Was I wrong to egg the car?!

I don't know how to word this, but chickens exist in battery 'cages' to produce eggs (it's disgusting) & then you totally disrespect them by wasting their eggs. I know it's the same for the chickens whether you eat it or waste it, but it feels so disrespectful

I feel this very strongly too. Just to say that no-one should be buying eggs from caged hens - free range are generally available everywhere now. Or even better get them from someone like me who sells them locally.

Totally OTT and dangerous.

Hopefully, the driver sees it before they drive off and doesn't use their wipers to try and clear it once they're actually driving.

Washer fluid on the egg white will cause it to smear across the screen and block their view - do you want to be responsible for causing an accident?

Grow up and clean it up.

I’m trying to imagine catching sight of a grown adult doing this. I’d think they were absolutely off their chops and give them a wide berth,

The car driver was in the wrong. You were in the wrong. Nothing gained.

Unfortunately you are being unreasonable but I also absolutely hate cars that do this! One of my massive pet hates I think because 99% of the time I’m a pedestrian.

I think it was fine, OP. You’re right, dickwads who do this (always men in my experience) just throw the note on the floor, which they want you to find so you know they have contempt for you.

Having to clean egg or pay for it to be cleaned is a lasting message they eon’t soon forget.

How unfortunate that an egg flew out of your hands and onto their windscreen.

This is one of those threads where I could answer before reading anything more than the headline.

YABU but it made me smile as I imagined it being said by some kind of earnest, but overzealous, posh upstander in a book set during the war. Like Zach in Goodnight Mister Tom or something. Add an 'I say - ' in front and you'll see more what I'm getting at 🤔😂

“i had already left a note on the car but realised the owner would return, rumple up the note and not be slightly inconvenienced.”

So you left a note then you assumed what would happen and took different action without giving the driver chance to see the note? Yeh the driver shouldn’t have parked there obviously but yes you did behave badly. Are you a bit of a busybody generally because that’s what you sound like. How mortifying that would of been if any of your neighbours were to of seen you acting so childish

What am I reading, what adult does this?

unless you’ve got additional needs op and there is a back story here, this is odd and cringe.

Also, best hope there was no CCTV in the vicinity if they decide to report the vandalism. The tabloids love a good “do you recognise this egg-throwing Karen who damaged my car” story!

This is not a normal response from an intelligent adult. If you actually did this you are clearly in need of help. Seek out other, more constructive, ways of dealing with challenges in life!

I mean if OP reared her own chickens or knows they are perfectly happy well looked after chickens then fine I guess it's just like they've done a poo. But I doubt it.

Do you often overreact to minor inconveniences? There are so many other avenues you could have gone down.

No you shouldn't but also crucially is the gap to the footpath marked no parking? We have one here and the council haven't put yellow lines and no dropped kerb because there's no pavement therefore whilst it's inconsiderate to block it, nothing on the road indicates no parking

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5046270-to-show-you-what-your-free-range-egg-providers-really-look-like?page=1

In which case, you are even worse than the OP. Maybe seek help and find better ways of resolving situations that retributive vandalism.

Your poor husband must be absolutely mortified and wondering if he married a wayward teenager.

Especially since, in doing it, you’re painting yourself as the saviour of all the elderly people etc.

Vigilanteism mixed with crap teenage pranks is not a good look.

I've voted YABU because you should have keyed it

Wtf

this is just not a normal response 😅

Am i the only one wondering if the car belonged to an elderly disabled person???
who was probably mildly terrified to find their car vandalised

How juvenile. I’m with your DH, it was a totally unnecessary response. Let’s hope it wasn’t a worried relative making an emergency bedside dash to one of the elderly residents, eh? Yes they left the car badly parked but maybe they just dumped it in a panic?

Weird thing to do!
The owner may of had an emergency or just didn't realise they had parked somewhere they shouldn't.
Imagine if they were disabled or returned with young children & had to try & clean dried egg off the windscreen of their car & find it possibly damaged.
It's quite dangerous really.
I understand they shouldn't park there, but you can't go round throwing eggs at cars. Go clean it off.

I think you did alright op. A bit childish maybe but as you say, they're not going to take any notice of a note. This might make them think twice about parking there - and they'll certainly remember it.

And it's hardly criminal damage - I had someone smash my wing mirrors once because they didn't like me parking NEAR their house (non- dropped curb, not directly in front of their driveway, public road). So really, this driver got off lucky!

I think I behaved rashly although not badly

I think you’re wrong.

Absolute peak mumsnet 😂

There's never one around when you need one.