to think that parents "reserving" play equipment is a bit shit?

[ruthosaurus]

I queuejumped today. I honestly didn't mean to. I saw a vacant piece of play equipment (a tractor, fwiw), vaguely clocked that a woman was standing near it but had no kids with her, and helped DS (20mo, too short to climb up on his own) into the seat. Ten seconds later, I was getting the unblinking stare of death from the woman and her two children, who I swear were nowhere near when we got on. A small steely voice piped up "We're waiting...". I told the wee moppet,that yes, it was called queueing, only to be informed by the woman that she had been waiting for a while on her children's behalf.

Well, really. Can people actually do that?

Debs75

I think that is why someone invented internet shopping.

I do my main shop on line. Then when I take DS2 and DD we only have a few things to buy and I can work really hard at helping him get used to the whole shopping process. He is getting better at it and he is learning to order on line with me too as that may be a useful skill in 10 years time...
I know you have a fee to internet shop but it is worth it and I buy less on line - shopping under pressure leads to more stuff thrown in the trolley. I also don't like exposing DS1 and DD to us being 'different' in public more than we need to and getting DD or DS1 to queue on their own while people behind are pissed off with them or wondering what the fuck they are doing seems like too much faffing about

Debs75...xxx

Definitely not unreasonable! I just wonder how a woman who queues on behalf of her children ever gets them off play equipment if she's always insisting it's their turn - I always use the "another little person is waiting, it's their turn now" line.

Don't get me started on 'reserving' high chairs for a friend's kid who 'will be here in a minute' in a busy London park during a sunny school holiday lunch time, leaving a number of parents/carers to hold a baby on their lunch to eat whilst the aforementioned high chair stood empty as, guess what, the friend was more than a minute.

I KNOW the real issue was that there weren't enough high chairs but this group had 5 out of the 6 available ffs.

Oh yes, high chairs are annoiyng too!! As are the old women who reserve tables in M&S cafe etc from the moment their husband stands in the queue - while those laden with baby and bags stand looking helplessly for free table at which to sit after purchasing food.

Mad as a box of frogs

Debs ds1 does that knee in the head thing as well.

We are currently doing lots of supermarket trips with a curriculum in mind - sainsbury's today but ds1 wasn't allowed to go on his usual routine route (the reason for our visits to practice going where I say rather than where he wants to bunny hop off to to sniff). Like pagwatch I would never even attempt to do a full shop with ds1. It's usually about 5 or 6 items plus some of ds1's randoms that he insists on adding. Branston beans today bleurgh, daz last week (WTF? ) - I think they might use it at school -he signed school but who knows.

I don't have a problem with tables in cafes, I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a seat while someone else is buying the coffees, nor sorting out the highchair - but only if said friend is in the cafe or park - not still at home pegging out the washing!

Saintly - you are a great Mum... just thought I'd mention it

Excuse me, why are you all posting on this thread?
I reserved this thread for me, how rude of you all to post on it before me

ha ha
did you not get someone else to reserve it for you??

I thought Ruthosaurus was holding my place for me

You wait your turn, missy.

saintly Bizarrely he is great at school when they take him out to supermarkets but if we take him to ASDA he shakes, screams and then throws himself on the floor. He is terrified of ASDA, even of driving by. Morrisons he can just about do, with the aid of a few apples to scoff on the way round.

Wait my turn!!!!
Throws self on floor, waves arms and leg about screaming mine mine mine, holds breath and kick anyone coming close....

i wanna go to the pub

YANBU

Takes me back to the hell which was playgroup.
One little boy would play alone with the cooker and use all the playdough as pretend food.
One time he had finished playing with the cooker and it had been left alone for a good 10 minutes. 2 other toddlers strolled up to play with the cooker and began re-shaping the playdough.
Well all hell let loose as the mother of the first child shouted at them "oh no,no, don't do that he (first child) is still playing with that, the food is still cooking in the oven, leave it alone."
As silence fell the parents of the 2 other children looked on in complete silence at the nutty woman, unbelieveable.

I am actuallly going to the pub tomorrow night. Be nice to the babysitter, you hear?

PMSL at food still cooking.

Bite babysitter and screams until sick

Kill my thread, would you? The nerve.