To be annoyed at how some people parent?

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I was at the self serve till, and a woman was next to me with 3 boys (she was being served by the cashier).

One of the doors kept trying to open the door up the safe at my till into my legs and then when I put my items down he started pressing down on them.

I asked him to stop and put my arm in the way,

The mother just stood there and watched

One of the doors kept trying to open the door up the safe at my till into my legs and then when I put my items down he started pressing down on them

I have no idea what this means.

She’s probably worn out! Or having a baaaad day! Although, saying that if my LG is naughty I tell her off. It’s bad enough I have to witness it, let alone anyone else.

Doesn’t make sense.

Tough shit if she's worn out or having a bad day. You don't just stand there watching your children misbehave and annoy other people. You don't know what's going on in their day, for that matter.

I’m trying to work it out- One of the CHILDREN? kept trying to open the door up the [?] at my till into my legs and then when I put my items down he started pressing down on them

I’m guessing you are saying one of the boys was doing something that annoyed you and you stopped him rather than his mother. Is that right? Yes, it’s annoying got you but she was probably tired and maybe distracted or perhaps didn’t realise you were being annoyed until you reacted. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Sorry that doesn’t make sense -

One of the boys kept opening the small door to the safe on my self serve till (it’s just under knee height for an adult)

Then when I placed my shopping down when it had been scanned the same boy then started smacking my food.

Tough shit if she's worn out or having a bad day. You don't just stand there watching your children misbehave and annoy other people. You don't know what's going on intheirday, for that matter.
Of course but sometimes you're so wrecked and down you go into a daze and by the time you've snapped out of it everything's moved on and your reaction is too late. She could have talked to them about it in the car or at home after. I know that's no use to you now

Of course but sometimes you're so wrecked and down you go into a daze and by the time you've snapped out of it everything's moved on and your reaction is too late. She could have talked to them about it in the car or at home after. I know that's no use to you now

If someone is that worn out it's 1)not safe to drive and 2)not safe to be in risky environment with kids imho

It 'takes a village', until a child is being misbehaving.

It won't help you now, but just brush it off, I presume it was just toddlers mucking about and as a PP pointed out she more than likely brought it up on the way home.

Yes I can imagine it was annoying and I'd have told him not to hit my food as well, but really, to bother coming on here and making a post about it?

Bloody irritating and yes the parent should control the three children. If you can't control them go through the regular check out.

Yes I can imagine it was annoying and I'd have told him not to hit my food as well, but really, to bother coming on here and making a post about it?

Oh sorry can you provide me an acceptable list of what can and can’t be posted?

YANBU op and I don't agree with the "she was having a bad day" stuff. Sometimes I have a bad day but I don't let my kids mess around with other people's shopping at the supermarket. OK if he did it while she wasn't looking and she stopped him as soon as she realised but to just watch your child doing that and do nothing is bad parenting.

I am more irritated by people who post when they must be totally bladdered.

Yanbu.

I'm usually pretty hot on silly behaviour but I've been known to zone out when I'm shattered. Too overwhelmed with constant poor behaviour and too much on my mind.

I am more irritated by people who post when they must be totally bladdered.

Didn't even occur to me that that's why the OP didn't make sense, I thought it might have just been predictive text or something.

HobbyIsCodeForDogging why have you taken the effort to post twice if you find the subject uninteresting? Just click onto something else. It really doesn't make sense to criticise the op for wasting time making a thread on this only for you to waste time replying and then clearly waste more time making a second comment. Its like you are doing this delinerately to goad

Actually I suppose I have answered my own question there haven't I

Asif people are actually having a go at the OP for posting this.

If you don’t like it scroll past....

If someone is that worn out it's 1)not safe to drive and 2)not safe to be in risky environment with kids imho
I don't mean passed out anything! Just child acts up, you're trying to fix groceries etc, they do something , you're in a bit of a daze, person moves on ( very unhappy with you)and then you click back in and speak to them but parent is gone to mn to give out about you!! And unfortunately people are not always at 100%- they might have kids screaming at 3/4 o clock in the morning then early risers waking up from 5 to constantly ask is it time to get up yet ...

Posting twine to tell the OP she shouldn’t have bothered posting Only on Mumsnet!

It's ironic isn't it, MN the only place where children with ASN should be held to a higher standard of behaviour than NT children, but if any child behaves badly the poor mother must be stressed and you're awful for being pissed off.

Utterly ridiculous.

‘Twice’ not twine! Anyhoo, YANBU. Although I’m sure a MN will soon be along to tell you that the mum / kid / self service machine has a condition and you are disablist for being pissed off.

@stayathomer Iwas talking about that "daze" too. Not passing out. If someone's reaction time is that delayed, it's dangerous to be behind the wheel. That's why we can't drive after certain medicine too.