Snarky lady, is apparently nice!!

[ZebraSpotts]

So there's this awful misery on the school run. She's a massive hypocrite - complains about people parking on curb near her house, whilst her car is overlapping the drop curb to her house. She makes comments to people with blue badges(!) Writes disparaging notes on white sticky labels and sticks them on the wing mirrors on the mirror-glass. Even the very 'PC' Head teacher said "she's a very difficult woman".

Stuck her address into google, comes up with her name, which then shows up letters she's written in to the times and guardian reader's sections...I was expecting her to be a raging prick and bigot, but she's not. She's listed on an 'Alternative new year's honours list' for her volunteer work. There's even a photo of her smiling! In person she's got a constant frown and mouth like a cat's bum 🙀

I'm confused - she seems such an absolute witch in person, repeatedly butting heads with parents just trying to pick up their kids.

Her online results have disarmed me. Seemingly a sheep in wolf's clothing, rather confusing.


Yabu - take her on, online persona means nothing, she's no saint
Yanbu - just ignore her, misery guts

[icedgem85]

You are completely unreasonable, and super weird to have googled her, but I picked YANBU since I don’t want to encourage you to ‘take her on’ whatever that’s supposed to mean...

[CovidSmart]

[quote SecretSpAD]@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius yes, I completely blocked it. As I said it was the only way I could ensure I could get my car out and go to work. [/quote]
Then I'm sorry but you are a twat. What about parents arriving with puschairs, people in wheelchaor? What do you expect them to do exactely?

Park longside the pavement in front of your dropped curb is normal.
Blocking the whole pavement is not.

[NaughtyNell]

I park across my drive, dropped kerb but not so it stops pedestrians walking on pavement. Pathetic I have to do it really but I'm so sick of people parking across it and blocking me in when I need to get to work. I'd never consider doing it to others but some people just don't care. When asked to move I get abuse or "oh I will only be 5 minutes" or thats ok then I will just wait then .....

[Jumpers268]

[quote SecretSpAD]@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius yes, I completely blocked it. As I said it was the only way I could ensure I could get my car out and go to work. [/quote]
I don't understand it? Why would you not park on the road and block in your own drive? How does this stop people blocking you? It's so dangerous, especially considering you live near a school so are essentially forcing children to walk in the road.

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

Why not park your car on the road, across your dropped kerb? Better than forcing pedestrians into the road, surely?

[SoupDragon]

Surely parking in the road across your dropped kerb would have worked without causing problems for pedestrians

[SecretSpAD]

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius yes, I completely blocked it. As I said it was the only way I could ensure I could get my car out and go to work.

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

@SecretSpAD - I’m sure you weren’t completely blocking the pavement, so pedestrians were forced to walk round your car on the road - but according to the OP, this woman is fully blocking the pavement - I think that is different to what you are doing.

But I agree, people should not be parking across your drive, blocking you in, and I can understand why you would be forced to extreme measures!

[CathyTurnbull]

She sounds ok to me

[MintyMabel]

Why on earth would you bother a mother loading her disabled child into a car. (The child has a hidden disability, but the blue badge is very clearly on display)

If the mother was parked inappropriately, why is the fact she has a badge relevant? Having a badge doesn’t mean you can park wherever you want.

I spoke to a parent with a blue badge because they had parked over two blue badge spaces meaning the parents who needed the other space would struggle. I’d have no problem with anyone doing that to me.

[SecretSpAD]

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius that's exactly what I had to do - half of my car was across the pavement and the nose near the road. Even them some selfish bastards would try and park across it. It was the only way I could get my car out.

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

@Backtoreality1, @nothingcanhurtmewithmyeyesshut and @SecretSpAD, the lady isn’t just parking across her dropped kerb, on the road (which is legal), or putting the nose of her car out so it is obvious she is there - she is pulling it right across the pavement and leaving it there, so she completely blocks the pavement. I cannot see how that is a reasonable thing to do.

[CandyLeBonBon]

@Macncheeseballs

I'm not sure anyone posts on here to impress others

And if they do, they are handed their cards in a plate!

[JediGnot]

Any time she's making a fuss near you tell her how a few years back you found your dream home, but you walked away because it was right near a school and it was completely and utterly obvious that you'd be facing busy roads and annoying kids and parents day in day out. Express your surprise and sympathy that she didn't notice the school when she bought her house.

[Macncheeseballs]

I'm not sure anyone posts on here to impress others

[goldielockdown2]

Stop googling addresses and spewing bollocks online about your obsession with this woman. No one is impressed.

[CandyLeBonBon]

The biggest question I have, though, is whether there was any snapping and farting?

[RightYesButNo]

21 comments from OP. 21. And we still have no idea what the original “snarky comment” this woman made to OP was, or what this ‘orrible cat’s-bum-mouthed woman is writing on these Post-its that she leaves on wing mirrors. Those two facts would probably form 90% of my whole opinion at this point. I always feel strange about these OPs that won’t share the actual quotes. Because if a Post-It says something like, “You have been blocking this driveway for 45 minutes,” then that person looks a lot worse (yes, I know you mentioned they’re not blocking her drive BECAUSE she pulled onto her dropped kerb, but haven’t mentioned others really?) Instead, we’re just supposed to get het up because of the notes themselves. For all we know, she has a lot of disabled neighbors who can’t get out to “defend” their space (drives being blocked in, flowers being trampled, etc.) and they think she’s a hero for trying to get all those bastards from the near-by school to stop “ruining the vibe” of their neighborhood. Maybe ruining your vibe is her new community service! (I nominate her versus anyone who refers to a school run as “jollying on with life” - holy shite, OP).

Also, bit confused - on the mirrors, did you mean honest to God stickers that you cannot pull off without a residue that stays for weeks OR did you mean Post-its, because you said sticker labels, snd then once others used the term Post-its, you just agreed as well. I agree someone putting the equivalent of a bumper sticker on a mirror is not on, but a Post-it is completely different?

[Backtoreality1]

@ZebraSpotts

So there's this awful misery on the school run. She's a massive hypocrite - complains about people parking on curb near her house, whilst her car is overlapping the drop curb to her house. She makes comments to people with blue badges(!) Writes disparaging notes on white sticky labels and sticks them on the wing mirrors on the mirror-glass. Even the very 'PC' Head teacher said "she's a very difficult woman".

Stuck her address into google, comes up with her name, which then shows up letters she's written in to the times and guardian reader's sections...I was expecting her to be a raging prick and bigot, but she's not. She's listed on an 'Alternative new year's honours list' for her volunteer work. There's even a photo of her smiling! In person she's got a constant frown and mouth like a cat's bum 🙀

I'm confused - she seems such an absolute witch in person, repeatedly butting heads with parents just trying to pick up their kids.

Her online results have disarmed me. Seemingly a sheep in wolf's clothing, rather confusing.

Yabu - take her on, online persona means nothing, she's no saint
Yanbu - just ignore her, misery guts

To be honest she doesn't sound unreasonable to me.

Parking on the drop kerb outside her own house is completely reasonable....others blocking her street at pick up and drop off will be incredibly annoying. A blue badge doesn't mean you can park with impunity.

Good on her for sticking up for her street and disrespectful parent parking....it must be infuriating...put yourself in her shoes!

[mainsfed]

Haha this is brilliant advice! ‘Hello there, woman who lives near my kids’ school! I’ve googled your address for absolutely no logical reason AND I’ve spoken to the assistant head at your kids’ school AND I’ve started a thread about you on a very popular parenting forum which is regularly fished for content for the daily mail, all totally normal. My question is, why are you such a weirdo?’

Best of luck!

Skirk is clearly being tongue in cheek.

[IhateBoswell]

Pumperthepumper 😂

[Pumperthepumper]

@skirk64

Take that mare on! Just because she presents an image of being "nice" and helps the community doesn't give her the right to be a miserable old sow in real life. Maybe use the ammo you've found on her online to challenger her, why is she such a bitch in real life when she is clearly capable of more?

Haha this is brilliant advice! ‘Hello there, woman who lives near my kids’ school! I’ve googled your address for absolutely no logical reason AND I’ve spoken to the assistant head at your kids’ school AND I’ve started a thread about you on a very popular parenting forum which is regularly fished for content for the daily mail, all totally normal. My question is, why are you such a weirdo?’

Best of luck!

[PhillipPhillop]

@skirk64

Take that mare on! Just because she presents an image of being "nice" and helps the community doesn't give her the right to be a miserable old sow in real life. Maybe use the ammo you've found on her online to challenger her, why is she such a bitch in real life when she is clearly capable of more?

Haha I'm assuming this is an ironic post. If not, just pointing out that it is not illegal to be miserable! What is upsetting is that there are people like the op whose lives are made miserable by someone 'ruining' the school run. Sad

[skirk64]

Take that mare on! Just because she presents an image of being "nice" and helps the community doesn't give her the right to be a miserable old sow in real life. Maybe use the ammo you've found on her online to challenger her, why is she such a bitch in real life when she is clearly capable of more?

[HazeyJaneII]

You sound like an absolute arsehole