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Yesterday I was at the local Woolies servo (across the road from home) doing the tyres and getting some petrol. I use this servo all the time so not a stranger to them.

Air in, petrol in - go in to pay. I have a flip-face helmet and just flip it up to put petrol in then wander in to pay - no worries.

So I'm in line waiting to pay for the petrol - all $11.50 of it when I get a shove in the sholder and a very loud voice telling me to get my helmet off. I turn around to see a fairly wild looking guy yelling that I can't come in with my helmet on. I said - it's up, they can see my face - wheres the problem? He kept yelling that I can't come in with my helmet. By this point I was at the register and about to pay. Asked the girl if she had a problem with my flip-up helmet - "no, we know who you are so it's no problem". The other rider pushes in and starts going off about me wearing my helmet - girl just turned to me and said thank you, have a good day. I left but could still hear him going off.

Got on the bike and bolted for home, locked the bike in the garage and went in to ponder what the hell????

Still don't get it - I'm a "live and let live" kinda guy but that shook me up.

Went into the same servo after visiting mum in the hospital around midnight last night (she had a heart attack between 10-11PM and they called us to get up there asap) - got to talk to the same girl who had served me earlier. She asked me what the hell was the other guys problem - I didn't know but apparently he was still swearing after I left.
I asked again if there was a problem with me keeping my helmet on - not a problem at all.

Weird.

The other guy was a Rider????
I would have smashed his fucken face in with my "Closed" helmet

Ah its the riff, must of been a "HardlyWorthIt Rider" Wayne.

Shitty he cant ride without a helmet with his wig flying in the wind.

Wonder if he would have reacted the same way to a person standing in line to pay wearing a religious head-dress covering the same amount as your lid?

Ok, having worked in servos for quite some period of time years ago, there was a whole stack of robberies that happened with people wearing riding helmets, maybe he was freaking out about that, that would be the only reason he would have to go off, but like you said the girl knows you, I assume others at the servo know you so you have no problem. I used to have a couple of regular customers who rode bikes, the first time or so they took their helmet off, then I told them man forget it, I know who you are and I know how much of a hassel it is to take it off, so all cool leave it on. What you should have said to the man is, are you management, if not mind you own business, it has no effect on you and if it's freaking you out so much find another servo, don't worry about it dude, it's not his place to tell you to take it off, plus you got better protection if he is going to try anything, he has no right to tell you what to do, it's not his servo.

that bloke's probably just pissed because he has to take his helmet off and you don't (due to the flip face). fark him!!

dutch80au wrote:that bloke's probably just pissed because he has to take his helmet off and you don't (due to the flip face). fark him!!

It's pissed OFF....Yank Lover
Should we have a cook out or get some take out?

wanna start something "seiko"

dutch80au wrote:wanna start something "seiko"

Thems fightin word's boy

Wayne stick a KSRC sticker on the back of your helmet and nobody will fuk wit ya then......

Don't wory about him mate obviously a tool and I'm guessing not alone at the time.....

just picking out the irony in an aussie with a foreign username accusing (and abusing) someone of using american slang.

dutch80au wrote:just picking out the irony in an aussie with a foreign username accusing (and abusing) someone of using american slang.

Ooooh..........now I'm really pissed!

some people are hard to understand.......and take seriously, i call these people douche bags

mate, it's his problem, you have no problem to worry about !

only worry about what you can control..

what a dousche bag !

what a f*cking faggot!! there are so many dickheads out there. Some dude went crazy at me for letting someone in he beeped at me for the whole time until he had to turn off (cutting someone off) i gave him the finger all the way. People really need to chillax!