#and then the public meadow walkway that's supposed to be open to everyone and which is the main path to walk into the city centre was

[katya-goncharov]

today i acted kind of karen like in public for about the first time in my life, and i'm honestly still astonished at myself

#basically me and my friend were on our way to the pantomime and we'd scheduled JUST enough time to walk over #and then the public meadow walkway that's supposed to be open to everyone and which is the main path to walk into the city centre was #just. randomly closed off unless you had a wristband to prove you'd paid for some event that was being held there. there were #literally security people checking and not letting anyone else through. so i went and asked how we could get into town and they #were like oh you'll have to head back and walk all the way round the meadows. which would have made us really late #and i wasn't THAT rude but i did say to them ''um but isn't this a public walkway? is it even legal to close it off?'' and argued a bit #and the security person just said it was the council's decision. so i left it at that and i had to call my mum to get her to give us a lift #with the car and we STILL ended up being late for the pantomime :( #but yeah i didn't cause a scene or anything but i WAS more argumentative than i ever usually am! and i'm surprised because i've #never had that sort of confidence before. i was just so mad because it's meant to be a public path!!!! it was the route google maps #told us to go and they can't just suddenly charge you money to walk through public places just to get where you're going! it's just like. #the injustice and wrongness of it! and it was such a stressful evening. but i think maybe it's a good thing that i'm getting better at #standing up for myself. as long as i don't start being a bitch to customer service people. which i don't intend to!