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AIBU?

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AIBU to think my neighbour is an idiot?

7 replies

abr1de · 01/11/2010 13:46

Our street is busy today--nothing to do with us, it's not our building work or elecricians' vans, or whatever.

I waited for our post lady to walk out of our drive rather than reversing up while she was walking out. The drive is narrow and I didn't want to risk her having to jump out of the way.

This meant that one of our neighbours in his white van had to wait about fifteen seconds while she walked out of the drive and got into her post van. When she'd done this, I started to reverse into my drive he began tooting me.

As he wouldn't let me reverse, I then had to drive all the way along the street and past his drive to let him through, before I was able to reverse back along the street and into my own drive.

I'd already noted him mounting the pavement to get past some of the builders' vans further along, again, nothing to do with us.

Why is he being so darn impatient? Why are his seconds more important than mine?

I haven't held him up before and we have tried to be good neighbours. So AIBU to think he is rude?

OP posts:
Aviendha · 01/11/2010 13:56

YANBU

Chil1234 · 01/11/2010 13:59

An impatient man in a white van?... Now there's a thing.

abr1de · 01/11/2010 14:11

Interestingly enough, he was signed off from work years ago and is on disability benefits. I hadn't thought of that before but will be broad-minded and assume he was just doing some odd jobs for his family.

OP posts:
Chil1234 · 01/11/2010 14:17

Be honest... you've never really liked the man. He's impatient once and here you are posting on a public message board at great length about how you've tried to be a good neighbour and broad minded about his white van ownership, odd jobs & alleged disability.... Hmm

Sarsaparilllla · 01/11/2010 14:19

I would've carried on reversing tbh, it would only have taken a minute to park up Grin

MissAnneElk · 01/11/2010 14:20

YANBU to wonder why he is so impatient.
YABVU to then turn the thread into a benefit bash.

pagwatch · 01/11/2010 14:35

Actually YABU to think this is strange or odd. DS2 has to get on a bus outside the house every morning and a pretty high percentage of car beep or shout or do Michael Schumaker style swerves across the road to avoid being held up for usually less than i minute.

The world is full of wankers and a higher PPN than average are sitting behind a steering wheels.
Often they are men. I think a small penis makes you unable to cope with any additional disappointment in your life, however minor

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