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Soft play hell

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Pleasedontdrawonyoursister · 23/12/2018 20:24

Sat in soft play hell. It’s very small and local but quite busy today. Lady keeps letting her small child run around with a bottle of squash. I eventually mention it to my friend, something like ‘isn’t it annoying when people let their kids run around with food and drinks in the soft play’ which the mother deliberately overheard. She tells her daughter to stop drinking because ‘its annoying that woman over there’ pointing at me. Now she’s spent the last half hour giving me daggers. Am I really being that unreasonable? There are signs everywhere not to take food and drink on and when everyone else is trying to get their kids to stick to the rules it’s irritating that some ignore it Hmm. Ok I guess maybe I was a bit rude. Should I have mentioned to staff instead? What would you do in this situation?

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CountessVonBoobs · 23/12/2018 20:27

You were unnecessarily passive aggressive and that always annoys people. Either ask people directly not to do things or let it go.

peachypetite · 23/12/2018 20:27

Bit passive aggressive, just tell a member of staff next time?

VimFuego101 · 23/12/2018 20:30

Yanbu, but my guess is you deliberately said it loudly so she'd overhear.

0lgaDaPolga · 23/12/2018 20:30

Bit of an overreaction to say the soft play was hell because a child was drinking a bottle of squash Hmm you could have just asked her to put it away if it was bothering you instead of being passive aggressive about it.

Sunnysidegold · 23/12/2018 20:33

She 'deliberately overheard?! You were passive aggressive. Next time tell someone working there. Yabu

Pleasedontdrawonyoursister · 23/12/2018 20:35

It’s soft play hell because I hate soft play in the holidays in general, not just because of squash spilling kids, that’s what it’s known as amongst my mum friends Grin. I can see totally PA from my side, i know I should’ve mentioned it to staff but it just sort of came out my mouth. I think if I overheard that then I would be embarrassed and make sure my child knew that it was not acceptable but then that’s just me. I tend to overthink things like this, maybe that woman had a shit day and this was the last straw? Me and my big mouth Blush

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LilMy33 · 23/12/2018 20:40

I love that “she deliberately overheard” Grin

You were passive aggressive and that must have pissed her off.

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