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What was your WTF moment today?

31 replies

Floofydawg · 18/02/2024 19:08

Mine was listening to the kid in the shower next to me at the gym repeatedly tell his mother that he needed a wee, her ignoring him and then subsequently hearing 'mummy, Bertie just wee-ed on me 🤮

Why are some people so fucking grim?

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Caswallonthefox · 18/02/2024 19:36

A driver decided to go the wrong way down a one way street because they wanted to go to the pub there. Clearly not a local, an older lady decided to rant at them and a car driver coming the other way ranted at them too.
Me? I wandered over and asked if they realised it was one way. They asked how to get there going the right way. I told them to just turn around so they're facing the right way so no one else shouts at them.
Although that's tame compared to the amount of lorries that are over 7.5 tonnes, that have to reverse back because they can't get round the corner at the top of the road. There is also obvious warning signs.

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 18/02/2024 19:46

Local laundrette to us. A customer had left a pack of laundry pods in there two days ago on top of the machines. She only realised today. She’s now calling everyone scum, liars and thieves as all the pods were used. Plastered it all over the local Facebook page.
She’s totally blind to the fact that people have historically left books, small items there as free to whoever wants them. Nutter.

Noseyoldcow · 18/02/2024 20:15

The mumsnet thread today about men being dosed up with hormones so they can chest feed. Good grief.

Floofydawg · 18/02/2024 20:18

Noseyoldcow · 18/02/2024 20:15

The mumsnet thread today about men being dosed up with hormones so they can chest feed. Good grief.

Oh I missed that gem - thank fuck!

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Ponoka7 · 18/02/2024 20:24

A woman at the circus today, sat down and thought that she wouldn't have to move, even though she had got the seats wrong. It would have meant that three families, ours included, wouldn't have had all the children sitting with us. We had to get the manager involved.

ImARubbishNickKnowles · 18/02/2024 20:30

I have spent the last 30 minutes once again explaining to DS4 that because his food tech recipe says he needs "an onion, finely diced" that he doesn't need to take a finely diced onion in to school, the whole point is that he finely dices the onion whilst in school. It's about the third time we've had the discussion and he's not budging. He's doubled down and want to also pre-crush his garlic ahead of time.

misspositivepants · 18/02/2024 20:31

Went to a farm today, heard repeatedly ‘don’t go in thr puddle’ ‘watch the mud’ you’re at a farm, in winter, it’s just been raining

Alwaystired23 · 18/02/2024 21:41

ImARubbishNickKnowles · 18/02/2024 20:30

I have spent the last 30 minutes once again explaining to DS4 that because his food tech recipe says he needs "an onion, finely diced" that he doesn't need to take a finely diced onion in to school, the whole point is that he finely dices the onion whilst in school. It's about the third time we've had the discussion and he's not budging. He's doubled down and want to also pre-crush his garlic ahead of time.

To be fair, dc recently came home with a list of ingredients, for school cookery class, that all had to be measured and prepared before hand at home, so whisking eggs etc, then all the ingredients had to be put into appropriate containers to be transported to school, on the bus without leaking or spilling. I guess they needed to save time.

Sparklesocks · 18/02/2024 21:44

My MIL asking me to sniff her perfume sample card while I was in the middle of changing DD’s (incredibly pooey) nappy 😄

greenacrylicpaint · 18/02/2024 21:50

6€ for a small bag of pick & mix sweets Shock

hiredandsqueak · 18/02/2024 21:50

Exh when dropping ds back home asked what he had got dd for her 21st birthday. That's on Wednesday, it's the first time he has mentioned it and he seemed flummoxed when I said I had no idea and didn't know what he had bought. Obviously expected that I had sorted it for him.

SwordToFlamethrower · 18/02/2024 21:51

At a local farm today with my toddler. Was nursing and watching a little flock of hens happily minding their own business, pecking the ground when a family comes in. Their kid, boy around 8 starts chasing them, upsetting them and clapping behind them to frighten them.

I look at the adults, and they're watching and smiling.

Next thing, he manages to grab a hen by the tail feathers and he lifts it off the ground, laughing with delight as this poor hen is screaming and flapping.

The parents are doing FUCK ALL so I shout in my most aggressive, authoritative voice "OI! DO NOT DO THAT TO THE CHICKEN! PUT IT DOWN! NO!" and i slam my hands down hard on the table.

Kid runs back to his mum, with the fear of god in him. Parents do fuck all. Didn't care one way or another.

What. The. Fuck.

BibbleandSqwauk · 18/02/2024 21:53

The number of people on a packed train who could not comprehend that they needed to move down the carriages so.more people could get on. Total blank faces when asked 🙄

sparklefart · 18/02/2024 21:54

misspositivepants · 18/02/2024 20:31

Went to a farm today, heard repeatedly ‘don’t go in thr puddle’ ‘watch the mud’ you’re at a farm, in winter, it’s just been raining

I live on a farm and follow this advice all day how is it wtf just sounds sensible to me 🤷‍♀️.

misspositivepants · 18/02/2024 22:09

sparklefart · 18/02/2024 21:54

I live on a farm and follow this advice all day how is it wtf just sounds sensible to me 🤷‍♀️.

As in a kids farm, where you know kids play and be kids. Why bring your child to a farm in expensive trainers and clothes, and badger them to keep clean?

I mean the people working there were muddy, as you’d expect.

in fact reading your post has left me more than WTF than today to be fair.

PoliteTurtle · 18/02/2024 22:12

Noseyoldcow · 18/02/2024 20:15

The mumsnet thread today about men being dosed up with hormones so they can chest feed. Good grief.

How did I miss that!?

rustlerwaiter · 18/02/2024 22:26

Popped to the McDonald's drive-thru on the way to DS football this morning. Relatively early in the morning, it's on the way, I wanted a cup of tea, and although DS rarely eats breakfast I talked him into a hash brown and some orange juice to at least have had something.

Get to the pick up window and he tells me to wait in the grill bay. I say what, it's just a hash brown. He says they're not ready yet.

8am, they put a hash brown in almost every breakfast going out of the place, and they didn't have any ready. They should have a vat of hash browns ready to go at any given time. No hash browns!

Couldn't have added more than five minutes to our trip but the fact they didn't have any hash browns was today's WTF moment for me. No hash browns FFS.

positivesliceofpie · 18/02/2024 22:31

My favourite WTF moment is still on going knowing my sister is my biggest enemy and likes the fact that i put on weight im bigger than her and she loves it. She runs me down thinks im a sado for being single for years and loves to laugh at me and much much more.
I say nothing and just smile and pretend i know nothing and laugh when she insults me as its just a joke she says.

Branster · 18/02/2024 22:31

ImARubbishNickKnowles · 18/02/2024 20:30

I have spent the last 30 minutes once again explaining to DS4 that because his food tech recipe says he needs "an onion, finely diced" that he doesn't need to take a finely diced onion in to school, the whole point is that he finely dices the onion whilst in school. It's about the third time we've had the discussion and he's not budging. He's doubled down and want to also pre-crush his garlic ahead of time.

This is absolutely priceless!!! 😂
The thing is, I'd have thought the same as a child because I always wanted to be 100% ready with all my school stuff.

YeOldeGreyhound · 18/02/2024 22:44

BibbleandSqwauk · 18/02/2024 21:53

The number of people on a packed train who could not comprehend that they needed to move down the carriages so.more people could get on. Total blank faces when asked 🙄

Came here to post about the train. Went to a see a comedian in another city earlier, and missed some of it as we simply could not get on the first train to get there. Absolutely packed.

Hermanfromguesswho · 18/02/2024 22:48

ImARubbishNickKnowles · 18/02/2024 20:30

I have spent the last 30 minutes once again explaining to DS4 that because his food tech recipe says he needs "an onion, finely diced" that he doesn't need to take a finely diced onion in to school, the whole point is that he finely dices the onion whilst in school. It's about the third time we've had the discussion and he's not budging. He's doubled down and want to also pre-crush his garlic ahead of time.

My kids school do ask the kids to do this! If you think they only have an hour lesson and have to cook the food too!

ComeOnThenFanny · 18/02/2024 22:55

Was speaking to a sweet old man on the phone today for work, and in the background, he was talking to another man, I think it was his son. When we finished talking, he thought he had disconnected, and he hadn't. I heard him say "oh, she was nice! Phwooarrr, get on that bed and get your knickers off!" 😳🤮
W. T. F.

LadyLolaRuben · 18/02/2024 23:01

I raw chicken breast left outside my door step!

determinedtomakethiswork · 18/02/2024 23:15

BibbleandSqwauk · 18/02/2024 21:53

The number of people on a packed train who could not comprehend that they needed to move down the carriages so.more people could get on. Total blank faces when asked 🙄

I always look at people like that and understand why we got Brexit.

YeahIsaidit · 18/02/2024 23:19

Alwaystired23 · 18/02/2024 21:41

To be fair, dc recently came home with a list of ingredients, for school cookery class, that all had to be measured and prepared before hand at home, so whisking eggs etc, then all the ingredients had to be put into appropriate containers to be transported to school, on the bus without leaking or spilling. I guess they needed to save time.

My wtf moment of the day is this and the fact a school wanted the kids to take in pre whisked eggs!

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