To want to monitor supermarket car parks voluntarily to catch people without children parking in the parent/child parking spaces?

[Hotmad]

Ok it's me again but a lot of things have occurred to me today that are unreasonable.
Today as I came out of the supermarket a woman in a big nice Mercedes pulled in next to my car into the parent and child bays, she did not have a child with her! I was so angry but as I'm not the confrontational type I threw her my best evil look and made a mental note to vent on MN later about it.
I never cared before but now I Have a new baby I realise there aren't actually that many of these bays going and if people use fraudulently then this is not fair and something needs to be done!

[Joules68]

Don't be ridiculous! They are a courtesy that's all

[ImATotJeSuisUneTot]

Ready........

Steady............

BOOM!

[PinkyHasNoEars]

A parking thread....

This isn't destined to go well.

[hmc]

Oh dear - perspective!

[willselfless]

Really?

[HappyMummyOfOne]

I wish they would just scrap them. People managed for years without them and nobidies baby melted in the rain if they had to walk across the car park.

[Fakebook]

[shoofly]

Yawn...

[shakinstevenslovechild]

and what do you think should be done exactly?

Throw people in the stocks?

Do your blood pressure a favour and do all your shopping online from now on.

[capsium]

Is it really worth it?

[Perfectlypurple]

What joules said

[CoffeeTea103]

What would you do if you went to a place that didn't cater for these special bays?

[Hotmad]

Uh oh.... Am I too new to MN to be posting about parking? Suddenly fear I might be taken seriously, should I have put light heartedin the title?

[picnicbasketcase]

Mind your own beeswax. Hth.

[Sirzy]

Wow I wish I had enough spare time I could consider volunteering to something so pointless....


Simple solution, move the spaces to the back of the car parks. Can gurantee they will always be empty then!

[Panzee]

I find it really hard to care about this, despite having two kids.

[SauvignonBlanche]

YABU

[IamInvisible]

Have you thought of a hobby?

Knitting or crochet is quite relaxing you know or maybe you could get a life!

[NaffOrf]

'fraudulently'?

Fuck me, I've heard it all now.

[Sirzy]

What would you do if you went to a place that didn't cater for these special bays?

I have asked this many times on similar threads yet nobody has ever given me an answer just pointed out why they NEED such spaces

[FloozeyLoozey]

It isn't fraud as it isn't a criminal offence.

[candycoatedwaterdrops]

Nothing makes me sadder and outraged than a person in a P&C space without a child.

[lljkk]

Maybe when people park little bollards should come up behind the vehicle. Which will only go down with a little token you insert having collected the token from customer service with child in tow.

[CromeYellow]

Most parents don't use them anyway as there's only a few. A very large lady without children parked in one the other day while I parked in a normal space. I assume she needed the extra space to ensure she could get in and out of the car, she certainly needed it more than I did. I've never had a problem with a normal space and don't really get the p&c spaces, parents can always get a smaller car if space to get a carseat out is an issue. Nice idea I suppose but there are many people who need them more.

[jollygoose]

ffs get a grip I can never understand why mothers and children need to be nearest to the shop. When my kids were small we had to walk a mile to nearest shop with pram, toddler etc and so what!