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You've met me once. Has your view of me changed since then?

 

Oooh. Tough question. I don't think it has.

But I wasn't in a particular 'assessing' mood when I met you. I was
distracted by the prospect of food arriving shortly.

 

It's the bit from the end of the toll road to Preston that pisses me
off the most. I'm driving up tomorrow afternoon and even leaving at
about 3pm it'll still be shit.

 

Eh?

You're the one not being every bright.

I had a moan about the courtesy car - saying I'd use a dealer that gave
me a better one.

The discussion then developed into why 'my' car was so big.

 

SteveH says...

You remind me of an incident I had with a customer when I was workshop
manager of an alarm fitters.

Customer - I'm Mrs X, I've got my car booked in for an alarm.

Me - Ah yes, the Escort.

Cust - No, it's an XR3i

Me - That's what I said, it's an Escort XR3i.

Cust - I call it just an XR3i.

Me - Ok, it's an XR3i then. I'll just get Paul, who'll be fitting the
alarm, to pull the car into the workshop.

Me - Paul?

Paul - Yes.

Me - Can you get this ladies car into the workshop please for a system
3, it's the red one outside.

Paul - the Escort?

Me - <looks at Mrs X> Yeah, that's the one.

I wrote the invoice out with it as a Ford Escort too.

 

Try reading it again.

I had a moan that I had a 1.2 Polo which was completely unsuitable for
my use - the other dealer gives me a Golf TDI, which is fine. That was
how it started. There was never any question of status as regards to the
courtesy car - just that a 1.2 petrol wasn't a particularly suitable car
for me to use on a normal working day.

I'd have quite happily accepted a Polo TDI, though.

 

SteveH says...

Polo 1.2 Petrol = 64Ps

Polo Tdi = 70Ps

Polo boot capacity = 270 litres min


As you can see there's virtually **** all difference in power output and
as your Passat boot is only 75% full you'd still be able to get what you
need to carry in the Polo.

I still don't see your point, if you have one.

 

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And you is right, 7 seconds is what it takes. Champs is just a bit slow
is all.

 

Elly coughed up:

I remember that programme, it was eerily close to the way things were
where I worked, particularly with my bunch of sales reps.

"But it's got an i badge on it. That means I am bloody marvellous"

or the newly promoted twat in his base spec Merc:

"If I need to do paperwork I stop at a hotel and hire a room. This is
not a car you do paperwork in. Anyway, that's for reps"

or the bloke who's Cavalier got chopped in for a Maestro, which
relegated him tothe back row of the motorway services car park out of
embarrassment.

Heh.



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Tractor-like torque?

 

I suspect con men rely heavily on this trait. Are these instant detailed
opinions never proved wrong then? How about, "don't judge a book by
looking at the cover."

People are not books though, there is more to them than visual
appearance and 'props'. Their accent and mode of speech tells you much,
you may say. The ability to instantly judge whether someone represents a
potential friend or foe is useful, however, it seems to me that it can
lead all too easily to simple prejudice.

No worries there then, as this is a trait seldom encountered within
UKRM. [insert ironic emoticon of choice]


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Anyone wonder if there's some sort of correlation between 'status' and
the bike you ride?

 

I'm sure there is and everyone will have assessed it within a split
second.

Next question.

 

Oh dear ;-)

But the comments here suggest that we assess people in a split second
glance regardless of circumstances and then corrections to our views are
very rarely made. I find that hugely sad.

To confirm the fact that I'm as bad as everyone else I was approached in
the street (as I heading back home earlier) by a smartly dressed young
black woman / girl and similarly attired young white chap. It was
obvious they were Jehovah's Witnesses - I've learnt how to spot them.
She said "I can see you are a hurry ...." to which I responded "and I
don't wish to talk to Jehovah's Witnesses at this time in the morning".

 

Does anyone else wonder if the owner is capable of riding the bike
properly when they see someone sat on a modern sports bike?

 

When I worked for Case, the top salesbod each month got a Porsche to drive
for the following quarter. The bottom one got a Skoda - this was the mid
80's, before they got decent.

Ali

 

Yes. Why do you think I don't own one?
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Saw a bloke yesterday riding the most leery thing I have ever seen. Not sure
quite what bike it was - the colour scheme was too horrifying for that. It
was painted in a luminous (like an old BT van) yellow, with leopard skin
patterning. And he had a matching lid. And clothing.

Ali

 

I just assumed you were another pauper.

 

Absolutely, and it utterly makes my day if they can't ride and I'm on a
pos BMW and manage to ride past them.