to think its not just those on benefits who have an entitled attitude

[lifesavingnoodles]

Now Im not on benefits, neither are we well off. we have to work and save hard for our luxuries.

However we went to London at the weekend, and after spending all weekend moving out of the way of families with prams taking up the whole pavement, i realised that not one of them ever said thank you.

No common courtesty at all.

DH and i were chatting about it and he said, thats people with money for you, they EXPECT you to get out of thier way.

this made me incredibly sad.

What has that got to do with people on benefits?

I just think that some people are arseholes and some people aren't. Regardless of their economic status.

I'm not sure what benefits have to do with it?

Blimey, what a generalisation.

How do you know who is and isn't on benefits, out of those with prams.

I too fail to see what benefits have to do with this.

Some people are arses, some are not!

on MN only those on benefits seem to get slagged off for being entitled to thier goats!
I agree objection I wish people werent labeled according to thier economic status

Piss off

Erm, so everyone in London with a pram has money?

I think you'll find it's just London (and a lot of other big cities) you spend your whole time moving or being moved for! Large cities have a lower thank you rate, nothing to do with money.

How do you know the people with prams weren't on benefits?

Or did they look posh?

Bizzare thread. I don't know how you equate people hogging pavements with a pram with people in receipt of benefits (which we all are at some stage in our lives) or the point you are hoping to make?

YABU But I think you know that ...

I didn't realise everyone in London was rich. Please could you tell my bank manager?

So every family you moved out of the way for wasn't on benefits, they all had money? Is that what you're saying

You met some ill mannered people, and assumed they were rude because they weren't on benefits?

Your second post is much more reasonable but sorry you've still annoyed me with your OP.

I have a pram and I'm on benefits.

I am now worried that I am some kind of unholy paradox of entitlement

YABU. I think your DH has a chip on his shoulder. How do you know everyone with a buggy had money? Does that mean everyone who is in London is wealthy? Ridiculous and inverted snobbery at its best!

Well what kind of response did you expect? [hmmm]

I think that's just London (no offence intended). DHs grandparents live there but we are from a small village hundreds of miles away where everyone says hello and everyone knows each other. We visited them in London, got lost and subsequently had to ask for directions. Getting someone to stop was impossible, the looks we got for daring to speak were awful and I didn't like it. Put me off big cities for life. You actually couldn't pay me to live there. everyone was just so busy and self obsorbed.

I'm a Londoner. I am certainly courteous, pleasant and helpful (assist mums with big pushchairs getting on and off buses, hold open doors for people) and yes - I move aside when people, with and without pams and buggies, approaching on pavements, so that we can all pass each other without bumping. I find most other people are equally as polite and charming as am I .

OP was unlucky but her DP does sound a bit chippy. And what the HELL have 'benefits' to do with it? Do OP and her DP think that if someone's pushing a buggy, they're on benefits?

I'm on Benefits, do I have a entitled attitude ..no! But I do have a attitude when people like you come on here and slag off people who receive Benefits. YOU have no idea why I'm on Benefits, and tbh I don't feel the need to explain to you why I receive them.

When my kids were little they were in a double buggy and very rarely did anybody everyday thank you for getting out if their way. That's life!

I can see why nobody said thank you to you on the weekend, they could see your judge pants hooked over your ears....

Oh dear. I bet this isn't going quite how you planned, is it, OP?

For what it's worth, I hate being ignored every time I step into the road from a narrow pavement to make way for people with buggies, prams, dogs, hands full of children, whatever. I'm not in London, but that's probably the kind of rudeness you had in mind.

HANG ON! Im not slagging off people on benefits...im actually pointing out that on MN loads of people slag off those on benefits for being entitled when the people who i met (just so happened to be in London, just so happened to be wealthy area, kids walking past head to foot in Labled gear, thier PRAMS worth more than my car) seemed to be weathly.

yet ALL of them lacked the basic manners to say thank you

You get the duck.

It can go with the chip on your DH's shoulder.

Were they gold plated prams, OP? Is that how you knew?