Honestly, if some guy pushed me like this i would stomp his face , i guess he has been very lucky so far
hellfire,
I disapprove of this comment or comments of this type on an online discussion thread.
Comments such as these do nothing to edify a discussion.
I mean you no disrespect, but isn't there enough violence and hatred in the world today.
Sincerely,
I
I think I want to take a quick stab at edifying this discussion through my thoughts and observations:
UPS drivers are placed under enough stress as it is to get their jobs done. Also those of us who become drivers were not originally hired for our extraordinary people skills. Madera Guy does more than point out to someone that he is illegally parked...he really pesters...like an annoying fly on a hot summer day...I'd also be willing to bet that he has hassled certain drivers repeatedly. That would get on anyone's nerves. I can respect your disappointment, Integrity, with some of the angry and flippant responses you have gotten on BC, but they are drivers' understandable knee jerk reactions. If Madera feels strongly enough about this issue, I think a more orderly approach for him would be to work with the police in pointing out the drivers and have the drivers ticketed in a straight forward manner without pestering. MG is not a police officer, and I belive he is wrong (and possibly even breaking the law himself) in hassling people the way he does,
even if what they are doing is illegal. The drivers would clearly prefer to be left alone, MG has made his point, and he ought to leave.
Another thing for you to consider, Integrity, (as well as Madera Guy) is that the world has many written as well as unwritten rules. Going even further, some times in practice, the unwritten rules, rightly or wrongly, end up over riding the written ones. And I am grateful that is the way it is, though you may not agree with me, and that is fine. You could probably come up with many of your own examples if you think about it, but let me offer two in closing:
One time while in court contesting a traffic ticket (and winning) I sat through another case before mine where an elderly man was there for a city building code violation. He was the owner and his daughter was helping him. The attorney for the city (almost embarassed) made the objection that only an attorney could speak for someone. The judge let it slide, though the city lawyer was correct legally. Look, the point was to get the building fixed, not issue a landmark court ruling, and I commend the judge for doing what she did.
When I was a preloader and leaving for work in the middle of the night, if a police officer saw me setting out, I was almost sure to be stopped. I live in a community that is very quiet at night and there was concern that a car was being stolen or worse. I'm not sure that my action, in the strict sense, would rise to the level of "reasonable suspicion," at least in the eyes of the ACLU, but on every occasion I cooperated with the officer and even thanked him for his vigilance.
