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AIBU?

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To have smashed an egg on his windscreen

360 replies

lollipoppi · 11/03/2014 19:48

Ok, so I know IABU and it was a spur of the moment childish thing to do but ........

Upon leaving the supermarket with a 1yo and 3yo in tow, I get to my car to find a man struggling to get out of his van because he has parked so close to my car.

I politely pointed out that if he is struggling then how am I expected to get my 3yo into his car seat when I cannot open my door.
His response was "it's not my problem"
Me : well it's now my problem because your an incompetent arse
Him: fuck off you stuck up btch, and walked off with his mate laughing

Whilst my 3yo was climbing over my 1yo to get to his car seat, I unloaded the shopping and came across the eggs.

I splatted one on his windscreen and bombed it

Very immature of me I know, but I think he deserved it!

OP posts:
dellybobs · 12/03/2014 19:44

Not sure I'd have wasted my egg on him tbh ! But I totally understand your feelings , I've never had a run in like that with somebody but have had people park so close they must have crawled out of the boot and I just stand there with car seat in hand figuring out a plan to get her in the car fuming.

defineme · 12/03/2014 19:58

He started it.
I think it's understandable as your kids didn't see.
Those of you that think it's wrong to challenge unreasonable behaviour -why?

As an aside has anyone watched the dying parrot clip-a cyclist (with helmet cam) knocks on the window of a car to politely ask the driver to give him a bit more room and the driver's equally polite but bizarre excuse is that he has a parrot dying on him! Parrot is in driver's coat.

I have responded politely to people asking me to move because they think I've parked too close even when I considered them to be incapable of judging a reasonable distance.

MarmaladeShatkins · 12/03/2014 20:02

YABU

But only because you didn't key 'CUNT' into his bonnet.

ZingSweetMango · 12/03/2014 20:27

now hang on a minute!

lolli

confess! was it an organic egg?
because that might just swing some votes the other way!Grin

MarmaladeShatkins · 12/03/2014 20:29

More so if it was a pedigree breed egg such as a Colombian Blacktail or Burford Brown. Wink

gertiegusset · 12/03/2014 20:32

Oooh, a Burford brown wtf is that d'you keep chooks chuck? Grin

MarmaladeShatkins · 12/03/2014 20:34

Burford Browns are THE BEST eggs that money can buy, I shit you not. The yolk is almost orange.

If it was a BB, white van twat will have had a game getting that off his windscreen cos I can never get the stuff off my plates...

RescueCack · 12/03/2014 20:40

You don't waste a burford brown on the likes of him.

ZingSweetMango · 12/03/2014 20:59

Colombian Blacktail - sounds like a cocktail

Custardo · 12/03/2014 21:28

im glad you did it

NeedsAsockamnesty · 12/03/2014 23:52

I wouldn't try it with a cream egg,they break windows if you haven't left them in the sun for a bit

AlpacaPicnic · 13/03/2014 00:16

You should have gone back into the shop, got a nice lemon drizzle cake and smeared that all over his windscreen.

when mumsnet threads collide

Solo · 13/03/2014 00:24

You should've added water!

Pimpf · 13/03/2014 07:44

I'm surprised someone hasn't piped up with the ywbu because you inconvenienced him, how do you know he wasn't on his way to visit his wife/dying grandmother/orphaned children in hospital and he was picking up some treats for her kind of scenario.

I'd love to know when arse became a swear word.

And it's lovely how many saintly folk are out there, that turn a blind eye when ever anyone is rude to them, gosh they're so good.

Van man was a twat, a rude one, got what was coming to him

OwlCapone · 13/03/2014 08:02

I'd love to know when arse became a swear word.

It has always been a swear word.

Van man was a twat, a rude one, got what was coming to him

Which applies equally to the OP.

Quinteszilla · 13/03/2014 08:06

I would be interested to know if there was any cctv in operation in the supermarket car park and if the men will take it any further.

ilovesooty · 13/03/2014 08:09

Anyone has a right to challenge unreasonable behaviour but the glee at criminal behaviour and advocating even worse on this thread is disgusting.

But of course most of you wouldn't even entertain that sort of reaction if the rude van driver hadn't been a man.

I think anyone thinking it's clever to key cars as a response to this ought to be ashamed of themselves.

If I ever see anyone doing that I'd have no hesitation in getting on to the police as well as alerting the supermarket to look at their cctv, and leaving a note for the other car with the perpetrator' s contact details. Egging a window is bad enough. Keying someone's car is indefensible.

slithytove · 13/03/2014 08:29

I don't see what him being a guy has to do with it. Some of the rudest people I come across are slightly older women. Can I egg them since we are the same gender Grin

coco44 · 13/03/2014 09:13

'most of you wouldn't even entertain that sort of reaction if the rude van driver hadn't been a man. '

most of us wouldn't entertain egging someone,anyone's car full stop

MarmaladeShatkins · 13/03/2014 10:03

Who has keyed someone's car? Confused

Bowlersarm · 13/03/2014 10:08

Oh I love it. Some strong reactions here.

I'm still with you OP. Glad you had the balls to do it.

MarmaladeShatkins · 13/03/2014 10:10

You'd feel a right fucking nobber, wouldn't you, ringing the police because of a smashed egg on your van?

Sure, the police might come out and see you because they have to, but they'd be laughing at your delicateness at the station.

Nicknacky · 13/03/2014 10:21

Posters on previous threads have been advised to call the police for lesser incidents!!

If she had been seen by the police doing this she would have got her arse booted.

MarmaladeShatkins · 13/03/2014 10:35

I would feel like I was wasting police time, if I called them out for an egg on my van.

And like a precious tit.

Nicknacky · 13/03/2014 10:41

That's as maybe, I wouldn't either.

And I doubt he did but the police would still have to deal with her if he did. You have no idea at some of the ridiculous things police get called to! Would make your hair curl.