Because I do not wish to alarm a small child by yelling at his or her mother/father/nanny in public, I hereby submit the following open letter.
Dear Caregiver:
Although I realize that the needs of a child can, at times, take on great urgency, I do not think that it is in the child's -- or anyone else's -- best interest for you to treat the stroller you're pushing as an instrument of force. I do sympathize with the plight of attempting to get a child to daycare on time during rush hour on crowded city sidewalks, but I do not see how running the stroller's wheels into my ankles helps your cause.
Yes, the instrument you are using has wheels and therefore could be considered a vehicle, but strollers don't come with horns or directional signals, so please don't think that you deserve the same respect as a car or bicycle. Transporting a child does not give you carte blanche to mow over pedestrians; in doing so recently, you almost caused me to fall onto the baby. That definitely would have made you late for daycare, which is all you seemed to care about.
The majority of people would be sick if they harmed a child. Please don't put anyone in this position, especially the child! If your stroller is behind me, I can't see you (because I am not a car either, I don't come installed with a rearview mirror). Therefore, take care and "drive" responsibly. Remember that you're pushing around a little human life, not your own agenda.
Most sincerely,
GalWednesday
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What's almost as bad is when someone is loading his or her child into the back of a car and decides to take up the adjacent parking space in the process. Where would the parent/guardian go if both spaces were filled? Just park as close to the edge of the space as you can and load your bastard from the back.
That sounded wrong, didn't it?
These are the same cretins who, while standing on a street corner at a red light, position the stroller so that it is closer to the traffic than they are.
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