Was I being a cow or not?????

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I was in town earlier when I popped to the loo in Debenhams.

When I walked in a young chav mum was sanding near the sink area talking on her phone (her side of the conversation featured such immortal lines as " yeah but, fucking bitch, I'll have her, cunt etc etc). I kid you not a docker would have blushed!!!

Her DC looked about 2 and was sat quietly in the pushchair.

Anyhow I went to the loo (whilst listening to every word and profanity that young mum was uttering - including the "c" word being used with astounding regularity).

After weeing visiting the toilet I shimmed past aforesaid young mum (who was now perched on a sink with one foot resting on the pushchair) to wash my hands. I was about to dry them in the "Blade air dryer" when she stopped her phone conversation and asked me to wait because her DC didn't like the noise.

Fair enough I thought, expecting young mum to vacate the toilet. But no she carried on her phone call berating some poor lad who was fucking with her 'ead, clearly causing her some degree of upset.

I waited a moment and then asked her if she was going so that I could dry my hands, she told me to "wait". I did wait for a few moments (out of respect to Dc not her) but she remained perched on the sink with the phone attached to her ear. I finally looked pointedly at her, she half turned away from me and carried on the phone call. At this point I shoved my hands in the dryer causing poor DC to scream - chav mum snatched up the pushchair and stormed out of the toilets calling me a cow.

I stand by my actions but am expecting a MN flaming!!!

YOU OP for scarring them for life

Shamefully watching this post with interest

No tbf vest I've seen him in debs before loads of times

At perpendicular.
This just proves how BS mn is.

why do people NEED the dryers? I hate them too. They make my ears bleed and my DC's hate them too.

I always look at people, stupidly rubbing their hands beneath the things for a minute or so and thing "just rub the fuckers on your jeans you precious bastard!"

Sorry but that's true that. I know I ABU to expect other people to hate them as much as I do but HOW DO YOU BEAR THE NOISE??

Yes, but OP said it was one of those blade air driers. Aren't they the ones that make your skin go all funky so you can pretend you are Manimal?

When you're being Manimal are you the hawk or the panther?

What is a blade dryer? Unless they're quiet I don't like them anyway.

I love the blade dryers. Was considering getting one at home, but they cost rather a lot.

People will be saying next she should have shit in a bush not to have disturbed the poor soul.

PMSL !!

(and the foul mouthed chav was the one in the wrong here, NOT the OP)

Oooh they're dead posh mind mrswinnibago

I always look at people, stupidly rubbing their hands beneath the things for a minute or so and thing "just rub the fuckers on your jeans you precious bastard!"

Oh I so agree.

Not all of us wear jeans.

I wouldnt have used the hand drier because it would scare the child.
You should have shaken the water from your hands and dried them on her shirt.

You should have shaken the water from your hands and dried them on her shirt.

I'm sure the chuntering chav would have been grateful for showing consideration for her precious darling

Loving this, only on MN could someone be foul mouthed and rude, and you be told off for not offering them a handhold and a cup of tea due to their suffering through various fictitious and outlandish scenarios

Perpendicular has it :o

Although the shitting in the woods came a close second

chopin's suggestion actually made me spit out my wine. It reminds me of a The Life of Brian where the lovely do-gooder offers to 'lighten the load' by carrying the bloke's cross for him. Bloke promptly pegs it and do-gooder finds himself being stripped down and hung on the cross himself.
Brilliant

Btw YANBU OP, in fact bloody polite in the circumstances!

I stand by your actions too and I would not have been so accommodating.

I used to live in a rough arsed area of Edinburgh... I've encountered this lack of manners a lot - bus stops, the shop, doctor's surgery, chemist, the school.

Substitute "Gateshead" for Edinburgh and I'm right there with you. It's like I said on another thread yesterday: sometimes, people just behave like shits.

OP, YANBU and thank you for providing the platform for the most entertainment I've had all day.

Particularly this comment:

Jesus wouldn't be in Debenhams. He's strictly John Lewis.

Which just about finished me off.

Vinomum chopin also suggested that a "a gentle verbal remonstrance" is a good way to deal with a child throwing rocks at animals. She is clearly much nicer than I am.

Op, you were being unreasonable... To not have trilled 'of course I won't wait, how perfectly ridiculous' and shoved your hands under that dryer until your skin was flaking off!

Dyson Blades are brilliant, unlike other types they actually do dry your hands and I don't think they are as loud either.

Ds hates dryers too, but I wouldn't ever force him to hang around next to them for an extended period while fending off people selfishly expecting to use them.