to get mad at people using parent and child parking without a child?

[Maamaa]

There I was sitting in Tesco's carpark waiting for my little girl to wake up so I could shop and I must have watched 3 or 4 cars in the space of 10 mins use the spaces for parent and child even though they had none! One woman had two dogs but I suspect that that doesn't count! When I went in the store I told the lady on customer services but she didn't seem very interested and just said she'd tell " one of the lads to have a look". I was so mad! Actually the worst one was a guy who had 2 child seats in the car and no kids! Should know better! Ok , rant over!

[rubs tingling buttock skin]

I make a special effort to use P&C when out and about. Cos its closer to the shop.

like it Riveninside! Honesty!

I always use the P&C as I have a mahoosive 4x4 and I like the space.

Bends over.....

I got a magic 'park wherever I want badge'

Aww fanks, I love my mum too! She doesn't act her age at all. And if I pop round she ALWAYS has wine in the fridge.

the only thing that stresses me out about P&C spaces is that my husband always moan about the misuse...i just tell him to park the car and stop wasting my time bloody waiting for a space to become available

Am I the only one who thinks instead of p and c spaces they should have spaces especially for people with nice cars? Joking, joking! It does annoy me though, when dc's were in infant carriers I could not get them out the door in a normal parking space. Even now, with 2 pre-school dc's I need space to get one out each side and the ordinary parking spaces are just not big enough. Even if I park miles away I can guarantee someone will come and park right next to me by the time I'm out. Obviously I have far too much time on my hands to even be thinking about this

Does anyone think that these spaces are actually more useful when you're pregnant? I'm way more mobile now baby is out

parent and child parking is very useful, and people who park in it that don't have kids (or a blue badge alternatively, with some allowance for people in the 'mobility probs but no badge'/ pregnancy but no kids yet) are knobs who are too lazy to walk from more distant parking.

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annoys me greatly, because there is usually a queue for P&T at our Tescos.

Parent and Child spaces are a nice perk but completely uneccessary.
Lots of us managed without them before they were invented and our children didn't dissolve in the rain or become traumatised in any way. And weirdly, we were capable of maneouvering children in and out of our cars

OP, find soemthing more worthy to get stressed about.

Or something even!

How do people manage at the zoo and other venues where there isnt p and child parking?

erm, i have taken my kids to to a zoo once. i think most people go shopping more often than that. and the parking was generous, not like Tescos. it really helps keeps kids out of harms way. (trolley next to car with whichever child i get out second kicking legs whilst first child goes into seat. Trolley never has to be out of grabbing distance. never hae to worry about dinging someone elses car by opening the door wide)

things that shops provide for you as a convenience are not a priviledge..they are just that - a convenience.

People queue for P & C parking spaces

seriously, the parking at our Tescos is v. tight. at Xmas people comes to blows over spaces.

our car is not large and getting doors open on both sides wide enough to shimmy my body in and extricate a child from straps/ pull out the baby from car seat is not easy (especially if I am trying not to scratch paintwork) - even harder when pregnant!

It is almost worth shopping at Sainsburys all the time because of that one thing.

Shop online and have it all delivered!!!!

No hassle with parking spaces!!

Or go at 3am (my time!)
You can park wherever you like then!!

I had a customer today who came in to ask if she could park in the P&C spaces as her mother is disabled if all the disabled places were full. I said of course. She then told me that some other woman had an almighty rant at her for daring to park there.

Fast forward an hour and I take a phone call from a lady asking me what the policy was on letting disabled people park in P&C spaces and if it was allowed. Yes it was ranting woman. I politely explained that yes, we do let disabled park in the P&C spaces as they need to park closer . We are required by law to provide so many spaces per sq footage of car park for the disabled whereas P&C spaces are a courtesy facility. Then she said that we really should put it on the sign so people knew . She really didn't know what to say when I said ' hmm, yes that is an idea but the majority of decent folk would not deny a disabled person a space near the store and I would hope that common sense kicked in. There has been suggestions that we move the P&C spaces to the rear of the car park to stop people parking in them. I shall memo head office again to see how that's panning out'

Anyway after that long story...if you've got no children you shouldn't really park there but you can park else where. It's not the end of the world. And the car park lads really can't stand guard over the spaces can they? You'd be maoning there were no trollies.

Sorry, I am generally a laid back type of person when it comes to rules and regs, but this bloody infuriates me.

If a store decides to create the spaces then the least they can do is ensure that the parking restrictions are observed.

I know they are situated near the store, but for me they are of more use by virtue of the fact that the spaces are wide enough for me to get DS out with the buggy. Plus I am pregnant and a bit of a wide load just now

I have challenged people who have taken the Michael including a man travelling alone, no car seat, and a couple in their forties. The
latter telling me to "piss off" in front of my son.

I am always polite but I think these people need to be shown up. I am fed up of going to the supermarket and not getting a space that has been specifically designated for a purpose.

Agree however with mantic

Sorry Maamaa, I'm with you on this one. I don't object to the P &T parking being furthest away from the shop-gives us all exercise.
I do object to old people parking in Parent and Toddler parking because they are old.
I've seen them do it.
They should have parking for OAP's but I think that this would count as being discriminatory.
And if you check it's parent and toddler not child, which solves 42 year old hags using the spaces. I have checked.

Maybe the solution would be for all parking spaces to be a decent size. When DHs company built a new office recently they used american parking space measurements as the british ones haven't been altered for years and many cars are bigger now.

Just shop at Costco then every space is big enough :)

I have to say, I love them.. At 7 months pregnant and with a todler it is fab to be able to open the doors on both sides of the car to enable us both to get out easily.

At work these days I'm close to taking up 2 parking spaces because I literally can't get out of the car if I'm parked next to somebody else and I'm in the middle of the space.

Still, only 6 more days in the office...

no.its a courtesy not entitlement

Why do people say just shop online?

Just outta curiousity