Woman's 'diabolical' park act kicks off heated debate over playground etiquette
By Amy Lyall|
There are a lot of things you never really think about until you become a parent, and one of them is how much time you'll actually spend at the park.?
The playground is a must for burning energy, meeting up with friends so you can actually have a conversation จC if you are lucky จC and being a space to just let your kids run free.?
But a mum on Instagram has started a very interesting debate about park etiquette after what has been described as a "diabolical" situation at her local park.?
Watch the video above.
"Hey Mums ??จC is park etiquette a thing?!?" she captioned the post.
She told viewers she needed to have a "quick rant" about what happened at the park.?
The mum said there was a woman already pushing her daughter on the swing when she arrived, so when her little girl wanted a turn, she told her to just be patient and wait for her go.?
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"But this lady, who was well aware, well aware that we were waiting for the swing, took half an hour," she said.?
"There was no acknowledgement of, 'Sorry we'll just be another 10 minutes' or, 'Hey darling, let's share the swing with this girl', nothing. None of the above.?
"She just proceeded to look at me while she swung her daughter, for half an hour, while there were kids waiting for a turn of the much-wanted swing.?
"Is that rude, or is that just me?"?
The video had mums fired up for several reasons, and the comments concluded the woman who spent 30 minutes on the swing was rude.?
"That is nottt okay. Some people really have no idea," commented one person.?
Another agreed and replied, "That is so rude."?
"Gobsmacked!!" added another.?
One mum summed it up and commented, "30 minutes is diabolical!!"
"It's rude ! Sometimes when people are taking too long, I say 'Hello, can my son have a turn when you're done?'" added one mum.?
Others couldn't believe the mum wanted to spend her time doing that.?
"Who even wants to push their kid on the swing for 30 minutes. 5minutes or 10 minutes max if no one is there but 30 minutes that's ridiculous haha," replied another mum.?
Some pointed out the biggest issue in all of this จC no park has enough swings.
"Can we normalise parks having 4x the amount of swings," replied another mum.?
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As a mum myself, I am no stranger to talking my daughter into getting off the swing จC which she loves จC to give someone else a turn, or making her wait patiently to have a go.?
I asked a bunch of my mum friends what their expectations are in terms of sharing the swings at a park.?
"This stumps me every time," said a friend of mine who has three kids when I asked her how long should your "turn" be on a swing.??
"Until I'm dying from awkwardness standing there being stared at. So max three to five minutes.?
Another friend said, "If other kids are waiting, we usually give the kids probably five minutes then it's time to do something else."
When I explained the situation to another mum, she said the swing is a 20-minute exercise at maximum.
"You're there so the kid loses energy, not to build your arm muscles," she joked.
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