Parking when there are dogs around

On him. The OP is a man,

You were wrong to slap his car.
You were wrong to berate him for parking in an open space.
You were wrong to tell him to fuck off.
You were wrong for not having your dog on a lead if you were concerned about other cars being near her. It is not the responsibility of other people around you to take more care of your dog's safety than you.

You were generally unreasonable and unpleasant for no reason.

OP also says she has had countless parking tickets. So it's not as if she can claim any particular virtue with regard to her parking practices, either.

Telling a stranger to "fuck off" in front of his children is unreasonable under any circumstances. You sound like an utter lunatic.

It’s a minimum 3 year ban after 2 convictions within 10 years.

Loving the sheer arrogance of someone with three drink driving convictions criticising someone else's driving. Especially for the crime of, er, parking in an empty parking space in a public car park.

After three drink driving convictions I'm amazed she's not banned for a VERY long time. Or maybe she is.

Ha! You’re right (obviously) 😳

The irony is the OP has started another thread telling people to BE KIND

She won't learn anything from it considering she admitted on another post that she felt no guilt at being caught out drink driving three times and she drives after drinking a bottle of vodka a day too. She doesn't care she just wanted Mumsnet to justify her shitty behaviour and it's backfiring on her

It’s as relevant as the type of car that the man you abused was driving!

I thought your dog was off lead because you were just putting them in the back?

Yes, cats are property. You don't have to report hitting one with your vehicle because they are only semi-domesticated. This is also why you cannot force your neighbour to stop their cat using your flower beds as a toilet - because they can't, cats are semi-wild.

The number of spaces passed increases as a function of the litres of vodka drunk

He also went from passing 200 spaces

To passing 150 spaces and there being 50 spaces further along

You mean the same 150 spaces YOU also passed on the way in to park where you did? Honestly you're a self entitled prick the man can park where he likes just the same as you can. Since when did you become authority in a public park? Clearly all those daily bottles of vodka have clouded your ability to realise that you don't own the rights to parking spots

The OP is clearly a massive hypocrite. Her unleashed dog could be just as much as a liability on a car park as one out walking on the streets

I would never have my dog off a lead in a car park. YABU and entitled. I would be furious if you slapped my car's roof.

Using your logic, there’s a whole dog park there. Why would you be chatting at the car park and not dog park? Your dog belongs to the car park (however empty) way less than a car! YABVU and entitled (for knocking on the roof and being angry at the person)

I’m only going on personal experience and my SiL was drinking heavily for five years and nobody knew. She was a functioning alcoholic until the forced sudden withdrawal in hospital produced seizures and the extent of the damage was discovered - unfortunately too late to do anything about it. I’m quite sure that if it wasn’t for the hospital admission, her drinking would have come to light eventually, but alcohol doesn’t affect everyone in the same way - some people have higher tolerances than others and are better at hiding it. Although I would tend to agree with you that after twenty years sustained drinking there will be signs.

Its in the name - carpark.
I love dogs but completely irresponsible, I'm sorry to hear your dog is older and not doing very well but walk out of the carpark and then let them off lead. I occasionally train my dogs in empty car parks when shops are closed - if a car comes in and parks near me (which occasionally happens as people will sit and eat food in their car) I move I don't kick off at them.

Cats are classed as property. I looked it up recently as a neighbour has been feeding a friend's cat and locking it in his house when he goes out.

But the bit about not having to report running one over is correct.

I wonder what the dog was wondering about 🤔

Totally agree, but "knuckle down" means to get on with a task in hand. I think you mean "double down" which is to stubbornly maintain a stance or opinion in the face of mass opposition.

And shortly yours.
And of course the next car that comes in.
And the next.

The underlying point being: carpark is just that. A place to park and then move away from the hazards and risks that vehicles and drivers posed. For all you know the next driver was a drunk or just crap at driving. This is not your responsibility - but you are at risk (and your dogs) by loitering on the car park. Any sensible person would not go onto the car park unless they had to.

If there is a dog park, stay there and chat. Then back to the car, load dogs and depart.