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DH's beeping colleague.

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HaveAstarterANDaPudding · 12/12/2013 17:16

DH does a car share thing with a colleague - one week he drives them the next week she drives them.
We live in a terraced street with tiny forecourts so the front door and windows are only about 3' back from the street. It's a really quiet street with very little traffic.
On the mornings when DH's colleague picks him up, at 6:30am, she pulls up and sounds her horn. Twice. And it's not a pip-pip horn it's a loud horn. And she has the car radio on so loud I can hear her driving down the street and when DH opens the car door to get in the radio blares loud enough for me to recognise songs.
DH waits in the front room with the curtains open and light on so she can clearly see that he has seen her arrive.
He will absolutely not say anything to her about this and thinks I am being overly sensitive (I can be a bit easily annoyed by noise Blush) but I think it's really rude to make that much noise - albeit only for a couple of minutes at most, at 6:30 in the morning! If I am still asleep it is loud enough to wake me.
DH doesn't want to wait outside cause she turns up any time between 6:20 and 6:35.

They are not close - she put a notice on their work car-share board, and financially it works out well.
Knowing that I do seethe at folk who talk loudly on trains and leave the office when my colleague eats an apple, I am prepared (would be happy!) to accept that Iabu, but I hate to think that our neighbours find this as inconsiderate and annoying as I do and are wishing DH would say something. (Only know the neighbours for polite hellos - doubt any of them would say anything).
So...give it to me straight. Wibu to wail and moan and plead with DH to ask her not to beep and turn down her radio?

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WillieWagglingRoundTheXmasTree · 13/12/2013 07:51

at my previous house our neighbour's XH used to do this when he picked up their son very early on saturday morning, so he didn't have to get out of the car and knock on the door and speak to her. it was incredibly annoying, but in that instance i didn't say anything because i thought she probably had enough on her plate given that snapshot of his behaviour

you're right in this case though, and sounds like using your neighbours as the reason is a good approach

Ilovemydogandmydoglovesme · 13/12/2013 08:44

Jinty Xmas Grin

Quoteunquote · 13/12/2013 10:01

Get your husband to wait at the end of the street for her.

Totally unacceptable to disturb your neighbour daily.

The horn. Use only while your vehicle is moving and you need to warn other road users of your presence. Never sound your horn aggressively. You MUST NOT use your horn

while stationary on the road
when driving in a built-up area between the hours of 11.30 pm and 7.00 am
except when another road user poses a danger.

www.gov.uk/general-rules-all-drivers-riders-103-to-158/other-stopping-procedures-107-to-112

Incredibly rude and selfish, so stop enabling it, your DH needs to meet her at the corner. Tell him to buy a decent coat to keep him toasty while he waits.

DeckTheHallsWithBoughsOfHorry · 13/12/2013 10:07

There you go, there are three conditions for beeping and she fails them all. Angry

Quoteunquote · 13/12/2013 13:23

We once had a numpty who did this when calling for a neighbour, he was asked nicely to desist.

He claimed it was because he was in a rush, and he needed to hurry them up, he continued to use the horn,

and found that when he went to leave the small hamlet we live in, the road blocked by a tractor and muck spreader,

which for some "reason" couldn't be started for several hours,

a time we used to discuss, all the different priorities of all the people involved in the action, and reaction.

He is very quite when he arrives and leaves now.

Would you like to borrow a tractor and muck spreader?

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