Threatened for Parking in a Free Area

edinburghstudent

McKneff wrote: »

Wait till its dark, go back and collect all the cones up, Take them to a police station and telll them you found them...

In all honesty, i would park in another street.
As for today, I would have instantly called the pollice, he was committing an offence.

Causing alarm and distress is an offence...... If he confronts you again, dont engage in conversation with him, just ring the police.

I was planning on taking his cones tomorrow. He obviously believed he would be able to bully a little girl and intimidate me. I don't have any doubts that if I was a teenage boy or middle aged adult he wouldn't of been anywhere near as aggressive as what he was.

missbiggles1

edinburghstudent wrote: »

I was planning on taking his cones tomorrow. He obviously believed he would be able to bully a little girl and intimidate me. I don't have any doubts that if I was a teenage boy or middle aged adult he wouldn't of been anywhere near as aggressive as what he was.

:eek::eek:

agrinnall

As someone who is only 2 years away from turning 60 I'd be pretty annoyed if you referred to me as 'elderly'.

edinburghstudent

agrinnall wrote: »

As someone who is only 2 years away from turning 60 I'd be pretty annoyed if you referred to me as 'elderly'.

If you took offence to that i do apologise however I did say in my post 'AT LEAST' 60 implying that he was no younger than that. Either way age does not matter there was no need for him to be threatening me in the middle of the street. I would expect somebody of his experience shall we say to know better. I also never called him elderly during the dispute so theres no reason this should of fuelled any anger.

dacouch

Iceweasel wrote: »

I couldn't do that easily - I'd have told him where to shove his cone.

There are a few people who put cones outs their house to protect "Their" space around my way.

I start work very early and often pick up their cones and deposit them in an appropriate place in another road.

It's very satisfying

Fat_Walt

edinburghstudent wrote: »

I was planning on taking his cones tomorrow. He obviously believed he would be able to bully a little girl and intimidate me. I don't have any doubts that if I was a teenage boy or middle aged adult he wouldn't of been anywhere near as aggressive as what he was.

I wouldn't go down the lines of nicking his cones.

joeblags

agrinnall wrote: »

As someone who is only 2 years away from turning 60 I'd be pretty annoyed if you referred to me as 'elderly'.

but 60 is old. if I called you by your name, would that also offend you?

Richard53

joeblags wrote: »

but 60 is old. if I called you by your name, would that also offend you?

Age (or how old one feels) is very subjective. I have just turned 63 and am reluctantly accepting that I might be entering middle age in the next few years. In my head, I am just a very mature teenager.


When I was 10, I thought 17 was old and past it. When I was 30, I thought 45 was ancient. I now regard 80 as properly old. No doubt when I am 80 I will take a different view.

agrinnall

joeblags wrote: »

but 60 is old. if I called you by your name, would that also offend you?

I'm guessing you are nowhere near 60 years old, perhaps come back when you are and give us the benefit of your experience then.

marlot

Fat_Walt wrote: »

I wouldn't go down the lines of nicking his cones.

I bet they aren't owned by him.