Trades man yelled at me from his van after I called him about his parking!

Not necessarily! There are loads in my town with signs that say parking is allowed during trading hours for deliveries!

Where I live there are lots of dropped kerbs and crossing - all have signs saying that parking is allowed during trading hours for deliveries and trade.

Maybe you were in the wrong here?

I am constantly trapped from being able to go places in my mobility scooter because of idiots like this. I generally ask them to politely to move - the first time I ask. But people would be shocked at how often people refuse to move and become literally abusive when asked.

@PollyBell Yes i also would have got on with my day or accepted if I said something to somone they would say something back and not play the 'i am a poor little intimated woman' card
It's lovely that you are ABLE to get on with your day. Some of us literally cannot when the feeble minded think that their desire not to bother walking trumps those of us who would love to be able to walk. And if you think that objecting to being abused is playing the "poor little intimidated woman" card then be very cautious because Karma can be a bitch. Try being a 67 year old disabled woman being threatened with violence by some person (and it is often women, not just men) who thinks that the law doesn't apply to them. I have had that three times this year (and I haven't included the dozens of times that I have been told I have to wait as they won't move, they will "just be a minute" or any of the other excuses for refusing to let me pass).

Just because there are some badly placed lampposts somewhere, doesn’t mean we should have to accept people’s bad parking. It’s incomparable seeing as drivers have brains and make decisions in there here and now. They should park properly and safely otherwise they block the view of the road for pedestrians and other drivers. Lampposts don’t do that.

I think this is one of those things you don't massively notice until it effects you, like when you start using a pushchair.
I recall being pissed off about the number of cars parked on the pavements blocking the access for pedestrians when I came out of hospital with my baby. I think in the space of a week I had to move onto the road with the pram 3/4 times. I'd never have given it a second thought before that. I did post on our local Facebook page and got told I was a Karen by a lot of people. Sad.

Read this back to yourself slowly.

No wonder life in the UK has gone to shit. A stiff upper lip is not a suicide pact. You did the right thing, OP, and I would have go e further and lodged a complaint and tried to get him towed or notified his boss (if any).

I agree with you. Not sure I’d have rung the guy but he shouldn’t have parked there. I too live in a town like this where this is a common occurrence. I tell drivers they’re blocking the pavement frequently. We have steep curbs and narrow pavements it’s awful. I should t have to be going into the road into oncoming traffic with a buggy.

If you chose to tell him something he’s obviously not going to like, you can’t be surprised when you get a response you don’t like.

I would have just crossed the road and got on with my life! Honestly - what a petty inconsquensial thing to complain about!
In the town where i went to uni, there were lamposts right in the middle of the pavement - which was narrow anyway - i take it you'd be one who campaigned to shut the whole road for a year to rip them all up, and put them somewhwere else - thereby removing much needed parking instead?
Christ alive

I mean, I have to navigate life in a wheelchair every day. I would have crossed the road, however difficult. I have enough to think and worry about daily without stopping to call up tradesmen about their parking. It's fine that OP did it, but I wouldn't have.

I think you were right to call him. I've done similar from the hands free when driving after being harassed by a a group in a work van with contact details on it. They had no respect for me, so hopefully the fact their boss knew about and was not at all impressed with their behaviour got through to them.

This us the correct response! Yes: OP was right to call him on it. She did it for everyone and for her own convenience. Why shouldn’t she call hom? He has his number on the side of the Van for a reason! He wants people to call and give him work? He can accept people will call and give him a bollocking for poor driving, parking, or other public nuisance behavior.

@Theunamedcat irrelevant in this situation. OP did not have a wheelchair.

He was alright on the phone because he hadn't yet realised you were a lone woman with small children.

One of the school mums parked her massive tank on double yellows the other day right near a crossing near school. It made it difficult to cross because drivers couldn’t see people trying to cross as we were hidden away, and it also blocked our full view of approaching vehicles.

Anyway another mum called her out on it. Selfish mum of course defended herself and couldn’t see why she shouldn’t be parked there. She also said she’s only going to be there for 5 minutes. 5 minutes is enough time for someone to get ran over but hey ho.

YANBU. I’m sick of inconsiderate drivers who seem to think “a quick job” or “quick drop off at school” etc.. is no big deal. It is a big deal and they are all big twats.

Agree. You did the right think OP.
Many entitled, selfish people parking where they want to today.

Try that in a wheelchair

The dropped kerb itself indicates that parking is prohibited. No additional signage required.

OP he’s a dickhead, enjoying having a go at a woman. I bet if you’d been with a muscley bloke rather than 2 young kids, he wouldn’t have said a word. He did wrong, you called him out on it, and it pissed him off, so he thought he’d big himself up a bit but shouting at a woman. He’s a loser, and you did the right thing correcting his mistake.

@Meandmyguy more fool you. Rules are made for people’s safety. If we all ignored them, and ignored people who broke them, it wouldn’t be a happy world.

If it’s a business not just a one man I’d report it to the company. Good on you for calling it out

Men hate being called out by women so instead of doing the right thing he ‘punished’ you by intimidating you. That is the price women pay for fronting up to horrible men unfortunately. They dominate and throw their weight around because they can.

I’d have just walked away satisfied that he was riled up enough to provoke a reaction. In future take a picture and put it on the local Facebook warning people who might want his services what an inconsiderate prick he is.

You did nothing wrong. He was a twat. I’m so sick of people driving like idiots, parking wherever the hell they want, on corners making it impossible to cross safely, on the pavement and yellow lines directly outside our school, not stopping for crossings when we are waiting to cross, even the traffic lights at a big junction we regularly cross seem to be optional to some people lately who just decide to completely ignore red lights and just go anyway. Twats, the lot of ‘em.