Builders blocking pavement

[ilovewalks]

Taking children to school this morning and there is an house having some work done.
It's an end house thats front is on the road but side on the cul de sac.
One builders van parked in cul de sac.
The other parked next to a lamp post blocking the path and also at the end of the cul de sac road.
We had to step into the road to get pass the truck (flat bed type so quite long)
On the way home so over 40/50 minutes later they are still there so had to walk in the road again. They were getting stuff off the truck so out came a thanks to which they asked what for and I said for blocking the pavement. I was rudely told I could walk in the road to which I replied pavements are for pedestrians to which I was then told to go away!!
If the vehicle is still there on pick up I'm considering contacting the firm or would this be silly over such a small matter?
I'm not too worried about myself walking in the road but don't feel I should have to put my children in danger and neither should elderly pedestrians or those with prams etc just because the workmen couldn't park a little further up where there is no lamp post and so more room to pass.

Next time photo van and send to council they breaking the law and they were twats

Wow OP, some of the replys you got here from pp's were much ruder than the reply they blamed you for when you said "thanks". In fact I don't think you were being rude at all. The builders were the ones being extremely rude, and selfish for parking where they did!
I am also a wheelchair user and would not have been able to have maneuvered around them. So a big thank you from me for your minor (and deserved) sarcasm. I just wish you had taken a photo of them, and sent it to all the relevant authorities, and their firm's boss - which you probably would have done if so many mns hadn't said how unreasonable you were being.

How do people get so het up about small inconveniences. I'd think "well that's bloody stupid of them" then get on with my day. The world's a stressful place as it is, try to let things go very once in a while.

Surely it would have been more effective to say "hi, sorry, just keep an eye out for wheelchairs because they wont be able to get by, you might have to let them past." When you saw them?

Yanbu.

Builders/delivery vans are not immune from choosing sensible places to park that dont obstruct pavements. A disabled person could really struggle going in the road, and that's if they could even get off the kerb safely - there may not be a dropped kerb near by. You've suggested there's a more suitable place to park close by where they wouldnt be completely blocking the pavement - they should use that.

How do people get so het up about small inconveniences.
It's about inclusivity. An able bodied persons "small inconveniences" are often the constant daily battles a disabled person faces just to participate in normal life - leave their home, use a loo, move around their community.

It drives me mad here as well. Once you're parked on the road two cars can't get by no matter how much of the path you park on so why bother? I've seen one person with a moterized wheelchair on the road and there's tons of elderly people who use those wheely Zimmer frame things and it drives me MENTAL when people park on the path. Same at my gps, you have to walk single file with everyone parked up which means I'm on the road with the double buggy- not a massive issue but the elderly person who's presumably sick trying to access the gp leaning on someone's arm is going to find it way more difficult. Not to mention anyone else who has additional needs.

@Nottherealslimshady

How do people get so het up about small inconveniences. I'd think "well that's bloody stupid of them" then get on with my day. The world's a stressful place as it is, try to let things go very once in a while.

As a wheelchair user I would have to go home if I couldn't pass. What a very disablist attitude you have.