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calm is good, and good for you
In addition to "... Feel free to write a letter ... just wait 24 hours and think about it again before you send it." I'd suggest the same apply to electronic communications.
I learned the hard way (too often the only way I learn) that posting a reply, or sending an email in the heat of the moment works against me. These days, I compose that correspondence without an addressee, to keep from firing off the "reply-all" message that confirms how silly I am. To Mr. Woodall - good on you for maintaining your composure, especially during the drive and meal with the knucklehead! |
This thread is a good one, some funny stuff in here between the annoying stuff too. I'm an avid boater and it very much reminds me of a much more civilized set of "boat ramp" stories. If you want to see some serious misplaced rage and frustration go to your local boat ramp, bring your breakfast and a cup of coffee and in 2 hours you'll never get angry on a GA ramp again. This is location dependent of course, some boaters are more inclined to fits of rage than others. You may be concerned and confused back on the gentlemanly GA ramp at times - but not angry, because you will not be shocked or surprised by anything as you will have seen everything already on that boat ramp.
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In my college town, there's a "fighting words" ordinance. If someone is sufficiently verbally abusive, and is thereupon assaulted by the abusee, the abuser is arrested. Perhaps the assaulter is too - probably. The local paper reported that other cities have similar ordinances and that they have been upheld in court actions.
Given that, there's an additional motivation to be a little bit careful. I have found that a very loud voice, not necessarily an angry one, can both intimidate and embarrass the recipient. It takes significant volume. Don't know how that would play out in this case, though. Dave |
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Just a few weeks ago I was literally finishing up dust mopping the 7-plane hangar where I keep my Mooney (it's a really big job) when Bonanza hangar-mate lands and pulls up to the open door. I motioned for him to taxi nose-in per new direction/permission from the owner. Instead, he turns 90 degrees away and blows an abundance of dirt and grass into the hangar and onto the airplanes, some of which are open cockpit biplanes! I was speechless! After helping him stow his plane I simply said I'd just finished mopping, now it was his turn. I handed him the mop and left. Only then did the look on his face make it appear it sank in what he'd done. He was contrite and the place was clean when I returned later.
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Years ago, I flew freight for a fellow in Texas. We both landed at Abilene one morning and a Beech Duke had the nerve to park in my bosses parking spot. Well, the boss gets out of the old Queen Air and proceeds to let the Duke driver know that he needs to move his "#^+?" plane. The other pilot tried to ignore him until my boss grabbed him by the shoulder and spun him around, at which time the Duke driver hit him with a straight right and left him lying on the ramp taking a nice little nap. The line boys were rolling on the ground. I may have snickered a bit too as I was trying to get him up off the ramp!
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Do unto others, as ...
I'm ashamed to say that I have been guilty of taxiing over to a group of guys admiring some RV's at our home airport and without forethought or consideration, I have turned my propblast toward the group. No one said anything to me, but when I saw the look on some of their faces, I realized what I had done. This was several years ago, but it was at a time in my flying experience that I should have known better. In retrospect, I wish someone would have called me off to the side and talked to me one-on-one about what I had done.
Fast forward to 2012, and I'm on the receiving end of a prop blast. My next-door hangar neighbor pulled his RV-8 out of his hangar while I am in my hangar with the big door open, doing some housekeeping and general goofing off. We exchanged pleasantries as we usually do. But then he cranked up his RV-8 and let it sit at idle for at least 5 minutes. The prop blast, pointed directly at me, wasn't nearly as bad as the unburned hydrocarbons I could smell. It was so bad I had to walk out on the ramp to get some fresh air. He never noticed me because, I found out later, he was making some changes and checking his EFIS display. And our ramp is so big, he could have easily taxied 50 or 60 feet downwind from me and done what he needed to do. About 30 minutes later, after he'd landed from a short flight and shut down, I went over and asked him about his flight. I then very politely informed him that I liked his RV but not so much that I wanted the exhaust fumes in my hangar! He apologized and said he just wasn't thinking. And we're still friends. :) We all make mistakes. And we all need a little slack sometimes. But we all can do a little better, can't we? Peace. :cool: |
some times its not what a person does or says that makes you wanna smack em upside the noggin!
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FBO fine
My FBO charges a fine for each instance of prop-blast into another plane or hangar. it helps me remember to be a good ramp neighbor.
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