Or is this blatant cheeky fuckery? Child related

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I've name changed in case I am being totally unreasonable

I sometimes let DS have a little go on those supermarket rides. You know the little cards or miniature roundabouts etc that you let children on?

Anyway, we have a Peppa Pig one near us. It technically fits two children but at a bit of a squeeze unless they're both small.

I popped £2 in and put toddler DS onto the ride. He was thrilled as usual as he likes the rides. Just before I pressed the start button, this mum comes up behind me and says "Go on then Lucas, quickly sit next to him and have a go too".

The child looked about 4/5 but of course you never know.

I was a bit surprised but smiled and acted like it wasn't anything to comment on. But then realised it is a bit cheeky, isn't it?

For clarification I know this isn't a major event, I'm just wondering if anyone else thinks it's quite rude. I say that because I certainly wouldn't do it to someone. I don't think I'd ask if they could join in on someone's ride either, especially a small one like that.

AIBU?

*The little boy wasn't actually called Lucas.

I think total CF to squish in next to your child and not even say anything to you.

However, we used to have a roundabout one with 3 different cars in shopping centre & I was quite happy if other children were standing watching to suggest to their parents they got on. I was paying the same amount anyway. Quite often the other parent would pay for the next go after so dd got twice the fun.

That is astonishingly rude!
I would have said, "Oh no, he'll be done in just a minute and then you can have a turn"

This would have riled me as my daughter would have been shy and not enjoyed it as much. Huge CF

I’d rather two children enjoy the ride, if a small child was next to mine I’d ask them if they wanted to join in, May as well both have a go if there’s two seats. I wouldn’t of bothered at all but I wouldn’t let my child jump on someone else’s ride. I’m quite a friendly northerner though!

I would have said at the end. Well done darling for not throwing up. You’re almost over that vomiting and diarrhoea bug aren’t you? Obviously within earshot of the CF. 😈

Rude AF. There’s always some entitled git wanting something for nothing. We are rubbish at just saying No when people put us in situations we don’t want to be in. No is a perfectly acceptable thing to say. They should feel awkward, not you.

It’s the presumption that’s annoying.

I don’t know what it is about these rides and how some parents behave. Several years ago there was a row of them outside a local supermarket and you could have one go for 50p or 3 go’s for a pound. I only had a pound coin so that’s what I put in. Halfway through the first go a mother and son came and stood next to the ride to queue to get on. I said my daughter had only just got on but she said fine whatever. So when the first go finished my daughter pressed the button again for ‘go’ number 2 and the mother started huffing. I explained we’d paid for the 3 goes and suggested (not in a rude way) that maybe they went on one of the other rides if they didn’t want to wait as they were all empty. No, they wanted the ride we were using. When my daughter pressed the button for the third go the mother lost it and started shouting at me that I must have put loads of money in, wasn’t taking turns, she couldn’t wait all day. She dramatically grabbed her son (too roughly in my opinion who started crying) and carried on yelling as she strode off. It really pissed me off as I don’t like being shouted at or being accused of things I haven’t done.

She could have asked you first but perhaps it was all spontaneous.

That Now that is cheeky! Literally grabby cheeky, in the sense that I'm sure she'd have been thrilled if you offered for her DC to get on

How horrible though. Pay for as many goes as your child likes anyway nobody else's business.

Similar to the ridiculous letter home from a friend's DC to say no drinks other than water because "it isn't fair on the other children". JUST SAY IT ISN'T THE HEALTHIEST OPTION, IF YOU MUST, AND GO!

Wow, very cheeky indeed. She should have asked you if it was ok for him to get in too.

Absolutely CF-ery.

I would have squeezed myself in beside him before Lucas could get in. And then had to be cut out by the fire brigade.

The thing is all she had to do was ask or instruct her son to ask politely and you probably would have said yes (assuming your child isn’t timid/there was enough room). There’s no need to be so rude about it.

It’s cf but I live in a not so nice town and had it happen a few times. Every single time my dc has loved sharing so I stand there looking at my dc thinking seriously why wouldn’t you want to enjoy the ride alone in peace without some dirty little urchin rocking up next to you. Alas I’ve let it go every tome

It was very rude.
I seem to have the somewhat opposite problem. My ds loves sitting in those things but he is absolutely terrified the minute I pay for a ride and it turns on. I occasionally pay in the hope he will enjoy it this time but without fail he jumps off and refuses to get back on. Many a time I have actively looked around for a small child to get on it instead so I haven't wasted my money on an empty ride!

I never liked it purely because mine would love the fun of it on their own, press the beep beep button, ring the bell or whatever. As soon as a random jumped in that's taken away.

Mine are too old now, but in hindsight I wish I'd said - no sorry Lucas, this ride is for and you'll have to wait until they've finished and Mummy can pay for your ride.

Live n learn.

Def CF!!

Definitely cheeky. At least you know what to say if it happens again.

I seem to have the opposite problem, DD loves watching the rides but doesn't like being on them. Maybe we just live in a very friendly area but whenever there's a child having a ride on one, their parents invite DD on to join them, sometimes quite insistently! It's very kind of them and I hope politely declining doesn't seem snooty.

I don’t think it’s cheeky. I would have invited the other kid up.

A bit rude but it wouldn't bother me that much and would have asked the child if they wanted a to go on if they were hovering about any way. Not every child has nice polite parents and i bet you made that child's day.

Laura - being invited on is different to blatantly climbing on, when someone else is already on the ride, and has paid.

You probably made Lucas’ day. A lot of people couldn’t pay £2 for those type of rides and he might remember it forever.

We had paid for our dd and ds to go on a carousel type ride. There were 4 horses and one go cost £1. Another child was keen to pop on just as it started, his mum told him no and was distracting him. I mentioned he was ok to pop on if he wanted but I think she thought it would have been cheeky or maybe it was because it had already started? In a ride like that I think it is ok.

In a 2 seater car, I would probably say for them to wait until my child had finished. As they are often not very big and will have one steering wheel etc.

It was cheeky in my opinion.

We walked to the shop today to go on the ride and there was a 16 year old sat on it, my son moaned and I said 'come on, you have to wait for that little boy to Finnish his turn', his mates all found it hilarious and he was very embarrassed! Those rides seem to bring out the worst in everyone! I wouldn't let my son jump on during someone else's turn but maybe she'd had a bad day and couldn't be bothered with a tantrum!