to want to destroy the stupid people in the parking lot

[lilysmummy2007]

there was a funfair at brockwell park over the weekend and yesterday was the last day, the only place to park is at the lido and it was full, but 3 families or rather 1 huge family with 3 cars were packing up to leave, so we sat in the car waiting, along with another car who thought the same, after taking 15 minutes to close their pram and put thier baby in one of the cars, with them looking at us and knowing we were waiting to park, they all then started a long family reunion at the car park, just blabbering for more than 30 mins, DP was very pissed off so we asked politely if they were leaving as we wanted to park as well, the one of the ladies barked in a coarse jamaican accent 'well you will just have to wait till we are ready to go' how rude!! i dont know where these people come from but i hate when the have no manners and are just plain rude. All the stupid woman had to say was they werent leaving yet or something and we would have just tried to find somewhere else, we just left as we had alreay wasted almost 40 mins waiting patiently. AIBU to be aggravated about this?

nappy addict not that i want all my business on here but the twins suffer from a birth defect due to severe prematurity and find it hard to walk for long periods without getting overtired which means they have special needs buggys etc would have been fine with me and dp taking the bus, but i have my own child who is 16 months and also has her buggy, 2 adults 3 buggies dont work, so public transport out the window, i only had them over once every 6 weeks or so to give their mum a break and i was really dissappionted i could not take them to the funfair hence the rant

ok ok, all this stick for saying Jamaican, i thought maybe everyone would get the gist of how the woman spoke to me. clearly not every one here has had words with someone who is Jamaican

OK, Jamaican issue aside because I think its clouding the issue and wasn't really relevant to mention in your first post regardless.

Firstly, you didn't mention the additional information about needing to get special needs buggies etc out so you can't then bring that up and say how can I be being unreasonable when x,y,z just because people have disagreed with you. Put it in the original post or don't post at all if you don't want an honest opinion or to discuss it.

Secondly, you already knew the layout of Brockwell park, you already knew that parking would be limited so either don't go at all, go really early to get a space or accept that you are going to have to wait for a space.

Thirdly, I understand you were disappointed that you couldn't then go to the fair and that is always compounded by children who are also disappointed.

So, I still think YABU because the people already in the space did not have to move quickly just so you could get a space. They were having their day out too.

you might have gotten a bit more sympathy if it wasn't for your blatant xenophobia.

I just dont see why you had to even mention that she was jamaican to get your point across. Its a knee jerk reaction to people when you say "these people" and rude manners are everywhere regardless of where the person comes from!

I'm also confused with this statement
" i wasnt judging 'where they came from' i know she came from i just meant it in regards to where she got her manners from. Its not a shot at Jamaica, i might be a wonderful place, you cant blame a country for the attitude of that one lady"

Are you saying that she got her rude manners because she comes from Jamaica, but you cant blame the country for the attitude of the woman?

You do come across as xenophobic but TBH it's your use of the term parking lot I really can't abide

The Jamaican stuff is awful. Hopefully OP knows that now. Moving on to the point ....

Don't you think parking lots just bring out the worst in people? I'm not saying that people should be hurried out their spots because they have every right to be there and can take as much time as they need to pack up their stuff/buckle their children up etc etc but also people should be considerate and not hog a spot just to annoy the people waiting (which I think quite a few people do). Parking lots definitely bring out the worst in me. Particularly when people "steal" a spot I have been waiting for - it makes my blood boil beyond all reason.

(Actually that's not the OP's point .. feel better tho!)

Well, I think it is very inconsiderate of people to fanny about when they can see others are waiting. Like people who get back in the car and sit there for 10 minutes doing nothing at all, before driving off. It is annoying when someone is leaving somewhere but taking so fecking long for no reason. When I am out and get back in my car and am going and I see someone waiting, I MOVE. I don't sit there for 10 minutes picking my nose and scratching my arse and thinking about moving when I feel like it. A little thought for others, is that SO wrong? A moment to think Oh, I can see this stranger waiting for this space that I am leaving, let me move aside in a reasonable time. A 'screw everyone else, only I matter' attitude is one of the things that is wrong with this world!!!

"Destroy" them?

Most unreasonable

stay frosty, i never said i cant be rasist, i said im not!if you read the whole thing i also have jamaican friends, and DP has jamaican relatives, ARE YOU ALL SO THICK!! jeez go back to school and learn that Jamaican IS NOT A RACE it a nationality!! ive met horrible people of all different racial backrounds, it doesnt mean that if they come from one place race does it and i can class the rude ones as white or black! and how can i be xenophobic if in a foreigner my self, im west indian myself, so please read the my post before you call names, i specified i was part of the west indian community so your xenophobic theory is just stupid, and ashantai, now you are just nit picking and your post makes no sense. and shoegazer TBH i dont think the special needs should have been mentioned as it was not the point, i only said it as nappy addict asked why we didnt use the bus, it should not matter if it was a funeral in my car, the point is the people saw us waiting, took the piss and responded in a disgusting uncouth manner when asked if they were leaving.

PS where are all the member quick to call me racist gone??

again shoe gazer, i can post whatever i like are you the boss of mumsnet, and i did not post the special needs bit to get sympathy or because everyone disagreed with me, it because nappyaddict asked why we didnt use public transport.

lily they have gone to make the tea.

Yes they beahaved in a disgusting , uncouth manner.

Yes, you are being unreasonable in wanting to destroy them.

Think it's a bit rude to hang about if you can see other people waiting so I would have been a bit aggravated too.

That said I do think wanting to "destroy" them is a bit extreme.

As an aside, please could you treat yourself to some full stops? - I'm out of breath just reading!

Calm down lil, deep breath.

Look, we all get pissed off from time to time when others are not considerate (as these people were not) and we rant. I am unsure why you are getting such a battering for a rant, the likes of which happen on here on a frighteningly regular basis, but never mind eh?

They were inconsiderate, it pissed you off, you came on here to rant. (just checked moon, but no....) It's no biggie really, you're letting off steam, not hurting anyone.

If it's any consolation, when people piss me off, I have fantasies about killing them, so I think I top you there in the extreme reaction stakes!!

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Good. Been thinking about you. Weird this mumsnet world. Not met you, but still care.

love you hectate, at least someone understands the whole point of my post, it was meant as a RANT not to be xenophobic,racist, anti jamaican or anything wanting to turn into the antichrist and destroy the people, ive seen worst threads on here and its never turned this way, everyone just jumped down my throat and totally missed the point that i didnt like the way the woman responded to me and the fact that they knew we were waiting but were so inconsiderate. wouldnt you give up your seat to a mum and baby or elderly person on the bus if you were getting of at the next stop?