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So, private polling for Labour in London puts Labour and the Lib Dems with the same number of seats on Southwark Council come May. It’s not clear from this Guardian article (link below) if that will be all due to Labour losses or if the Lib Dems will actually make some gains in Southwark. Either way, the Greens are set for a massive surge in seats across London, if the polling is correct. Labour urged to listen to progressive voters or face ‘political earthquake’ in London | Labour | The Guardian

I shouted at someone who pushed by me on the tube last week, as they got off I said your could least say "excuse me". Somebody told me "they did". Whoops, humble pie. I have no idea whether the original poster overreacted. I have done far too many times, and try (or should try harder) to learn from this, and do regret not handling things better/calmer. I expect most of have similar 'guilty' secrets. There's a separate thread on why, being British, we apologise when it is not our fault, or when we simply want to get past someone. Excuse me (and/or thank you when they move out of your way) is appropriate. Even people who you wouldn't fancy meeting on a dark alley do this. And I apologise for being so judgmental, I couldn't find the right words. (if you remember this ad you may be considered by some to be old)

Leon came to do a full electrical check and sort out some problem lights yesterday. He came on time, was very polite and friendly and was a pleasure to do business with. He didn’t laugh at me when one of the problems was very badly designed lights (even if they look great) where the bulbs needed to be changed. He’ll probably get years of repeat business from these lights. His rates are very reasonable and I don’t hesitate to recommend him. p.s I found him on this forum but have only just joined, specifically to leave Leon a review.

I hope you have sought medical attention as well. You should have antibiotics as well, as someone else has said. You could get sepsis too.

It's all relative... right?

A mother of 2 preschoolers riding their bikes on the pavement who I had to carefully negotiate did indeed see it as a teaching moment. As I walked away, I heard her say to her children "Guys you must look out for the old people." It was the day I officially became old. 😄

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Maybe all gone to village or Peckham…

Fair enough. But I think that, if my four-year-old rammed into a pedestrian, I would see it as a teachable moment for my child, even if I thought the pedestrian had over-reacted. Unless that pedestrian was abusive (the OP comes across as rattled, but not irate), I would try to bear in mind that it was my fault not to be supervising my kid. I don't think I'd laugh or caveat my apology, I'd just suck it up. It's been a few years since my kids were causing these kinds of problems, but I did get shouted at by someone recently, because of something our dog did. I thought he was over-reacting - and he was actually quite aggressive and unpleasant towards me - but I took it on the chin because fundamentally I was in the wrong.

OP has said a lot about that. They've been a bit less forthcoming in describing their own behaviour in how they "raised the issue"! Perhaps that might explain the laughing onlookers. Perhaps not.

That's a great review, well done, Bara!

I think RM put out weird messages like this when they don't have the resources to fulfil the service within the time frame their customer has paid for. I once had a message regarding a parcel non delivery that they were unable to deliver as my address was inaccessible as if there were severe blizzards or storms. They did however manage to deliver the regular mail that day.

This thread is about the father's ungenerous and snide reaction towards a pedestrian, into which his four-year-old collided. Not about whether said child should have been cycling on the pavement. It's a thread about parenting so stop hijacking it, just so you can showcase, yet again, your vast and superior knowledge about roads, bikes, cars, driving, the law, pavements, ebikes, LTNs. PCNs, lanes, lines, speed limits, helmets, lights, dayglow, lycra etc etc etc.