School run fun - so ludicrous I just had to laugh

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DS's primary school is at the end of a lane which has pavement on only one side, and a narrow one at that. There's one stretch just before you get to the school where the pavement gets even narrower and there's only really room for single file traffic. There is an unspoken rule that those who have already dropped off their kids hang back to allow an approaching group of school-bound people to clear this stretch before forging ahead themselves. It's chaotic at the best of times, with all the kids, pushchairs, scooters and bikes barrelling along. Picture the scene, and then imagine a schoolchild riding in a bright green electric toy car down that stretch of pavement, repeatedly ballsing up the steering, bumping into the adjacent wall and causing a massive bottle neck behind him. Meanwhile, mum is slapping along behind him in flip flops, cackling and videoing the whole thing.

The same kid has now acquired a remote controlled toy car (a small one, not a ride-in one) and was allowed to drive that to school the other morning, with similar results.

I get that some kids hate the school run and the parent is probably trying to make it more appealing but this is just ludicrous, surely, or AIBU?

YABU - If it gets them to school, what's the harm? Let the kids have their fun!

YANBU - Remote controlled cars, ride-in or otherwise, don't belong on the school run.

The question has to be, is he driving the mini remote controlled car from the seat of the one he fits in?? 😂

Sounds insane. Fun for the kid granted, but I don't understand parents who allow/encourage their children to do things that cause inconvenience to others. Plenty of fun to be had without getting in the way 😬

Yanbu sounds awful

I agree, the school run should be fun, but that should include basic walking ettiquete

Some parents are totally selfish/oblivious!

Meanwhile, mum is slapping along behind him in flip flops, cackling why do you give a fuck what footwear she's wearing and "cackling"? Really ? She's not allowed to laugh now?

Are you jealous she's loving life?

"The question has to be, is he driving the mini remote controlled car from the seat of the one he fits in?? 😂"

Pahahaha that cracked me up. Wouldn't at all surprise me if that happens next week, just to keep things fun and fresh!

Yeah I am a bit jealous tbf. Must be nice to go through life like a big kid giving zero shits 😂

I think we need a diagram.... so we can decide

Jealous of a CF mum who takes up all the road with her entitled "DS needs to have fun is more important than you getting to school and then to work in time". And then flopping back home to update her Instagram with DS exploits.

Was she really wearing flip-flops? In January? That’s the biggest crime here. Last week it was minus 4 some mornings.

Sure be annoyed she's in the way but the laughing ("cackling"?!) And wearing flip flops isn't something to be annoyed by

Maybe it's a sign you should get in touch with your inner child again

I think it would be fine on any other school run, but the set up of your walk with the narrow pavement etc is the issue!

Not annoyed. But it's quite weird in the winter..

We have a member of teaching staff at our school who only wears flip flops. Like year round. Indoors and out. Even when they need to walk all the children in the rain to the church on the other side of the village. Or when she walks with the after school club children to the village hall like 10 minutes the other direction, in ice or snow or rain, toes out. She’s like my postman and his shorts. I actually wear crocs quite a bit in the winter as I swim, but she makes even me feel like I’m getting frostbite.

It's her toes

There was no need to bring her laughing or her flip flops into it.

Flip flops slap and it's winter

Give me a kids toy car blocking a pavement for a few minutes over real cars causing traffic jams

And? What's the problem with that?

It’s funny

Not really. It's just footwear

It is possible that it was flip flops AND socks, which is a favoured combo amongst mums at the school.

@LegoBingo The main reason I mentioned the flip flops is that they made it hard for her to keep up with her son in his motorised vehicle, adding to the overall ludicrousness of the scene. And the cackling laughter just seemed really juvenile and inconsiderate when others were being held up on their way to school.

Lol we have that too. One of the reasons we walk to school, rain or shine. That and the lack of parking near the school when you finally get there. The whole route is a nightmare tbh whether you're in a car or on foot.

Most of us understood that OP.