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I got up this morning and whilst the light was not great it was not raining and only showers were forecast. I decided to pop out and finish off the part used roll of film that was in the RB67.

Got up to the Hoe at about 7.15 and aside from a couple of tramps sleeping rough in the shelters there were only a couple of other people around (which wouldn't be the case an hour or so later) and started to take a few shots, after about 20 minutes or so I found a potentially nice image, backdrop of the wedding cake and Hoe promenade complete with Smeatons Tower in the background but with a couple of pigeons on a railing in the foreground. I set the camera on the tripod and started to compose the image and get the focus where I wanted it. A few minutes earlier a Council Transit van had pulled up about 80 yards up the street. Just as I was about to take the image the birds flew off as the council worker had deliberately walked towards them to frighten them away, he then turned away slightly and walked back towards me. 'Opportunity lost' and the red mist descended.

"What are you doing mate", he asked, I said 'well I was taking some pictures of those birds you f###### muppet', 'oh sorry' he said with no sincerity 'theres some more up there' I was absolutely seething!

What did he get out of it? There was no one else around, there was absolutely no reason why he had to walk towards the birds and WTF was he doing out walking around the Hoe at 7.40am on a bank holiday. No wonder we pay so much in council tax.

On another point, I was really disappointed with the lack of maintenance around the Hoe area, Smeatons Tower is a disgrace and needs painting badly, there are other areas of neglect too. I can only assume that these things have been left to slide until the council recover some of the money lost in the Iceland banks fiasco!
 
What an effin richard head.:shrug:
 
To defend: he may genuinely not have realised. It's sometimes difficult to say with certainty that something was done deliberately, unless it's you doing it. Maybe he was caught up in his only little world following a night shift.

On the other hand: Plenty of people in modern society seem inherently selfish. I'd refer back to my comments in another thread about poor upbringing ect as an explanation, but some muppet would only try to counteract it with daft theories of overcrowding ect.
 
Hope you did not wake the tramps with all that RB67 clunking
 
What a pillock he was

I had a similar thing happen to me I was taking a photo of a Lytch Gate, there was tree maintenance going on and the guys were burning wood, the smoke was drifting through the backlit Gate, a one off opportunity so I set my tripod up got my shot composed ad then a guy in a range rover pulled up in front of the gate, he could see I was taking a photo of it, he got out got his dog out and walked off, wouldnt bother but the car park was only 10 yards away, he did it on purpose, so I sympathize with you ED
 
Wow that's annoying,He's lucky he didn't get punched :)

What a stupid thing to do though,If you see anyone standing behind a camera you would normally wait,Unless it was a very busy street

I've even had sideline paramedics wait for me to get a photo before walking infront of me at games..
 
EdBray said:
"What are you doing mate", he asked, I said 'well I was taking some pictures of those birds you f###### muppet', 'oh sorry' he said with no sincerity 'theres some more up there' I was absolutely seething!
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Civility is not your strong point then mate.

Obviously I want there, so dont know the whole story, but that is no way to speak to anyone regardless of some percieve malicious wrong you feel he did. Talking like that to strangers in a quite area early in the morning may get you in serious trouble one day.

Shame on you.

Steve
 
Come on Dave. The Range Rover owner would heve believed right down to his socks that he was improving the sceen for you :lol::lol::lol:
 
smeatons tower should be painted green and white.

and indeed the hoe should be looked after more.

and the Mayflower steps whats all that about surely something better could be done.

i could go on and on and on
 
It's really just the law of the sod mate.

It's the same force that insists your marmalade on toast will drop topping side up.

Sounds like you had a nice frame lined up, just return sometime and conquer.

Oh and fair play for being out and about making photo's in the wee hours of the morn :thumbs:
 
It ain`t worth getting worked up about Ed,some people are thoughtless rather than just a *****ng w*****.
 
jolsterj said:
smeatons tower should be painted green and white.

and indeed the hoe should be looked after more.

and the Mayflower steps whats all that about surely something better could be done.

i could go on and on and on
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You could just carpet bomb the whole of Plymouth :nuts:
 
Snapper73 said:
You could just carpet bomb the whole of Plymouth :nuts:
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Along with the whole of my family . Thanks:razz:

I no longer live in Plymouth but i do have a soft spot for my home town although i would never move back:naughty:
 
All I can say is I am certain it was done deliberately and not either being just off nightshift (they start at 6am) or being thoughtless, he knew exactly what he was doing as he distictly walked towards them and as soon as they flew off turned away and walked towards me. There was no reason for him going towards the birds they were nowhere near the bins he was emptying at the side of the prom ready for the bank holiday onslaught.

As for my reply, that was also deliberate and intended to invoke a response (which didn't come), also confirming to me that he knew what he was doing as did his manner at the time. As an afterthought I do regret my response as although I fully meant it (and still do), it would have given him the added satisfaction that his actions had infact caused the effect he intended and given him more cause for glee.
 
If it's any consolation to you their jobs are not as safe as they used to be, various changes mean theres a fair chance of some being laid off (so a council mate tells me) I would have been tempted to get some shots of him "working" lol. Wayne
 
Write to your council and complain. I know it's pathetic but he is representing the council and as such should be polite to members of the public, should at least get him a telling off :)

On a side note, why not take a few shots of the local area and get them too a local paper and ask if they'd be willing to use them in an article for how run down the place is becoming. Try and get a bit of community pride going!
 
EdBray said:
On another point, I was really disappointed with the lack of maintenance around the Hoe area, Smeatons Tower is a disgrace and needs painting badly, there are other areas of neglect too. I can only assume that these things have been left to slide until the council recover some of the money lost in the Iceland banks fiasco!
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They haven't got the money to spend on maintenance, too much of it goes on council salaries, a mates brother in law is a local councilor, he works full time and his council duties take up a few hours a week, 13K a year for doing his part time council duties.

I bet the guys doing the maintenance don't earn much more than that for full time .
 
Ah but you know they never do it when you actually want them to!! I remember sitting on the south bank pointing the camera at some pigeons that were pecking around a puddle. 2 or 3 metres away were a couple with two young kids. I was desperately hoping they would do what all kids do and chase the pigeons so I could get a shot of them taking off reflected in the puddle - did they? NO, they stood there like the only two angelic 5 yr olds left n the planet :bonk: :lol:

Never mind Ed, just remember, everyone probably avoids him in the pub because he is an irritation there too ;) :hug:
 
Just Dave said:
What a pillock he was

I had a similar thing happen to me I was taking a photo of a Lytch Gate, there was tree maintenance going on and the guys were burning wood, the smoke was drifting through the backlit Gate, a one off opportunity so I set my tripod up got my shot composed ad then a guy in a range rover pulled up in front of the gate, he could see I was taking a photo of it, he got out got his dog out and walked off, wouldnt bother but the car park was only 10 yards away, he did it on purpose, so I sympathize with you ED
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How many flat tyres did he have when he came back? :D
 
There is a very good chance he had no clue that you wanted to photo birds that he probably sees as vermin like a lot of people do, no need to swear at him.

edit : Saw your later post, I guess if you're certain he did it on purpose then yeah, I'd be angry too.
 
EdBray said:
What did he get out of it?
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I don't know.

However, it's often possible to find some consolation in considerering how miserable the everyday life must be of someone who takes such trivial delight in spoiling things for others.
 
Feel free to be annoyed but please don't defeat the forums swear filter by partially starring words.
 
That'll teach you for using a tripod ;)
 
This is so funny,

do you guys behave like this in real life or just on here.
 
Just be happy that you probably made his day.
 
well, it answers what you pay your council tax for.

every person who pays gets a man in a van following you scaring away birds for you, and just being generally irritating:lol:

hey! at least they were working 7:15am on a Bank Holiday:D
 
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