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

3and....i just said something similar about getting hacked off when it is a man in a van, obviously in a hurry to get his lunch break sandwich, could care less whether it is "badge holders" only disabled parking or not ! i saw it often in london

Squonk - dont go LOL - I know what you mean though I come on here to get away from the stress and hassle of life not to get even more.

Im off to a girly site to talk about hair gel - im sure you cant scrap about that!

why does this always turn into disabled parking?

jesus

here it is

should people without young children park in P&T spaced

one million how dare they and personal stories

half a million this happened when i had ds in a wheelchair and couln't buy a melon stories.

ten people ask " why dont they enforce it?"
ten more reply " only the disabled parking is a legal requirement"
one million people state " thats not fair

three people bravely admit parking in M&T space

one million say " your scum"

1 person uses real name and says " i park in diabled bay when there are 10 free - whats the problem"

one million responsed along the same - you're scum lines and 50 mumsnetters telling horrific stories of disabled children/partners not being able to get in tesco for aforementioned melon.

diabilities aside - jesus ladies get over it - and park at the back where theres loads of spaces - and if there arnt your goint at the wrong time - then walk.

I absolutly agree...with you yellowrose...especially as it will be those with the least need it, like fit young people, businessmen, etc...that will misuse them
Must say though, due to Corbys very high rate of disability, carparks tend to really have a high amount of disabled carparks, so, here it doesn't seem to be a problem so much...but I suppose it does depend on the area.

"Yellowrose, O suppose that was a typo there...I assume you mean perfectly able people without the blue badge parking in disabled Bay...absolutly that is completely wrong".

3andnomore - yes that is what i meant - there are too many able people parking in disabled spaces.

sorry if i confused was typing too fast and jumping threads at same time

I find online shopping brilliant. We have been doing it for well over a year and hardly ever have problems. If anything is close to it's sell by date you phone up and they refund the money. It saves time, money, hassle, car park rage and just eliminates one of life's chores... what's not to love!

Yellowrose, O suppose that was a typo there...I assume you mean perfectly able people without the blue badge parking in disabled Bay...absolutly that is completely wrong.

Squonk, I think it was a slightly later post, not the op, that got people head up a bit, the one where you said:
"By squonk on Mon 05-Feb-07 15:17:01
how about disabled people using the parent & child space because there aren't any disabled ones left? That gets to me, because we wouldn't use their space!! "

Aqua, shopping delivery is not always an option, not everyone has a credit or debit card I suppose. Also, I found when I did online shopping, I often would get the not so nice and fresh looking stuff, or stuff near the sell bye date, which isn't that great...however, it did save me money at the time, as I wasn't doing any impulse buying And at that time, it was worth me doing it, as the delievery costs were about the same as I would have spend on petrol anyway.

Oh dear, ladies, how about shopping online and getting it delivered?! Solves all the problems!

I still think people who park in them are scum.

oh, good idea bout on-line shopping did it once with tesco - during the week it only costs around £3.95 for home delivery which saves a lot of agro plus i probably spend as much on petrol sitting in traffic, etc !

I must live in the wrong city. Tesco's is always packed to the gills, as is Sainsbury's. S's have about 20 disabled parking and they are always full. I got the store number so I usually call them from outside the door and ask for a member of staff to unload DD for me and then wait with her while I go park.
But I usually go to Tesco's cos its cheaper (althout tehy don't do orange ice lollies :-( )

I think there should be special Mumsnet Member Bays

flutterbee - think the point is that whats the point of having spaces if other people park in them. Wether you decide to use them or not is your choice. I am very slim but still find it an arse when trying to get dd out of car when some t**w has parked so close next to me that I cant open the door wide enough without the fear of knocking their door and knowing the possability of them knocking mine. Just because you think we dont have a life does not mean we cant have out own little bug bears. This is one of mine and obviously one of a fair few parents. it is also obviously a popular and most used facility as places would not make the time to have these bays and they would never be full when trying to park in one.
I never park in disabled bays and dont think i have seen disabled people park in M&B bays.I do get annoyed when people do park in either when they are not disabled or a parent with children as there are peole out there who need them.

you can park in my baby and parent space at Tesco's any time you want - the one i go to is nearly always deserted any way

squonk - you are being unreasonable for leaving the thread

I think, morally, that unless there is clearly no where else to park, and no extenuating circumstances that you should probably be allowed to put those VERY sticky labels that traffic people use on their window

but how many disabled people do you see parking in disabled parking which imo is even worse ?

dh has a friend who is in a wheelchair and says he never finds space in disabled parking - always taken up by inconsiderate, lazy b**s

custardo, doesn't it depend though how far away you live from a shop?
Must admit, since we moved to Corby I do usually now walk to the shops, as we live near a Morrisons and a Asda, so, only tend to use the car if I am on my way to go somewhere else further away. However, when we lived in teh country the neares shop was 10 or more miles away, no footpaths neither...not ideal...I don't mind walking 2-3 miles either way, as I do now, but 10 or more, hm....although, then I tended to do online shopping....

yes you are being unreasonable. why dont you walk with your babies? eh eh? what makes you so special?

bobalinga - like the name

Maybe we're too much into convenience now? I lived in the States for 2 years and used to watch bemused as perfectly healthy people ignored further away spaces and drove round and round for ages trying to get as close to the store as possible. then I get bavk and see it happening here.
If I don't have the wheelchaired one with me I tend to park some distance away cos there's loads of places and I can get doors open etc. Don't mind the saunter across the car park.
But usually, if I'm DD free I cycle or catch the bus. Lot less stressy :-)