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AIBU?

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AIBU to moan about someone who keeps moving my pushchair?

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BedHeadTigi · 25/08/2012 16:44

I live in a block of flats which have 4 floors, and i live on the second floor. So to make my life easy i leave my pushchair downstairs in the communal hallway, its out of the way as there is an open space round the side of the stairs with storage space under the stairs too. Another neighbour leaves her pushchair there too, but mine is not in the way so no one need move it, but someone keeps moving my pushchair. I hope i dont sound like im moaning about something that seems so trivial but it is really bugging me as i dont touch or move around others peoples stuff, so why is my stuff being moved about when its not necessary. Should i carry on leaving it in the hallway or bring it up to my flat where i know its safe? What would you do?

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Heavensmells · 25/08/2012 16:46

Could it be another child who lives in your block playing around with it?

Psammead · 25/08/2012 16:46

It is someone cleaning the floors?

PeazlyPops · 25/08/2012 16:47

I'd keep it in my flat if s

Bambi88 · 25/08/2012 16:48

I get exactly the same thing happen to me and i make a point of leaving it out there, if someone else leaves theirs out there why shouldnt I? My flat is too small to keep the pushchair in the hall and yes unless it was in the way and needed moving for a second they should put it back! I find mine dumped in the middle of the hall sometimes and it annoys me as I wouldnt do it to other people.

PeazlyPops · 25/08/2012 16:48

Posted too soon!

I'd keep it in my flat, if it bothered me that someone was moving it.

Are they causing any damage, or is it just being moved?

PeazlyPops · 25/08/2012 16:48

I lived

Tee2072 · 25/08/2012 16:49

Don't leave it in a communal hall.

Kladdkaka · 25/08/2012 16:49

If someone is moving it, then I suspect it is in their way unless they have a weird hobby of pushchair moving. Ultimately though, if you don't want anyone to touch it, don't leave it in a communal area.

Lilicat1013 · 25/08/2012 16:50

Is the communal area of your flats cleaned regularly? I ask because I live in flats and several people leave pushchairs under the stairs even though they aren't really supposed to.

There is a man who comes every Thursday and cleans the floors so he takes every pushchair out to clean that area and puts them back in afterwards.

My other suggestion is it could be a child, we don't leave our pushchair in that area (we have a shed opposite it stays in) but my son having realised there is pushchairs under the stairs often runs in there and moves then around (he is fascinated by the wheels).

I obviously try to prevent him messing with other people's things but he is quick and has often moved one of them a short distance by the time I grab him.

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BedHeadTigi · 25/08/2012 16:51

Well its only started being moved about now another neighbour uses that space for her pushchair too, but i leave mine right at the back near the wall so mines not in the way. Its definately not someone cleaning the floor. It would be a hassle bringing it upstairs, maybe i should though.

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PeazlyPops · 25/08/2012 16:51

I lived in an apartment and people would sometimes leave bikes in the hall. It made it hard for the cleaner to mop, so the management companies removed the bikes & fined the residents that came forward and complained!

If you aren't supposed to leave anything in the hall, then don't! Regardless of whether other people do it. If all the residents did, it would be a hazard.

mrsconfuseddotcom · 25/08/2012 17:02

I wouldn't leave it in the communal hallway. It just upsets people.

Our ignorant cow of a neighbour used to leave her pushchair in the meter cupboard on the ground floor (after she had wheeled a load of mud across the floor). Not quite sure how I stopped myself leaving it out for the bin men in all honesty.

DottyandSpottyWot · 25/08/2012 17:02

We also live in a block of flats, and we got a fire safety check and were told never to leave buggys/prams in the communal stair as they go up in flames really quickly and the black smoke from the all the plastic spreads quickly.

aufaniae · 25/08/2012 17:02

Please don't feel obliged to bring your buggy upstairs because some people here say you should!

It's an absolute nightmare having to lug your buggy up stairs! If you have a place to keep it then great.

We leave our buggy in a recess at the bottom of the stairs in our converted house (4 flats). The neighbours who lived there previously invited us to do it as they're nice :)

Not sure the new guy's so keen on it! But i have no plans to change it as it would mean lugging the buggy up 5 flights of stairs, which I simply can't manage with DS also.

"the management companies removed the bikes & fined the residents that came forward and complained!" I would hate to live somewhere so devoid of community spirit . If it's causing a problem have a chat about it, don't fine the people. Jesus!

PeazlyPops · 25/08/2012 17:10

Removing the bikes and issuing fines was the last thing they did. Signs were put up, notes were left on the bikes etc but no one took any notice.

I didn't have a bike because I had nowhere to put it! If there's no storage facilities, or you can't be bothered to carry it up to your flat, don't have it!

OP, can't you leave the buggy in the boot of your car?

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BedHeadTigi · 25/08/2012 17:27

Even if it was upsetting someone surely they can mention to me about it instead of moving my pushchair about for no reason.

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TheMonster · 25/08/2012 17:29

They mightnotknow whoitbelongs to.

FallenCaryatid · 25/08/2012 17:31

Leave a label on it asking why it's being moved, and a pencil so they can explain.
If the note gets eaten, my money would be on a small child.

maybenow · 25/08/2012 17:35

had to check you're not my neighbour - she leaves her pushchair parked tight up against my bike with the brake on and i have to move it to get my bike in and out.

don't think it bothers her though - we go for 'live and let live' in our stair

OhNoMyFoot · 25/08/2012 17:37

In what way is it being moved? Could be the other person getting their buggy in?

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BedHeadTigi · 25/08/2012 17:37

Its not a small child because im the only one in the block with young children and now a baby, another neighbour has a baby too young to walk.

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PrimrosePath · 25/08/2012 17:41

I think someone has to move it to get something else in and out of the space. A bike perhaps? The might leave before and return after you do, so you never see it. Unless its getting damaged I don't think it's a problem, is it?

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BedHeadTigi · 25/08/2012 17:50

No bike users in the block either, i have been storing the pushchair there for ages now and there would be more space available if junk from previous tenants wasn't there too. No ones moving the junk around or even moaning about it, so why would it be a problem when i want to leave the pushchair there? When its term time i need to use it daily for the school run, its only since the holidays its been moved about.

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maybenow · 25/08/2012 17:59

i'm sure the person moving it must have a reason or a very boring life if they're not damaging it then what's the problem.

are you SURE nobody is sweeping the floor or moving large items in and out of the foyer/door.

AmIthatbad · 25/08/2012 18:04

OP, when you say it is being moved, where are they moving it to? Is it still in he recess but just in a different place?

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