LittleSoph
Well-Known Member
A man from Parcel Farce just knocked on the office door to take a signature for a big box. Fine, signed for it, left the box on the step and went in. Five minutes later I get another knock on the door... it's him again.
He says that he is having trouble getting out down the track. He says that he went and asked our neighbour if he could turn around on her land, she has a yard with a big gravel parking area, but she flatly refused him. I did think this was a bit mean, lol, but oh well. I pointed to a big gap on our drive and told him he was more than welcome to pull in there... he looked at it, looked back at me, agreed and walked back to his van again.
Now, our drive is quite big. We do have a lot of cars (there are five drivers in the house and various work vans) and when they're all here it's easy to see that people might have trouble manouvering in and out. But today there is just my van and my OH's car. There are two entrances, so plenty of room... The track we live down is narrow, so no room to turn round on, but we're more than happy for people to use our drive to turn around in, and there's also a little grassy area at the end of the track which you can just about manage a three point turn in, if you're clever But baring in mind I drive a van, I don't have a car so have to drive it everywhere, and I'm sure there are plenty of female horsebox drivers on here who can relate to this... I don't have any trouble getting in and out.
So I watch from the window as the man makes a complete hash of trying to reverse his van into the huge great space on our drive... ok it's not that huge, but it was plenty big enough! In the end I go back to the door. He pops his head out the window and says 'Nope, it's no good, I'm going to have to back out'... to which I reply that it'd be a great idea if he has a death wish! The road at the end of our track is on a blind bend and is quite a fast road... it's dangerous enough going forewards!! So I suggest that perhaps, seeing as I know the driveway well
I had a go, and told him I drive the van sitting on the drive... so he agreed with a sort of 'as if you can do any better' snigger and says he'll watch me in. Two minutes later, I've excuted a perfect (if I do say so myself
) neat little 3 point turn, bang bang bang, and the van is now facing the right way!
The man was clearly very embaressed and muttered something about never having had to deliver to somewhere down such a small lane before and that I must just be used to doing it...
No, I can just drive!!!!
Sorry it was long but he drove away and left me giggling to myself so I had to share! lol!
He says that he is having trouble getting out down the track. He says that he went and asked our neighbour if he could turn around on her land, she has a yard with a big gravel parking area, but she flatly refused him. I did think this was a bit mean, lol, but oh well. I pointed to a big gap on our drive and told him he was more than welcome to pull in there... he looked at it, looked back at me, agreed and walked back to his van again.
Now, our drive is quite big. We do have a lot of cars (there are five drivers in the house and various work vans) and when they're all here it's easy to see that people might have trouble manouvering in and out. But today there is just my van and my OH's car. There are two entrances, so plenty of room... The track we live down is narrow, so no room to turn round on, but we're more than happy for people to use our drive to turn around in, and there's also a little grassy area at the end of the track which you can just about manage a three point turn in, if you're clever But baring in mind I drive a van, I don't have a car so have to drive it everywhere, and I'm sure there are plenty of female horsebox drivers on here who can relate to this... I don't have any trouble getting in and out.
So I watch from the window as the man makes a complete hash of trying to reverse his van into the huge great space on our drive... ok it's not that huge, but it was plenty big enough! In the end I go back to the door. He pops his head out the window and says 'Nope, it's no good, I'm going to have to back out'... to which I reply that it'd be a great idea if he has a death wish! The road at the end of our track is on a blind bend and is quite a fast road... it's dangerous enough going forewards!! So I suggest that perhaps, seeing as I know the driveway well
The man was clearly very embaressed and muttered something about never having had to deliver to somewhere down such a small lane before and that I must just be used to doing it...
Sorry it was long but he drove away and left me giggling to myself so I had to share! lol!
