Natch
Well-Known Member
Well. Picture the scene. Got a new boss a big, high up important new boss and he is giving you a lift to the first meeting you and others are going to have with him. 10 minutes before the meeting is due to start, youre about to arrive at the venue, all well and good so far as you have made small talk all the way there about your hobbies, interests etc. He knows you are interested in horses but isnt horsey himself.
Cue loose horse cantering up the road towards you and towards a motorway and boss has to slam on breaks. Horse has no tack on and nobody is chasing after it. Boss turns to you to say you know about horses, what should we do? Do you;
a) Tell him to call the police/animal charity and tell them about it
b) Youre already on the phone to police/animal charity yourself
OR
c) Hear him but not answer as you are already out of the car and running/tottering in your smart suit and heels after the horse just as fast as you can?!?
Guess which one I did!! Nightmare pony was so scared, I got covered in mud by running along the verge at one point, pony didnt stop for ages, and when I did get close to it, it was too wild to let me catch it, and just scattered off the other way instead around a blind bend! I dont think I breathed, I could just imagine such a bad accident, but luckily by this point about 10 cars deep had stopped both directions and were shouting helpful comments like Is it yours? Get it off the public highway (cant write what I muttered back to that driver!
)
So eventually pony decided to go down a dead end country lane and this very helpful van man said hes block it off with the van until the police arrived they promptly did 10 minutes later and I came down to earth with a thump - what was my boss who I had left behind in the car going to think of me?? Luckily he understood and saw the funny side of it, but it was interesting having to explain to everyone else why we were late!
So thank you very much to all the drivers near Manchester airport who saw a loose chestnut section C and stopped completely until it was safely caught, especially the lady who followed my very random hand signals and blocked off the whole road that said pony was heading down, and to the police for getting there so quickly, complete with a police horsebox! Special thanks to the windscreen van man who eventually blocked pony into a safe lane until police came, you were brilliant! Thank god nobody got hurt, it could have gone so badly. And I definitely think new boss wont forget me in a hurry!
Cue loose horse cantering up the road towards you and towards a motorway and boss has to slam on breaks. Horse has no tack on and nobody is chasing after it. Boss turns to you to say you know about horses, what should we do? Do you;
a) Tell him to call the police/animal charity and tell them about it
b) Youre already on the phone to police/animal charity yourself
OR
c) Hear him but not answer as you are already out of the car and running/tottering in your smart suit and heels after the horse just as fast as you can?!?
Guess which one I did!! Nightmare pony was so scared, I got covered in mud by running along the verge at one point, pony didnt stop for ages, and when I did get close to it, it was too wild to let me catch it, and just scattered off the other way instead around a blind bend! I dont think I breathed, I could just imagine such a bad accident, but luckily by this point about 10 cars deep had stopped both directions and were shouting helpful comments like Is it yours? Get it off the public highway (cant write what I muttered back to that driver!
So thank you very much to all the drivers near Manchester airport who saw a loose chestnut section C and stopped completely until it was safely caught, especially the lady who followed my very random hand signals and blocked off the whole road that said pony was heading down, and to the police for getting there so quickly, complete with a police horsebox! Special thanks to the windscreen van man who eventually blocked pony into a safe lane until police came, you were brilliant! Thank god nobody got hurt, it could have gone so badly. And I definitely think new boss wont forget me in a hurry!
