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to expect people shopping at the supermarket without children to NOT park in the mother and baby spaces

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alicet · 11/07/2007 17:47

Went to Asda this afternoon. As I was parking a lady was also parking next to me in the only other free mother and baby space. She then got out of her car, clearly had no child and walked into the store.

On my way out 2 young lads in a van pulled into the space I had just vacated.

This really p*sses me off. The car park is enormous - its not as though there are not enough spaces and indeed its very rare to have to walk very far anyway. These spaces are here for a reason.

Am I being unreasonable?

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MellowMaccaMellow · 16/07/2007 11:31

sorry not soryy oh shit bumped it again.....

MaccaMacca · 16/07/2007 10:02

Oh and prozac....soryy how could I forget them.

MaccaMacca · 16/07/2007 10:02

Valium and the occasional vodka.

It was a joke you know, ha ha ha, [nevermind]

2spells · 15/07/2007 21:25

fio there is always one on these threads.

FioFioJane · 15/07/2007 19:34

wtf are you on macacmacca?!

Sixofone · 15/07/2007 19:32

hurr hurr hurr

John Lewis don't do them either. I spent some considerable time today looking.

Alice, ignore the MN police. You post about whatever you like. People can either choose to reply or not, imo if you're only posting to go 'OMG like is this the 50 millionth time this year we've had this topic' then sod off and stop bullying new people

Peachy · 15/07/2007 19:22

A life?

oooh I'd like one of those, but I don't think Boden stock them

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alicet · 15/07/2007 18:23

I just love how everyone has a pop at me for innocently starting this thread not realising what a controversial topic it is (yes I have been on mumsnet for about 18 months but hadn't discovered AIBU till the last couple of weeks and don't check every 5 mins anyway as I have a LIFE) then despite professing it to be boring keeps it going by leaving pointless comments about how rubbish it is.

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alicet · 15/07/2007 18:22

Er.... MaccaMacca it wasn't until you just left your message!!!!

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MaccaMacca · 15/07/2007 15:08

ffs is this thread still going

MaccaMacca · 15/07/2007 15:08

Dh parked in a disabled space outside Tesco

[his excuse]

[torrential rain & lightening and empty carpark]

anyway.... he got caught

an old man came and asked "are you disabled"

dh: No!

man: This is a disabled space

DH: I know (puttting shopping away)

man (moving forward): You are not allowed to park etc etc etc etc .... Maude take his number plate...bloody cheek of the youngesters these days...

DH: okay..bye....[thinking is this is really so sad to be so about this]

Different if there were NO spaces but am talking HUGE Tesco so about 40 disabled spaces of which 5 were in use btw......

Peachy · 14/07/2007 18:42

Why do they do that? An hour at the gym but the walk across the car park is too bloody much! bizarre! used to haev an ex who spent most of the year touring mini shows and doing driving exhibitions that included manoevreing, yet he would aprk in disabled [grrrrr yes I know, i told him- prat- and he is Ex) spaces for the extra space. In a Mini.

PW you can't be worse at aprking than me. used to struggle with my mini's, now I have an Espace ! I actually choose where to shop based on car space width , although i very rarely drive at all these days

Sixofone · 14/07/2007 18:21

On this same topic - went to the gym today, to take baby swimming. Struggling back to P&T space with 4 bags and car seat, noticed a young woman in clicky stilettos and city shorts parking her Ka in the nearest P+T space to the entrance, on her way in to probably spend an hour on the treadmill . Lazy bloody cow.

FluffyMummy123 · 14/07/2007 17:23

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policywonk · 14/07/2007 17:22
FluffyMummy123 · 14/07/2007 17:20

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policywonk · 14/07/2007 17:01

Sorry peachy, wasn't aimed at anyone in particular.

Didn't know you could opt out of substitutes, so that was useful info.

Peachy · 14/07/2007 16:46

Oh and sixofone- Ocado- if only! they're not everywhere, sadly.

Peachy · 14/07/2007 16:45

We (or me anyway) weren't saying you shouldn't go to the supermarkets- just pointing things out from your post. I know about isolation and I know how much even a little contact means.

I really don't get this bebate tbh.

If the sign says P&T its P&T if the sign says disabled its disabled. If the sign says blue mongoose from planet zorg, then youre going insane.

Simple.

policywonk · 14/07/2007 14:46

I don't want to be confined to my house just because I have kids.

I want to take my kids to the supermarket, in the same way that I wanted to take my double buggy on buses when the kids were younger.

Children are not the same as adults. They have specific needs. It follows that their parents and carers also have specific needs.

Society should be able to cater for the needs of children without having some sort of metaphorical aneurism.

This is not to suggest that having children is as demanding as having a disability, or that parents should be afforded the same level of help/consideration as people with disabilities.

But we can all, surely, agree that consideration for society's more vulnerable members is a good thing? Can't we??

Or should everyone who isn't young and able-bodied just stay at home and bolt the doors?

Sixofone · 14/07/2007 14:39

And some online stores like Ocado don't charge you for delivery at all if you spend £75. V easy to do.

policywonk · 14/07/2007 14:02

But why should I not just use the P&T spaces instead? I quite like going around the supermarket.

Can't believe I've got into a tangle with Cod about P&T spaces. That's quite a high score in Mumsnet bingo.

FluffyMummy123 · 14/07/2007 13:59

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Peachy · 14/07/2007 13:58

policywonk most sites no have a buton you can click to choose not to accept substitutes

aceept the charge though- for us the charge is equivalent to eptrol costs mroe or less, for toehrs its a fiver or so wasted

policywonk · 14/07/2007 13:55

a) we don't have a very big car as it is
b) don't want to pay the delivery charge, and don't like the fact that they take it upon themselves to substitute stuff you didn't ask for when stuff that you did ask for isn't available (which seems to happen roughly 50 per cent of the time)