Supermarket carpark rage

[Cotswoldmum70]

Just popped to my local Waitrose to restock on the Belgian biscuits (half price!). As I drove in I spotted a nice convenient parking space outside the front of the store and pulled in, only vaguely aware of a vehicle approaching from my right. As I pulled in to park, the driver of the car, a 60 something blonde, started gesticulating and waving out of her window. I got out, saw that the car park was half empty so load of spaces for her. As I walked into the shop she shouted that I was a selfish bitch and worse!! In the store I saw her in the aisle and mentioned that I didn’t appreciate being sworn at by a total stranger. She repeated that I was a selfish bitch and threatened to punch me. At that point I realised I was on to a loser and went home. She’d left a note on my windscreen for good measure, again calling me a selfish bitch. I actually think she would have punched me if I hadn’t walked away. 2 questions - am I a selfish bitch? Genuinely didn’t see her and car park was half empty. Should I have reported her to the store manager or are threats of violence a factor of modern life that we all have to accept?

hopefully that will teach her to use her indicators or lights, not expect other drivers to be mind readers.

Greta’s moved on from the climate catastrophe now.

You don’t live near Stratford upon Avon by any chance 🤣

If a stranger threatened to punch me while I was in a public space then I absolutely would ask for help from either a member of staff or a member of the public. It would make me feel scared.

I know exactly the Waitrose you are describing and where those spaces are. I just hope you got your biscuits and that you didn’t run over the resident cat 😸😸

@peacefulpeach OP has now pissed of an old blonde & a young brunette. What’s next? a middle-aged redhead?!

Nobody gets that annoyed over a space someone parks in unless it has been clearly swiped from them. If you are honestly entirely oblivious to where she was and what she was doing, perhaps pay more attention to those around you when driving.

I do the same.

Late 50s, grey hair.

that's not true.

Plenty of people are idiots, or faffers or both. If they are clearly waiting with indicators on ready to reverse, fair enough.

If they just wait there, or are further, too bad.

Use indicators for a start.

The 60 something blonde should have paid more attention and realised the car park was half empty. Tunnel vision when driving is not a skill…

*60 something blonde
her age and hair colour are relevant because….?
Just adding context. I’m also 60 plus and blonde so no shade being thrown.
What context though? It doesn't matter what colour her hair us or that she is about 60.

OP didn’t say she was Only buying half price biscuits. She was probably stocking up on other luxuries, and house hold essentials too.

She mentions at least twice she has gone to get cut price biscuits. As Op has gone into loads of detail about age, the biscuits being Belgian, conveniently placed parking spaces, hair colour and age, Im pretty sure we would have had details off all the items she needed! 😆 🤣 😂

The 60 something blonde should have paid more attention and realised the car park was half empty. Tunnel vision when driving is not a skill…
60 year old blonde was in a rush to buy reduced price Belgian biscuits as well!!

This!! Please don't give this anymore thought - I know some of us find that difficult but she's not worth it.

I understand exactly what happened - I like to either reverse in (or drive through) to be able to drive out forward and this happens to me quite a bit as I’m obviously taking longer to park. As long as no-one has driven into anyone else there is no drama! She’s a bit bonkers.

YABU.

Why do you think she was so angry? She was clearly waiting for that space. If you had checked around you more thoroughly before driving in, you would have noticed this.

The right thing to do would be to pull back out, gesticulate your apology, exchange tinkly laughs and raised eyebrows. The exchange would have turned into a nice one, rather than something you're both ashamed of.

Why do you think she was so angry? She was clearly waiting for that space. If you had checked around you more thoroughly before driving in, you would have noticed this.

She could be unwell, a mean bitch or just thick. Reacting in such a deranged manner doesn’t suggest she was in the right, well not to me at least!

So if you didn't see her, how do you know she didn't have her hazard's or indicator on to get into the space and was just being courteous to you not believing for one moment that you would go into that space?!! That being said, I wouldn't have spoken to someone the way she did because of that, I would be annoyed, yes, but just might have discreetly taken something out of your trolley when you weren't looking and had a game of supermarket gaslighting 😎far more effective form of revenge served cold!!

She sounds drunk

My Tesco is delightful, only the most polite and well behaved people shop there. Now the local Morrisons, completely different story, stabbed and everyone would just stand over you on their way in.

Hello fellow Northerner.

Odd comment. People who shop at Waitrose are well-known for their anti-social behavior and threats of violence, especially in the cheese aisle. You never get that kind of thuggish behavior at Lidl, Aldi, or the one true beacon of polite manners and neighborliness (I am, of course, referring to Wetherspoons).

Note: The only physical fight I’ve ever seen between two women was actually at the cheese counter of an upscale grocer in Switzerland, so it was right to walk away after she threatened to punch you, @Cotswoldmum70 . You never know when out-of-stock cheddar is going to push someone over the edge.

No she didn’t.

😂😂😂 as a blonde in her 60’s I had to double check I hadn’t been to Waitrose today 🙈

I was wondering this

People who shop at Waitrose are well-known for their anti-social behavior and threats of violence, especially in the cheese aisle. You never get that kind of thuggish behavior at Lidl, Aldi, or the one true beacon of polite manners and neighborliness (I am, of course, referring to Wetherspoons).

I always find the nicest customers in Iceland, they will often ask if I want them to nick something for me too.

Because you are older and have more insurance ! (Thelma and Louise).