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Ever get that rundown just-fired feeling?
Posted by Fired Fred on August 20, 2007 4:37 PM
The story is missing some details, but maybe that's just the way they do news in England. Even without all the facts, the tale of a delivery driver getting fired for being run over by an angry motorist has a few laughs...
He was parked in a field gateway nearby when a silver car pulled up and the driver took his registration details, drove up the road and then turned around to come back.Where to start? The guy's name? The complaint about denting the hood of the car that hit Mr. Acock? The verbal abuse? I know I'd drop a few F-bombs on someone who plowed into me.
"I got out of the cab to talk to him, but he didn't slow down. He hit me. He must have been travelling at about 25mph."
While Mr Acock was recovering from the bruising to his arms, legs and neck, he received the letter from the company telling him he had been sacked for gross misconduct.
He said: "It said that the driver had made a complaint that I had verbally abused him.
"I admit I probably shouted something, but after he ran me over.
"The letter also says I caused damage to his bonnet. Maybe I did, but only because I landed on it when he drove into me."
This guy's lucky his little run-in didn't happen in America. The car hitting him probably would have been a massive SUV doing 70. Mr. Acock (hee hee hee) would be picking his namesake bits out of the driveshaft (hahaha, driveshaft) if he was lucky. This inspired me to haiku.
Guy gets run over
He's fired for cursing out loud
Sucks to be Acock