Talk about KAREN...my next door nightmare Male Karen used to go mental when all I used to do was take off out from garden, then immediately fly 250m away and take some wicked shots of a castle near me.
He came knocking once, having only moved In a few months ago, and me being here 25 years, maybe he would act the big man, pass..but he was peed off.
"I want to speak to you about your drone" he said
"Can't you go f*** off up the forrest and fly (which is few miles from me)
I did something totally out of character for me, especially when some stranger acts the bigman.
In a totally calm, relaxed tone I basically went through all the usual about the weight, the rules etc, but all he could say Is "we are not getting anywhere here, are we!" and he would walk off.
BUT, EVEN more unusal for me, I tried to maintain the conversation EVEN AFTER he said... "What about my naked kids In the back garden In summer?" and "What about when me and my wife are getting to bed"
I was blown away, but still kept 100% calm and said "Mate, I'm not being funny, but 1: I ain't no perv or pedo, 2: I always take off from the front, go straight up to 100m, then off to the castle.
all he could say was "you are Just not getting It are you, we are not getting anywhere here"
STILL, I did my best to explain the rules and even offered him my Operator ID and Flyer ID and the number for the CAA, but no matter how hard I tried, no Joy.
Guess what he said?
"We are not getting anywhere here, are we"
followed by "If I go on google maps and even see so much as the roof or any of my house, I am going to report you"
I felt like saying, "well, best you go report Google Maps, Bing, Google Earth, Street car etc etc etc", but I didn't
I just gave up and offered him the number for the local police and Aviation Authority, but he stormed off, so I gave up and kept doing what I was doing, flying at the castle, 100% legal and ain't heard from him In months.
I see him few times a week, as he lives right next door to me, tried to say hello a few times, but he Ignored me.
Ah well, I did try.
Any one else ever experienced any Karens? male or female?
That was my first EVER and still I'm shocked how cool, calm and collected I was.
The old me, when he mentioned the kids nude In summer bit, I would have gone from 0-100 in a split second.
Matt (now got air 2s and enjoy traveling to the ocean and castles etc etc here In the UK.
Matt
He came knocking once, having only moved In a few months ago, and me being here 25 years, maybe he would act the big man, pass..but he was peed off.
"I want to speak to you about your drone" he said
"Can't you go f*** off up the forrest and fly (which is few miles from me)
I did something totally out of character for me, especially when some stranger acts the bigman.
In a totally calm, relaxed tone I basically went through all the usual about the weight, the rules etc, but all he could say Is "we are not getting anywhere here, are we!" and he would walk off.
BUT, EVEN more unusal for me, I tried to maintain the conversation EVEN AFTER he said... "What about my naked kids In the back garden In summer?" and "What about when me and my wife are getting to bed"
I was blown away, but still kept 100% calm and said "Mate, I'm not being funny, but 1: I ain't no perv or pedo, 2: I always take off from the front, go straight up to 100m, then off to the castle.
all he could say was "you are Just not getting It are you, we are not getting anywhere here"
STILL, I did my best to explain the rules and even offered him my Operator ID and Flyer ID and the number for the CAA, but no matter how hard I tried, no Joy.
Guess what he said?
"We are not getting anywhere here, are we"
followed by "If I go on google maps and even see so much as the roof or any of my house, I am going to report you"
I felt like saying, "well, best you go report Google Maps, Bing, Google Earth, Street car etc etc etc", but I didn't
I just gave up and offered him the number for the local police and Aviation Authority, but he stormed off, so I gave up and kept doing what I was doing, flying at the castle, 100% legal and ain't heard from him In months.
I see him few times a week, as he lives right next door to me, tried to say hello a few times, but he Ignored me.
Ah well, I did try.
Any one else ever experienced any Karens? male or female?
That was my first EVER and still I'm shocked how cool, calm and collected I was.
The old me, when he mentioned the kids nude In summer bit, I would have gone from 0-100 in a split second.
Matt (now got air 2s and enjoy traveling to the ocean and castles etc etc here In the UK.
Matt