to think that he should mind his own bloody business.....

[pregnantpopcornprincess]

I rushed to nursery this morning to drop DD off and as usual there were no spaces but there was a lovely big disabled one. I nipped in there, dropped DD off and ran back out to the car (I must have only been 5 minutes tops!), jumped in, popped the car into reverse and this old man holding a toddler jumped behind my car and started banging on the window.

The stupid idiot could have got himself and the child killed. I slammed the anchors on to avoid hitting him and then the penny dropped - I was about to get an ear bashing (in front of a busy nusery, full of people).

I wound down the window and he was off 'have you got a blue badge?' to which I replied, 'no I haven't thanks but I'm in a rush - good day to you'. I did up the window and tried to drive off. He junped in front of the car again - still holding the child so I carefully manouvered around him and drove off to see him shaking his fist and shouting.

Now, I know I shouldn't have parked there as I'm not disabled but if he was actually disabled himself then how on earth was he able to find the energy/mobility to run and jump behind and in front of my car all the time holding a toddler.May be he wants a badge so badly that he was willing to be run over in order to qualify!!!! Some people make me so mad. It's hard work trying to get DD to nursery (it opens at 8) and to get to work on time (I start at 8.30 and the journey can take up to 45 minutes depending on traffic) without having to stop and deal with some idiot who thinks he's a traffic warden, is clearly retired and probably has all the time in the world!!!!

I'm sure there are some that don't agree with me but I had to vent my frustration and I'm hoping there are some other working mothers out there who are also pushed for time, who can sympathise with me.

Oh, and I will park there again if there are no spaces and it saves me loosing my job.

Hmmm, sarcasm. I agree with everything you have to say.

How's that?

PMSL!

she was wrong.

and didnt show remorse UNTIL she got a flaming on here.

people with disabilities dont matter to some people. which is diabolical in this day and age.

TMI!

i will never be "nice" to people who think it is ok to park in disabled bays wen they have no reason to.

see my post of 16.53, she changes her story somewhat there wrt what the guy did, but again , if she hadnt parked there, this would not have occurred, so no sympathy here

Seconded THW. Nice lively thread though - much better than the "Lucinda - great or crap" ones!

TheHedgeWitch no I am not perfect.far from it. but as I have a disabled child and ,il and sm. I know how important disabled spaces are.

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if he hadnt had accoasted her, would she have even considered she might be in the wrong, doubt it.

maybe this will make people think twice about abusing disabled bays.

no thw, you are right, BUT she is using his behaviour to distract from the fact she was wrong to do as she did

you are all obviously very serene, nicely behaved pregnant women who float around baking. When I am pregnant I am a witch - that is all....poor PPP she has paid dearly for her honesty

There is a great line in Gone with the Wind, that Rhett says to Scarlett.

"You're like the thief who is not sorry you stole, but are very, very sorry you got caught!"

I'm afraid this describes PPP. She is remorseful because she has had such a pasting on here. Yes, maybe some have been a little harsh, and the old man was a bit of an idiot and put himself and the toddler at risk. But it does not change the fact that she was illegally parked. And there are that many inconsiderate, selfish twats abusing disabled bays that it has become a very sore subject - especially for the Mumsnetters who are diabled or have disabled children or relatives. Both my PILs are blue badge holders , btw.
And she needs to be reminded that P&T spaces are a privilege. They are not enshrined in law. And if all the disabled spaces are taken, then a disabled person has more right to them that a P&T.
It makes no difference whether she intended to be there for 5 seconds, 5 mins or 5 hours. She risked being wheel clamped and fined for being there. And rightly so.

PPP - I genuinely hope you are ok, and that your pg goes well. Can you talk to your employers about starting a bit later if you are struggling with your morning routine?

sophia, ppp was looking for people to tell her it wasn't such a bad thing to do and we all do it, but she didn't find that did she?
As for being pg, I am with number 4 and I'm a witch of the worst kind, but that doesn't affect my morality.

TheHedgeWitch that is nice that you can just accept a sorry.
but the sorry is only cos people didn't aggree with her.

PPP what time does your nursery open? The reason i ask i some posters on here at the beginning told you to get up earlier. If you nursery is like mine and doesn't open until 8am then it wouldn't matter what time you got up, it wouldn't make a difference because you still can't drop your dc off until 8am.

If however, your nursery does open earlier then i would drop your dc off earlier giving you more time to get to work.

I used to send my children to a Montessori that had the worst parking EVER, so I would get there 20 minutes before it opened to make sure I could park near and didn't have to walk up a massive hill, when I was pg and with two small dcs. It's not hard to be orgainised for parking, I'm the least organised person in the world but it was important for me to park and so this one issue got me organised early.

Any sympathy for PPP seems to be construed as an attack on the rights of the disabled - not true. But I think we need to give a bit more understanding of working mothers and the pressures they face daily in a society with some of the highest childcare costs in the world. We have all been there racing to work, trying to get reluctant toddlers to nursery whilst pregnant, etc etc....

No wonder some of us make crap decisions and have bad days.