My child’s school is situated on a road which has 2 primary schools, ours is the one furthest away meaning I pass the other school on my way.
Everyday parents completely block the pavements outside the first school with their cars. I have a (very narrow) double buggy for my younger children and in order to get past the cars I have to walk in the road.
On Monday there was a woman sat in one of these parked cars. She decided I’d walked too closely to her car as I went past. I don’t believe I actually touched the car as I’m very careful with the buggy and watching where it is however I stay as close as I can as I don’t feel hugely safe in the middle of the road as the cars go right up to a 90 degree bend and I’m not very visible.
She started to shout after me which I initially only half heard and so ignored. She then started her engine and drove up to where I was walking. She called me a “stupid fat cunt” and said I should “have more respect”. I was somewhat confused so didn’t respond, kept on walking and cut into an off road path which is a little short cut.
She then drove her car round to where my short cut would meet the road again and started shouting at me as I approached. This time I asked what was wrong, I then asked if I had caused any damage (I hadn’t) but she continued to shout abuse at me. I apologised and said I needed to get my child and asked her to please leave me alone.
Thankfully she had gone (presumably to get her own child) by the time I came out of the school gates.
This morning she was there again on my way out. She didn’t say anything to me but kept driving past me and then turning round to drive past again, glaring at me.
If I’m honest I’m quite worried, she seems a bit unnerved and I feel quite vunerable walking with my children. I don’t know what I can do about it or even if I should do anything about it.
Really just wanted to get it all off my chest as I’m getting really nervous about going out again this afternoon and potentially encountering her again.