C**t of the day

Althea · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 10:13 am

I nominate the DM/MailOnline's Agony Arsehole Tony Hazell

Why? Look here

What an unsympathetic bell-end, and he acts as if all he does is wave a magic wand out of the goodness of his heart.

Abernathy · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 10:24 am

Seems to have made a very fair point, and got the woman's claim settled when it otherwise wouldn't have been.

Frankly, leaving valuables in a parked car is pretty daft, even if you do "hide" them under a coat.

Althea · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 10:26 am

I'm not denying that, he's just been a complete arse about it.

But I'm on the fence (no, not that kind of fence, I mean the wooden dividing one). It seems like a semi-reasonable precaution to me, although maybe not the wisest thing she'll have ever done, but how can they claim it was "in full view" if it was hidden?

Abernathy · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 10:33 am

Well, they nicked the coat that was in full view "covering" the handbag, so by doing so the bag would then have been uncovered too. However, it's far more likely that the thief simply watched the woman placing the bag into the car and just waited till she'd left.

Althea · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 10:57 am

Possible.

It's hard to tell, exactly, as there's no context to the story. Was she just dropping something off at a friend's house, was she going into her house for the night, had she forgotten something? So on and so forth.

Seems as much a case of bad luck as it is being a little careless to me.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 11:02 am

She was profoundly stupid, in the terms he explains to her. M&S have been very generous, despite her being in breach of her T&C.
I'd say that's a good piece of work by Mr Hazell - sometime the press (and possibly a little pressure) can work wonders. Good publicity for M&S as well.

Lord Brett · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 11:09 am

Basically the same thing happened to a friend of mine and the insurance company didn't pay out. There's no point hiding anything in your car under a coat, as the coat was probably what the thieves wanted to pinch in the first place.

Althea · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 11:14 am

I still don't like his attitude.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 11:30 am

I expect he's well upset about that.

I've had to do dozens of chats with people who've left their valuables in view and had them stolen. It's a self-inflicted injury. Don't do it. To try to spin it any other way is just encouraging people into victimhood.

Althea · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 11:41 am

Never said it wasn't, but we don't know every detail (when do we ever?) so the "degree" to which it's her fault is questionable.

By that I mean if she hid it 'cos she'd only be 10 minutes (say, dropping something off) that's one thing, but leaving it in there overnight is another.

lord_kobel · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 11:42 am

Not really....

Althea · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 11:45 am

But I still don't like his attitude.

I read a few others and he seems to think he's a fairy godmother or something.

Abernathy · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 11:49 am

What's wrong with his attitude?

He not only got the woman a payout, he's given her some advice that she apparently greatly needed not to do anything so fucking daft again.

Precisely the right attitude. Certainly a million miles from Cunt of the Day.

Althea · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 11:53 am

Well, I would have been a bit more gentle and less close to "you're an idiot", but that's just me.

Abernathy · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 12:06 pm

He didn't call her an idiot, or even come close to it. He pointed out that what she had done was extremely ill-advised. Which is right on the money.

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