To want to tell off the rude child who stuck his tongue out at me?!

[teacher123]

Trivial thread...
Driving home today, got to the end of my road, mum and 2 children waiting to cross. They saw me coming and she stood in front of me to stop me turning into my road (off the main road) and then answered her phone whilst standing in the middle of the road. I was blocking traffic as couldn't turn left. Her children were arguing and being really silly and she wasn't moving so I beeped the horn once. Her little boy (aged 7ish) stuck his tongue out at me and sauntered across the road, as did she and her other child.

I ALMOST wound down the window to tell him off. But managed not to as I didn't want to look like a crazy mad lady, but my word, I got the RAGE!

I too would have RAGED

However, you did the right thing by expressing it here... now EXPLODE!

He was a little shit.

I stick my tongue out at kids all the time!

Would flipping him the bird have been too much?

What an ignorant, bad-mannered family. Sounds like my neighbours.

Stupid fucking cow (the mother of those children not OP) does she want her kids to witness her getting splattered across the road when she meets someone less rational than the OP who decides to just keep going to force her to move out the way?

Id have struggled not to call the woman something tbh, but probably would have just told them to move.. The boy was irritating, but she was a twat.

Then I'd have thought up something really clever to say, but only after I got home.

Standing in the road in front of a car and chatting on the phone is bonkers behaviour.

I was immediately incandescent also because I am a teacher and my reaction was coloured by how furious I would be if a pupil at school did that to me!

I had to quickly remind myself that I am the better person rising above it. Rather than winding down the window, beckoning him over and reading him the riot act!

Sometimes,when say in a Q,when kid(s) are looking at me (i do look old/odd) istick my tongue out at them ,(in a nice way,if thats poss?)

I was just about to say that sometimes you stick your tongue out in a funny/joky way. He definitely was being rude, as he then walked even more deliberately slowly towards the othe side... Grrrrr

get a grip surely 7yr olds have always thought it funny to stick tongues out and they always will.

Pedestrians have the right of way when a driver is turning into a junction.
They were still rude, but not as rude as I think OP thinks they were.

Can't believe child with sticky tongue was worth remembering. It's a daft child, no?

Only if they're already crossing the road lljkk.
I get people stepping out in front of me all the time on my commute - I suppose they might technically have right of way, but doesnt mean I can magically stop my car with no warning whatsoever. Just because they have right of way doesnt mean they should step out in front of traffic.

Hes 7, its what they do. Wait til hes doing the v's then complain.

Were you beeping the horn to warn or to chide? Technically, the latter is rude in itself. But two wrongs don't make a right, so YANBU

It's what kids do isn't it? The mother sounds like a fanny though.

I am being slightly tongue in cheek by the way...

Where my DP is working at the moment there are kids of that age playing on the street, he said that one said to him the other day "what are you fucking looking at" but yes, i'd have stuck my tongue out too.

I am not sure about this but i think you may be breaking the law by sounding your horn to get people to move out of your way, i thought it was only supposed to be used to make folk aware of your presense, just saying, like i also may be wrong

Yy LEM

See my post above

Not breaking the law, but a bit naughty

I beeped the horn once lightly in a 'watch out folks I'm here, get out of the way' as they had literally stopped walking in the middle of a road. This was after they had seen me indicate to turn down our road, and I stopped to let them get across. The hideously stressful day and journey that had preceded this incident probably inflamed the outrage... I have now had dinner, half a Milky Way, a bath and am settling down to watch some crap telly so am feeling more forgiving towards the mischievous little monkey...