I confronted someone and it went like this...

[AkydefGoldberg]

So, I'm not a confrontational person. If this was a fight/flight situation, I'd do the latter everytime if there was an argument/fight in my personal life or if I was out and about and something like that happened.

But at work, I kinda feel I have to even though I'm shit at confronting people - I have to try and live up to my colleagues' impressions of a stereotypical bloke being all comfortable with challenging people etc..

So, my colleague returns to work to find the Polish shop next door have parked across our parking bay for a delivery (not the first time its happened) so she's told it'll be 5 minutes and they'd move. So she waits, starts to have a snack and 10mins go by. Nothing happens. The shop closes its back door so it seems the delivery is done but lorry isn't moved to let my colleague back in. She calls and asks if I could wait in her car whilst she goes and lets rip at them but I offer to avoid her the hassle. Because they've done it before, I'm mildly pissed. I walk next door and ask them to move the van for my colleague. The Polish lady says OK, so she tells her boss (big fat bloke) who comes and we have a chat. His broken English, from what I could make out, was him moaning about having to park on the road for deliveries. I replied, that's not my problem but shift the lorry please. I don't lose my rag to the point that I'm swearing or raising my voice but he was a tad aggressive with his tone. The lorry was moved and I was like - yup, cheers, but a brief glance to say "don't fucking do that again please" and off I went. My colleague said the lorry moved shortly after I went in so it might have been just a coincidence rather than them shitting themselves at the sight of at Mad Aky!

[PorkChop]

I'm proud of you Aky.

If this happens again, please wear a GoPro on your head with a live feed to this site.

[Hanley!]

Good for you, man. Nice of you to spare your friend a little extra grief. Glad that it got sorted before things got ugly or anything.

[Viazon]

You're a bigger man than me.

[SortaCreative]

shulda bottled him. fuckin immigrants.

[AkydefGoldberg]

shulda bottled him. fuckin immigrants.

No I was going to do something more scary - jabbing my finger at him like my Dad would do..that'd put the frighteners on him!

[Daz]

shulda bottled him. fuckin immigrants.

Nigel?

[Twister]

Nice one!

[EmperorWu]

That was the most British paragraph I've ever read on this site. It hurt my head.

[Kein]

It seems like a big deal, but you weren't in the wrong here. Keep doing things like this and it will be come much more natural and normal for you. Just be courteous but assertive in your approach and people are pretty likely to want to help out.

[AkydefGoldberg]

It seems like a big deal, but you weren't in the wrong here. Keep doing things like this and it will be come much more natural and normal for you. Just be courteous but assertive in your approach and people are pretty likely to want to help out.

Yeah, that's the way I kinda see it. I'm hoping I don't have to do that over that particular issue but it will give me confidence again IF I have to show them the 'mean' side.

[SortaCreative]

shulda bottled him. fuckin immigrants.

Nigel?

ssshhhhhhhhhhhhh