To send a cab for my five year old?

[Thumperstopthumping]

Totally hypothetical of course.
I'm cold, I'm waiting for the person to come and fix the boiler so we have heating. Baby is unwell.

If I send an uber to school, it's totally acceptable to expect him to locate the number plate and come home...isn't it?

Back in RL, I've already text a friend who can't collect him, so I'm just gonna have to suck it up and venture out in the blizzard aren't I

Anyway, people say it's hypothetical, but they are clearly sounding out responses to see if it would actually fly.

OP, don’t worry, you are not alone in having blissfully wonderful but completely inappropriate solutions to life’s little problems.

OP I'd get the uber to take you to school and collect the kid, get the school to have the kid ready so you can grab and run. And ask a neighbour to stay around yours for ten minutes?

Wait, this isn't acceptable??? best cancel the taxi battling its way through the snow for DD

@Valentinesfart
no dear OP didn't ask for points out of ten thank you for asking.

No ninja, smashed mug was indeed having a go, what is goats about this?

"I've sent an uber to get my 5 year old from school because I'm cold and cba'

Perhaps that would be.

Oh so you just decided to post like an arsehole with no sense of humour - just because? Fair enough!

*goady, not goats

You could ask the driver to stop off at Greggs on the way home OP and not have to make lunch.
Winner!

Thank you valentines !

Gosh. That got grumpy quickly. Can't a hypothetical/lighthearted question ever be asked and taken in the spirit which it's clearly meant?
Re my niece (can't remember who asked): I said she would be 'capable' of finding the correct vehicle by its number plate, not 'happy to get in a random minicab' or whatever passive aggressive deliberate misunderstanding you chose for my comment.

It's noticeable that you name changed because many people, including myself have the OP's posts set to come up in a different colour so that you can quickly scan a thread for updates.

Namechanging mid- thread might lead some people to wonder if someone was posting argumentative replies to themselves to create controversy. Not saying you have, just saying it comes across a bit odd.

Buffalo is winning at parenting!

Oh fgs, I was trying to help. You changed your name midway through the thread for some reason. It's almost identical to the original name so presumably not sock puppetting intentionaly but you could get banned on a technicality.

You sound very aggressive about it. You're the one who started a stupid, unfunny thread. If you'd never do it, why even ask?

Oh, no luna it's because this isn't my usual posting name - i switch between the two to avoid outing myself and sometimes post quite personal things - and genuinely forgot if it was a capital or lowercase T.

People are so suspicious on here!

But the OP didn't change her name, she obviously switched on another thread than switched back (and fucked up her capital letter). It's not goady, she probably didn't realise it changes the colour that way

Oh darling, don't you have a naice driver to do this for you?

Pointing out a name change is having a go now? I think someone else has a broom up ones bottom!

If you'd never do it, why even ask?

People start AIBUs as their toddlers, or dogs. Or Jane Austin. Thousands of people, not everyone will find the same things funny.

ninja um, I'm sorry, I don't remember saying anything aggressive towards you. I did however respond to mug, not you.

Lolz at all those up in arms at the obvious joke.

The thing is OP the very possiblity that such a thing entered your head (even hypothetically) is clearly proof you're a horrible parent.

Meanwhile losing your shit on an internet thread at a stranger about a hypothetical situation is proof of how lovely you are as a parent. if ds never gets it wrong

@Thumperstopthumping i'm not generally suspicious but i've been on a few threads in the last few weeks which, when i've checked back have been deleted because MNHQ "had a lot of reports and something's not quite right so we're taking this down." It's made me think i'm not sceptical enough sometimes!

I get that you say you're 'joking' OP but isn't a joke meant to be funny?