argh is this as bad as I think it might be? argh argh argh

[vacua]

have done a Bad Thing

this annoying woman always blocks 3 - 5 cars in by being late and parking across the exit, you can either back onto the main road at an angle which makes it impossible to see any oncoming traffic, or you can wait patiently

or you can do this Bad Thing which is to repeatedly bump into the back of her car, totally pointlessly because she is not in it, with your hand on the horn for continuous sound effects to harmonise with revving of engine, before getting out of own car and finding her and, um, screaming in her face

then when her horrible orange car has finally moved out of the way, complete own humiliation by doing a childishly loud wheelspin and whole thing witnessed by just about everyone

I have done this Bad Thing

but how bad is it? can I ever go out again?

OI!! Mistlethrush!! That's what panicks me, ONE DAY THEY'LL INVENT THEM!

Vacua, sorry that I did not see the added info about your daughter being ill, I can see why you were so stressed and frustrated why you ended up doing what you did.

I still find the comments of "good on you" a strange and shocking reaction to this especially before this information was added.

You're right about that, Skribble. I didn't like the initial comments, either.

But that wasn't vacua's doing. You put a question out into the ethers, and you never know what's going to happen

"I agree she did what many of us are tempted to do, but not so much that the rest of use chicken out but that we see sense in time to stop ourself."

See, this is what bothers me much more than the original post. Vacua is having a horrid time, she knows what she is is completely wrong, and she wants to make it right (it seems to me, anyway).

But plenty of others here are either slightly approving, or saying that the woman 'deserved' it, and other such stuff. That really bothers me, becuase no-one deserves violence and rage directed at them over a car parking issue.

I agree.

Message withdrawn

Vacua I couldn't help but laugh whilst reading that. Have not read everyones posts but it sounds like something i would do at the moment. Fed of the selfish idiots in this world. Ahem rant over.

I also agree with Doodle.

Say nowt. It's regrettable that there were kids around, but there's a lesson to be learned in itself, if you think about it. If you're going to be a persistent, selfish, pain in the arse, then ultimately there's a price to pay.

Lots of nice, balanced and honest replies

I've done a mildly bad thing today in keeping my youngest daughter off school, not entirely inspired by yesterday's events but she's a sleepy head today. And the daughter in hospital (she's being treated for anorexia and her condition has been very very serious in the past few weeks) has lost more weight this week - Tuesday is weighing day. So I'm going to sit here and be distraught for a bit before pulling self together and getting on with my day.

I think in future I'll park a bit further away and walk, avoid the car parking area that woman uses. I like doing that anyway, there are usually lots of nice dogs to say hello to.

Will decide whether or not to apologise when I see the woman. If the red mist descends again I'll just leave it alone and keep my distance. Maybe it's like toddler tantrums and a bit of forward planning can reduce the risk?

Message withdrawn

Can I just quickly say that my comment about parking/walking etc were not directed at you particularly vacua. Having a child in hospital does, of course, change everything. They were more directed at the other woman. People parking badly like that do make the areas around school unsafe.

I did a Nice Grown Up thing!

I apologised!

And SHE apologised!

And asked how my daughter is!

And we had a nice chat!

[ dancing on the spot @ own grown upness ]

It has given me a TREMENDOUS sense of well being, the sort that one might usually associate with piling a couple of grand onto one's John Lewis card!

I have not previously posted on this thread but have read the comments as they have been coming through.

You must be walking on air today. Well done.

xx

Brilliant! So will she stop parking like a fool now?

Message withdrawn

She hasn't parked there since!

I have performed a public service AND redeemed myself!

daughter lost 0.6 kg but is in the best place to begin to reverse the trend, thanks for asking

glad it's all been resolved, well done. i hope your daughter's health starts making the turnaround soon, vacua.

Vacua I'm so so glad that it all got sorted out amicably. Well done for speaking to her - that must have been so terribly difficult and you are super brave!

Do hope your daughter starts improving too ...