to think parent and child spaces

[ScarlettAlexandra]

should be just that. not for any one else.

i don't even care that they are not by the door but having the extra space at the side is a safety issue especially when your like me and have two little ones and have to strap one in while the other is in a buggy or trolley. i have list count if the amount of times i have seen people (usually the elderly with no blue badge) using them.

gets my goat.

No you only NEED extra space if you need access to a wheelchair. People have managed with kids in normal car parks for time immemorial it's just since the introduction of this marketing ploy parents insist they need them...

I picked up a brand brand new courtesy car this morning, which brought me to the conclusion that supermarkets should in fact provide spaces for brand new cars that do not belong to the driver, marked out in bubble wrap and cotton wool, at the far end of the car park with padded bollards. Because no one is more important than me.

What do you do when all the spaces are taken by parents with their small children?
Do you sit and wait until ones becomes free or do you just go and park somewhere else?
In a space set aside for the shoppers without children? Do you feel bad about taking up their space??

Warren, shoulda stabbed her with your Buckie bottle to make your point quite clear, fucking old people who can't be arsed to walk the distance, i will defend my right to not have to walk it over theirs.

All "normal" spaces are too narrow and many cars are too big, in my opinion. I really think all carparks should have much bigger spaces for everyone, with disabled people getting ones close to the door.

Getting kids or big stuff into a car in a narrow space is challenging, particularly if you have a 3 door car.

I struggled most of all with hospital appointments when I was heavily pregnant and often couldn't get into my car unless someone extracted it from the space for me. Considering many hospital users who are not disabled have temporary mobility issues, car park designers should really employ some more logic.

It's not your parental right for one of these spaces, it's a courtesy space provided by X to encourage you to shop here. Everyone else is legally entitled to this space also. So don't get your judgy pants in a twist if you see someone else using this space

OP , wtf ? seriously wtf ?

I sometimes park in parent & child spaces .

My youngest are 7 , so not really the children intended to use those spaces ...its ment to be used by people with prams and babies or toddlers imo.

But dd4 is disabled so i will use them if there is no disabled spaces left.

You do realise in years to come , karma will bite your arse and turn you into one of these old infirm old people who just might need to park in a parent and toddler space ... .

Littlemslazybones I love that response and may well use it :) . While it does bug me when I see those sporty little numbers parked in the P&T spots it's not the end of the world and as most others have said go take over 2 spaces at the back of the car park.
but if we all did this, there would be a new thread about people who park inconsiderately in car parks???

wow . It's a bit late for St David's Day, non?

But why would you buy a car that was too big to fit in a normal carparking space?

I enjoy sending DH into the shop, whilst I sit in the car with the children, in a P&C spot smiling and waving like the queen to the enraged onlookers.
Ooh flames

seahouses - round here a focus is too big to fit into the spaces in the new carpark.

Have you ever parked in one when you've not got your kids with you? That's the question!

I agree that hospital spaces are tiny as they try and squeeze as many in as possible - I drive a small hatchback.

Nursejennylee - i like your style.

I will never have a problem with elderly people using them if they need to. Not everyone has a blue badge and sadly, nobody cares about the shit care their grandparents get, either at home or in residential settings like they bang on about their children not having one sugar puff every 10 years at school. So yes, YABU, having children is not a disability. Obviously the extra space is handy but we managed for years without them. I think this is a bit entitled to be honest.

Where do you live? With the clowns at a circus?

In my teeny Fiat 500, every space is like a P&C space.

Oh and i used them when i was 8 months pg with the twins .

Because i couldnt get out the car without the door fully open and dh trying to pull me up because i was so big . .

YakButter

Seahorses, how long have you waited to use that corker?
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Is there a St George to go with the ?

Where would one park one's on a visit to the supermarket?

I go to the supermarket at 7am to put out my "reserved" sign and bollard for later on. Sometimes I forget to go back and do the shopping.