Spotted some CFs in the wild

[AgingLikeGazpacho]

Went to the garden centre earlier with my toddler, no parent and child parking spaces available...because a pair of childless twats had taken two of the parent and child bays up for their one (1) car.

I asked them (as I schlepped from the far side of the car park to the store) whether they had a child or a disability and they said no to both.

I asked them why they thought it was appropriate to take up 2 bays and their response was that it shouldn't bother me as it was no more convenient to park in this space than any other...which made me ask why they couldn't have parked elsewhere then!

Woman then says she knows what it's like to have kids (toddler was in my arms) as she has 5 kids. I replied that she should know how inconvenient it is to park further away due to someone else's selfishness, then I sauntered off.

No point to this thread really except to raise awareness to any similarly minded twats that you are CFers.

Feel free to add your CF stories below if you want to also raise awareness of what fucks you off and hopefully shame some CFers in the process.

Some people's sense of entitlement knows no bounds.
Manners and consideration of others costs nothing but can't be bought.💐

as I schlepped from the far side of the car park to the store

how far we talking here 😆

At least 100m, which isn't far in the grand scheme of things but it's the principle! 😁

It’ll get your steps up (marginally!)

I think that would be far fewer problems if P&C spaces were just abolished. All they cause is arguments and complaints.

First steps towards world peace? 😁

I think there would be far fewer problems if people who parked in P&C spaces when they didn't have a young child with them had their driving licence revoked with immediate effect. I appreciate this is a somewhat extreme view though 😂

I haven't had any really CFers crossing my path recently, but I did get big harumphs from a dog walker this morning when my small on-lead dog barked and lunged at his big off lead dog that decided to barrel up to mine. That's what happens Mr Man when you can't recall your dog.

Mine...we live next to a small park / play area. I was filling up my car screen wash when a family ( grandparents ,mum and dad and 3 kids walked past eating pizza out of a box . Heard someone say " have you had enough then?" After which ,the middle aged mum slung the box and left over pieces of pizza over the fence into the play area . I said ' oi , its a kids park not a rubbish tip'. She said sorry, waked back and picked it up ...but why did she chuck it in the first place ? Great example for her kids ( who also prob use that park to play in) !

No toddler age children here so no skin in the game but I do think they're a good idea. They're like everything where people take the mickey.

It never ceases to amaze me why people go to such efforts to park as close to the door as they can at shopping centres/shops and then spend hours wandering up and down.

Honestly, I think your behaviour was equally as twattish. You are not the parking space police, it is not your place to go about confronting people. I have friend who is currently using p&c spaces when needed following an operation that has had a huge effect on his mobility, but they don’t give out temporary disabled badges.

I’d rather that people in his position could get their food shopping without confrontation, risk
and excessive pain than people like
you were saved walking a couple of
hundred steps.

the only thing that good people need to do to support and promote bad behaviour is say nothing

edit to the person who says “you are not the parking police “

But he wouldn’t need to park across two spaces.
They are wide spaces because the car doors need to open wide to deal with car seats.

I only have adult kids now so no skin in the game.

But if someone had come up to me anywhere demanding to know if I had kids or a disability they would have got short shift from me.

P&C spaces are a courtesy, not a right or a law. Cop yourself on.

Just need P&C parking badges like blue ones which you send off for until your youngest turns 6

Such an easy solution

if there are parking bays specifically for parent and child which are closer and with more space but no consequences apart from a stranger “saying something” then this will persist

get badges, hand out a few parking fines, they become much less desirable then!

I agree with this. You should never ask someone if they have a disability in such circumstances, it is beyond rude and inconsiderate. Would you be happy to stand in the middle of a car park and talk about your private medical history, OP?

Parking across two spaces of any type is twattish behaviour!

When I had babies I wished they would put the p&c spaces at the back of the car park (with a little walkway to get to the shop). That way I can reliably get the bigger space to get the car seat in and out without people nabbing them for convenience. P&C spaces don’t need to be in close proximity to the shop (as nice as that would be), just safe access and an ability to open doors wider.

Businesses need a third space marked “Entitled Wankers” and then everyone’s needs could be met.

People with mobility issues that don’t qualify for a BB might also need to be able to open doors wide.

Every carpark should be re-lined so ALL spaces are wide enough to get the door open and in/out the car safely. That woukd solve all the p&c space issues. It’s not just parebts trying to get baby car seats and young children safely in and out that would struggle in tight spaces but lots of other people .. myself as I’m big, anyone with mobility issues (that aren’t sufficient for blue badge) etc. it would also stop people bashing car doors.

The law should change. My local morrisions just redid their car park with big spaces for all. It’s amazing.

If you go onto Instagram there’s someone who calls his title “parking wanker”, who puts appropriate stickers on badly and wrongly parked cars.

You can buy the stickers

https://parkingwankers.com/products/penalty-charge-notice-parking-sticker-pack-of-100

Reminds me of a time at our local sports centre. Was there with DD for swimming lessons. She would have been about yr old. One car in front of me as we enter the car park and it pulls into the last p&c space. Out gets a chap in a suit with brief case. No child in sight.

I park up and as I go through reception I'm chatting to the ladies on reception and joke about a dude in the suit who parked in the last p&c space. They phoned through to the person he had a meeting with and made him come out and move his car ! Didn't help me but felt I had been public spirited !

I had a belter last weekend with parking spaces. Went to a riverside town and parking was busy. I’m a wheelchair user and found a disabled bay. Just as dh was driving us and car zipped in even though they’d seen us. So we hung on to wait for another. Then dh noticed no blue badge so he said as they left the car “mate you better put your blue badge out as they do ticket you here”. And he got the middle finger!. Group of bikers parked on the opposite side decided to teach him a lesson and parked a big bike behind his car. We found a space and got my wheels out. The biker said “I’m here all day” with a big smile lol. When we came back the middle finger man was trying to negotiate the bikers moving the bike but everytime he spoke they just silently gave him the middle finger lol.

😳 That's horrendous! (The littering. But walking along eating pizza isn't exactly classy either!) How on earth can she justify that to herself?
I saw similar at a beauty spot. Mum and kid both drinking from cans. They left them perched on some rocks. It was right by their car too, so they could easily have taken them home. It makes me sad and angry. Sadgry!

I’d quite like P&C spaces to be moved to the side/end of the car park away from the entrance, with a safe path to reach the entrance. I have 4 kids, and it is the wider space I need, not proximity to the store. If the P&C spaces were further away then non-child people wouldn’t use them!