A MUM was left baffled when she found a rude note calling her an “idiot” had been left on her car.
Jem took to her TikTok page to post a video explaining the situation, as she revealed the note read: “Big car, little brain, thanks for leaving room to get my pram in boot, idiot.”
It was even punctuated with a “lot of underlining” and a “lot of capital letters”.
However, she insisted the note was completely out of order, as she hadn’t done anything wrong by parking in the parent and child bay – given that she needed room to get her son in and out.
“Clearly whoever wrote this needed a parent and child bay and I needed a parent and child bay,” she explained.
Jem went on to point out that the person probably shouldn’t have reversed their car into the space if they needed to access their boot.
But it’s hard to do anything but reverse in when the “normal” car parking spaces are so tiny – as they are where she lives.
Despite that, Jem said it’s not “the wisest of decisions” to reverse in if you need to access the boot, because the only way to do that is to park “half on the road, half not”.
“So whoever wrote me this delightful message on a morning where I’m already struggling, thank you,” Jem concluded.
“But the primary reason, this is why we need more parent and child bays!”
She also used the caption of the video to point out that while disabled vehicles are legally allowed to park in a parent and child space, it isn’t the same thing the other way around.
“A lot of us parents have said it, put the parking bays further away, we don’t care on the extra steps, we just want to be able to park and get our children in and out,” Jem continued.
“At least once per week I have to reverse my car out of a bay, leaving Jasper in his pram, to be able to create space to get in!”
The comments section was almost immediately filled with people weighing in on the situation, with virtually all of the remarks in support of Jem.
“I never reverse into a space if I need the pushchair out for this reason!” one said.
“Not sure what you were supposed to have done differently!”
“Such a rude note!” another sighed.
“They surely could’ve moved their car forward a tad and got their stuff in?
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“Cars are getting bigger and the spaces in car parks aren’t. We need new regulations!”
“Yeah, that sounds like a them problem – you’re not a mind reader,” a third commented.
“Completely their fault,” someone else insisted.
As another pointed out: “There weren’t parent & child spaces years ago & people managed.
“Everyone is so entitled these days, there was no need to leave a nasty note like that.”
