To think this mother had a hell of a cheek re school parking

[Daisysbear]

Our local school is beside our local church and they share a large car park located between the two buildings. Today my mum, who does flower arranging for the church, asked me if I'd drop in some vases and leave them beside the altar, because she doesn't drive and they were too heavy for her to carry up herself later.

So I drove up with the vases and parked in the shared car park, which was very full as school was just finishing and children were being collected. When I came back out of the church, a woman driving around looking for a space rolled down her window and berated me for taking up a parking space. I pointed out the car park was shared and she said words to the effect that, regardless of that, it was still incredibly selfish to park there at school leaving time when I 'knew parents would need it'.

AIBU to think she was a cheeky cow?

Why would you go to the church at school pick up time? Chalk it up to experience and enjoy the weekend.

We lived near a primary school when living in London. I always made sure I was back early from mornings out. People parked on the street for an easier departure, despite a large car park in the school.

However, Hunter, the cheek of someone saying that's my space!

And yes to retirees at the GPs in the morning. My mum, ex head teacher, has never done that.

I want more details Hunter what possible right to anger could the woman parking in your driveway have?

Sometimes those selfish older folk at the lab lined up for blood work are having fasting bloods taken, the sooner it's done the sooner they can eat and drink. For some it makes a huge difference in how they are the rest of the day. For me waiting till later for my fasting blood test means I get a whopper of a migraine for the rest of the day. just saying

squinkies this particular lab, if you're having fasting bloods you knock on the door and get priority for that reason (this is explained when you are given the paperwork to take to the lab), everyone else has to take a ticket.

Hunter IBU for not posting a long thread updating minute-by-minute the parking in of the car on her driveway.

Hunter, when you talk about parking in 'my spot' , is this a different spot from your own drive? Is it on the actual road? If so what makes it yours? Apologies if I have misinterpreted what you said.

You should have said, calmly and with a smile, " May the lord bless you."

Tricky, i think Hunter meant she had parked outside her own home and was unloading whatever from the car, and a woman doing the school run told her to move as Hunter had parked in 'her' space!!

You are probably right, remember. I was cautiously trying to ascertain if Hunter was committing the heinous MN crime of claiming a parking spot on a public road as her own. (With a view to watching all hell break loose if she did )

YANBU

A solution to 'parking wars' outside schools, well primary schools at least, would be to give preferential treatment in secondary school place allocation to those who walked to primary school. If parents are prepared to 'rediscover' their faith to get a place at a good school, I am sure they would walk the (usual) ten to fifteen minutes with their child.

ForalltheSaints now that is genius!

There were two different instances! One was on the road; I call it 'my spot' as it's where I tend to park but I'm not bothered if it's full. Just easier than saying the bit of road outside my face that I sometimes park in.

The second was my actual drive.

(I park on the road sometimes depending on what order we need to go out in and who is back first, I don't want to get told off for that... Ha).

someone told me I could park in this particular spot, for school run, near houses,
i happily parked there for yonks then one day someone said I couldnt, oh ok, I was told I could, but I happily obliged, well I tried to, my car wouldnt start. and wouldnt start for hours. had to wait for dh

Liking your work hunter next time you have a parking issue, please please start a thread.

op woman is car sounds bonkers. Ignore ignore ignore

another time the school was huge and people would park all over the place, blocking people in, but it was ok because we all left at the same time, generally, except on the one occasion when i blocked people in as usual without realising my dd was actually at nursery, which finished 10 minutes later.
we took our time, ambling back to find the only car in the car park, mine was blocking in a totally sour faced woman

Sorry to have been suspicious, Hunter, you sound entirely virtuous; pity about the bunfight which will not now happen .

I'd have avoided the car park at school pick up time and gone a little earlier or later. However, I would not have felt any obligation to do this. So, yanbu.

What is it about school parking that turns otherwise normal, considerate people into the complete opposite?
The worst I ever saw was an episode when two cars were heading for the only disabled parking space, one of the cars was a large people carrier/mini bus affair with a wheelchair lift at the back and a blue badge, the other was an every day wee car. The driver of the wee car managed to nip into the space just before the people carrier. The driver of the people carrier wound down her window and tried to explain that the space new and was there in response to a request from the school for her child. While she was talking the other driver quite unbelievably put her hands over
her ears and ran off into the school leaving all witnesses completely speechless