On holiday in Cologne, Germany, went for a run to keep the ol’ cardio going
All going well until I tried to dodge some pedestrians by a blind corner, took a classic “man look”.. stepped straight out into the cycle path and BOOM.. got absolutely levelled by a girl on a bike.
I’m sprawled out like a sack of spuds, flapping out apologising repeatably like a right muppet, and she just gives me that look as if to say .. “are you actually brain-dead?” , eventually after 10 seconds of processing what happened she said “alles gut” and rode off.
No broken bones, just a bruised ego and a strong dose of British shame. Honestly, feel like the world’s biggest pillock.
TL;DR: Went for a run in Cologne, blindly stepped into a cycle lane to dodge some pedestrians, got absolutely clattered by a cyclist. Apologised like mad, looked like a total prat.
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She said alles gut so alles gut, I guess
Well done for choosing apologies. A true decent brit. Too few of us left.
You should visit Amsterdam next. There are about 100 times the amount of cyclists.
What is a “man look”? Genuine question
Is it just me or if you get run into by a tourist are they always British, or is it that British tourists are somehow gravitationally pulled into my path
Germany drives on the ‘other side’ of the road than does Britain, hence your accident.
Couple of times I’ve almost been flattened by a car in Britain because I first looked left when I stepped into a road. Usually accompanied by the epithet “bloody yank” as they avoided me. First time it happened in London I asked a cop how the driver knew I was American. She said I looked to the left instead of the right (and I was dressed badly)