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To not have apologised?

84 replies

Knackeredmum13 · 04/10/2014 10:32

I was crossing a busy road with my baby in his buggy. Lots of other people were crossing too including two women who were sort of walking beside me. As we got to the other side one of the women walked right in front of the buggy leaving me nowhere to walk. There was no room for me to go around her so I ended up ramming her heels with the buggy.
It wasn't intentional but she had cut me off and the only avoidance tactic I had was to stop dead half on the road. Obviously I'm not doing that on a busy road!
The woman made a big show of stopping and adjusting her shoes etc. The woman she was with stepped aside and asked if I wanted to pass. I thanked her and walked on.
They looked at me as though expecting an apology for ramming the first woman's heels. Should I have? I didn't because it was entirely her own fault. There was no way she wasn't aware that I was there while crossing, she just ignorantly ploughed on as though the pavement was all hers. But maybe I should have just apologised for the sake of it?

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manicinsomniac · 05/10/2014 20:23

Isn't part of being British apologising for things that aren't your fault?! Grin

YABU, a simple sorry costs nothing.

Alisvolatpropiis · 05/10/2014 20:37

ralth

I am just Shock at the incident you and your DH had with that utter dickhead.

kali110 · 05/10/2014 20:51

Yes ywbu and very rude.
You ram someone with your pushchair you say sorry, it is basic manners.

SlicedAndDiced · 05/10/2014 20:54

Yabu

Why the hell wouldn't you just say 'Excuse me'?!

PiperRose · 05/10/2014 20:55

Of course you should have apologised!

MyFairyKing · 05/10/2014 21:02

Yes YABU for not apologising. Manners cost nothing.

raltheraffe · 05/10/2014 21:11

It was quite funny what happened. Once another man told him to watch where he is going when we were out on the park, and I assumed on this occasion he thought the cane was some sort of walking stick. When I told him my husband was blind he could not stop apologizing and seemed very embarrassed about what he had said.
This guy was at Gulliver's world with about 7 kids. My husband found the whole exchange hilarious and I did too once I had got over the initial shock.

Aherdofmims · 05/10/2014 21:13

Yanbu.

kali110 · 05/10/2014 21:26

raltheraffe that is disgusting. That man should be ashamed.
What a model to his kids!

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