*sigh* I tried...

Bloody hell I hate people in cars parking in motorcycle parking spaces. Yeah
yeah yeah, I know I've carried on about it before - and today I drummed up
the courage to do something about it instead of just whingeing.

I'd just about had a gutful when I got to Belconnen Mall this arv and
there was a prat sitting in his big white van taking up one of the 4
car-sized spaces that make up the dedicated motorcycle parking area outside
Coles.

And the ape in the driver's seat was staring at me as if to say "I dare you
to say something." So I did.

I pointed to the sign. Figured maybe he couldn't read, so I read it for him.

"It says MOTORBIKES ONLY".

"Yeah, so? I'm waiting for somebody."

I pointed to the rest of the car park "Plenty of car spaces for you to park
in." (There must be about a thousand spaces, and they weren't all full...)

He took a drag of his smoke, stared me in the eye and said "why don't you
just piss off and mind your own business?" Bet he wouldn't've said it if I
were a 6 foot hardass bloke with a gravelly voice, a mean look and a giant
bike. I'm not playing the gender card here - the sort of bully who behaves
like that is basically a coward and only bullies ppl he knows he can beat -
gutless prick.

Sorry mate, it IS my effing business if you are sitting on your useless arse
taking up one quarter of the effing spaces that are set aside for me and my
type. But there was no point being so blatantly aggressive to a total
stranger bloke who WAS being blatantly aggressive.

So I smiled sweetly. "Yes, I think I will," I said, looking carefully at his
numberplate while he watched me, and then I reported it to Security. He
yelled something out at me as I walked away, but I didn't catch it - I can
imagine the calibre of comments from his type though... "Um, fucken dykes on
bikes, get a real root" etc etc (not sure why it is that a certain type of
bloke thinks that the best way to offend any woman who challenges him is to
call her a dyke... But anyway...)

Of course, by the time the young security bloke got out to tell the dickhead
to move on, he'd already gone. I hope it had something to do with the riders
of two rather large motorbikes that arrived after I left, and I hope it was
ugly.

Next time I will take a photo of the offending car/numberplate/driver. I
know, it won't change the world, but it might give at least one fuckwit the
idea that Hey, you don't just shit on motorcyclists and expect that we'll
let you do it coz you're bigger and you're in a fucking car. Perhaps that
makes a difference on the road, but in a car park we're a little more equal
(except maybe us little women who couldn't be intimidating if we tried,
unless we could whip a bloody Uzi out of our DriRider......) Hmmmm, now
there's an idea....<snigger>

dirty betty - go ahead punk, make my day....

 

Next time this happens, pull up and park next to the front bumper of the
offending vehicle. Stay seated on your bike. Light up a smoke. If he tells
you to move, tell him you're waiting for someone. Light up another smoke. If
you don't smoke just let them burn. I don't know what girls do, so just do
the female equivalent of scratching your nuts and readjusting your tackle,
then light up another smoke. etc...

If he has room to reverse he'll back up when he does leave and you'll have
affirmed your dominance.

I've known some very intimidating little women. It's how hard you want to
play the game that counts.

Heh, heh, Dirty Betty. I like that. You're tagged.

 

I once had someone abuse me for NOT parking in a motorcycle spot. The
spot I chose was directly opposite the exit and I was only going to be
a couple of minutes, so I figured I would exercise my right to park in
the vacant spot presented to me by the car leaving as I entered.
Consider also that in this particular carpark, the bike spots were
invariably filled with trolleys leaved by inconsiderate cagers. The
cow in the passenger seat wound down her window specifically to abuse
me. Needless to say, I gave better than I got. Funny part was her
husband in the drivers seat trying hard to pretend nothing was
happening, lol.

Damien
GPX250 -> CBR600 -> F650/R1200GS (when the $$$ are there!)

 

Mrs Bucket strikes again!

Boxer

 

Combined with the persuader, the silicone spray did the trick. Thanks
again to all.

Damien
GPX250 -> CBR600 -> F650/R1200GS (when the $$$ are there!)

 

Needless to say, I intended to post this in the thread below, about
the carbies. d'oh!

Damien
GPX250 -> CBR600 -> F650/R1200GS (when the $$$ are there!)

 

Yeah, well I sympathis with you, that is the sort of selfish, arrogant
behaviour that promted me to leave Canberra after living there for
thity-seven years.
The place has turned to shit, what with there being no Police to keep the
pricks in line, they can get away with, so they do.

 

bikerbetty wrote:

It has been a long held belief of mine that if new motorcyclists were
issued with something like an Uzi when they got their licences, there
would be a _lot_ less, SMIDSY.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

SMIDSY???? Help, I have no idea what that is...

betty

 

Sorry Mate. I Didn't See Ya!

There was another Cam in here, a few years ago, who was extolling the
virtues of bike mounted rocket launchers. Then there was an American
site which gave tips on what calibre weapon was the most suitable to
carry and use on a motorcycle. Something to do with maximum knockdown
power and minimum recoil, I recall.

You're not the first motorcyclist (female or otherwise) to have an
affinity for "What about me! It isn't fair.....".
---
Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
Most scientific discoveries are heralded by a tentative "Hmmm. That's funny..." instead of a jubilant "Eureka!"

'81 Yamaha Virago (XV) 750H (work in progress)
'01 Yamaha FJR1300

www.dmcsc.org.au
http://eladesom.com.au/ulysses/
# 37181

 

Nah, it's more like (apologies to Joe Dolce)
"Whatsamatter w'you
You gotta no respect
Whaddaya thinka you do
Why you being so bad
Now you makin me mad
I tella you to your face
OY GET OUTTA MY SPACE!"

betty

 

I think we deserve an apology from Joe Dolce too.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

I seem to recall something about a scooter fitted with a mini-gatling type
bb gun.

Theo

 

But it's not like _all_ the spaces were taken, Betty.

People seem too strung up on rules more than ever these days. The dude was
sitting in his vehicle and I'm sure he would've moved if the need arose for
someone to use the space/s he was parked in.

I'm a disabled driver who refuses to pay for a permit. The sign
says "disabled vehicles only" so I fuckin' park in it. When it's full I
park in "parents with prams". The looks are priceless until they see my kid
jump out one side and me getting my pram out the other side!

I make a point of not parking in able bodied spots though. Poor buggers have
to walk miles sometimes!

 

No, that's very true - another 4 or 5 bikes would have to have arrived to
fill it up the space that was left. It just gets up my nose that the guy can
park right in front of the sign that says "motorbikes only" and not give a
shit, especially when there are so many car spaces around for him to park in
and so few for us. I'm a grumpy old woman.

I hear people muttering about "fuckin' bikes" now and then when I have PAID
for a space because I can't find any bike parking, and they're annoyed that
my weeny bike has taken up an entire car space (even though my money is just
as good as theirs...) and deprived them of "their" spot. People are weird.

Sounds fair to me.

See, that's the sort of consideration everybody ought to have <grin>.

betty

 

Didn't Zebee's BMW have a machine gun mount as an option on the
sidecar?

big

 

In aus.motorcycles on 24 Aug 2006 13:33:32 -0700

Nah, post war.

But one of the Ural models does.


Zebee

 

Even BMW wouldn't put a sidecar on an underpowered 250. Check out Ural
sidecars, the military one does come with a gun mount.



Al

 

Some 250 BMW's came with sidecars and sidecar mounts on the frame.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:01:00 +1000

Really? So how come it had sidecar mounts and an electrical fitting
on the frame then?

And how come sidecar setup was in the owner's manual?

Zebee