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AIBU A woman on the street shut my car door !!

129 replies

Skifit · 10/04/2011 21:55

I live in a town centre. i parked my car outside my house and got out and left the boot and kerbside door open to load up some things from the house.
I went into my house to grab some bags to put in the car and heard my car door slam shut. I went out to see two cyclists go past, one of whom had shut my car door. Quite frankly I thought it was non of their business to shut my car door. Dam cheek, I thought. If that were me i would have just manouvered my bike carefully past the car and its open door.
There was plenty of room to walk past with a bike. . . .Seriously !
I looked at the woman and muttered "What ??" or something to which she answered, "I didnt want my bike to get scratched"
Blooming cheek! ..ggrrhh.
?? AIBU

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BeerTricksPotter · 10/04/2011 22:09

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Avantia · 10/04/2011 22:09

YABU - regardless of whether the cyclists should have been on pavement or not your were blocking the pavement = perhaps they knew a double buggy was coming along behind them ? - would you complain then ? Smile

Ryoko · 10/04/2011 22:16

I don't think you are being unreasonable at all to be shocked and annoyed that someone shut your open car door, it's disgraceful what goes on in this day and age, why I remember the days when if you left your car door open people would nick your stereo/car/anything else visible, it disgusts me that now days people just close door of a unattended car without even taking the air freshener.

Littlefish · 10/04/2011 22:20

YAB absolutely U
Shut your car door yourself and stop creating an obstruction.

tethersegg · 10/04/2011 22:23

The door-shutting-cycling bastards.

NestaFiesta · 10/04/2011 22:24

YABU. It's your car door but it's not your pavement.

princessparty · 10/04/2011 22:37

YABU.A blind person might have walked into it

Goblinchild · 10/04/2011 22:40

'That's very agile - to be able to shut a car door while riding a bike'

You can do it with your foot if you are travelling in the right direction.
OP, you were obstructing the footpath. YABU

princessparty · 10/04/2011 22:42

I've googled cycling on pavement and everything that comes up says it's illegal

QueeferSutherland · 10/04/2011 22:42

YABU.

Get over yourself.

hocuspontas · 10/04/2011 22:49

AIBU is ssssoooooo boring these days...

hmc · 10/04/2011 22:53

It seems a very little thing to get wound up about Skifit

NanaNina · 10/04/2011 22:59

Well skifit you certainly got a good response and I couldn't agree more with all the YABU - yes, agree - get over yourself and stop being so tetchy - it isn't good for the blood pressure!

WhereYouLeftIt · 10/04/2011 23:05

Seriously? You left your car door open in a town centre and walked away out of sight? Does your insurance company know of this?

YouaretooniceNOT · 10/04/2011 23:17

A blind person could have walked into it - agree with princess.

chickchickchicken · 10/04/2011 23:23

yabu for blocking pavement

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Blu · 10/04/2011 23:32

From the OP it sounds as if the cyclists were walking their bikes along the footpath.

Maybe they thought they were doing you a favour, closing an unlocked unattended car's door.

In any case they didn't actually do you any harm, so your extended righteous indignation is unreasonable and a bit ridiculous.

LDNmummy · 10/04/2011 23:37
Biscuit
ZacharyQuack · 10/04/2011 23:43

Here, dunk this Biscuit Brew

YouaretooniceNOT · 10/04/2011 23:49

herbietea LOL

and the biscuit givers are out in force tonight i see lol

Morloth · 10/04/2011 23:58

Like many others, I have closed car doors that have blocked part of the footpath.

It was in the way so they moved it, as doors are designed to be opened and closed it wasn't damaged.

YABVU and a dick for leaving it open in the first place.

mumeeee · 11/04/2011 00:04

YABU. I would have done the same