I'm friends with the couple who live opposite but recently they have been really getting on my nerves. I don't want to say anything to them as I don't want to ruin the friendship or cause a bad atmosphere in the neighbourhood. My young daughter is best friends with their daughter. Our girls get a taxi to school (paid for by the council) because we live in a rural area and the nearest school is quite far. I do not drive. Yet they do, and have a vehicle. But they are too lazy to do the school run!!!
When the taxi drops the kids home in the afternoon, I go straight out to collect my daughter and get her indoors safely. They used to do the same until recently. Now they just leave me to unbuckle their kid, take out their (broken) car seat, and take their kid to their front door. Might not seem like a big deal, but this is very difficult for me as I'm usually holding my baby, and my daughter who gets the cab has health issues. How am I supposed to juggle 2x car seats, 2x 6 year olds, and a baby? They see me struggling but they can't be bothered to get off their lazy backsides.
How am I supposed to approach this? They used to be such lovely people. Now they just take what they can, when they can. They are both dole scroungers and have absolutely no intention of working. All they do now is ask for favours and ponce off me. I'm happy to help others, but they have taken the mickey. I'm taking driving lessons at the moment and saving up for a car, so that I can take my daughter to school myself and not have to rely on the council to fund taxis. I initially said that I would be happy to do the school run for their child too. But due to the recent events, I'm no longer prepared to do this. How on earth do I break this to them??