To think she was out of line ?

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Bluey124 · 25/07/2023 21:33

Been doing some work at a youth centre and as father in law lives about 5 minutes away, he has kindly been giving me lifts home. So he will park up in the car park while all staff and parents collecting can use, then obviously wait for me to come out.
Today a colleague rushed in and said that she kept seeing a 'dodgy' guy sitting in a car in the carpark who she didn't recognise and that she was suspicious. I told her who it was and she had the grace to look embarrassed but I also was. Made me feel like I was doing something wrong. Aibu to think that she should have had the common sense to know that it was either a kids grandparent or someone related to the staff? I did tell FIL and he thought it was funny but also odd and we both agreed he would park up somewhere else next time.

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WiddlinDiddlin · 15/10/2023 23:44

I'd re-read that with a slightly less suspicious mind @Isittimeformynapyet

Clearly, PP is saying they walked past a child who was crying, instead of stopping to see if they could offer assistance.

ImustLearn2Cook · 15/10/2023 23:51

10HailMarys · 26/07/2023 00:13

I'm with you on this, OP. As you say, presumably parents and grandparents pick their kids up from the youth centre regularly, so a man waiting quietly in a car at closing time cannot, in itself, be anything unusual. And describing him as 'dodgy looking' is absurd. You can't tell if someone is 'dodgy' from their face, whatever you think of their appearance.

If she had concerns, the appropriate way to raise it would be to say something like 'Does anyone know the guy in the grey VW Passat [or whatever]? Just noticed him parked there a a few times now so wondered if he was a parent or giving someone a lift'.

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