I blocked someone in school run

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I blocked a car in on the makeshift car park which I fully realise makes me the ass. First time I've ever done it.

When I'd got out and got the kids out and bags on, the man showed up. I had thought I wouldn't impact anyone as it's about 60 seconds total for me to run the kids to the gate and back. He had a toddler with him and started complaining, quite rightly, so I apologised and said I'm sorry, can I run these to the gate, I'll be about 60 seconds, while he gets his toddler in the car seat. He said yes OK but pulled a face.

When I got back he'd just finished getting the toddler in and I thanked him/apologised again before driving away but he just gave the world's dirtiest look. I realise I was in the wrong and being cheeky. But now feel very awkward especially as I'm a dinner lady to his son, I'm not sure he knows though.

Should I apologise again when I see him next or just leave it? Next time I will just find somewhere else to park, feel awful.

Ah yes. I've re-read the OP, I didn't realise they were both in the makeshift car park. What even is that?

You apologised, recognised it was mildly inconvenient and made a decision that you won't do it again.
Unless you've got a time machine, what more can you do?

The guy will have forgotten about it by Friday, so don't bring it up again.
Try not to waste your energy ruminating over it - deep breath, move onwards!

He wasn't late. It took him the amount of time to strap his toddler in that it took OP to drop the children to the gate and get back to her car.

He wasn't delayed. The carpark sounds a bit haphazard and not enough spaces. Had OP waited for him to strap in his toddler and pull out of the space so he could pull in SHE would have been delayed.

This way nobody was delayed.

No harm done.

I'm glad you hadn't blocked me in. I wouldn't just have pulled a face. I would have lost my shit with you! My time is important too.

🤣
He wasn't delayed!

Can't you walk or cycle to school?

I live in a tiny village where its near impossible for the walk to school to be more than 15 mins. Lots of safe paths, no busy roads etc. You can count on one hand the number of people who live far enough to need to drive.

A huge, huge number of people drive. I know many of them and honestly its that they can't be bothered. I sympathise deeply with people dropping and driving on to work for whom that 10 mins is the difference between being on time for work or not but this is SAHPs, people who work part time and aren't headed to work. They just don't want to spend half an hour walking to then from school.

She is not ignorant though…she’s entitled.

You did something wrong but seem annoyed that he reacted appropriately. You have apologised, move on from it but take the awkward encounter as a cautionary tale and don’t do it again.

At the end of the day, he agreed to wait 60seconds, he could have said no if he was in a rush. Maybe he just has chronic RBF ?

He’ll think you’re lazy and selfish because your behaviour was lazy and selfish. He might tell other people at school if you know the same parents etc. If you see him again I would apologise and explain you don’t normally do it but xyz excuse etc. and use it as a motivation to do better and like you say, don’t block people in again on the school run or elsewhere.

I would really try to get there earlier, rushing at the last minute is so stressful! Yeah you were in the wrong but apologised and it was super quick, lesson learnt. Not like you were an arrogant dick who parks in disabled spaces and got abusive, as happens. Xx

Every day it’s a different CF blocking this poor nuggets driveway…

He wasn't on his driveway. He was in the same haphazard car park as OP. Not the same thing.

Oh for gods sake, you haven't deliberately reversed over his granny. That would be a really bad thing to do. I'm sure he'll survive. He only gave you a 'dirty look', could've been a lot worse! Drop it now.. it's not the end of the world, if you feel bad, don't do it again.

The dustbin men block me in every week when I try to get out. It's ife, I sit and smile and wave when they finally let me through, that's life. Other driver will get over it, move on..

i blocked someone in, about 20 years ago, and i never forget it, she was blocked in for 15 minutes , i forgot i had to go to nursery as well as school.
it happens,
you apologised, his dirty look was out of order.

Maybe do your kids heath and the planet a favour and walk or cycle to school.

I presume they're doing their job.
OP wasn't.

Just apologise again and smile. And don’t do it again. If he prolongs it after an apology tell him to get a fucking life

You made a mistake and learned a lesson. That's all any of us can do.

You were a dick
You were given a look for being dick
Don't be a dick!

She should have done it the first time.

Let me know where to buy a time machine and I'll send it to the OP 😅

As it wasn't his home, it was for a very short time, and he was presumably dropping off too, i don't think this is a big deal at all!