What kind of mother does this?

**PrincessBandit** · 26th February 2008, 16:15

Driving over the Station Rd overbridge this afternoon in Manure-wa, I spotted a woman (I am assuming the tot's mum) standing at the crest of the bridge waiting to dash across to the other side. This is not a wide section of the road I might add. She was just out of view on my side (as this bridge has a bit of a bend in it) so I only saw her as I started following round to the left, and i nearly had a heart attack when I saw the stroller (that yes, her little one was sitting in) was on the friggin road! Here she is standing on the relative safety of the footpath while her wee kiddie was potential road kill! I gave her the "what the hell....." look as I drove slowly past and she just looked straight through me. Anyone coming over that bridge at speed could easily have clipped that stroller and we'd have had some biased news report on the telly that night about a kid being struck by some (unspoken implication here) reckless driver. Sheeeesh! Where was this woman's brain?

**jrandom** · 26th February 2008, 16:25

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Manure-wa... Sheeeesh! Where was this woman's brain?

You answered your own question.

A lateral thinker pondering South Auckland might chance upon an easy solution to 67.3% of NZ's social problems:

**martybabe** · 26th February 2008, 17:10

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Driving over the Station Rd overbridge this afternoon in Manure-wa, I spotted a woman (I am assuming the tot's mum) standing at the crest of the bridge waiting to dash across to the other side. This is not a wide section of the road I might add. She was just out of view on my side (as this bridge has a bit of a bend in it) so I only saw her as I started following round to the left, and i nearly had a heart attack when I saw the stroller (that yes, her little one was sitting in) was on the friggin road! Here she is standing on the relative safety of the footpath while her wee kiddie was potential road kill! I gave her the "what the hell....." look as I drove slowly past and she just looked straight through me. Anyone coming over that bridge at speed could easily have clipped that stroller and we'd have had some biased news report on the telly that night about a kid being struck by some (unspoken implication here) reckless driver. Sheeeesh! Where was this woman's brain?

would that it were a rare occurance, seen it loadsa times, scares the shit outta me.Why can they not see it. fools I tell ya!

I bet she was disgusted when michael Jackson hung his kid over the balcony though.

**bull** · 26th February 2008, 22:08

yep see it all the time too, i remember back to when i walked my kids around in the pram/stroller, always made a point of having it right beside me at the crossings etc, just cant understand why people, not just the mums keep the pram out in front literally on the road whilst they stand safely behind it.

Some people grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

**Usarka** · 26th February 2008, 22:21

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

What kind of mother does this?

the kind that our society likes to encourage and support......

**heyjoe** · 26th February 2008, 22:55

Imagine having a photo of this incident and showing it to the toddler when he/she is an adult and wondering what they would think of how their safety was always forefront in their mum's mind.

**The Lone Rider** · 26th February 2008, 23:08

Kinda puts my cocaine addict, alcoholic, promiscuious birth mother, who was popping us out when she was 14, into perspective.

**Okey Dokey** · 27th February 2008, 07:20

I couldn't agree more; have seen this so many times!

**Hitcher** · 27th February 2008, 08:31

It's obvious what this mother's reasons were: she wanted to start an inane rant on an online motorcycle forum.

She has succeeded famously. Bless her.

**Blue Velvet** · 27th February 2008, 08:36

Originally Posted by Usarka

That's such a shit logo. It has nothing going for it.

**Hitcher** · 27th February 2008, 08:38

Originally Posted by Blue Velvet

That's such a shit logo. It has nothing going for it.

It symbolises an overweight person absconding with an armload of goodies, thus accurately encapsulating the primary role of WINZ.

**Usarka** · 27th February 2008, 08:42

I thought the "sunshine" was supposed to represent a baby.

The lady is dancing because the baby has brought her money, rent, and other "living allowances".

She's fat for two reasons: a) because shes spending the money on herself not the baby. and b) shes just got impregnated again so she can get more money, rent, and "living allowances".

**Blue Velvet** · 27th February 2008, 08:47

Originally Posted by Hitcher

It symbolises an overweight person absconding with an armload of goodies, thus accurately encapsulating the primary role of WINZ.

Aesthetically it has no merit.

**nodrog:Me** · 27th February 2008, 08:49

Originally Posted by Blue Velvet

Aesthetically it has no merit.

yeah, it doesnt even have tits, now thats a bad mother!

**Blue Velvet** · 27th February 2008, 08:52

Originally Posted by Usarka

I thought the "sunshine" was supposed to represent a baby.

The lady is dancing because the baby has brought her money, rent, and other "living allowances".

She's fat for two reasons: a) because shes spending the money on herself not the baby. and b) shes just got impregnated again so she can get more money, rent, and "living allowances".

Originally Posted by nodrog

yeah, it doesnt even have tits, now thats a bad mother!

She doesn't need tits, someone else will look after sunshine once she's collected her "allowances".