To think this behaviour in the supermarket carpark was wrong

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I was up at the supermarket earlier and a huge row was going on outside the supermarket. Apparently a mother with two small kids was furious that someone without children had taken the last P&C space and had just blocked him in and gone off to do her shopping. As a result she was causing a huge obstruction for other customers trying to drive up to the exit and was also impeding the view of other cars trying to reverse out of their spaces.
AIBU to feel that she was taking the situation waaay too seriously and should have just gone off and parked somewhere else.

Sorry don't see it HipHop. Of course he shouldn't have parked there but her action was worse because she caused a major inconvenience.

Of course it's wrong, but I sneakily admire her!

totally agree with Worra - she didn;t know he wasn;t picking up his partner and new born ...I would love P+C spaces scrapped - they seem to bring out the worst in people

HipHop how do you know he was being selfish?

Do you know whether he was there to pick up his wife and kids?

If you want some really unreasonable car park behaviour (and unfortunately my best friend was the mother in question in this one), then she found an old couple parked in a parent/toddler space and had a right go at them. The woman said "but I'm disabled" and my friend said "but these are parent/toddler spaces, not disabled" and kept on until they moved.

When she phoned me to tell me about how unreasonable the old people were and how she'd got her victory, I was literally speachless.

When ds was little we very rarely used P&C parking spaces. We survived.
I don't think they are particularly necessary, though people that use disabled spaces really do make me angry.

I don't have a problem with extra wide P&C spaces but I think they should be placed elsewhere in the carpark beside a trolley bay. By placing them at the door you are making them unobtainable for other equally deserving people (as well, of course, as making them attractive to undeserving people). Just move them away a bit.

I manage with 3 kids and a stupidly large people carrier in normal spaces - do I win a prize?

That is disgraceful kit. It is self entitled mothers like that who give these spaces such a bad name.

This woman probably shouldn't be driving at all if she is this irrational. The guy was selfish to park where he did (although P&C spaces aren't a godgiven right). But she didn't just inconvenience this guy but a whole load of other people. I bet she didn't even think about all those people who took ages to get out the carpark and were late for work/nursery pick up/frozen stuff that began to defrost.

I would loved to have seen it. I can see why she did it but agree that the reaction was a little OTT because of the obstuction she caused.

Once, after complaining a few times that workman on my street kept parking in my space (numbered space at the side of my flat) I parked one in. When he called for me to move it I said 'of course, I'm just finishing dinner and then I'll be down' Was PA and I added a nice PA as well!
No-one parked there again.

Yes gordy, you win a tin opener

I hate using the p&c spaces at our local ASDA and prefer to park at the side or back of the car park because the spaces are right in front of the store, hard to get to (usually a queue of cars waiting behind as it is the way out too) and the spaces are no wider than a normal parking space. No point getting stressed about it.

I already shared here how some bloke with his missus and kids kept screaming at me for parking in one without kids. Despite displaying a blue badge and parking there because it was the only space which met our accessibility needs at the time. As a vulnerable adult, it was a terrifying situation. Thankfully a backseat resembling Battersea Dogs Home scared him off (or possible the appearance of being strange forriners)

When were P&C spaces introduced? I don't remember them from childhood. When DS1 (12) was born we had a Tesco P&C permit that expired when he was 5 and had to be displayed. That seemed fairly sensible to me.

I'm not sure Sparkling but my eldest DS is 20 and there were none when he was little.

I shall treasure it always

She is U and out of order to cause an obstruction for everyone.

I love how some selfish cunt without children takes up a space meant for parents with children and the woman who takes action against his antisocial cuntiness gets called a loon.

The man was a wanker. The woman is my hero.

I love the way the man gets called an antisocial selfish cunt when you have no idea whether he was there to pick up his wife and kids.

And the obvious selfish cunt (for inconveniencing everyone because she felt she'd been inconvenienced) is you hero?

Most odd.

if that behaviour is what you consider heroric I worry!

Poor man - people like that make me want to park in P+C spaces sans kids just to give them a reason to rant

Just get rid of P&C spaces near the entrance like another poster said. There are no P*C spaces in our small town at all and everyone manages fine.

The supermarket beside where I used to live used to have loads of P&C spaces right up at the door. I noticed, the last time I was there, that most of them have been removed and there are just two reserved spaces, near but not beside the door. I'm not sure why they changed it but wonder if it was because of this type of aggro and hassle.
AThing, she was a loon to cause a major obstruction in the car park like that. I know its annoying when some young guy parks in those spaces, but it's equally annoying when some self entitled and precious parent acts as if these spaces are an international human right and anyone without kids who parks in them should be reported to UNICEF.

I have been sworn at for parking in P&C space. My son was 12 and is in a wheelchair CP, there were no disabled places. Due to the size of van it is impossible to use normal spaces and get wheelchair out. None the less I was mortified fortunately another parent stuck up for me.
Can't believe some silly woman would block anyone in prat

Sanity needed here. I once zoomed into the supermarket very early in the morning to grab a newspaper. Parked in the p+c spaces outside the door - yes lazy, so shoot me, BUT - it was 7am and there was one other car in the entire car park.

Ran in, got the paper (took no more than 90 secs to do it). When I came out there was a hysterical woman standing by my car screaming (and I mean screaming) "SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NOW PLEASE". As I went to the driver's door she screamed "NOW NOW SOMEBODY NOW. DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WOMAN".

I got into the car without a word and drove away, leaving her, her mountain of shopping and her terrified DCs to their own devices.

Obviously I wouldn't have done it at a busy time, but come on people, use your judgement. At the time I did it, it was highly unlikely that ten parents (10 spaces) would arrive within the space of a minute and all need to park. At worst, someone would have had to wait a few seconds while I moved.