Several years ago, Bascombe International were instructed by a local authority to serve an order on a man who occupied a commercial unit in Fareham, Hampshire.
Pete Bascombe drove to the given address and found the man he was after. Pete presented him with the papers, at which point the gentleman became extremely aggressive and refused to accept them. Aware of the council’s urgency to get the papers served that day and keen to avoid any confrontation, Pete explained to the man that he didn’t need to take possession of the papers, so merely placed them on the floor in front of him and started walking back to his car.
At that point, the gentleman followed Pete, spun him around and stuffed a big spanner up his nose. He marched Pete back to the papers, told him to pick them up, (with the spanner still up his nose), and get back in his car. Pete did as he was told, whilst the man verbally abused him.
As Pete went to drive off, he wound the window down, threw the papers at him and told him he was served.
The man chased Pete in his car up the road for about half a mile…
Although it wasn’t quite the scenario Pete was expecting, he had a job to do. The client was delighted with the speed at which the order was served, and Pete benefitted from a free spanner!
It later transpired that two members of the client’s own staff had attempted service previously and one had been assaulted and pushed over a hedge!
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