to think if you want to work in silence, don't go to a coffee shop

[whimsicalname]

I was in a chain coffee shop this morning, across the road from our city museum, waiting with my 2 year old for it to open.

I was drinking my coffee, he sat opposite me eating raisins. Other people were working, or chatting, or reading the paper. You know, doing normal coffee shop stuff.

After a while, the boy gets up to wander around. He's not running, he's not sticky, he's just mingling. He walked towards a man with a laptop. Stood nearby him, and then said hello. Man looked up at me, and said 'do you mind, I'm concentrating here' in a really unpleasant way.

If I'd been with a couple of friends chatting we'd have made a lot more noise but I can't help but feel he probably wouldn't have told us off!

We were across the road from the university library (which has some open access areas) and all of 200m away from the city central library, so plenty of options for quiet. Blimey, he could even have sat in the cathedral for some quiet contemplation.

AIBU or was he?

Didn't mean to be mean. Will I have to report myself again Scottish?
I do watch scooby do but was attempting humour - it was meant to be a lighthearted response to the boohoo comment

Mayberry Scottish if that came across as mean.

Sorry I meant.

Come on SM join the love in

im not offended,lol the scooby do reference

No don't apologise cherry I think in Text some of my 'jokes' can hit a wrong note, it would have been funnier in RL :-)

Right I'm off now. done to death this one Only on a Friday ay! or maybe a monday, tuesday etc.

Cruel child catchers so you are

Come on scottishmummy!

' It's not easy IRL for me to tell the difference,and it's no easier online,so I tend to assume the worst and react accordingly,which is wrong of me'

Oh I'm exactly the same but can't blame dyspraxia....I have a few other mental disorders though so can blamee that (And no I do not often talk at strangers in cafes)

this thread has not offended me though, in fact I have giggled at a lot of it

If another person's child approached me while I was pinching a few minutes for myself, I'd be sorely tempted to tip my drink over its head.

Obviously only if it was a cold drink.

YABU

thanks for the schmaltzy kids are da best faversham
priceless

Bye MissF see you on the island that isn't Vulgaria!

Don't start that again recovering we've only just made it all up.

Before having them, I'd have avoided any children as far as possible, hated it when hordes got on the bus and were very noisy, avoided eye contact with any in case I had to engage with them and once sent a ranty text to a friend because John Lewis moved the haberdashery next to baby dept. I have a thing for haberdashery but had to walk through the bay suff to get to it.

I've now got 2 kids and the above still applies.

Scottish

Yeah don't cocking start again!

reports self along with pictish

id never be in such a situation
seeing i work 24/7
and weans are at mrs hannigans daycare orphanage

thanks for the scottish take on it all too missed you tonnes, I just have to give you a load of xxxx's I know you like em really, especially if they're covered in baby talc.

xxx im cool with
the creepy wee brackets, they gross me out

I'm ignoring recovering I'm too tired to post anymore. I'm glad it nearly ended happily. Means I can go to bed all glowy and at peace with the world

and weans are at mrs hannigans daycare orphanage

Don't you just dose them up on laudanum like all us parents in coffee shops with our PC's do :o

Goodnight purple

Love it.

It only ends happy on my island of course. Charlie and his chocolate factory is total pants compared

I'm off too

Thumb hurts.