That's going berserk.
Posted on 09/21/2016 7:59:31 AM PDT by Cronos
A Frenchman has gone on a frustrated rampage in a tiny New Zealand fishing village after he spent four days waiting for a hitchhiking ride.
The 27-year-old Frenchman arrived in the west coast settlement of Punakaiki late last week.
the man spent four days attempting to hitchhike south.
On the fourth day after no one had picked him up he went “berserk”, allegedly attacking the Welcome to Punakaiki sign with a rock, abusing motorists and throwing other road signs into the local river.
“Oh he threw an absolute hissy fit; he was lying prone on the road screaming that New Zealanders were assholes and he couldn’t wait to get back to Europe,” says local Neil Mouat, who eventually called police after an elderly fisherman “had words” with him, and Mouat feared the altercation could turn violent.
“He was a spoilt millennial, and he created a hell of a din. But all that time he was standing in the wrong place to hitchhike – a corner with poor visibility and nowhere for cars to easily pull over.”
West coast senior sergeant Paul Watson said the man had been hitchhiking around New Zealand for some time and become “enraged” when his travels abruptly halted in the minute settlement of Punakaiki, which has no grocer or corner shop and only basic public facilities. “That road sees a bit of traffic but this man had no joy, I suspect because of his aggressive behaviour. He also told us he hadn’t eaten for two days so that could have contributed to him losing the plot.”
Punakaiki is only 44km north of the established west coast town of Greymouth.
Watson estimates the man could have reached Greymouth in a day’s walk and been halfway down the west coast in four days.
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Yeah, sounds like he needs some fiber.
I got the impression he was a spoiled Euroweenie pajama boy. In any case, he needs a good spanking.
Sounds like the kiwis knew a deranged hitchhiker when they saw him...
Those who refused to give this psycho a ride showed good judgement.
“Maybe he should have called Uber..”
lol
44 km to the nearest town. In the U.S. that would only have been 27 miles. It’s another sad victim of the metric system, that’s what.
LOL!
Yeah...my first thought was, “crybaby Frenchman. Geez. He managed to make it to NZ without drama? C’est impossible!”
That's going berserk.
The last time I tried hitchhiking was back around 1975 when my car broke down and I had to get to work in Detroit.
I left home early, 6:30 a.m., and stood on a corner with my thumb out. It didn't take long before a guy picked me up and after a few blocks, he started swerving back and forth on the street then said he was drunk and would I be willing to drive.
Well, I wasn't that stupid and told him that he was doing ok and to keep driving. Then he asked me if I wanted to go to his house and party with him and I said no, I'm going to work. At the very next stop light, I jumped out of the car and took off..............LOL!
I knew from the get go what his intent was.............
In my experience, hitchhiking is not as common in NZ or Australia as it is in Europe. Unless someone is in real trouble or need, cars don’t usually pick up strangers to give them ‘a lift’ (a ride).
It says Welcome. Nothing about being able to leave
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