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WIBu retaliating re the rude woman in the carpark

543 replies

olympicsrock · 26/08/2012 16:00

Yesterday morning I went to the supermarket. I was in a hurry as I had to finish a pavlova to take to a friends party. The supermarket was packed and traffic was standing waiting for spaces (one in one out). I was politely queueing when a driver got into her car just ahead of me obviously about to vacate a space. I waited behind the space indicating left that I was waiting . I gave her enough room and time to manoevre out. As she was doing this I saw an old woman in a bettered car behind me trying to squeeze down the inside to pass me and making it difficult for the other driver. I hooted as she almost scraped my car. To my disbelief she then swung into the space I had patiently waited for. I wound down my window to state the obvious that she was taking my space. She replied "so what" . I said you can't do that, we are all waiting". She relied I can do what I like. Two other drivers who had witnessed this also got out of cars to back me up. I was livid. In the end the parking warden came to sort it out. He pointed out another space ahead now empty and asked me to park in it. I did . I returned to speak to the other woman (aged about 80, dark glasses and very snotty). She continued to be rude when I repeated that her behaviour was unacceptable, and rude. After finishing my shopping 10 minutes later I was still very shaken up and angry. I tool a carton of cream from my bag and dribbled the word RUDE on her windscreen before driving off.

OP posts:
welliesandpyjamas · 26/08/2012 16:01

Wow

DozyDuck · 26/08/2012 16:01

Urrm YABU about the cream....

YANBU in thinking she is rude... She is very rude.

MrsCampbellBlack · 26/08/2012 16:02

Really? Golly

chocolatespiders · 26/08/2012 16:02

Did you really dribble the cream or is that what you were wanting to do?

OneOfMyTurnsComingOn · 26/08/2012 16:03

LMAO!

I wouldn't have done this, but as above, WOW!

CuriousMama · 26/08/2012 16:03

You didn't really do that did you?

TraineeBabyCatcher · 26/08/2012 16:03

You were bvvu, but kinda funny aswell.

richpersoninapoorpersonsbody · 26/08/2012 16:04

If you did that then shame on you, she may have been rude but what you did was nasty.

baabaapinksheep · 26/08/2012 16:04

Should have gone to waitrose...

pictish · 26/08/2012 16:04

Hahaha @ the carton of cream!! Shock Grin

Yeah she was rude, but the fact is she's right, she can take the space if she wants.
She should not have, morally speaking, but there's no claim on it, technically speaking.

Love your revenge though - you sound like the sort of woman I could be friends with!

OnlyWantsOne · 26/08/2012 16:04

I suggest you take some anger management counselling.

CumberdickBendybatch · 26/08/2012 16:04

Why couldn't you do what any other mner would do? Shake you head, seethe til you get home, then bitch about it on here.

You yelled at an 80yo woman and put cream all over her car? You're a fucking mad woman!

wantingmore · 26/08/2012 16:04

Oh my god. Speechless. I think i would have felt like doing what you did but wouldnt actually do it.

ontesterhooks · 26/08/2012 16:04

You should have used chocolate spread Wink

SoleSource · 26/08/2012 16:05

Scratch it with your, key next time. I bet that took time and you drew a crowd too. Is this true?

olympicsrock · 26/08/2012 16:05

I really did it. I wouldn't have damaged her property or anything but I know that she would have had to stand wiping it off in order to see out well enough to drive home.
Was that a good or bad wow?

OP posts:
pictish · 26/08/2012 16:05

OMG people it's cream not fucking tar!!

WelshMaenad · 26/08/2012 16:05

Kind of a waste of cream, but I like it.

sugarice · 26/08/2012 16:06

What a waste of cream! what about your pavlova?

picnicbasketcase · 26/08/2012 16:06

Hmmm. She'd obviously know it was you so I hope she didn't get your plate number, but I suppose even if she did there's nothing she could do. I don't think cream would count as damage or vandalism because it washes off. I'm a bit Shock that anyone would be brave enough

LadyBeagleEyes · 26/08/2012 16:06

What a waste of cream.
Did you have to go back into the supermarket to get more for the pavlova?

FallenCaryatid · 26/08/2012 16:06

You can't have been in that much of a hurry.
It is unlikely that you were able to write in cream on her windscreen, it would just dribble down like it does on a wall (voice of experience) If you'd said squirty cream, I might have fallen for it.
Cream is very expensive, and for a pavlova you really need to use double, so that would be a huge waste of cash. Did you buy an extra container?
You didn't get nabbed by the parking warden?

CommaChameleon · 26/08/2012 16:06

Did the rude cream not just run and make no sense?

CuriousMama · 26/08/2012 16:06

I just hope her windscreen wasn't so smeared she couldn't see out of it properly?

WithACherryOnTop · 26/08/2012 16:07

She was rude,but you were worse,and I didn't think they allowed preschoolers to drive.Who knew?

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