May 12, 2013 2:12 AM GMT
Rant ahead!
Today my respect for young mothers has eroded further and I'm compelled to ask - does transporting a baby give every mother a free pass?
Today while at the head of a line waiting for someone to vacate a parking space a woman drives the wrong way down the one-way lane of the diagonally-spaced parking lot spots and waits for the occupant to back out so she could back into the space. I pulled up alongside her and stopped, she rolled down her window to tell me that she was waiting for the space and I replied "Didn't you see me waiting first? And you're coming the wrong way down a one-way lane." She argued that there were no arrows painted on the ground and I pointed out the "One-Way" signposts everywhere. That's when she said "But I have a baby!" Now she couldn't tell that I was hurting from a pulled calf muscle but still, why does having a baby make it all right for her to steal the spot? Being in a cunty mood myself I put on a concerned face and asked "Omg, did your baby stop breathing? No? Why should I care?" As you can imagine things went downhill from there and she screamed that I'd better be more respectful to women. I yelled back that I was no misogynist but after witnessing a collision the week before in the same lane when someone else drove the wrong way how could I respect her for driving the same way with an infant in the car? To her credit, perhaps because there were witnesses behind me, she relinquished the spot and sped on.
I've heard that "But I have a baby!" excuse before a couple days after Hurricane Sandy. On a gas line loaded with angry, explosive New Yorkers I got stuck blocking a parking lot exit and a woman started screaming at me to move. I got out of the car to yell back that I couldn't back up because no one behind me could hear her but I'd walk the line and tell them but she kept screaming and cursing at me. I asked her where the fire was and she screamed "But I have a baby!" and kept screaming at me to move my car. Imagine picking a fight with someone who'd obviously spent five hours on a gas line who was only delaying her for two minutes! Everyone was suffering and if the fire was THERE and there was any actual gasoline available she'd have probably thrown it on it. That's when I (until today) made a life decision to not engage the crazies and just keep my eyes straight ahead, doors locked and windows rolled up.
We're all familiar with mothers using occupied strollers as battering rams, right? Well here's a more sickening twist. My former Manhattan apartment building was occupied with a bevy of possibly the best educated stay-at-home moms in America. Even though a uniformed doorman with a whistle would turn on the "taxi" light atop the sidewalk canopy and blow and gesture curbside for a cab, many of these women would still push their occupied strollers onto the busy avenue in the line of speeding taxicabs to get them to stop.
Now I live on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac with the road narrowing to a one-lane loop around a landscaped island. Because of an obvious blind spot the two young mothers on the block put out orange cones whenever their kids are playing in the street. Last week I was walking my dogs earlier than usual and saw what I thought was a shocking sight - mother #2 pulled into mother #1's driveway, added #1's kids to hers in her SUV, then sped the wrong way down the wrong way street straight 'round that blind curve as #1 waved her on.
Yet all these bitches will still play the "I have a baby!" card and as if they're Mother Teresa when in reality if they have to choose between being a minute late and their child's safety they'll choose being on time every time!
Yeah, being a parent is the toughest job you can have but really, does anyone else think these women don't deserve a free pass?
Rant over.
Today my respect for young mothers has eroded further and I'm compelled to ask - does transporting a baby give every mother a free pass?
Today while at the head of a line waiting for someone to vacate a parking space a woman drives the wrong way down the one-way lane of the diagonally-spaced parking lot spots and waits for the occupant to back out so she could back into the space. I pulled up alongside her and stopped, she rolled down her window to tell me that she was waiting for the space and I replied "Didn't you see me waiting first? And you're coming the wrong way down a one-way lane." She argued that there were no arrows painted on the ground and I pointed out the "One-Way" signposts everywhere. That's when she said "But I have a baby!" Now she couldn't tell that I was hurting from a pulled calf muscle but still, why does having a baby make it all right for her to steal the spot? Being in a cunty mood myself I put on a concerned face and asked "Omg, did your baby stop breathing? No? Why should I care?" As you can imagine things went downhill from there and she screamed that I'd better be more respectful to women. I yelled back that I was no misogynist but after witnessing a collision the week before in the same lane when someone else drove the wrong way how could I respect her for driving the same way with an infant in the car? To her credit, perhaps because there were witnesses behind me, she relinquished the spot and sped on.
I've heard that "But I have a baby!" excuse before a couple days after Hurricane Sandy. On a gas line loaded with angry, explosive New Yorkers I got stuck blocking a parking lot exit and a woman started screaming at me to move. I got out of the car to yell back that I couldn't back up because no one behind me could hear her but I'd walk the line and tell them but she kept screaming and cursing at me. I asked her where the fire was and she screamed "But I have a baby!" and kept screaming at me to move my car. Imagine picking a fight with someone who'd obviously spent five hours on a gas line who was only delaying her for two minutes! Everyone was suffering and if the fire was THERE and there was any actual gasoline available she'd have probably thrown it on it. That's when I (until today) made a life decision to not engage the crazies and just keep my eyes straight ahead, doors locked and windows rolled up.
We're all familiar with mothers using occupied strollers as battering rams, right? Well here's a more sickening twist. My former Manhattan apartment building was occupied with a bevy of possibly the best educated stay-at-home moms in America. Even though a uniformed doorman with a whistle would turn on the "taxi" light atop the sidewalk canopy and blow and gesture curbside for a cab, many of these women would still push their occupied strollers onto the busy avenue in the line of speeding taxicabs to get them to stop.
Now I live on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac with the road narrowing to a one-lane loop around a landscaped island. Because of an obvious blind spot the two young mothers on the block put out orange cones whenever their kids are playing in the street. Last week I was walking my dogs earlier than usual and saw what I thought was a shocking sight - mother #2 pulled into mother #1's driveway, added #1's kids to hers in her SUV, then sped the wrong way down the wrong way street straight 'round that blind curve as #1 waved her on.
Yet all these bitches will still play the "I have a baby!" card and as if they're Mother Teresa when in reality if they have to choose between being a minute late and their child's safety they'll choose being on time every time!
Yeah, being a parent is the toughest job you can have but really, does anyone else think these women don't deserve a free pass?
Rant over.
I just grabbed the eggs out of his hands before he could break them and reshelved them, telling her the eggs were on their way to getting broken (not to mention sanitary considerations). Would you believe she gave 
