Bullshitter at work - could this be true?

It’s really not. An automatic court appearance possibly. DH was caught doing 120 on a quiet motorway in 2017, fucking idiot, went to court, six points and £650 fine.

no excuses for him from me, called him a stupid fucking idiot then and continue to do so for that idiotic act.

however it goes to show based on what’s read here that there are no hard and fast rules, it depends on the equipment that caught you, evidence that will stand up in court, what type of copper you get, how much of a sob story you can plead to magistrates and how good a solicitor you can afford to pay for.

In response to the OP, I still don’t think she was caught doing 120 and let off and yes she sounds like a prolific liar.

@crochetmonkey74

blimey, I'd have to close my eyes tight to stop my eyeballs rolling over he top of my head.

i think I'd just keep saying 'Aye of course that happened Sandra'

Over the years I worked with a couple of fantasists, in fact one was a friend for a while but in the end I couldn't bare the constant tales. Not just exaggerations or embellishments but full-on crazy stories e.g. members of the royal family visiting in secret to say her husband was to be given a knighthood but it had to remain a secret; owning multi-million £ properties; being severely beaten in the street including having her head bashed repeatedly into the pavement, but coming into work the next morning with not a mark on her.

She would also give long running commentaries on her dreams - nothing worse than listening to long descriptions of someone else's dreams!

@PotatoPudding

it sounds like you have lots of energy & really live life!!

I have a good friend who tells tall tales. I got to a certain point of credulity and now laugh and say it never happened. I got annoyed at first because it seems like he thinks I'm stupid that I will believe him but you want to believe friends.

You could call her on it. Laugh and say pull the other it's got bells on. Don't make it a big deal. Keep it light. Turn it into a joke. "Ooh you do tickle me Sandra with all your tales" etc.

I had a bullshitter at work but it was more serious as they lied about their health and it got really extreme. I mean up to a point you've got to believe people when they say they are ill but it got sillier and sillier in a short space of time. If her lies affect work then that's a more serious matter that's hard to deal with.

I used to work with someone who was a complete fantasist, told many stories that obviously never happened. After a while, I just ignored her.

Many people were taken in by her, including our boss. The boss also believed her fantasy that she was good at her job 🙄

Nope, was the dual carriageway/bypass which was a 70mph limit…..he reckoned it was quiet 🤷‍♀️

That's really funny about the operation. Just ridiculous. also being qualified in all those things. You know you can look her up on the medical register?

Adopt a policy of responding, "Did ye, aye?" to every tall tale. Even an, "Okaay!" with an indulgent look would do, a bit like you do with a toddler when they're coming out with a load of gobbledegook. Or smile and nod, smile and nod...

I mean I'd probably have started the thread with the comments about guiding her own surgeon through an operation, or remotely solving the Rochdale grooming ring rather than the speeding, the speeding is believable - the rest less so 😂

Her tales sound very very tall! My best bet would be either ignore, or act super interested and start asking for more information so she'll stumble / won't know 🤷🏻‍♀️

@crochetmonkey74 her name doesn't begin with N does it? I used to work with someone who told very similar tales!

He must have been doing that in a built up area. Nutter.

I know someone who got caught doing 110mph and got six months in prison. My ex financial advisor, afaik it was his first speeding offence.

It is usually an automatic ban over 100 - I’d have though definitely at 120.

maybe she fits so much in because she does it all at120mph?

I often wonder if people think this about me. I have lots of experiences, had lots of varying jobs, generally done loads of stuff, but the jobs were concurrent, I didn’t settle down until I was 40, I had no ties and basically grabbed every bull by the horns. Even now, I work part time, study 12 hours a week, own a shop with DH, have a small side line business and have a 5yo DC. Then, in my spare time, which isn’t much at the moment, I do silversmithing. This probably sounds like BS to most people.

I got pulled over by police for doing 37 in a 30 and they just told me to drive at the speed limit in future.

Very unlikely. My best mate, ex traffic cop said that if he wanted to be lenient, the best he would do was drop the recorded speed to 99 so they don’t get an instant ban.

She's obviously got charisma if people are falling for these apparent 'lies'. Maybe she used those charms on the police!