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.

You are being very unreasonable, you have broken the law and made a stupid, selfish decision. Ok the man probably shouldn't have jumped in front of your car but he probably saw red, perhaps the toddler he was with was disabled,not all disabilities can be seen you know! If you think it's hard getting to work, getting your child ready on time etc how hard do you think it is for someone who is disabled themselves or for someone who has a disabled child?

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PPP you show absolutely no reflection or humility. Your attitude is awful. It is not only a space. You are only one more self obsessed idiot.

'Tis only a space though '

you are showing absolutely no understanding of what disabled people have to put up with on a daily basis.

Actually the phrase "slammed on the anchors" is rather worrying wrt a nursery car park.

YABU to complain about him - you sound rather angry, defensive and very stressed. We all have bad days like that (but not many of us would use the disabled spots to improve them a little!).
I do sympathise with your morning routine as I have a very stressful one too with tight time schedule. I am ashamed to admit getting really annoyed with the slow tractor in front or steaming mad at the elderly couple pulling out in front of me and then doing under 40 in the 60 zone (never beep them or am nasty, just steam internally!)
Please have a look at your morning routine and see how you can help yourself improve things a bit - if you are already doing all the obvious stuff like packing night before, clothes laid out, keys. bags, shoes ready by the front door etc then perhaps it is time for a drastic rethink. Honestly, it is more than the fact you are breaking the law and potentially inconveniencing others around you. Driving around stresssed and late everyday is a potential car crash waiting to happen.
Look at your options - change childcare location, talk to your boss about change of working hours by only half an hour would help. Do you have a partner who could share dropping off duties? or perhaps there is another parent using the same nursery you could come to an arrangement with...
Turn this awful morning into a positive by making a few changes in your life for the better. Don?t take it out on the (admitted silly) man jumping in front of your car. He did have a valid point. See this for what it is - you are wrong and you can change it all around if you get creative and find solutions
Good Luck

couldn't have said it better myself, eenybeeny

oh Bagelbird you are a wise one

you were both wrong.

FWIW I think this is a deliberately inflammatory post. Her language is very emotive, 'lovely big disabled one' she 'nipped' and 'popped', he was 'banging', jumped' and was 'stupid'.

Not sure why anyone would waste their time posting this, for real or not.

oh well done, well done op!!!

you have managed to get in:

disabled spaces being nicked by able bodied twats,
ageism,
SAHM v WOHM,
I'm right, you're all wrong,
AND a massive spelling mistake in the last line.

Nice trolling

(pregnant popcorn princess? deffo a good bit of trolling going on here)

own up, who are you?

oh, before you own up, tell us how you are planning on feeding the new baby, just so we can all have a laugh about that too!

You got their space - would you like their disability to go with it???

YABVVVU!

and as bozza points out, 'slammed on the anchors' in a nursery car park shows very bad driving.

Not sure if she is a troll.

Sqounk, She is not a troll!

She is on my ttc thread and has been for ages.

Bagelbird has a point saying that being this stressed and rushed is a potential car crash waiting to happen. As someone else said you shouldn't be in the postition of 'slamming on anchors' in a nursery carpark where there could be toddlers. You say that you would never put your child at risk. Perhaps you are every morning. Look at Bagelbird's advice and maybe act on it.

she is not a troll?

Damn! I thought I was really clever spotting a good trolling there!

bugger.

in that case, get real, OP! If you really need to be told not to park in a disabled space, then you deserve the flaming you are going to get on here.

she is also posting on another thread this morning - the police helicopter one. So probably not a troll.

I saw my friends sister park in a disabled spot at sainsburys. Didn't surprise me though. She has always been completely selfish.

Lol Squonk

Squonk, your 'Trolldar' is on the blink!

Alright, alright. Point taken everyone. I will hold my head in shame and if I see him again then I will run apologise.

If I see him parking in a parent and child bay at Tescos when he has no child with him then do I have right to have my say? I hope so.

My main agruement here is that he put his grandson at risk. Is anything really worth that. I think I would kill my mum if she did that with my DD in her arms (actually, she would never do that).

In response to 'get a nursery nearer to work', I wish it was that easy. My mum has to pick DD up due to my work hours so I needed a nursery near to her which I hasten to add is not near to wear I live or work. I have to wake DD up in order to get her ready to nursey, so getting up even earlier isn't really an option I'm afraid.

I know popcorn princess did something very wrong and her attitude stinks, but come on, we don't need to turn gang up on her (I think she HAS got the message by now!)and turn nasty. To infer someone is a troll is just nasty, playground stuff.

squonk, if this one sticks then I will be breastfeeding it. Thanks for asking.