That's Just How We Stroll

[Hey, You!] A casualty of the monster-stroller rally

To the rude woman who ran over my foot with her kid’s 100-pound stroller at Kohl’s: There is such a thing as right of way. Whether driving, biking or just plain walking, it’s so easy you don’t have to be smart to remember it: Stay to your right! You even had the nerve to call me “classless” when I exclaimed about how my foot hurt when you ruthlessly ran the stroller over it. Am I supposed to suffer in silence? You were so caught up in starting a fight you didn’t bother to apologize. If “having class,” in your dictionary, means walking all over town with a sense of entitlement, expecting people to get out of the way of your monstrous stroller (which, by the way, wasn’t even being used to transport your kid, but instead contained a crazy pile of purses, towels and other shit) and acting unapologetic if you do end up hitting someone, then I’m proud to say I am truly classless.

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  • Oh Please 12/14/2010 2:13:00 AM

    Kim, why must the store make everything perfect for your gigantic stroller? They have shopping carts for which you can place your child in. Including infant car seats. There is NO reason what so ever you should be hauling your gigantic stroller into Kohls. Use a cart like normal humans and stop jumping to baby hating name calling just because people won't bend over backward for your stupid unneeded stroller.

  • SAchick 03/21/2010 9:27:00 AM

    Yeah, this is tragic. A lot of moms nowadays can't afford babysitters so understandably they take their kids with them wherever they go (shopping, etc.) but at the same time, they should be mindful of the inconvenience that their big, bulky strollers cause to the people around them. i had the same experience recently, and the mom also had the nerve to call me names. and yeah to kim, i think the column up there was meant for you...you are obviously miffed by it. write your own column you people-hater. just because you are a mother with a brat doesn't mean that the whole world revolves around you.

  • Irvine lady 03/21/2010 9:12:00 AM

    Kim, I think the column above is directed at the inconsiderate mother, not the baby? So perhaps the comment 'baby-hater' is A BIT uncalled for. Read it again, maybe you'll get it right this time.

  • J-Dizzle 03/17/2010 3:58:00 AM

    Bill, just so I am clear, you'll harm an innocent child because their parent is uncapable of piloting a stroller? "I'm going to stomp your baby's skull"...would love to hear you explain your rational to the judge, or try that with a Father pushing their child in a stroller, tough guy.

  • Bill Hicks 03/13/2010 2:07:00 AM

    I've seen this a million times, as have millions of decent Americans. A woman using a baby carriage with a baby in it as a battering ram. Pushing and shoving her way as she pleases, all the while using the baby as cover. Here's what I do if a woman strikes me with her baby carriage: I put my foot right above the baby's face and say "lady, I don't care if this is your precious baby. You hit me again with this carriage and I'm going to stop your baby's skull with my steel-toed boots. Consequences be damned." They can't respond. It works every time. It also achieves the goal of getting these self-important leeches to think twice about using their baby as a ram again.

  • 03/12/2010 10:50:00 PM

    I have no problem with people getting ticked because women with strollers can be tunnel visioned and rude when navigating strollers. HOWEVER, places like Kohls and such have made it immensely difficult for parents to shop with strollers because you have to be a size 2 to even navigate the distance between clothes racks. And when some self-absorbed baby-hater refuses to notice that someone is heading forth with a stroller and can't manage to move out of the way (since navigating a double stroller is a big like driving a big rig) then I have zero sympathy for you. It's a two way street asshole.

  • Sgirl 03/12/2010 8:37:00 AM

    I have had the same thing happen. This drives me insane. These chicks walk around with these giant strollers and run everyone down thinking that because they have a baby they have the right of way. It is nuts. The side by side double strollers are the worst! You can't even get around them. These chicks roll around with screaming babies oblivously shopping and ignorning the kids all the while annoying the ever loving shit out of everyone else. Just because you have a baby in that stroller doesn't mean I won't smack the shit out of you if you need it!

  • WebPixie 03/12/2010 8:06:00 AM

    Couldn't agree more!

 

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