to feel aggrieved at the nursery?

[themoonandback]

Cross about this one. I was driving home after walking the dog and my mobile phone rang - fairly important call re a house sale so I pulled over and answered it. It was a normal 'street', quite rural and with big houses with a fair bit of land between them but all the same there were cars parked on the street (not many but still, it wasn't a 'no parking' sort of zone.)

I was only on the phone for a minute or so but was a bit upset after the phone call so just sat for a minute sending someone a text when someone thumped on my car window, really making me jump. I wound the window down and was asked what I was doing and I explained that I was answering my mobile phone. "Well you can't stop HERE. This is a nursery." I wasn't blocking the drive or anything, by the way! I had been just about to move on but her attitude really made me cross.

AIBU?

[cozietoesie]

Ha! I live opposite a nursery in a similar street and they'd have to move all the nursery workers' cars before anyone would even pretend to pay a blind bit of attention to that - and even then they wouldn't really pay attention.

[Smartieaddict]

How odd! No YANBU. Is there some sort of law against stopping in front of a nursery?

[Moominsarehippos]

Were there zig zags on the road?

[themoonandback]

I don't think so Moominalthough I'll be honest and say I can't be totally, absolutely sure. I don't think it was that though as the woman seemed more "omg, can't stop here, you could be a paedophile!" than "oi, fucker, you can't park here."

It made me feel shit, and her banging on my window made me feel murderous. It also wound the dog up.

[Moominsarehippos]

I suspect she is a local who gets pusses off with folks parking to drop off/pick up kids. I would've wet myself if someone came up and banged on my window.

[Moominsarehippos]

Pusses? What is gong on with my typing today.. ?? 'Pissed'

[themoonandback]

Haha. No she was a nursery worker - she came out of the building. Stupid cow should be more charitable but not in the mood

[Moominsarehippos]

You had her space then!

[YoniDaChillOut]

didn't you ask her what specifically was the problem with you parking there as it wasn't blocking any access?

[themoonandback]

Yoni - all she said was "well this is a nursery, there are children here."

[quoteunquote]

Go back tomorrow and leave the car there all day.

[cozietoesie]

I think that Moomins has it !

[squeakytoy]

I would have just said "and??" and wound my window back up.

[YoniDaChillOut]

odd. what exactly did she think your car was going to do to the children ?(that were presumably not on the road where you were parked)

[OhDearNigel]

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[OhDearNigel]

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[OhDearNigel]

Aargh stupid iPad !

[LimitedEditionLady]

Sounds like the nursery isn't that busy if she has time to come out and be aggressive to a stranger!Should've asked her if she was a nursery nurse or a traffic warden,or perhaps she just likes banging on car windows on her break?

[glossyflower]

No YANBU. She sounded like a grumpy bitch.

I once drove 6 hours go visit my aunt in Scotland.
When I got to her area I went the wrong way so pulled into the first road I saw to turn round and go back. It was a small cul se sac, no one about.
At the junction to come out a very angry Scotsman came over to shout at me "NO TURNING IN HERE THIS IS A PRIVATE ROAD DON'T DO IT AGAIN!"
Honestly the man frightened the life out of me and made me cry!

[themoonandback]

It was weird.

I did contemplate ringing them up to complain but thought that was too "disgusted of Tunbridge Wells" and they'd probably laugh at me but I was/am really fucked off by it!

[thebody]

Don't blame you op I would be seething.

[ShadowStorm]

How bizarre.

What did she think you were going to do to the children? Or the nursery?

Unless there were yellow lines / zig-zags on the road, there's presumably no reason why you couldn't have stopped there.