to get frustrated with the number of non-toddler/baby owning parents ABUSING the parking at the shopping centre?

[ChimesTrulyRing]

[grr]

I can honestly say that I have never even contemplated using them (even though I have a permanent baby car seat in the back of my car) for when I have the odd DGC with me.

..........Until two days before Christmas. Was late for a lunch date with best friend and after driving round and round for about 20 minutes looking for a spot I came across one being vacated by a car with no children in it, only a young male driver.

I promptly drove into the spot and then realised it had a large red pram sign on it. I thought "stuff it" I'm staying here.

I'm fed up with never having anywhere to park. There's always...

Disabled Parking
Parents with Prams parking
Seniors Parking
1/3 hour 1/4 hour etc. parking

Where do I park. A perfectly functioning, working, not THAT old person?

Wherever you park your child's safety remains your responsibility. Parent and child spaces are not there to make your child safer - because no responsible parent should be endangering their child in a car park in the first place. They are there to make life a little easier for some parents. What kind of daft as a brush person gets het up about this?

When my DD takes her DCs shopping, she doesn't particularly look for a "parents with prams" spot.

She takes the stroller out of the car. Assembles it, then takes the 2 year old out of her seat and straps her into the stroller.

Next comes the baby who is strapped into one of those things on DD's chest.

Next the 6 and 8 year old are unbuckled and they know that their hands are not to leave the car until everyone is ready to go.

Then the just turned 4 year old is unbuckled and she holds onto the stroller and off they go.

'A few years' and '8 or 9 years' ago are not the same thing at all Tumble8.

Oh dear. Another joins the ranks of the discouraged and bitter on NM.
Nest of Vipers. Vipers, I say.

That's okay Sue - I suspect the namechange function still works for the revolving door newbies.

I live in hope that some still walk among us WMMC.

zombie posters

Tee that's all.

maryz Wed 28-Dec-11 21:48:29
dd got very cross with me on Christmas Eve because I wouldn't park in bays labelled parent and child. They didn't specify child age.

She is 15 and so, according to her, still a child.

Was she correct?

I believe she is absolutely correct. As my DM pointed out a few weeks ago, on driving in to a P&C spot 'I am the parent, you are the child, no age is specified'. The fact that she has a fucked up knee did not come into it.

Anyone wishing to induce a whole crowd of cats bum faces should head to Sainsbury's in Balham - it's a great one to play this game in. I have never ever played this game I have

I am looking forward to the arrival of this new baby so I can test my theory that you can insert a small baby into its carseat through the window of a tightly parked car.

In fact it will probably be my first post partum outing.

Morning all. What did I miss?

Sparklin I think it was all very quiet.

kungfupannda has that baby not arrived yet ? Please report back with your findings once you've tested the window theory out.

My DD is five but I posted her through the window the other day when my door lock stuck. Didn't need no fancy schmancy parking space to do it, neither.

Slidey back doors-it's definitely the way to go.

YABU.

It's a fucking parkin space.

not a gold-plated-individually-owned-personalised-area, with title deeds and salmon fishing rights.

get over it.

in the grand scheme of things who the fuck cares whether you can get a bloody baby carrying seat in without having to stretch a bit.

Morning Carol

Yep, morning Carol

and babies are like a foot long. why should you need an extra 3 feet of parking space? just lean in and pick it up, then put it in a pram or tirolly or buggy or something. my arse is bigger than the average baby.

or drive a normal sized car not one that is the size of a space shuttle. same goes for they buggy. bigger is not better.

and why should having a bloody baby give you extra rights? IMHO people should be punished for breeding snotty nosed brats rather than given benefits and fucking rewards.

I think Chaos should come back and apologise.
Just look at the trouble she's caused.
She was being very norty last night.

Arf at Maryz, source of all goodness and sanity, getting pished up and being silly.
Tes all Chaos' fault

I actually am sorry.

«takes admonishment well»

«just hopes it's not Crevix dishing it out»

[gulp]