Sacked over "road rage"

[Bill M]

The message is don't get out of your car no matter how stupid the other driver is. While he is a fool she should have also faced penalties for her dangerous driving during peak hour. A good reason for a dash cam.


http://www.theage.com.au/business/wo...03-gtl90c.html

[ianxy351]

The message is simple - when representing your employer (even when off duty but in uniform or in a signed vehicle), behave.

[saber]

Originally Posted by ianxy351

The message is simple - when representing your employer (even when off duty but in uniform or in a signed vehicle), behave.

Originally Posted by uniacidz

Just a community message

Road rage isnt worth it. You never know what can happen.

+1

I often wonder what goes through a persons head when they continue to abuse, scream and carry on several minutes after the incident has occurred.

Better to just acknowledge the incident has occurred - whether you were the cause of the incident or not - and move on. It's not worth losing your job, damage to your car or someone else's car/property or in extreme cases your life or someone else's life just to prove a point or make your distaste be known.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by ianxy351

The message is simple - when representing your employer (even when off duty but in uniform or in a signed vehicle), behave.

Unless you work for me then feel free to punch up on the roads in our uniform or my cars as long as you get some lol footage of it

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Unless you work for me then feel free to punch up on the roads in our uniform or my cars as long as you get some lol footage of it

Then there is a reason some of us who drive sign written vehicles for private use do the right things, and don't work for you. My employer has never put gps tracking on the cars for his sake of not wanting distrust from his employees. He won't do dash cams either for that reason, but has no issue with personal dash cams in work vehicles. It all stems from the time there was a 4 am callout to a high rise in chatswood and there was one of our vans parked infront of the poly waffle across the road. Oliver was not fielding the callout..

[TUF_302]

Originally Posted by ianxy351

The message is simple - when representing your employer (even when off duty but in uniform or in a signed vehicle), behave.

Yup, the amount of times ive had to bite my tongue in traffic becasue i was in my work van is endless, but in the end i still have a job

[Blue Shadow]

Originally Posted by TUF_302

Yup, the amount of times ive had to bite my tongue in traffic becasue i was in my work van is endless, but in the end i still have a job

And you get to go home after work

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Blue Shadow

And you get to go home to the pub after work

Fixed for honesty, I know Alex

[Blue Shadow]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Fixed for honesty, I know Alex

Ha Ha

[71cop]

Same where I work, we all know you don't get involved in any sort of situation while wearing the company uniform whereby the company's name is or may be considered to be seen in a bad way, if we do chances are we will be looking for another job.

[Ben73]

The amount of people I see driving aggressively or stupidly in company cars is unbelievable.
So many morons around.

[Blue Shadow]

Originally Posted by Ben73

The amount of people I see driving aggressively or stupidly in company cars is unbelievable.
So many morons around.

There are plenty in private cars you know

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Blue Shadow

There are plenty in private cars you know

Yes there are, but unlike sign written company vehicles they don't have phone numbers plastered all over them. Number plates are harder to see then bright advertisements for a company.

[Blue Shadow]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

Yes there are, but unlike sign written company vehicles they don't have phone numbers plastered all over them. Number plates are harder to see then bright advertisements for a company.

Whats that got to do with it, an idiot is an idiot signeritten or not

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Blue Shadow

Whats that got to do with it, an idiot is an idiot signeritten or not

A sign written fool is easier to identify

[malazn mafia]

Originally Posted by Blue Shadow

There are plenty in private police cars you know

Fixed...

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by Blue Shadow

There are plenty in private cars you know

Yeah but in private a car you are anonymous, you are not representing anything.
I have beeped at 3 people in 8 years in my work car.
Probably 8 times a month in my own car.

When you are representing the company you work for (or own company) you really need to act more professional.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Ben73

Yeah but in private a car you are anonymous, you are not representing anything.
I have beeped at 3 people in 8 years in my work car.
Probably 8 times a month in my own car.

When you are representing the company you work for (or own company) you really need to act more professional.

I never had that problem in my old van.... the horn never worked, since it was new. I don't have a problem giving a quick toot in the ute as a reminder that there's a car in the space that they're blindly moving into, buts it's never a complete serving or anything obnoxious. I try to keep up the company image. Being a service guy who travels site to site, unfortunately a good part of my job selling the company to clients. Not so much through any sales pitch, but more through doing a good job in a timely manner and not simply being a rude bludger. It's all about the image, regardless of how much management over inflate prices, if they thing your a good bloke, they will pay

[Blue Shadow]

Originally Posted by Ben73

Yeah but in private a car you are anonymous, you are not representing anything.
I have beeped at 3 people in 8 years in my work car.
Probably 8 times a month in my own car.

When you are representing the company you work for (or own company) you really need to act more professional.

You don't think you need to be professional in any car all the tome

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by Blue Shadow

You don't think you need to be professional in any car all the tome

Well yes, but I don't have a problem with beeping some brain dead or arrogant idiot doing something stupid in my own car, but in a work vehicle it's best to just ignore it as best you can unless it's about cause you immediate harm.

[uniacidz]

Just a community message

Road rage isnt worth it. You never know what can happen.

Person i know in the USA found that out, he was the aggressor on Christmas morning like 1am, was cut off and after approaching a vehicle with a knife and punched other driver, was shot by said driver and died. USA of course can bear arms legally for protection, especially Nashville.
He did have a temper, his partner was in the car telling him to ignore and such and was brake checking the other driver for 2 miles.

Seriously not worth it, think twice even 3 times and dont do anything stupid.
If you have to, report it to police but dont hang around.

[Brazen]

Should of let him off on a warning, he didn't spark the row.

[Fairlane 500]

Yeah, can understand why the guy got in trouble,
obviously he should have ignored the female
but I think it's a pity she was not charged for her part of the road rage.

[Brazen]

The slow transformation of Australians to becoming robots continues.

Two people had a disagreement, said and did stupid things. We have evolved over millions of years to have emotions - and people expect these to disappear as soon as you put on a polo shirt with a logo?

His buttons were pushed, he reacted, no reason to lose his livelihood. But in the end involving his car was dangerous so the company probably had to do what it did.

[chevypower]

Originally Posted by Brazen

The slow transformation of Australians to becoming robots continues.

Two people had a disagreement, said and did stupid things. We have evolved over millions of years to have emotions - and people expect these to disappear as soon as you put on a polo shirt with a logo?

His buttons were pushed, he reacted, no reason to lose his livelihood. But in the end involving his car was dangerous so the company probably had to do what it did.

When you are in your own vehicle, you have all the liability. When you drive a company vehicle, the company shares a significant portion of the liability plus their reputation is on the line. We may have compassion for the driver in this scenario, but I don't think the company had any choice. By keeping him employed, it shows the public this company tolerates this behavior. It puts the company at higher risk of it being repeated or something worse happening. It puts them at risk of being sued. We need to be mindful of these potential consequences before reacting with our emotions.

[NX74205]

Originally Posted by Brazen

His buttons were pushed, he reacted, no reason to lose his livelihood. But in the end involving his car was dangerous so the company probably had to do what it did.

Yeah, it is, and what the company did is entirely justified.

I'm no angel on the road, but most aren't stupid enough to rage in a marked company car ... unless they also happen to own the company, in which case they might not give a damn.

[XB GS 351 Coupe]

I worked for Telstra in the 90's and one of my work mates got sacked back then for road rage, he was driving a Telstra truck across the Blue Mountains from Sydney with an equipment hut on the back.

A woman cut in front of him at the lights near Black Heath and forced him to lock up his brakes hard in order to avoid a collision, he got hot headed, jumped out of his truck and gave her a mouth full, no violence or threats of violence.

She reported the matter and he ended up losing his job over it, we all went in to bat for him, he was a great worker, and general good bloke and I (as well as pretty much all other work mates) thought was well within his rights to give her a mouth full.

Upper Management deemed he went over the top getting out of the truck, and refused to budge.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by XB GS 351 Coupe

I worked for Telstra in the 90's and one of my work mates got sacked back then for road rage, he was driving a Telstra truck across the Blue Mountains from Sydney with an equipment hut on the back.

A woman cut in front of him at the lights near Black Heath and forced him to lock up his brakes hard in order to avoid a collision, he got hot headed, jumped out of his truck and gave her a mouth full, no violence or threats of violence.

She reported the matter and he ended up losing his job over it, we all went in to bat for him, he was a great worker, and general good bloke and I (as well as pretty much all other work mates) thought was well within his rights to give her a mouth full.

Upper Management deemed he went over the top getting out of the truck, and refused to budge.

See that is the problem, you thought it was ok for workmate to do this, how would you feel if some one gets out of vehicle & approaches your wife/partner and gives a mouth full, to most women this can be very confronting intimidating experience, I fully endorse Telstra management decision, enough said.

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by Bill M

The message is don't get out of your car no matter how stupid the other driver is. While he is a fool she should have also faced penalties for her dangerous driving during peak hour. A good reason for a dash cam.


http://www.theage.com.au/business/wo...03-gtl90c.html

I call BS, I seriously doubt a woman would start getting aggressive to a bloke in 4 x 4 or what I assume is likely a Hilux.....

That's "his" story to try and justify being a tool.

[baboon]

This could be the straw that broke the camels back for this worker...