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Was I wrong to egg the car?!

257 replies

Simplepink · 13/04/2024 06:11

I stand by my convictions and don’t think I was wrong but interested to hear what other people think.
my husband thinks a note would’ve sufficed.

so we live right next to a public footpath which leads up to accommodation for lots of elderly people.

yesterday I noticed a car had blocked the entrance to this footpath which is clearly marked as to be kept clear at all times.
asked around neighbours, no one knew the cars owner.
waited a good couple of hours, person still hasn’t returned to car.
Many elderly people with walking aides struggling to get past. Anyone with a wheelchair wouldn’t be able to.

i had already left a note on the car but realised the owner would return, rumple up the note and not be slightly inconvenienced. . . . Sooo I egged the car windscreen. (Yes I know I’m clearly 12 years old/it’s a very minor criminal offence etc)
But my logic is that this person was therefore also mildly inconvenienced as retribution for their blasé attitude to others.

YABU to egg the car
YANBU to egg the car

(disclaimer this may be completely hypothetical and there’s no proof I am the neighbour who egged the car!)

OP posts:
lemonmeringueno3 · 13/04/2024 09:21

Gosh op some people seem really angry with you. They must be people who park thoughtlessly and rely on mugs letting them get away with it, or at worst delivering them a terse note.

likepebblesonabeach · 13/04/2024 09:21

Also I am not the note writer. The egg thrower and the note writer are not necessarily the same person. Also I don’t think the police analyse notes stuck on car windscreens in large cities with high crime rates on their paltry budgets

@Simplepink but that's not the point if the police analyse notes or not.
You did something criminal that you feel you were right to do but you don't want to seem to be caught for doing it which sort of blows your "standing by your convictions" argument out the window.

lemonmeringueno3 · 13/04/2024 09:19

Love all the other suggestions - notes, a quiet word, calling the police. On balance, the egg was better. No inconvenience for the police, some inconvenience for the perpetrator. If I parked my car stupidly, I'd absolutely think it was fair enough if I came back to an egg. I'd probably be pleased it wasn't something worse. I wouldn't park there again.

KeinLiebeslied54321 · 13/04/2024 09:17

Of course YABU, YABVU.
Are you aware how hard it is to get egg off?
You sound very petty and/or slightly unhinged.

Astariel · 13/04/2024 09:17

SerendipityJane · 13/04/2024 09:08

This is a weird comment given that the OP decided to sanctimoniously punish someone whose parking she dislikes - apparently on behalf of ‘elderly people’.

You mean the people no one else on this thread is thinking of ?

Let’s. It prop up the OP’s delusions that (in the words of emo legends - to ensure the correct level of hyperbole) she is ‘the saviour of the beaten, the broken and the damned’ by egging a car.

Needanewname42 · 13/04/2024 09:17

Op why did you not just call the police?
Give them a chance to do the job properly.

lemonmeringueno3 · 13/04/2024 09:14

OP, you didn't key their car or let the tyres down, you threw an egg at it. It's a minor inconvenience to clean it and they weren't worried about anyone they inconvenienced by parking there. I don't know whether I'd have done it or not, but I wouldn't be losing sleep over it if I did.

GKD · 13/04/2024 09:13

Is no one ever allowed to make a mistake/be given benefit of doubt?

Its unlikely the driver drove up cackling like a witch thinking ‘I’m going to inconvenience an elderly person today.

For all you know it could have been an emergency, plain police car purposefully blocking the entrance OR maybe it is was an arsehole, either way note would have sufficed for a 1st offence.

The vengeful glee is icky to me.

Original poster
Simplepink · 13/04/2024 09:13

Marblessolveeverything · 13/04/2024 09:07

You do know there is a high possibility that there is now footage of you doing this?
Honestly my ten year old would have more sense.

Tbh my 10 year old does have more sense too and thought it “was a bit naughty mum”
I obviously told him to do as a say and not as I do. . .

OP posts:
Whatevershallidowithmylife · 13/04/2024 09:12

The only reason I would say YANBU was in case it had genuinely been abandoned in an emergency eg one of the elderly residents taking ill/ambulance. Apart from that, extreme, but actually on reflection good for you, serves em right!

TuesdayWhistler · 13/04/2024 09:12

Next time, Washing liquid capsule in a catapult...
The splat is satisfying... And, the driver gets a nice clean window... Well, eventually, after a lot of squirts and wiper actions.

Or, paintballs..

Whichever.

Original poster
Simplepink · 13/04/2024 09:11

PersephonePomegranate23 · 13/04/2024 09:01

The sanctimony on this thread is hilarious. There are not enough pearls in the world to clutch that would satisfy MN.

It’s great isn’t it! Peak mumsnet!

OP posts:
theduchessofspork · 13/04/2024 09:10

Cracked eggs

SerendipityJane · 13/04/2024 09:08

This is a weird comment given that the OP decided to sanctimoniously punish someone whose parking she dislikes - apparently on behalf of ‘elderly people’.

You mean the people no one else on this thread is thinking of ?

Marblessolveeverything · 13/04/2024 09:07

You do know there is a high possibility that there is now footage of you doing this?
Honestly my ten year old would have more sense.

Lagoony · 13/04/2024 09:07

It's tempting to do such things bur you've made a lot.pf assumptions here too. What if the car belongs to a relative of one of the elderly, who had to rush over as they were told their telstive was ill and in their haste didn't park very well?

Astariel · 13/04/2024 09:05

PersephonePomegranate23 · 13/04/2024 09:01

The sanctimony on this thread is hilarious. There are not enough pearls in the world to clutch that would satisfy MN.

This is a weird comment given that the OP decided to sanctimoniously punish someone whose parking she dislikes - apparently on behalf of ‘elderly people’.

Sanctimonious egging is a weird MNer oxymoron.

BatteryPoweredPeacock · 13/04/2024 09:05

I am reminded of that John Finnamore sketch where someone parks to block a garage in. The garage owner comes along and is so grumpy that it lets the parker off the hook and they no longer feel bad about blocking them in.

That's what's happened here. Your reaction is such that you come out of it looking like the twit. Sorry OP.

SerendipityJane · 13/04/2024 09:04

Many elderly people with walking aides struggling to get past. Anyone with a wheelchair wouldn’t be able to.

Someone I know was unable to get to the bus stop because the only dropped kerb was blocked and they couldn't cross in a wheelchair. That was their day ruined.

Crack on OP (no pun intended).

Riapia · 13/04/2024 09:04

You would only be unreasonable if you didn’t feel better for doing it.

snowlady4 · 13/04/2024 09:03

Simplepink · 13/04/2024 08:56

I didn’t do the littering! The car culprit was the litterer- they threw the notes in the bushes!

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Eggs? Egg shells. That's litter!

jeaux90 · 13/04/2024 09:03

Personally I think it was a smart move. They won't park there again.

PersephonePomegranate23 · 13/04/2024 09:01

The sanctimony on this thread is hilarious. There are not enough pearls in the world to clutch that would satisfy MN.

Dibbydoos · 13/04/2024 09:01

Call the local authority next time, they may be able to issue a parking fine.

Noseyoldcow · 13/04/2024 08:59

On the basis that a selfish idiot git who knowingly blocks a driveway/walkway or whatever is also likely to be idiotic enough to drive off without cleaning the egg mess off sufficiently for good visibility through the windscreen, you were wrong.

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