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Original poster

to have not let this woman go in front of me in the queue because i thought she was darn cheeky?

29 replies

jaggythistle · 14/09/2012 15:17

I'd stopped at the shops on the way to meet a friend and got stuck waiting in a queue. a woman came up and asked if she could go next because... she'd left her car on double yellow lines!

was i wrong to say no on the grounds that she shouldn't have bloody parked there in the first place?

for information this was at a shopping centre with loads of spaces in the car park, the yellow lines are coincidentally just outside that shop...

i did hold back from saying she shouldn't have parked there etc.

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BobbiFleckman · 14/09/2012 15:18

I was really hoping you were going to tell us you're a fashionista on her way back from Paris fashion week at the St Pancras taxi rank.

blueraincoat · 14/09/2012 15:22

Bobbi DITTO! Clicked on it for that reason.

blueraincoat · 14/09/2012 15:22

YANBU btw, and I would have told her why I said no!

CheeseandPickledOnion · 14/09/2012 15:27

And me Bobbi! :lol:

BoysBoysBoysAndMe · 14/09/2012 15:29

Yanbu

I would have said something along the lines of
"sorry no. I am too in a rush and you shouldn't have parked on double yellows"

Original poster
jaggythistle · 14/09/2012 15:29

I'm really a bit shy and hate confrontation and i think i only said no cos i was thinking of all the cheeky buggers I'd read about here. Grin

the power of Mumsnet.

she should have made up a reason really.

and no, I'm about as far away from fashionista as you can get! i will probably even let my hair go grey...

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BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack · 14/09/2012 15:29

Me too Bobbi :)

usualsuspect3 · 14/09/2012 15:31

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

ClippedPhoenix · 14/09/2012 15:32

YANBU

AnnieLobeseder · 14/09/2012 15:33

YANBU. I'd have said no. But I'm bolshy like that.

NCForNow · 14/09/2012 15:34

I would have let her too...unless I was in a rush.

PowerDresser · 14/09/2012 15:35

The trouble is that when we are asked something cheeky like this, our good natures naturally step in and we agree before thinking about it. I would have said No but would I have been quick enough to say No at the time or automatically let her in?

Parking on double yellow lines? I would try to have said No if I knew there were plenty of car park spaces. I do remember that my husband driving the car and I had been out and we had to nip into Sainsbo's for something urgent (can't remember what). He dropped me off, I ran in and he drove round the car park to catch me coming out.

ExitPursuedByABear · 14/09/2012 15:35

No Fashionista's?

Original poster
jaggythistle · 14/09/2012 15:37

sorry i'm not one of the fashionistas. Grin

She was already trying to edge past me with DS2 in the pram so I think she'd have sneaked it if she could.

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Original poster
jaggythistle · 14/09/2012 15:38

sorry that was a terrible sentence - it was me with DS2 in the pram of course Blush

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Ephiny · 14/09/2012 15:38

I was hoping for the fashionista's side of the story too :) (Did that thread get deleted?)

I would have said no, btw. Not my fault she chose to park illegally Confused.

ByTheWay1 · 14/09/2012 15:41

"You break the law and now you want to push in too, my goodness, what on earth gave you the right" is what would have been said in my head "No" is what would be said aloud. Blush

MadBusLady · 14/09/2012 15:41

Alas, the tale of the poor fashionistas may never be known!

YWNBU.

I'd probably have already been moving backwards with a welcoming gesture when she started asking, but I am soft like that. Then she'd have finished with "...because I'm parked on double yellows" as she slotted herself into the queue and I'd have spent the next ten minutes fuming at her back.

jumpingjackhash · 14/09/2012 15:46

Another expecting a fashionista/taxi queue thread!

YWNBU at all, cheeky bag! I like to think I'd have refused too (I'm usually the first to let someone ahead of me if they have a good reason and ask nicely, unlike parking on doubles!). Good on you.

Original poster
jaggythistle · 14/09/2012 15:47

I was all ready to say yes till I heard the reason and went Shock

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Ephiny · 14/09/2012 15:53

But what if she'd parked on double-yellows and she had children?

(sorry this is in danger of becoming a thread-about-a-thread by stealth, and it's not the OP's fault!)

Original poster
jaggythistle · 14/09/2012 15:57

I had a baby and she had no children or suitcases so I won Grin

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Smellslikecatspee · 14/09/2012 15:59

What no special snowflakes or fashionistas???

Really

Stomps off

cheekybarsteward · 14/09/2012 17:52

So, you are not a Fashionista, you are letting your hair go grey, you will be telling us next that you choose to work 80 hours a week even though you have 16 children and you still didn't let that poor women in front of you?
Just selfish imo! Grin

MyLastDuchess · 14/09/2012 17:54

HAHA, I love it, "Can I push in front of you in the queue? You see I'm breaking the law and don't want to get caught."

A woman once asked me if she could push in front of me in the queue, I was only buying one thing and so was she. She was buying a bottle of wine and was running 10 mins late to go to someone's house for dinner, the person who was waiting for her had already rung her to find out where she was!

I thought it was such a great reason that I told her to go for it Smile.