School mums - Oblivious or selfish?

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Every morning there is a group of mums that congregate at the school gate.
A polite queue is naturally formed due to the narrow space by the gate, yet these mums will walk past the queue to stand together in a circle right in front of the gate.
They are so massively in the way & do not even consider moving when the gates open & everyone goes in.
It honestly baffles me that none of them can see how in the way they are.
DP thinks I'm over reacting.
I feel like saying "excellent place to stand ladies"
Others look at them in disgust also.
They also loudly talk about pretentious things purely for everyone to hear, it's cringeworthy.

Are they honestly oblivious or just don't give a shit?

Would I come across as the crazy mum for commenting?

Yes. Arrive later if they wind you up. Life’s too short to queue in small spaces with busy kids and too many adults.

@SciFiStirFry

Yes. Arrive later if they wind you up. Life’s too short to queue in small spaces with busy kids and too many adults.

Do you not queue?

They get in the way of those queueing to drop their children at school. That's rude

They sound like the type of don't have much going on in their lives so use the school run to socialise and gossip.
They know what they're doing in my experience.
You wouldn't come across as crazy saying something to them be prepared for the backlash. Groups like this don't tend to respond well.
Could you ask the school to politely remind them of the queue in the next newsletter?

Re queuing, no, we have a “window” when the children can go in, it’s about 10 or 15 mins worth. I arrive a little later so the enormous gaggle of chattering parents have moved off and aren’t in the way any more.

OP You could ask for something in the newsletter but I’d give it two weeks before the brainless idiots are back to it.

I do have a good deal of sympathy for you though!

Get a group of like minded mums to do it instead!

Sounds pathetic but I've seen in this in action and it changed the dynamics of the school for the better.

Very mixed area and the dominating parents were the ones with 3/4 children all going through school. SAHM who all knew teachers my first name. Involved in pta etc. (and decided which other parents would be allowed to help which meant they protected their agenda).

One day a new family moved to school. The mum was very friendly. Chatty and great SOH. Had been on pta at kids old school.

After seeing the alpha mum dynamic she bided her time getting other mums opinions subtly and found those who wanted change but didnt have the confidence.

One day she got a group to get to an event early and get the spot they thought they owned and no one else dared to sit in even if there first.

It was hilarious because they couldn't basically say "it's ours". The best one said was "it's just we always sit here" which was met with "well it's either because it's a prime spot in which case I'm sure you'll think it great others have had a chance at it or you have just got stuck in a rut because it's actually public space and you seriously expect it to be permanently empty in case you wish to use it?"