Today's irritants

[Fuschia]

Pushing the buggy while 3 children keep stopping in front of it so i can't move it, turn, or get through gates

Persons unknown have eaten 5/6 of a a new tub of icecream sprinkles i stupidly left on the table

[Saffron]

18 month old toddler had a temper tantrum, then so did 37 year old husband!

(Admittedly this one is leftover from last night, and not a fresh irritant today, so either of them potentially have something else irritating yet to spring on me this evening...)

[buggie]

Having waited 1/2hr for a 484, then had the driver refuse to open the backdoors to let me on with bugglet in the buggy, luckily there was another mum at the same stop so with group effort on the fuss front he did finally let us on.

Another lady on the bus told us his bad mood + the long wait was due to him clipping a car round the corner from our stop (don't get why other 484's didn't get by though as the 343's seemed to be running ok!).

Doesn't look good for when I have to rely on this bus to & from work in a couple of months :(

[Saffron]

No, sorry to say the 484 is not reliable. There's a thread going on it in the 'Issues' Section of the Forum, I think. I'm particularly peed off at the design of the new 484, which is complete RRRRRUBBISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ko]

buggie Wrote:

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> Having waited 1/2hr for a 484, then had the driver

> refuse to open the backdoors to let me on with

> bugglet in the buggy

what a horrible, nasty bus driver!!!

[Saffron]

I've had a driver (a woman driver, even!) not let me on with a buggy at all. She said there was no room, but there clearly was. I contacted TFL about it. They said they take complaints very seriously. To make a formal complaint, make a note of the time, the bus route and location of the stop, and driver no. if possible.

[buggie]

Oooh, thanks for reminding me - made sure I took a photo of the contact info so I could do an email! Can't believe how narrow the walkway is between getting on and the buggy bit... am sure Mum's and children must be one of the groups that keeps routes like this going so deserve better!

[Ruth_Baldock]

Husband moaning about newborn nappies flung all over the room and the state of the flat in general (pretty good, had a deep clean just before I went into Kings)

had to remind him I had a c/s less than 48hours ago. Should have stayed in the PN ward. Prat.

[Belle]

Buggie - I've heard people having arguments with drivers over this before, they don't seem to get buggies mainly need to come on the back way.

[Pickle]

The fact that my husband and kids are away (for a whole week - yippee!!), I had no reason at all to be up this morning, yet I was wide awake at 6am. I blame being pregnant... is the baby's way of reminding me that I'll never rest again?!

On the plus side, I'm off to Bluewater for a day's shopping :)

[Fuschia]

Buggie and Ruth, commiserations

Pickle, have you 'come out' on here already? Congrats again, anyway

X

[Belle]

Congratulations on your pregnancy Pickle! (sorry for thread hijack F) - enjoy your child free week and hope you get some decent lie-ins once you get used to the quiet!

[jollybaby]

Many congrats pickle- will you be going into knitting overdrive?

[Ruth_Baldock]

Wow pickle!!! Great news, congratulations!!!!

[Pickle]

Thanks ladies - I "came out" on the winter baby club thread, kind of forgot that most of you wouldn't read that one! Yes, number 3 is due January. I'm officially a nutter.

I have had a lovely day, spent money I don't have at Bluewater and just back from a manicure. This is the life :)

[Helen GV]

Congratulations Pickle!