Hey, I've seen the Things I Don't and Things I Do like threads, I'm creating my list for the things I do like. But upon finally posting in things I don't like it came to me. I don't like the honest and silly mistakes I make on the road, so this post is for releasing your 'oops' 'ah buggers' and 'oh fiddlesticks'.

What's your latest honest mistake and how silly did it make you feel? Confess and have courage! We won't laugh

I'll start with a road I use every. single. day. I went shopping with my Mum on one particular day at a different time I would normally use this road with a bus lane on it  so there I go, as normal blasting it up the bus lane, but I couldn't understand why no one else was using it. Its only 7:30-9:30am when its in action. Until I looked at my car clock and realised it was only 9:20am! Oh the embarrassment, with the mother in the car too. We laugh about it now, she admitted it probably wouldn't have happened if we'd have accepted a cuppa at my Uncles before we set off on that trip. So she picked up the £30 it cost me for getting about 7 cars down the normal lane queue. Silly!!!

I'll probably get hassle for this, but I confess to occasionally using the parent and toddler bays if I need to run into the supermarket to get something right by the door (sandwich for example). I don't see why today's lazy spoilt children, who clearly don't have to be anywhere in the middle of the afternoon with their equally horrible parent (usually just the mother), before I have to get back to work before my lunchtime runs out.  If they want an easy space to use, go to the empty side of the car park! Needing wider bays doesn't result in you having to have them next to the front door.

Oh, and I will never ever do this with disabled bays.

*runs for cover*

i confess to on the odd occasion, whilst out with Brandy, and walking up a road, whose general refuse wheelie bins are out for collection. Popping a filled poo bag in somebody else's full wheelie bin: rather than bringing it home to put in mine

Staying with the poo bags. I also once in Wareham town centre, found I'd run out of poo bags I bought a large 150g bag of crisps, for the bag, discarded the crisps (it was a bit early for a mass of crisps - 7am) around Brandy's deposits, inverted the bag and scooped the lot back into the bag and placed it in a general waste bin.  i hope there weren't any local tramps who thought they saw a full bag of opened crisps in the bin and just grabbed a handful without looking

 

 

When I'm on a new rural road I'm a bugger for missing the speed limit signs...  Then stuck wondering whether the village is a 30 or 40 until I can see another sign.

Also clip the rear passenger wheel taking tight corners probably once a month lol, the focus seems huge on tight town streets!

2 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

When I'm on a new rural road I'm a bugger for missing the speed limit signs...  Then stuck wondering whether the village is a 30 or 40 until I can see another sign.

Also clip the rear passenger wheel taking tight corners probably once a month lol, the focus seems huge on tight town streets!

Yes, I do that very occasionally in the 405, although it worries me every time due to their tendancy for failing rear axles, and I don't imagine whacking the wheel over/on a kerb helps that issue!

2 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

When I'm on a new rural road I'm a bugger for missing the speed limit signs...  Then stuck wondering whether the village is a 30 or 40 until I can see another sign.

Also clip the rear passenger wheel taking tight corners probably once a month lol, the focus seems huge on tight town streets!

I know right! Was in a Morrisons car park recently, and despite taking the turn very widely still failed the mission. Next time I will take it even wider (I will turn like a bus lol) and occupy the oncoming lane too.

This is great! Some good laughs here.

7 hours ago, GaryPL said:

I'll probably get hassle for this, but I confess to occasionally using the parent and toddler bays if I need to run into the supermarket to get something right by the door (sandwich for example). I don't see why today's lazy spoilt children, who clearly don't have to be anywhere in the middle of the afternoon with their equally horrible parent (usually just the mother), before I have to get back to work before my lunchtime runs out.  If they want an easy space to use, go to the empty side of the car park! Needing wider bays doesn't result in you having to have them next to the front door.

Oh, and I will never ever do this with disabled bays.

*runs for cover*

I know what you mean Gary haha, I don't do it myself cause I normally like to stay away from the close to the door rush. But I don't think a short walk across a car park would do the little chubbers of today any harm :) Probably more good :D

 

6 hours ago, GMX said:

i confess to on the odd occasion, whilst out with Brandy, and walking up a road, whose general refuse wheelie bins are out for collection. Popping a filled poo bag in somebody else's full wheelie bin: rather than bringing it home to put in mine

Staying with the poo bags. I also once in Wareham town centre, found I'd run out of poo bags I bought a large 150g bag of crisps, for the bag, discarded the crisps (it was a bit early for a mass of crisps - 7am) around Brandy's deposits, inverted the bag and scooped the lot back into the bag and placed it in a general waste bin.  i hope there weren't any local tramps who thought they saw a full bag of opened crisps in the bin and just grabbed a handful without looking

 

 

Oh I do this with my dog too! Except he is an Alaskan Malamute so his doops are rather big ones lol. Luckt we have two council bins in the village but occasionally if we go another way and its raining and I can't be bothered carrying it I pop it in the nearest green bin that doesn't look like I'm walking all the way up someones drive xD.

5 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

When I'm on a new rural road I'm a bugger for missing the speed limit signs...  Then stuck wondering whether the village is a 30 or 40 until I can see another sign.

Also clip the rear passenger wheel taking tight corners probably once a month lol, the focus seems huge on tight town streets!

I miss them too, I honestly think they just leave the small ones on the lamp posts so teens can spin them round for the funnies and give the police camera vans a bit of a job haha.

 

Keep it up guys! :D

38 minutes ago, EmmaKitkat27 said:

I know what you mean Gary haha, I don't do it myself cause I normally like to stay away from the close to the door rush. But I don't think a short walk across a car park would do the little chubbers of today any harm :) Probably more good :D

As someone who is carrying some extra pounds, I'm allowed to agree without feeling bad!

If I'm doing a proper shop however, I'll park miles away. And without failure, some expletive has parked next to me when I get out. Miles and miles of empty spaces and someone chooses to park a foot from my car. Even more annoying as I have a 3 door car and getting in can be an act of contortion in some circumstances.

9 hours ago, GaryPL said:

As someone who is carrying some extra pounds, I'm allowed to agree without feeling bad!

If I'm doing a proper shop however, I'll park miles away. And without failure, some expletive has parked next to me when I get out. Miles and miles of empty spaces and someone chooses to park a foot from my car. Even more annoying as I have a 3 door car and getting in can be an act of contortion in some circumstances.

Yes! I hate what I call the purpose blockers. Essentially, the people who purposely go to park next to your car sometimes blocking the drivers side even though you're parked where tumbleweeds can roam freely at the quiet end of the car park.

I confess that I ain't too graceful getting out of squashy car parking spaces either! It almost warrants a club for the 3 Door Car Contortionists because I am also in a 3 door, and them Fiesta's. honestly, you'd think they have sprouted wings if you open the doors full span! 

Forgetting to indicate when turning left at roundabouts. And then realising someone coming in on that turning had to slow down, cos' I'd confused them!

Perhaps I should sell the Focus, and get a BMW.

But facing that prospect, I have been making an effort recently, I think I am improving!