with any of the following....

[lobsters]

I'm having a grumpy old woman day so i've got a list.......

.... to think that people should only use the lift in department stores if they need to, otherwise use the escalator and leave it free for those with prams and wheelchairs etc.

..... to get annoyed with people who use the wrong lane then cut you up at the last minute.

..... to not want to play the "guess why my baby is crying game" with relatives or even total strangers. I'm getting fed up with being told she's crying because she's hungry/ tired/ got colic/ thinks your roots need doing. I'm not sure why they think they will have a far better idea then someone who spends 24/7 with her.

.... to be fed up of being told "i don't think you should wear that at your age" by my mum (i was only wearing some slouch-y jeans and a t shirt)

....... to think that going the JL lighting department with my mother is not more important than DD's nap given she got over tired yesterday being out and about and was very unhappy by the end of the day.

....... to be annoyed at myself that i didn't put my foot down about the lighting dept trip, and now have a tired baby finally sleeping and look likely to miss trip to baby clinic to get her weighed and my weekly meet up with other new mum friends, which I relaly enjoy and is my only real social event of the week.

Ohh, writing all that down was very cathartic

[bumpybecky]

yanbu

have some chocolate

[beanieb]

to think that people should only use the lift in department stores if they need to, otherwise use the escalator and leave it free for those with prams and wheelchairs etc. yabu

..... to get annoyed with people who use the wrong lane then cut you up at the last minute. YANBU

..... to not want to play the "guess why my baby is crying game" with relatives or even total strangers. I'm getting fed up with being told she's crying because she's hungry/ tired/ got colic/ thinks your roots need doing. I'm not sure why they think they will have a far better idea then someone who spends 24/7 with her. YANBU

.... to be fed up of being told "i don't think you should wear that at your age" by my mum (i was only wearing some slouch-y jeans and a t shirt) YANBU

....... to think that going the JL lighting department with my mother is not more important than DD's nap given she got over tired yesterday being out and about and was very unhappy by the end of the day. YMBBU

....... to be annoyed at myself that i didn't put my foot down about the lighting dept trip, and now have a tired baby finally sleeping and look likely to miss trip to baby clinic to get her weighed and my weekly meet up with other new mum friends, which I relaly enjoy and is my only real social event of the week. YMBBU

[unavailable]

You are not in the least unreasonable.
I have a list of my own....

... to be impatient when queuing behind someone at a supermarket checkout who looks surprised that they are expected to pay at the end of packing, and takes forever to find their purse/wallet.

...to be furious when someone parks partially across by narrow driveway and then looks put out when I ask them to move.

...to have to ask someone to move the bags they have put on the only spare seat on a train so I can sit down.

...to gesture back when I have been beeped and gestured at because I havent moved a split second after the traffic lights turned green.

Worryingly, I could go on...

[Wizzska]

I use the lift in department stores because I have a phobia about stairs and escalators. So IMO, YABU about that. Just because you have a baby doesn't mean everyone should get out of your way.

Won't your DD sleep in the buggy? And JL are great for baby changing and feeding.

As far as guess why DD is crying goes, YANBU. And you should wear what you like.

[SarahL2]

I think YANBU on any of those points!

Here's one....

AIBU to think that just because I have finally cut down the triffid-esque rose bush in the front garden does not mean that the resulting gap should now be used by postmen/betterware women/yellow pages deliverers as a shortcut through to my neighbours house!!

[procrastinatingparent]

So on this lifts in departments stores thing ...

I understand that there is the odd person who does not need the lift obviously but in fact does, like Wizzska. But most of the people without buggies who use the lifts are not in that position. When I have to wait for another lift with my buggy because there are people on it who are just too lazy to take the escalators or stairs, it adds yet more time on to a shopping trip which is taking me ages anyway because I have to keep walking to find the lift and manoeuvring a buggy around.

YANBU. Take the stairs unless you really really can't.

[SarahL2]

It's the same with the remote opening doors at MK shopping center (there is a button to press either side which opens the door for you).

Perfectly able people will queue to walk through them just because they can't be bothered to push open the door right next to it.

I've ended up doing the 'whole fighting with the door, propping it open with my foot and dragging the buggy through by the front bar' thing before just cause it was quicker - all while they stood there with thier perfectly able bodies watching me!!

I'm sorry for your situation Wizzska but unlike you, most seeming able bodied people using lifts really could be using the escalators

[FAQinglovely]

YANBU about most of it - however the lift one is tricky - how you do you determine whether someone needs to use it? As there are plenty of people who don't have pushchairs, wheelchairs or sticks to help them walk who couldn't use the stairs

[procrastinatingparent]

Of course you can't determine just by looking at someone whether they need to use the lift or not. I'm not suggesting some sort of lift police who check your disability card before they let you get on.

But every time I see someone who looks able-bodied (i.e. not obviously old or frail - sometimes they are teenagers, for crying out loud) waiting ahead of me for a lift, I am going to ask them if I can go ahead of them because I can't go any other way with my buggy.

[FAQinglovely]

oh how lovely to think that mobility issues only affect those that are old or look frail!

[coppertop]

Teenagers can be disabled too. Their SNs don't magically disappear between the ages of 13 and 19. And if I were out with a friend with a disability I wouldn't want to b*gger off and leave them to the lift by themselves while I happily used the escalator by myself.

[cyteen]

By and large, YANBU.

Here's mine: AIBU to expect people to INDICATE when driving around where I live, so that I don't push my pram out into the road only to have to leap back as they decide that actually they are turning right after all? Pricks.

[Felines]

yanbu

Can I just comment on one of them though:

"to get annoyed with people who use the wrong lane then cut you up at last minute"

I have done this, it was an accident, I get quite hyper when having to drive into town and often I get a little lost as to which lane I should be in and then when realise I am in the wrong one and try to move (whilst indicating and making lots of sorry faces) I get a big BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.

My mum tells me not wear things, or "Have you not got a belt" (does it look like it??? if I had one I would be wearing it!!!)

and

"Oh you have lost weight, what are you on? Give me some."

ah that's better.

[procrastinatingparent]

FAQ - I'm talking about the sort of people who stride briskly up to the lift, press the button, wait, and then sometimes get fed up and walk off briskly to the stairs. Please believe that I wouldn't accost (politely) just anybody. I do believe that most people who use the lift need it - but there are some very obvious culprits who are just too lazy.

[Tinker]

... to be fed up of being told "i don't think you should wear that at your age" by my mum (i was only wearing some slouch-y jeans and a t shirt) Just wait til you start hearing it from your daughter as well...