovering you can't afford to reimburse him immediately, he grabs your throat for 5 seconds screaming 'If that ever happens again I'll kill you' then walks off. You're quite shaken up. Cops?
3) You go to a meeting at work and come back to find your colleague munching through the lunch sandwiches on your desk because 'they looked nice and you left them unguarded so tough luck'. As with all these scenarios, he's totally unrepentant and you're not gonna get any apology or anything. His line manager suggests it's a private problem between you and him so sort it out yourselves. Police?
4) You buy a TV 'to collect' over the internet and arrange to drive to the shop to pick it up. You get there, and they've 'sold it to a cash buyer and they'll send a cheque refunding your money within 6 weeks'! It cost you £50 of petrol to get to the place, which they suggest is 'your tough luck' .. ?
5) You play Sunday morning footy, and an opposition player breaks your leg on purpose, miles away fom the ball, because 'he didn't like the look of you'. You're going to have to miss 6 weeks work and you're self employed so no sick pay. He said 'Yea that's why I did it mate .. funny eh?' Same question -- police involvement?
6) Your mate is showing off about doing 165mph on the motorway in the wrecking down rain .. his car computer confirms he's not lying. He's a clueless and dangerous driver. This couldn't have possibly been safe for the other road users. So, usual question?
7) You run a company, and some bloke steals 500 sheets of printer paper. When confronted he says something about 'not having time to get to the shops to buy it'. Does the disciplinary measures involve Pc Plod at all?
8) You find out over the grapevine that one of your ex-mates has been spreading lies about you having an affair behind your missus' back. Now a load of people in your community think you're scum, yet you're entirely innocent. Do your plans moving forward involve police men?
9) Your mate and some other bloke have some drunken ruck over some girl, both as equally to blame as the other. But when the other guys goes down your mate decides to stamp on his head for a while. Other bloke ends up needing 6 weeks in hospital with all kinds of problems and can't remember the assault at all, no matter who did it. Other bloke now apparently talks with a slur and slower than he used to :/
10) Neighbour has a loud party. It's 1:30am. You want some kip now .. yet you asking him to quiet down is met with laughter ...
?? So .. which numbers would you choose to involve PC Plod? Which ones would you drop? Remember, the transgressors are hard as nails so any private revenge, if they figure out it was you, is going to end up with you severely duffed up ..
After some posts I'll tell you for which of the above I'd involve the cops ..
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