| Author | Message | ||
     Corporatemonkey |
 RANT So I just got back in town from a 2 week trip. First thing I did was check on my bike, I was relieved to see it was still in the garage, but the cover had been moved. I use a soft sheet to cover my bike while in the garage, and a set of spring clips to clip it to the bike. Someone had come along lifted the cover (causing the spring clips to fly everywhere), and just left it there. By the dust pattern it had been that way for a while. No damage was done, but I just don't get why people do crap like this. If you want to look, fine... But at least put things back the way you found it. End rant | ||
| Pwnzor |
Do you park in a public garage, like at a condo or something? | ||
| Diablobrian |
It's the same thing that causes so many of the problems I see day to day. A fundamental lack of respect for other people, or by extension their property. At least that's my take on it. | ||
| Ulywife |
Well said Diablobrian! I totally agree with you. | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
Yeah, that type of stuff is only about a half step away from catching some idiot straddling your bike in the parking lot like it's a free amusement park ride. I do my best to educate naive cagers when I tell them given the choice between what would be the greater offense between palming my girl's fanny or sitting on my ride without permission....I'd really have to mull that one over to decide which I would like the least. Know what I mean? Here in Texas yanking your tarp up and leaving it askew would be akin to touching another man's hat. It's just not done under peril of a serious a$$ kicking. Of course, ladies are generally exempt from this rule. | ||
| Pwnzor |
NOBODY better touch my hat. I came out of Costco one day to find some scruffy-looking nerf herder sitting on my bike, leaning his full weight on the kickstand and wrenching the throttle open. I threw my backpack at him and screamed GET THE F*CK OFF MY BIKE BEFORE I KILL YOUR PUNK ASS!!! and I raised my helmet up like I was going to clobber him with it. He scrambled away like a startled cat. Who the hell do people think they are? | ||
| Hammeroid |
You really shouldn't touch my hat. My uncle once touched my hat. Once. Whats a "nerf herder"???? | ||
| Pwnzor |
It's what Leia called Han when he was putting the moves on her in the rebel base on ice planet Hoth. | ||
| Not_purple_s2 |
Damn. I'd be pissed I caught someone sitting on my bike like that. I mean what if they had left their car unlocked and came out to find you sitting in the drivers seat? I think they'd be highly pissed and would probably call the cops even if you said "sorry, dude, I was just looking." I think the only way I'd let that slide is if it was a good looking lady... and even then she'd have to flirt her way out of it.  | ||
| Hammeroid |
Ohhhhh..... I thought it had something to do with foam. Silly me. | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
I park in a private garage in the city. There is no public access, and only about 30 spaces. The vast majority of the other cars are really high end, and because of having to double park most people leave their keys on the seat. I am so tempted to borrow one of the G55s, or maybe the new M5. You would think these vehicles would be touched long before a lowly bike. | ||
| Captpete |
scruffy-looking nerf herder I had to laugh at that, even though I must admit, once again, to my generation being badly gapped. The only reference I have to ‘nerf’ is back in my days where the attachment at the rear of a dragster for pushing it with a vehicle to get it started (bumper) was called a nerf bar. I’m pretty sure that has nothing to do with ‘nerf herders’. Once again, Matt, I have to ask you to bring me up to date. (My mental ‘nerf herder’ image is a little fuzzy – even though it still makes me laugh, especially considering it is of the scruffy-looking example.)  | ||
| Captpete |
Never mind. Google tells me it's either a band or some gaming term. My fuzzy image was better. | ||
| Cochise |
Nobody is immune to it. A friend of mine at Church had her car backed into, and nobody even left a note. (Message edited by cochise on November 20, 2006) | ||
| Twowheeldream |
hell, after what happend to my bike, I would have been happy to find someone sitting on it. About a half hour after I got home my neighbor from across the hall comes knocking on my door to tell me my bike is on the floor!?!?(he's latin) It took me a second to figure out what he meant, and then it hit me, and I asked him "all the way on the floor?" he just shook his head yes. I went to take a look and there it is lying on its side like someone went cow-tipping. so i pick it up, put the kickstand down, and go to put it on the kickstand only to find that the damn thing is bent backwards and wont even hold the bike up anymore. Let me tell you I was glad that I just picked up a centerstand off of e-bay. Final damage report after a full check... clutch lever tip busted off, left blinker's busted, front fairing cracked around the mirror.... only thing that made it somewhat bearable, is that I was planning doing the S3 to S1/M2 streetfighter look so most of what ended up broken is coming off anyway. just would have been nice to be able to pass on some of the plastic. I think someone backed into it and knocked it over, looked in thier rearview and didnt see anything and drove off. Just really makes me mad when shit like that happens and there isn't really anything you can do about it. | ||
| Irideabuell |
I parked my bike behind one of my coffee shops during a special event in town one Saturday morning. The owner was coming with guests and I had parked in an actual parking space with every intention of moving my bike to the sidewalk once he arrived so he could take my spot. It was late morning when I noticed I could all of a sudden see the rear tire of my bike down the alley way to the street where I had parked. I quickly ran down the walkway to find my bike moved (the fork was locked too by the way) backward and into a puddle and the owners' truck parked in my space from the Turkish restaurant next door. As you can imagine, I about blew a gasket. I went to the restaurant back door and started banging until someone came to greet me. Of course at this point nobody speaks English. I had spoke with three of the restaurant's male employees the day earlier as I noticed they were admiring my bike as I walked by. We talked for 15 minutes, so they knew who the bike belonged to. I was huffing and puffing pretty good when the owner's wife came out accusing me of saving parking spaces after telling me she had asked her employees to move my bike. When I explained what she had ordered her employees to do was illegal she all of a sudden didn't speak English. She began speaking perfect English when I went to get a local police officer (and regular to our shop) to correct the situation. The officer proceeded to tell her she has no right to that parking space as it is a city street and open to the public. He made her move the truck and allowed me to return my bike to the space where it was originally. You better believe I kept a close eye on my baby the rest of the day. And boy was she pissed when the owner arrived 30 minutes later and I moved my bike to the sidewalk so he could park his Lexus in that spot. Later on when the three guys were outside taking a break I asked them why they would take it upon themselves to move the bike when they knew good and well who it belonged to. They were very apologetic and explained the owner yelled at them to do it or they would be fired. As a result, we no longer extend any type of discount to their staff and the owner has been banned from smoking her cigarettes in our courtyard as she can't manage to get her butts in the ashtray (she was instead throwing them on the ground). I personally went into the lobby on a busy Friday night and made a big stink about her actions in front of her customers. Boy, was she embarrassed. | ||
| Mainstreamer |
Perhaps you should reconsider the termination of discounts to their staff. They were simply acting on the orders of the BOSS, and did not want to be fired.  | ||
| Captpete |
Opps, I should have read further, to include the quote from Star Wars where Princess Leia says to Harrison Ford, "Why you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!" And trivia from my own era, as well, although it evidently never made it out to the Atlantic fishing fleet. But I like it. Thanks for turning me onto that, Matt. I look forward to the first time I can use that in person. Amazing, the things you pick up on BadWeB. | ||
| Pwnzor |
Yeah, I like to save that one for special occasions. Like describing jackasses who sit on other people's bikes. A few years back, my buddy and I rode to a party at another friend's house, and we had switched bikes for the night, I was on his and he on mine. We get there, and a bunch of people are out front, and they're like "oohhh motorcycles", and so we sat on the bikes for a few minutes explaining this or that about them to the onlookers. A few hours later we go out front and this big oaf is sitting on my buddy's bike. He promptly commands him to get the hell off, and the guy looks all confused. He said, "but I saw Matt sitting on your bike." My friend said, "yeah, but I LIKE Matt." Everybody lost it... solid laughter for like 5 minutes. | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
I have a thought about all of this. Since a few of you have mentioned people sitting on your bikes. I wonder when someone will tip a bike over, and then sues the owner. Maybe it has already happened. I can see it now: "The owner didn't post a sign warning of possible hazard..." Knowing our legal system it would probably be allowed. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Back in the mid 80's, I came out of the barracks to find some $hit head sitting on my new bike like it was on the showroom floor just waiting for him to see if it fit his a$$....man, did that piss me off!!....I had almost put that anger out of my head.....now its back  | ||
| Hdbobwithabuell |
My son and I were mountain biking in a park that has several baseball fields (and a decent mountain bike trail). We returned to the car to find several of the baseball parents sitting on the car hood. BLAM! I was just hoping one guy would spout off as I let the words fly. POW! So the only questions left are... What's a nerf? Do they wander off if not properly herded? And is it fair to stereotype nerf herders as "scruffy"? | ||
| Pwnzor |
Nerfs are grumpy, antlered herbivores, resembling yaks, raised on many planets, including Alderaan, Gestron and Corellia, for their milk and meat. Herders of the beasts are well known for being as scruffy looking and surly as their livestock, and to be called a "nerf herder" (as Han Solo is by Princess Leia) is considered a strong insult. | ||
| Hammeroid |
So thats the animal they cut open and get inside of to stay warm???? | ||
| Stevasaurus |
So thats the animal they cut open and get inside of to stay warm???? No, that was a Tauntaun. Wow, I am a geek. | ||
| G234146 |
Where's that pic of the Buell pocket protector I saw here once??? | ||
| Howieshotrods |
I have a good one, just happened yesterday at work. One of the guys here was messing with another and hid the fork lift from him. Well when he found it (not that hard to find) he wanted to return the favor, so he took the forklift and picked up the other guys new Dodge Neon R/T (?) to move, and hide it from him. Needless to say, the guy with the Dodge was not amused, nor was the boss.....amazing no fists thrown, no gunfire....but no job anymore for playing with the forklift. | ||
| Djkaplan |
"Damn. I'd be pissed I caught someone sitting on my bike like that. " I found a guy sitting on my bike once when I stepped out of a pub. I took umbrage... severe umbrage. Needless to say, that guy will never make that mistake, again. | ||
| Hammeroid |
What does umbrage have to do with nerf herding??? | ||
| Daves |
Worst ass kickin I ever saw anyone get was because he sat on my friend Bobbie's(no, not my mother in law) bike. Pretty sure when he woke up he decided it was a big mistake to sit on a bike that doesn't belong to you. I think if you sit on a bike that doesn't belong to you,without permission, you pretty much have it coming to you. |
