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Rev\'d Gatlin
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If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
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Me neither, I've already had someone tell me they hope my mum gets cancer this morning, amongst many many other verbal assaults...0
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NapoleonD, do you work in a call centre or something similar?! Whoever said that is a right Bast***!
I was just about to go out on my bike, going to be extra cautious now!
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NapoleonD wrote:Me neither, I've already had someone tell me they hope my mum gets cancer this morning, amongst many many other verbal assaults...
I hope she doesn't.If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.0 -
Rev\'d Gatlin wrote:NapoleonD wrote:Me neither, I've already had someone tell me they hope my mum gets cancer this morning, amongst many many other verbal assaults...
I hope she doesn't.
me too.
what a horrible thing to say...to anyone....for any reason.Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
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NapoleonD wrote:Me neither, I've already had someone tell me they hope my mum gets cancer this morning, amongst many many other verbal assaults...
Nasty. On a much happier note re. today's date and mothers, my mum is 60 today [1].
David
[1] And no, I didn't forget.
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I'm in the Police at Manchester Airport.
It was in the custody office.
He spat in my face upon his arrival at the desk.
Idiot howled non stop abuse for an hour of a similar ilk also involving crude comments about wife.0 -
NapoleonD wrote:I'm in the Police at Manchester Airport.
It was in the custody office.
He spat in my face upon his arrival at the desk.
Idiot howled non stop abuse for an hour of a similar ilk also involving crude comments about wife.
Did he fall down a couple of times on his way to the cells?
By the way, does anyone know why M/cr airport's not called Ringway any more?Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs0 -
NapoleonD wrote:I'm in the Police at Manchester Airport.
It was in the custody office.
He spat in my face upon his arrival at the desk.
Idiot howled non stop abuse for an hour of a similar ilk also involving crude comments about wife.
Are you a propor policeman or just airport police, or is it all the related, so you could go working off the airport in the town and all that?0 -
Try asking that next time you're getting on a plane!freehub wrote:Are you a propor policeman or just airport police?
I was once waiting in line at Edinburgh Airport when the security guy asked an old dear in the queue in front of me for her bag to search. She fixed him with a steely glare and, in her grandest Edinburgh accent, exclaimed: "do I look like a terrorist, young man?"
By the time I lost sight of her the contents of her bag were strewn all over the counter...0 -
I've edited it, I could see people taking it compleatly the wrong way and it blowing up by 1000%.0
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No, I'm a pretend policeman.0
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pottssteve wrote:NapoleonD wrote:I'm in the Police at Manchester Airport.
It was in the custody office.
He spat in my face upon his arrival at the desk.
Idiot howled non stop abuse for an hour of a similar ilk also involving crude comments about wife.
Did he fall down a couple of times on his way to the cells?
By the way, does anyone know why M/cr airport's not called Ringway any more?
We still refer to it as Ringway.
I dealt with it as professionally as possible, just had to carry on with my work. The idea that these people have is that they will try and wind you up to breaking point, you assault them then they sue. I'm above their silly games. Although it is very hard sometimes...
I still can't believe what Will asked :shock:0 -
Not in custody.0
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Isnt being spat at an assault, especially on a police officer?
I admire your professional self control NapD, not sure I'd be as cool tempered about it. :shock:0 -
NapoleonD wrote:Not in custody.
What a pity. I'd have been tempted to lamp the sucka!!! Do you have a can of Mace or CS spray you could have emptied in his face? I'd have claimed self defense.....2010 Lynskey R230
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I come across the same problem in my job (I'm a teacher...), believe it or not (...at a school for bad boys and girls); a lot of the kids have played the game for years, and can be apparently completely out of control, but at the same time remarkably calculating in choosing situations (i.e. confronting staff) where they can let off steam secure in the knowledge that we will try unbelievably hard not to hurt them. Best I ever had was an armchair thrown at me, spitting is the one that winds me up the most.0
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On a slightly related note (re. mace etc)
My dad does shipping for a clothing company. They have a number of containers come into Europe from Morocco - I think it's French border guards at the port.
Anyway, driver of one of my dad's lorries told them he thought he had stowaways - guards went to check, opened the door, through in two CS canisters, shut the door, LOCKED THE DOOR, and went for their lunch break.
On returning they found half a dozen or so very ill wannabe immigrants - and a lorry load of absolutely wrecked clothes.
My dad ended up having to sue for the damaged clothing, as you can't sell them on after CS, because even the slightest residue could trigger an allergic reaction.Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...0 -
lol @ the french boarder guards.
a little OTT but they don't mess about do they
didn't realise you were GMP NapoleonD....I work over in one of the buildings near near HQ, I'm one of the guys that gets called when custory takes a dive in the middle of the night.
I do so enjoy that!
I'll try and make the Sunday run.0 -
My sister works their too - in HQ - but she's in recuitment, not on the beat.
He first day there, she parked on a side street round the corner where she'd be recommended to - came back a the end of the day, and as she got closer to her car, it looked a bit odd - then she got closer and saw the passenger window was smashed, the door was bashed it, but nothing had been stolen. Just then she realised it had moved about 10 yards down the road and was a bit on the piss... and that's when a very sheepish looking eastern European chap came up and asked her if it was her car.
She said yeah, and he went on to explain that that was his lorry (he pointed) and he'd caught her car whilst reversing. He said he'd phoned his boss so they could exchange details etc. My sis is obviously quite shaken by it all, and just as she's about to crumple, a couple of bobbies pulled up in their squad car, saw her ID batch, then one took her into their car to calm down, and they sorted out all the details for her!
She was doubly gutted because she was hoping to trade it in on the scrappage scheme for a shiny Fiat 500 (this was a shitty old fiesta), and she was concerned her insurers would just right it off (£2k on the scheme is a hell of a lot more than she'd have got to write it off, given the age of the thing)
In the end they offered her write off or a settlement amount for her to get it fixed herself. She too the money, but only spent £70 to get the window sorted and make it secure - and managed to trade it in on the scrappage scheme after all!!Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...0 -
NapD some people are proper idiots. I have to deal with numpties sometimes at the hospital and they seem to think I'm going to run around for this that and the other if they treat me like crap. I just use the monotonous (sp?) voice on them, if they complain the voice comes out and its "if you'd like to speak to our manager sir/madam" (who is often within grabbing distance).
..thing is these people always back down when you bring the manager line in, LOL. They just want to bully or moan.
One guy I know of got stabbed in the leg by a schizophrenic homeless guy, a workmate got threatened with a stabbing after he told a bloke to pay for the food he's taken. Plenty have been spat on over the years... the worst I saw was a young nurse with a boot-print across her face and eye. :evil: The result of a drunk lad on a friday evening - this **** happens every weekend and some week nights now. Far too common, sometimes I think we should ban alcohol and just be done with it.
Nap, your job must be the kind that has all the good points that just drive you on regardless I'd imagine.0 -
I've been stabbed in the back of the neck (body armour saved me!), kicked and punched (lord knows how many times!), attacked with an ice axe, been rammed in my car (oo er missus!) and shot at too but the spitting and biting is the worst.
Infamous, I'm a sergeant in Greater Manchester Police, was a PC at Stockport, then on Traffic, then the Tactical Aid Unit, then acting sergeant at Oldham, then promoted as response sergeant to Wythenshawe and recently moved to the airport I'm currently awaiting an acting Inspector's spot...
I was just at a loss for words as to Will's question about me not being a 'propor' policeman!0 -
You took my question the wrong way, I never meant it like that.
I was wonder if airport police where not related to the police like Traffic cops and the other things you've done but obviously are now you posted that, some places you get people called police but they aint related to the "propor" police is what it seems.0 -
freehub wrote:You took my question the wrong way, I never meant it like that.
I was wonder if airport police where not related to the police like Traffic cops and the other things you've done but obviously are now you posted that, some places you get people called police but they aint related to the "propor" police is what it seems.
If they have "Police" on their shirt I'm pretty sure they're a copper. :? Were you asking if he was a specialised unit officer (as you mentioned traffic, not to be confused with special constable)?0 -
NapoleonD wrote:Me neither, I've already had someone tell me they hope my mum gets cancer this morning, amongst many many other verbal assaults...
I've had that as well. And 'I know where you live blah, blah, blah'. It really is better to ignore the t@ssers. Water off a duck's back.Det. Sgt. George Carter: Do you know what, Jack? You're full of sh!t.
Det. Insp. Jack Regan: I thought it was about time you made an intellectual contribution to this debate.
Det. Sgt. George Carter: Boll@cks.0 -
Indeed, I had someone in custody recently who, over the course of two nights (having already spat at me) repeatedly threatened that he was going to follow me home from work and kill my wife and kids. Trouble was, he was in custody for trying to do just that to someone else's family :shock:
That's the only time I've ever got stressed about verbal threats...0 -
NapoleonD wrote:I've been stabbed in the back of the neck (body armour saved me!), kicked and punched (lord knows how many times!), attacked with an ice axe, been rammed in my car (oo er missus!) and shot at too but the spitting and biting is the worst.
Infamous, I'm a sergeant in Greater Manchester Police, was a PC at Stockport, then on Traffic, then the Tactical Aid Unit, then acting sergeant at Oldham, then promoted as response sergeant to Wythenshawe and recently moved to the airport I'm currently awaiting an acting Inspector's spot...
I was just at a loss for words as to Will's question about me not being a 'propor' policeman!
Broke my leg after being spat at by a 'customer'. He ran off, I followed. Next thing my foot feels like it was hanging by a thread, my boot was the only thing holding it together. Broken and dislocated. Lucky for chummy that it happened. Severe case of red mist. Learnt my lesson from that, nobody or nothing is worth losing your job for.
As an aside, you must be a right misery if you're a custody sergeant. It's in the job description isn't it? Must be all that time without daylight!Det. Sgt. George Carter: Do you know what, Jack? You're full of sh!t.
Det. Insp. Jack Regan: I thought it was about time you made an intellectual contribution to this debate.
Det. Sgt. George Carter: Boll@cks.0
