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Kids Playing In Cul De Sac

94 replies

StressieBessie4 · 24/06/2024 18:58

I’m aware I may get slated but this is starting to get to me! I have name changed.

I am a carer, and I have a 7pm appointment daily down a cul de sac which seems to now be mainly families living here and it’s turning into a nightmare.

As you enter two chairs are in the middle of the road with two parents sat on them, and it’s a struggle to get past. Then when you get around the corner the kids leave bikes and scooters over the entrance to the car parking spaces so you can’t get in without many shuffles. But when you’re trying to, the kids are walking behind your car! There is no consideration whatsoever and I’m starting to dread this call.

I feel so sorry for my client, who is lovely, but it’s an accident waiting to happen and . They all look at me like I’ve got three heads when I pull into the road yet they see me every day. What’s worse is the houses back onto a park!

AIBU to tell the parents it’s a road not a playground?!

OP posts:
TikiTikiBoo · 24/06/2024 22:10

WindsurfingDreams · 24/06/2024 21:43

I think it's lovely they are playing out. We need more of this. Can you park a bit further away?

Tell me you don't have ANY idea at all about what carers are up against without telling me you don't have any idea

TikiTikiBoo · 24/06/2024 22:07

Funny how this is ok but the man doing gym in the cul de sac wasn't.

Report it to the council op, they should not be obstructing the highways.

TooLateForRoses · 24/06/2024 22:02

How am I supposed to tell it's a joke?

Funkyfizz · 24/06/2024 21:56

Blouson · 24/06/2024 21:51

Thats the prob with cul de sacs, creates a safe-ish park for urchins to play in, with these parents on chairs like bouncers!

Urchins? It's a cul de sac in 2024, not Victorian England.

Blouson · 24/06/2024 21:51

PostItInABook · 24/06/2024 21:49

It’s got nothing to do with kids playing out and everything to do with their parents, and by extension them, being inconsiderate as fuck to someone just trying to get to their job. Have people become such dickheads now that they can’t even be arsed to get out of the fucking way for a few minutes?

Thats the prob with cul de sacs, creates a safe-ish park for urchins to play in, with these parents on chairs like bouncers!

PostItInABook · 24/06/2024 21:49

It’s got nothing to do with kids playing out and everything to do with their parents, and by extension them, being inconsiderate as fuck to someone just trying to get to their job. Have people become such dickheads now that they can’t even be arsed to get out of the fucking way for a few minutes?

Funkyfizz · 24/06/2024 21:48

WindsurfingDreams · 24/06/2024 21:43

It's a sort of Mumsnet in joke Wink

Yes, an annoying unfunny in joke.

WindsurfingDreams · 24/06/2024 21:43

TooLateForRoses · 24/06/2024 21:39

If one has described the situation well and the layout of the road, the position of the chairs and taken the time to really fill everyone in on all the relevant details it is really annoying to then have someone to almost immediately demand a diagram.

It's a sort of Mumsnet in joke Wink

WindsurfingDreams · 24/06/2024 21:43

I think it's lovely they are playing out. We need more of this. Can you park a bit further away?

MissingKitty · 24/06/2024 21:42

TooLateForRoses · 24/06/2024 21:39

If one has described the situation well and the layout of the road, the position of the chairs and taken the time to really fill everyone in on all the relevant details it is really annoying to then have someone to almost immediately demand a diagram.

As I and others said it’s a mumsnet rule (note, this is a lighthearted joke). You missed the joke and were snarky instead. My initial misery guts comment was accurate! It wasn’t even me who asked for the diagram.

TooLateForRoses · 24/06/2024 21:39

MissingKitty · 24/06/2024 20:38

What?

If one has described the situation well and the layout of the road, the position of the chairs and taken the time to really fill everyone in on all the relevant details it is really annoying to then have someone to almost immediately demand a diagram.

TooLateForRoses · 24/06/2024 21:38

Jc2001 · 24/06/2024 20:47

I think its just a mumsnet in-joke, asking for a diagram whenever there is a car / parking related post. No need to take it so seriously.

Oh right sorry didn't realise I wasn't in the know.

TooLateForRoses · 24/06/2024 21:37

TheIceQween · 24/06/2024 21:30

@TooLateForRoses i think you’ve missed the joke

What joke?

TheGrimSqueakersFlea · 24/06/2024 21:36

My grandparents lived on a cul de sac. We played in gardens or the park because roads aren't for playing on

TheIceQween · 24/06/2024 21:30

TooLateForRoses · 24/06/2024 20:34

It's really annoying when you have perfectly described a situation to be met with calls for a diagram

@TooLateForRoses i think you’ve missed the joke

OnTheRightSideOfGeography · 24/06/2024 20:54

I don't get some of the snarky comments aimed at OP. Where did she say that she doesn't drive in carefully, mindful of the children playing?

If you'd complained about them playing or making noise, I'd have said you were being unreasonable; but cul-de-sac or not, you can't just block off a road and stop residents and their visitors/service providers from entering and parking outside their homes.

It's one thing for the children to be playing, but when they see somebody needing access, they need to move to allow it. The kids might be little, but it's outrageously arrogant for their parents to just sit there and stare at you, denying your vulnerable client necessary access to his own home.

Jc2001 · 24/06/2024 20:47

TooLateForRoses · 24/06/2024 20:34

It's really annoying when you have perfectly described a situation to be met with calls for a diagram

I think its just a mumsnet in-joke, asking for a diagram whenever there is a car / parking related post. No need to take it so seriously.

itsgettingweird · 24/06/2024 20:42

There's always children playing out down my road (one way in and out and I live opposite the park)

But no one's stupid enough to put chairs in the middle of the road and act like the cars are in the wrong 😂

There's often scooters all ver the pavements which can be a pain to get over dropped kerb to your driveway/ car park but I usually get out and move them into the bushes next to my spot! Ps they are high bushes so are off pavement and easily retrievable before anyone starts to abuse me.

Blouson · 24/06/2024 20:39

ilovesooty · 24/06/2024 20:38

Would it be worth having a word with the parents and asking them not to obstruct the parking spaces?

You'd only get a barrage of abuse

ilovesooty · 24/06/2024 20:38

Would it be worth having a word with the parents and asking them not to obstruct the parking spaces?

MissingKitty · 24/06/2024 20:38

TooLateForRoses · 24/06/2024 20:34

It's really annoying when you have perfectly described a situation to be met with calls for a diagram

What?

Bearybasket · 24/06/2024 20:37

Funkyfizz · 24/06/2024 20:33

They are not out unsupervised. Did you read the OP?

Then like I said the parent should be telling them to stay well back from the cars trying to park.

TooLateForRoses · 24/06/2024 20:34

MissingKitty · 24/06/2024 20:28

It’s also about parking. I don’t actually care wether she posts a diagram or not, but I can’t see the harm in it, no need to be a grump!

It's really annoying when you have perfectly described a situation to be met with calls for a diagram

CaptainMyCaptain · 24/06/2024 20:34

Bumblebeeinatree · 24/06/2024 20:33

It sounds sort of scary to do your job, ask for a different rota, I know that will be bad for your client, but you also have to look after yourself. Their neighbours should realise they are making your clients life difficult, or they may not care.

That won't solve the problem as another carer will have to do that job.

Bumblebeeinatree · 24/06/2024 20:33

It sounds sort of scary to do your job, ask for a different rota, I know that will be bad for your client, but you also have to look after yourself. Their neighbours should realise they are making your clients life difficult, or they may not care.