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I just won against a cheeky fucker 🥇

111 replies

WINNNEERR · 08/10/2026 15:05

Absolute life goals.

Waiting for a parking space. Car turns up.

They then attempt to steal the space.

I say absolutely fucking not!

I was willing to write all our cars off in this pursuit of justice.

And I won. Got the space.

Heart pounding but righteous goals. Order in life is restored.

Then I enter cafe…
Man follows in…

I say ‘well that was rude’.
He said I thought the same.

I thought that was the end of it. Nope. Wife who decided to get out the car and leave the illegal manoeuvre to her husband decided to start chiming in justifying their actions. Absolute proof they knew what they were doing.

Small showdown occurs at cafe counter.

Have they no shame to broadcast their gall to the caf’ 🤣

Anyway, thank you for listening. Who else is winning today?

OP posts:
Williteverrainagain · 08/10/2026 20:22

It’s *you’re… but more importantly your thread just wasn’t funny. You obviously wrote it using AI and I think expected people to be spitting out their tea and trying not to wake newborn babies because they’re laughing so hard but it’s just actually quite naff and not helped by poor SPAG.

WINNNEERR · 08/10/2026 20:32

Spikedlight · 08/10/2026 20:21

If this is a the sort of thing that makes you happy OP, I'm pleased for you and sorry for you in equal measure.

Perhaps take up a sport or learn tiddlywinks if winning is so important to you.

Well I wasn’t expecting a) for it to happen and b) to be so pleased about it 🤣

But I am 🥳

I don’t think I have the energy for sport. But I do like a bit of yoga now and then

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BlakeCarrington · 08/10/2026 21:52

Nice work OP 🙌, winning all round.

But bloody hell there are some miseries on here. I’ve no idea why they’re trying to piss on your chips. It’s not you I assure you, it’s them.

BlakeCarrington · 08/10/2026 21:54

Spikedlight · 08/10/2026 20:21

If this is a the sort of thing that makes you happy OP, I'm pleased for you and sorry for you in equal measure.

Perhaps take up a sport or learn tiddlywinks if winning is so important to you.

Why so spiteful? It’s completely unnecessary and spoils the thread for the rest of us. Does it make you feel good?

BlakeCarrington · 08/10/2026 21:56

Williteverrainagain · 08/10/2026 20:22

It’s *you’re… but more importantly your thread just wasn’t funny. You obviously wrote it using AI and I think expected people to be spitting out their tea and trying not to wake newborn babies because they’re laughing so hard but it’s just actually quite naff and not helped by poor SPAG.

And another

Sidebeforeself · 08/10/2026 21:56

Anarchy99 · 08/10/2026 16:08

Apparently so 🙄 And you just know that she was thinking how fab MN would think it was

But you do know she’s joking right?

Anarchy99 · 09/10/2026 09:21

Unless I missed something, you and someone else who turned up later than you wanted a space that you were both entitled to have to the same extent. You were clearly determined to get it even if you damaged both cars and presumably were fairly aggressive in your manoeuvre.

You then made a snarky comment in the cafe.

I guess it was one of those where you had to be there as I can’t see how you were ‘bullied’ and in a ‘nightmarish situation’.

I think more detail and less AI humour would have helped in your OP.

WINNNEERR · 09/10/2026 09:34

Anarchy99 · 09/10/2026 09:21

Unless I missed something, you and someone else who turned up later than you wanted a space that you were both entitled to have to the same extent. You were clearly determined to get it even if you damaged both cars and presumably were fairly aggressive in your manoeuvre.

You then made a snarky comment in the cafe.

I guess it was one of those where you had to be there as I can’t see how you were ‘bullied’ and in a ‘nightmarish situation’.

I think more detail and less AI humour would have helped in your OP.

Are you the space stealer?

There’s been so much unMN like trolling on here I think you might be, or their family perhaps?

If so no, people wait for spaces, this is entirely normal. You are diabolical people. You really are.

So to the space stealers if you are reading… You are arrogant. Entitled. Nasty - quite frankly. And I am so glad you chose me to try to do that too. Because I could tell by the shock on your faces that people very rarely stand up to you. May this interaction haunt your ego for a very long time 😂😂😂😂😂

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Flamingojune · 09/10/2026 09:41

You were both fighting over a parking space to have a cup of tea?

Anarchy99 · 09/10/2026 10:37

WINNNEERR · 09/10/2026 09:34

Are you the space stealer?

There’s been so much unMN like trolling on here I think you might be, or their family perhaps?

If so no, people wait for spaces, this is entirely normal. You are diabolical people. You really are.

So to the space stealers if you are reading… You are arrogant. Entitled. Nasty - quite frankly. And I am so glad you chose me to try to do that too. Because I could tell by the shock on your faces that people very rarely stand up to you. May this interaction haunt your ego for a very long time 😂😂😂😂😂

I can guarantee you that I’m not - accusing people of trolling isn’t a good look.

According to your op:

1 You were trying to get a space

2 Couple turned up after you and tried to get the same space

3 You were determined not to let them so made sure you got it.

4 Instead of getting on with your day, you confronted them in the cafe and started an argument.

What have I missed? Perhaps there were details that would be relevant as to why you are still manically joyous?

I loathe people who try to jump queues etc. I will do my best to ensure they don’t get to go in front of anyone. So I get that. But then I get on with my day.

Good for you for ‘winning’ against a ‘space stealer’ but it just seems over dramatic and not as funny as you think.

Isittimeformynapyet · 09/10/2026 10:49

emuloc · 08/10/2026 18:43

No difficulty on my part, thanks.

You say that, but it was not evident in the post that @Pollymollydolly was responding to.

Rareusername · 09/10/2026 10:50

Have you shared this with anyone in your real life @WINNNEERR ? What was their reaction?

Rareusername · 09/10/2026 10:51

WINNNEERR · 09/10/2026 09:34

Are you the space stealer?

There’s been so much unMN like trolling on here I think you might be, or their family perhaps?

If so no, people wait for spaces, this is entirely normal. You are diabolical people. You really are.

So to the space stealers if you are reading… You are arrogant. Entitled. Nasty - quite frankly. And I am so glad you chose me to try to do that too. Because I could tell by the shock on your faces that people very rarely stand up to you. May this interaction haunt your ego for a very long time 😂😂😂😂😂

Do you have a hand made cape @WINNNEERR ?

Anarchy99 · 09/10/2026 10:51

Sidebeforeself · 08/10/2026 21:56

But you do know she’s joking right?

Please see my quoted post for my reply to this.

Isittimeformynapyet · 09/10/2026 10:52

Williteverrainagain · 08/10/2026 19:12

God.. can we stop with the myself yourself nonsense. It’s ‘and for me’

I don't think so. It's something yourself and myself are going to have to live with 😔

Isittimeformynapyet · 09/10/2026 11:04

@Anarchy99

"manically joyous" - that's a great description. And I think it sums up why posters haven't reacted in the way OP clearly hoped.

Isittimeformynapyet · 09/10/2026 11:07

@Mydogisagentleman

Your "hilarious" Bilbao anecdote backfired spectacularly didn't it!

pinck · 09/10/2026 11:15

WINNNEERR · 08/10/2026 15:05

Absolute life goals.

Waiting for a parking space. Car turns up.

They then attempt to steal the space.

I say absolutely fucking not!

I was willing to write all our cars off in this pursuit of justice.

And I won. Got the space.

Heart pounding but righteous goals. Order in life is restored.

Then I enter cafe…
Man follows in…

I say ‘well that was rude’.
He said I thought the same.

I thought that was the end of it. Nope. Wife who decided to get out the car and leave the illegal manoeuvre to her husband decided to start chiming in justifying their actions. Absolute proof they knew what they were doing.

Small showdown occurs at cafe counter.

Have they no shame to broadcast their gall to the caf’ 🤣

Anyway, thank you for listening. Who else is winning today?

Imagine being such an insufferable lunatic that you’re willing to cause a car accident over a parking space, then carry on the argument inside a café before rushing to Mumsnet for applause. And you’re actually proud of this? The other couple might have been rude, but you sound completely unhinged. Congratulations on winning a parking space and losing every last shred of dignity in the process. What an embarrassing little life.

LlynTegid · 09/10/2026 11:18

The OP might be over celebrating, I agree. However, people like the other person deserve it.

Would not be an issue if we actually treated a car licence as a privilege and took all unfit drivers or those with unacceptable behaviour off the road. There would have been probably two or more spaces and no waiting.

User3353821614 · 09/10/2026 11:20

Mydogisagentleman · 08/10/2026 15:50

I was almost killed by a Dutch driver in an underground car park in Bilbao.
We had been round and round umpteen times when I spotted a space, jumped out and stood in it. DH was due to be there on the next circuit.
A Dutch person decided it was his and reversed back and into 'my' space.
I thought he would stop. He clearly wasn't taking prisoners so I had to give in

The space belongs to the car that gets there first, not the numpty who stands in it 😂😂

User3353821614 · 09/10/2026 11:28

Williteverrainagain · 08/10/2026 20:22

It’s *you’re… but more importantly your thread just wasn’t funny. You obviously wrote it using AI and I think expected people to be spitting out their tea and trying not to wake newborn babies because they’re laughing so hard but it’s just actually quite naff and not helped by poor SPAG.

You must be such a misery in real life.

User3353821614 · 09/10/2026 11:32

I think I must have (thankfully) missed the invitation to the MN cauldron today.

Some of you need to learn to smile.

WINNNEERR · 09/10/2026 11:51

Rareusername · 09/10/2026 10:51

Do you have a hand made cape @WINNNEERR ?

That’s a good Halloween idea! 100% should wear a cape this year.

To PP Re. Manically joyous. It’s not a bad description. I am suprisingly ecstatic about this.

But I would probably have said a childish vigour. It’s taken 10 years off my soul 😂

Got to celebrate your wins guys 🍷

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Rareusername · 09/10/2026 12:01

WINNNEERR · 09/10/2026 11:51

That’s a good Halloween idea! 100% should wear a cape this year.

To PP Re. Manically joyous. It’s not a bad description. I am suprisingly ecstatic about this.

But I would probably have said a childish vigour. It’s taken 10 years off my soul 😂

Got to celebrate your wins guys 🍷

Why aren’t you saying whether you told anyone about this on RL to celebrate?

WINNNEERR · 09/10/2026 12:05

Rareusername · 09/10/2026 12:01

Why aren’t you saying whether you told anyone about this on RL to celebrate?

Because it’s a silly question. Of course I have. I will be dining out on this interaction for a good week 😂

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