Don't argue with the traffic warden on your school run

[Bag4Lyfey]

It made me laugh yesterday as 3 of the Mums driving stupidly big cars received parking tickets outside the school dates. They work on the safety lines that are outside schools and they only live a 7 minute walk from school and also don't work (I know of them). They came out and tried to argue their way out of the tickets saying "what? A parking ticket for dropping my kid off at school?"

I think it serves them right. I've parked on a single yellow near the school in a mega rush so I'm no angel but if you do that you accept that there is a chance you will get a ticket and can't complain if you get one can you!!?

Just made me laugh it was the 4x4 cars from the professional yummy mummies who all got them and then wanted to argue, talk about entitlement! Plus if you have a big car then surely a parking ticket is affordable?! That's part of the illusion of wealth is that you don't care!

Needless to say the areas are clear today so they've learned their lesson, for now at least! X

I can relate!

YANBU, but you are being overly smug about it. I suggest getting a hobby.

when these mums, and let's face it it's always women

It’s not ‘always women’. It’s usually women who end up doing the school run and that’s why it’s assumed that women are always badly parking. I gave an example above as I have children at two different schools, and men are equally if not more likely to always choose to park in a selfish, arrogant or dangerous manner. It’s typically men who believe that the pavement is their own personal parking space…

because her Tarzan is way too important to do that himself.

Or, and here's a crazy thought, because he's actually working?

Yeah let's not bash parents that work

Absolutely agree

‘Should’ is a practice many struggle with when real life shit hits the fan, and we’d assume the misdemeanour doesn’t occur every day. Breakfast club in school doesn’t come without a cost and isn’t suitable for all children.

We had this recently. I heard one mum say but it's raining you expect my 10 year old to walk from up there ( maybe 500 yards max)

‘Should’ is a practice many struggle with when real life shit hits the fan, and we’d assume the misdemeanour doesn’t occur every day. Breakfast club in school doesn’t come without a cost and isn’t suitable for all children.

Still doesn't mean they can park where it's not appropriate. Again, working parents are not more important than anyone else (and I am one)

I agree men usually park like twats, but the majority of selfish parking near schools is usually by mums in a rush because they can't possibly walk from further away. Not so they can rush off to work either, it's just entitlement.

We had a mum arrested because she pushed a police officer sent to enforce parking. (pushed hard enough she ended up on the ground)

I simply think money is worth more when you earn it yourself.
You must love those of us on benefits!

Jakers that's mad 😲

The jealousy answer, I'm very curious... what is it specifically people think others are jealousy of? 🤔

People think that the OP and others who agree with her are jealous of the women's big cars and money, even though they are clearly not jealous, just annoyed by their entitlemed behaviour.

That's just odd. Whenever I see these type of women in their big cars, looking down their noses, I find it sad because 9 times out of 10 it's their husband paying for these cars, so definitely nothing to be jealous of!

Exactly

Why? They still own the car. Everything you have...they have too. Except the stress of having to work every day. If going out to work makes you happy then that's great. Not everyone feels that way. That's great too.

I think the point is, these women who "own" these cars that their husband's are paying for looking down their nose at others are nothing to be jealous of.

Not "own". They own their cars, and their houses and all the rest. No inverted commas necessary. Just as much as their husbands. They pay for them too as unless they're being financially abused they will have full access to family funds.

I'm not a SAHM, I work FT and earn the same as DH but my mum was a SAHM. Neither of us has any more or less control or oversight of our family's finances, we just run those families differently.

It's always conditional if he's paying. Yes they "own" stuff, but only if the status quo stays as he wishes. I'm an independent woman, as in everything in my house is mine and my house is mine and no one can take that away from me. I used to rely on a man when I was younger, but one thing I've learnt is never allow a man to own something he can take away from you. Never again. So yes they "own" their cars, but it's conditional.

It's fine if women don't want to work, it's the assumption that those of us that earn our own money are jealous of women who have it given to them that is irritating. Someone driving a massive car they didn't earn or buy for themself is not to be envied in my opinion.

The accusations of jealousy, not just in this thread but in most threads on Mumsnet are just a way of shutting women down, just pull the jealous card out to shut them up because you don't like what they're saying. I find it reductive that people seem to think all of womens disagreements or judgements are due to jealousy.

None of us are jealous of the women driving massive cars, parking them badly and having a go at parking wardens when they could just walk instead. We find their behaviour selfish and annoying as it has a negative impact on the rest of the school. To claim we are only judging them out of jealousy is silly.

Yes it's all very Gabrielle from desperate housewives 😆

He isn't paying. They are paying.

Yes if he leaves or dies their circumstances will change but that's true for me too with my full time job in a professional career. Until that happens, they have joint finances.

I'm not jealous of SAHMs , I made an active choice to continue working when we could have afforded for me to stop when DCs came along. But painting them as being beholden to their husbands is very unfair and does generations of women a disservice IMO.

Sorry but I don't see a wife using her husband's money to pay for something as her paying for it