To think that certain people should be banned from public parks

[ElleBing]

We have a really lovely park near where we live. It's really big, with lots of grassed areas for picnics etc then an enclosed play area.

DH and I took DS there yesterday for a quick run around before dinner time. I noticed that a group of chavs had set up camp next to the enclosed park whilst their kids ran amok inside. The chav parents were sitting on the grassy bit drinking cider, eating junk food and swearing. Two of their kids started fighting one another and rather than try and intervene, the person who I assume was the father sat in the kids' pushchair screeching at the LOs to stop fighting. They carried on drinking their cider before deciding they were going home to "watch Nanny McPhee on pirate wiv a bag ov chipz" then when the motehr of one of the LOs wanted the child to leave the play area she started shouting "come on will ya pooface" Eugh?

All of the other parents were doing cats bum mouth, not just me. I wanted to tell them to shut up with their common mouths and bad language but too middle class, you see? I'dlove to be able to stand up to these people who make life unpleasant for everyone else...

Anyway, DH were talking about them and I said that people like them shouldn't be allowed in parks. They should have an admissions policy. AIBU?

Bully? In no way have I defended the swearing classes, point it out if I have. I have repeatidly said it's a very common problem, it's just easier to teach your child not to copy then to even attempt to do anything about this as it's too widespread of a problem. Have a think about your posts Jessie, they have been incredibly nasty and personal to lowenergy, it's your posts that go against all that mumsnet stands for. You should read the top of the page, the part that says "

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Oh my giddy god you really are not taking the piss are you?! This is less entertaining.

I had ignored this thread as I thought it was one of those "lets take the piss out of 'aspiring middle class pretending to be upper class' numpties".

But you are the genuine article.

If the language annoys you, either move your children away or have the balls to say something about it at the time.

Pooface is not that big a deal is it? There are bigger fights to pick imho.

BTW I don't take the piss out of typos as I make too many of my own.

Your voice is fab lightbulb!

Belle, you have a mighty fine voice too

Pooface

Fartweasle!!

My 4 year old nephew called my son a pooface last weekend.

Frasersmummy, I suppose when you put it like that, Cain is not so bad. I just associate it with Cain Dingle off Emmerdale

giveitago, seriously, some on. You're telling me that being tolerant of other cultures/ethnicities/religions encompasses being tolerant of anti-social behaviour? Think about what you are saying. And to answer your question, I've never been made to feel uncomfortable when travelling abroad. I saw some teenagers getting a bit gobby in Italy once, and guess what? a shopkeeper came out and told them to sod off. And they did, instead of knifing him.

We don't have a respectful society here though Elle, the vast majority of people are lovely, it's the few that drag places down. I imagine it's fear that prevents people from saying anything.

stinkybum -woolly-bully-wee-pants

@ belle

Ahaha! Is my username causing uspest? Elle swap the C and the P and you will understand how I feel about so many things in life but only here can I say it!

Why thankyou fartface lightbulb.

bemused op described unsavoury behaviour and gets jumped upon as the baddie?well in my opinion swearing,fighting in playpark is most unbecoming.not nice

and yes i would judge that behaviour as undesirable

It is undesirable, you are right. I don't like my son hearing things like this. What can you do about it though? Not alot, just educate your children, you can't honestly stop people from using the park though can you.

Scottishmummy, it is undesirable but what can you do? You cannot really ban people from public places for not living up to your standards can you? Its unrealistic.

I honestly thought this thread was a bit of a piss-take.

X post Belle, almost verbatim!

this thread got ugly.quirky thread gone bad

Just to clarify; the bit about actually banning people from the park was said in jest. I did point this out earlier.

I stand by everything else that I said in my OP though, I'm afraid.

There were a few uncalled for personal attacks, this is wrong.

I don't think this thread is a piss take, I didn't see it as one. Our society is made up of many different people, we don't always share the same values though, I would love to live somewhere where I can take my child and not hear the f word or similar, I can't see it happening though. All I can do is teach my son how I wish him to be and to ignore the swearing masses, it's all anyone can do isn't it?

why you changed names elle?

I thought it was in fun too but from what I can make out it wasn't quirky, it was a serious "lets ban persons inferior to our perception of ourselves".
Along the lines of lets sterilise chavs so they can't breed, or lets make teenage mums abort as a matter of law.

Wrong on so many levels.

SM, something weird is happening with my login, i.e my password won't work so I had to set up another profile

utter mince.you infer too much.she didn't say that

You do have a serious point though elle (not about the banning people from the park though). I don't like living where I have to cringe everytime I walk through the city because I hear swearing or see someone with more skin hanging out then is covered up as they sit and drink out of cheap cider cans. What a way to live!!

elle talked about neds in park not mass eugenics.get a grip

Sorry Belle, I meant I thought the OP was a piss take. I educate ds about the use of foul language, he hears it and he knows what a lot of it means but he also understands its not ok to repeat it and why.

It's all you can do cain

Each to their own hey!