Don't argue with the traffic warden on your school run

Absolutely agree

Yeah let's not bash parents that work

because her Tarzan is way too important to do that himself.

Or, and here's a crazy thought, because he's actually working?

when these mums, and let's face it it's always women

It’s not ‘always women’. It’s usually women who end up doing the school run and that’s why it’s assumed that women are always badly parking. I gave an example above as I have children at two different schools, and men are equally if not more likely to always choose to park in a selfish, arrogant or dangerous manner. It’s typically men who believe that the pavement is their own personal parking space…

YANBU, but you are being overly smug about it. I suggest getting a hobby.

I can relate!

It's odd when these mums, and let's face it it's always women, need to park directly in front of the school because they couldn't possibly walk 5 minutes, rush their dc into the school, then spend 20 minutes talking to other parents. If someone had to rush off to work you could at least understand why they couldn't park further away and walk, but it's always those who aren't rushing off to work after the drop off who tend to park on yellow lines/obstruct driveways at school run time.

Then she should get there early to get the best parking spot. Don’t most schools offer a pre 8.30am childcare club?

Jesus some of you have literally no sense of story telling do you?

I would feel sorry for the working mum who lives out of town desperate to get their kid in school because she’s anxious to avoid a cross word from her manager about lateness.

Nope, this person shouldn't be parking over areas they shouldn't either. Same rules for everyone.

Working mums are no more important than anyone else.

Sorry just being daft. But now you mention it, it’s Friday, end of a long week, hmm probably I am on my last legs, yes

I'd have a separate category of car licence for larger and high performance vehicles, and you take your test in one. Or get a smaller car, which many would choose instead.

I think it should not be a fine, regardless of who the driver is or the car. It should be an appearance in court and penalty points for such a crime. As should all motoring crimes be a court appearance not just a fixed penalty, except perhaps overstaying a place where you are permitted to park but with a time limit.

Paris is pricing these types of cars out of their city, it's not a particularly intelligent choice of vehicle

Well I've finished beating my washing against the stones down by the river, just going to put it all sopping wet in the land rover,. And drive around with the windows open until the water has dripped out the back 😂

Yes I do disapprove of parents who drive vehicles that are unnecessarily large for city living, that contribute to climate change when actually they could walk their kids to school. I have done the whole school thing with the subtle or not so subtle status symbols of people carrier, blonde highlights, Mulberry handbags etcand it can be hard not to feel inadequate somehow because one doesn’t possess these things especially when a kind of hierarchy is established around the school gates. It is not just a neutral choice of car, it’s a social signifier and many are buying into this. Why do you need a land rover when you live in London FGS? To go and check your field? To drive over a brook? To retrieve a lost sheep? Or to let people know how much money you have?

Hmmm. To be honest, I totally get the criticism of the stay at home parent with the big fancy car. I would feel sorry for the working mum who lives out of town desperate to get their kid in school because she’s anxious to avoid a cross word from her manager about lateness. I do not feel sorry for parents parking out of convenience and entitlement when they have zero need to and they should not argue about a ticket for making a dumb, highly avoidable decision when their car signals a lot wealth.

This. I'm a sahm who doesn't own a car, not interested in fashion, yoga or superficial lunches. University educated and interested in many subjects. Don't think I qualify for the epithet "yummy mummy" 😂

I've defined a yummy mummy twice, it got deleted because people didn't like it apparently.

You can't get over how I apparently feel about myself can you? You're way off the mark so give up.

Also most off your replies have been deleted for being nasty bullshit so where are you claiming the moral high ground from exactly?

So jealousy is a lazy trope but gold digging Chelsea tractor manicured lunching “idiots” isn’t?

You weren’t standing up for her you were rattling off a load of rental misogynistic nonsense based ENTIRELY on how you feel about yourself, not on how other women view you. You thought nobody would be smart enough to see through it - how sad for you.

You never did tell us if the yummy mummies (again what IS a yummy mummy?) told you to your face that you’re a neglectful mother or if you’re projecting-by-proxy

Aaaaand we're back to the lazy jealous accusations. It's like banging your head against a brick wall honestly.

I don't hate them for what they have, I hate them for the way they behave