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... to expect people who use parent & baby car parking spaces to have children with them?

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fryalot · 05/02/2007 15:11

Or am I the only who gets fed up of waiting for a space because they are all filled with lazy b***ds who can't be bothered to walk an extra yard?

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PinkTulips · 05/02/2007 15:34
  • just to clarify i no longer think that was supposed to be sarcastic (wish it had been coz it's pretty ignorant)
Jimjams2 · 05/02/2007 15:34

don't worry PT I misread all the time!

Jimjams2 · 05/02/2007 15:33

I do think that anyone who really can't cope with shopping with children unless they park in a P and T space (why would you wait for one to get free - park somewhere else fgs - and yes I have 3 children and grande scenic I know all about getting babies out of oversized cars) should go without children, after they're in bed. There problem solved.

munz · 05/02/2007 15:33

PT - I read it as a seriosu comment, and as I say you can't judge with the disabled folks - if they have a badge tehn obv they're entitled to the spot - just cos you cna't see the disablity doesn't mean they're not iycwim.

perhaps the coiuncils/super markets could adpot a P&T badge or soemthing?

PinkTulips · 05/02/2007 15:32

sorry jimjams... have ds trying to help me compute and i skim read that bit

lazyline · 05/02/2007 15:32

DUNGBEETLE: I think that when your child is old enough to get themselves in the car and strapped in, you don't need a special parking space anymore. IMO.

Jenski · 05/02/2007 15:31

This is a big rant....

One time i couldn't get a baby space so I parked in a normal space. I sprint to get the right type of trolley, locking my newborn and 18month old in car. I came back and put 18 month old in car first. I put trolley next to car with the brake on and go to get baby from the car, turning back to find that dd1 is rolling away in the trolley. Luckily a friendly passing chap catches trolley and stops it going any further. Then another friendly person comes over and holds the trolley for me whilst I put dd2 in!

After shopping we come back and I am now clued up to trolley's inefficient brake and we ask supermarket car park man to hold the trolley whilst I put babies in car. He assists with a smile and continues on his merry way.

BUT where does he go? Because in the time it takes me to start my engine, 2 vehicles with no babies in them park in two available baby spaces! I manage to collar one lady who has parked her landrover discovery and she tells me "Oh, I'm allowed to park here because I drive a larger vehicle!" What because you don't know how to park your fuel guzzling planet killer more like!!! AHH!

Jimjams2 · 05/02/2007 15:31

Really, what the 15.17 one, and the 15.22 one. Squonk is aware she's being unfair in her irriatation. I'm aware that I'm being quite fair. Talk about not knowing you're bloody born.

madmarchhare · 05/02/2007 15:31

Oh here goes nothing, Ive used a P&T space without having DS in the car.

Shoot me now.

Sorry, but I dont think its really that big a deal.

PinkTulips · 05/02/2007 15:31

o hang on.... that was me being thick wasn't it?

no definitely don't agree with that statement squonk.... however awkward it might be with kids, disabled people need the space more every time

2shoes · 05/02/2007 15:30

VERY well said jimjams

PinkTulips · 05/02/2007 15:29

jimjams.... i don't think anyone minds disabled driver using them... i think that comment was supposed to be sarcastic. or maybe i read it wrong?

FioFio · 05/02/2007 15:28

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Jimjams2 · 05/02/2007 15:28

I find people who are irritated by disabled people using P and T spaces remarkably irritating and incredibly self centred, and just a teensy weensy little bit sad.

skibump · 05/02/2007 15:28

Yep, along with everyone else

I asked a woman who had parked next to me if she realised it was P&B, she said she was going to collect a child - but her car was already full of other people - duh! If she was enough to try to excuse it then why did she do it in the first place?

Personally I wouldn't mind if the spaces weren't right outside the door - as long as they were big enough to get a baby in a car seat in & out, I don't mind walking!

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fryalot · 05/02/2007 15:28
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PinkTulips · 05/02/2007 15:28

on a related topic... i almost had a fit when i saw a man in aldi with the one and only baby trolly with no baby and i was struggling with my month old ds, 18 mohth old dd and a trolly

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fryalot · 05/02/2007 15:27

my real problem, fio, is with business-men types who park there because it's easy.

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MissGolightly · 05/02/2007 15:27

No, I don't mind disabled people using P&C spaces.

Don't get me started on what happens if their car is too big for regular sized spaces! My hatred of 4x4s is only exceeded by my hatred of plug-in airfreshners. If it were up to me their car would be crushed until it DID fit into a regular sized space.

(Although I do live in London, I don't mind 4x4s in the country.)

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fryalot · 05/02/2007 15:27

well, mellow.... my dp has banned me from approaching people and following them round the supermarket telling everyone that they took the last parent and child space when they don't have any children etc. when I have the dcs with me as he worries about car park rage; and it seems somewhat pointless when I don't have them with me.

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FioFio · 05/02/2007 15:26

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ItsMeMellowma · 05/02/2007 15:25

Do you approach people when they do this squonk?

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fryalot · 05/02/2007 15:25

that's very true. I don't care how far I have to walk - although it's helpful if the trolleys are near the car parking space - I just need the space, like you say.

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tirnanog · 05/02/2007 15:25

the disabled person is probably parking in parent and toddler space because someone is parked in disabled bay!!!

PinkTulips · 05/02/2007 15:24

they should stop putting them right by the doors and people wouldn't steal them.... we just need the extra space to get kids out, not to be 5 feetfrom the entrance