Horrid lollipop man

[ACJMummy]

Hello, I'm new to Mumsnet so I apologise in advance if I'm posting in the wrong place.
I'm not really sure where to start with this as I've been having some problems with the lollipop man for some time now but this morning it got even more personal.
I was coming back from dropping off my two eldest children at school this morning - I had my youngest who's almost three in her pushchair - we stopped at the zebra crossing and the lollipop man looked like he was about to stop the traffic but instead he approached a vehicle and spoke to the driver - meanwhile the car on my side of the road, which had stopped to let us cross proceeded to carry on driving as it was clear the lollipop man wasn't going to help us cross. Myself and another parent then crossed over and I said to the l/m that he's is there to stop the traffic and not talk to drivers - he said the driver had asked him for directions - he'd already waved to the driver before he approached him and they didn't chat long enough for him to give him directions, so it was obvious they knew each other. He started shouting at me and told me "you are too miserable to live and you ought to go away and die". I'm really shocked that he said that, especially when I had my little girl with me. I just wondered if anyone could give me any advice - I have complained to his employer previously but he gets away with everything - he swore at me last year when all my children were with me. I don't know what to do as we have to use the crossing every day to go to school.

[ACJMummy]

Thanks for your advice, next time it happens I'll just ignore it and wait for a child to be run over because he's not paying attention - we've already lost a child in our village after being hit and killed on the crossing!

[MythicalKings]

It isn't his job to see you back over after you've dropped your children at school.

You seem to have it in for him. It's very hard to get crossing wardens which is why the council are ignoring your moans.

[NickNacks]

Actually you were rude first.

[littleducks]

"It isn't his job to see you across after you have spotted the children off"

I am surprised by this. Our school doesn't have a lollipop person but schools that do all seem to have someone on duty to allow children to cross and mums (who always sun to have toddlers or buggies ) to cross back out after.

[ThenLaterWhenItGotDark]

Why did he swear at you last year?

[exoticjuicedrink]

YANBU. Not a great example to set to children speaking to vehicles on the road.
Complain to the school.

[exoticjuicedrink]

Just realised this isn't AIBU

[ThenLaterWhenItGotDark]

It's very odd.
Psychotic lollipop man swears at people for no apparent reason.....
Come on OP, give us the rest of the story.

[MovingOnUpMovingOnOut]

Did you complain to the council?

Of course he shouldn't have spoken to you like that. Nobody with sense would think saying that in the course of their work is ok even if you were being rude. Which I can't see where you were. Maybe you should have minded your own business but his reaction was totally out of order and disproportionate.