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Bike user, despite the objections of hydrocarbonistas. Ding ding losers, weeeeewooohooo! Recovering Brit, 🇳🇱 resident.

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FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · Nov 11

Impractical by bike, impossible in car.

BBC News - China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings
www.bbc.com/news/article...

China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings

It started as a social media trend but brought traffic gridlock between two cities.

www.bbc.com

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FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 5h

You've already lost when you start seeing the customer as an antagonist. That's completely the wrong attitude and I hope I never eat where you work.

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FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 8h

You're not wrong.

FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 8h

What it comes down to is the consequences of the mistake if you handle it wrong.

In this case, a customer felt deceived and badly treated and posted it online. There's no going back.

FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 11h

They don't give a shit about anything but their profits.

That's why it needs highlighting and challenging.

I didn't mention motors on bikes though, and the post you were responding to was much more general too.

FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 12h

Some owners have a disgusting sense of entitlement. It's worse since COVID in my opinion.

Sorry about your experience.

FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 17h

The motor lobby is patting itself on the back right now, job done.

Bulshoy aka Mike Harris @bulshoy.bsky.social · 1d

No, those regulations are well-thought-out and rightfully do not discriminate against ebikes with throttles as opposed to PAS.

IMO throttles are essential for winter riding. I want precise control over when my motor kicks in and how much power it puts out.

FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 18h

Parked better too😂

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Rijkswaterstaat Verkeersinformatie @rwsverkeersinfo.nl · 1d

❌ | Op de #A28 richting Zwolle is afrit Amersfoort dicht na een ongeval. Doorrijden naar afrit Hoevelaken kost maar liefst 1 hele minuut extra. Dat was voor deze weggebruikers kennelijk teveel gevraagd. Zij zitten nu 1e rang bij de bergingswerkzaamheden en zullen iets later thuis zijn #nietvoorniX

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FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 2d

Oh god, it...I think it winked at me.

FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 2d

I drove past a Range Rover parked on a zebra opposite the police station yesterday.

It's unsurprising people believe it's ok, when they see nobody gets punished.

So we need enforcement. With expensive, public, humiliating, punitive punishment.

FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 2d

"How do I put this, Mr Lawmaker, it's not really homicide if it's a car you're hitting them with, is it...?"

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FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 2d

Car marketing has done a lot of work.

Almost as much as cigarette marketing departments.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes I think about how absolutely wild it is that drivers think they're being oppressed when they get punished for breaking the law

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FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 2d

My favourite story was someone who wrote in to Mark and Lard on Radio 1 with a story about staying in a B&B with toilet rolls labelled "small front" and "large rear" in a shared toilet.

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Jose Been @josebeentv.bsky.social · 3d

De goeden zijn met meer.

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FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 2d

And half of those are police 😂

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honey i am a guy & i shrunk the kids @snowrespecter.bsky.social · 3d

the existence of sex in the city implies the existence of uncomfortable silences in the village

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 4d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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FrequentFlats @frequentflats.bsky.social · 3d

I didn't say pedestrians should be ordered by intelligence and the most stupid killed.

Nor did I use grotesquely sexist language.

So a eugenecist and a misogynist?

Certainly, very very stupid. For which I can only offer pity.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting read. Protests against immigration, but "protects R kidz" by driving a stolen car at 90mph down the Great North Road, ramming other vehicles, driving on the wrong side of the road.

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Has 35 previous convictions, but is worried about immigrants?