To moan at a man parked in parent & child bay when he was clearly childless!!

[Nannyto2]

Had a lovely moan at a man parked in a parent & child bay today at a supermarket!! He told me to f**k off as he could park there as it was the first space he saw and he has a daughter at home!!!!

Carpark attendant saw the incident and told me I was out of order!!! As a result of this idiotic man parked in that space I had to struggle to get a infant carseat out of a 3door car in a normal space.

Was I unreasonable to have a go at the man??

Sorry for the long post

You enjoyed your "lovely moan" which must have been quite, ermmm, direct to get the car park attendant to take the side of the guy in the P&C space.

I think it's time to leave it now.

To throw a cat among the pigeons- I have 4 young children, if I can't get a p&c space, I take up 2 ordinary ones . But it does annoy me to see child free drivers in these spots- just as it annoys other drivers that I take up 2 spaces

I get pissy with people who park in P&C spaces without children. Not because I particularly care - but because it gives me an outlet for my rage.

(I generally park at the far end of the car park where there are double spaces and no one to hear my children scream when they are throwing a tantrum about not getting an ice lolly)

Don't understand why the parking attendant had a go at u? I were technically right.

I also hate these spaces but boy now I have a 7mo do I use them

apparently p ad c spaces arent enforceable like disabled. they are just a convenience.

I dont understand why people think she's BU , i know the parent spaces are realy a waste of time (even more so in the summer holidays when most people are going to have children in tow and there will never be enough spaces) but i can understand why she's angry at someone without children parking in a parent space, why couldn't he park somewhere else? Whats the point of having parent spaces if anyone parks in them?

I know these crop up all the time, but anyway....

Isn't it just about being nice and considerate? No they're not the same as disabled spaces, I manage just fine if they're not there, but when I've got the baby they're very useful. So if I'm on my own I wouldn't park in one because someone who needs it more than me could use it.

Not a sense of entitlement, just a sense of consideration for others. I don't get why some people on here are so proud to say that they use them "because they can" and the like. Is very strange.

I've given up caring. A few weeks after having dd I decided it was easier to just park at the furthest end of the car park cos no bugger will park next to me n walk aaaaaaal that way to the shop or whatever. Plus it's more exercise for me

I'm guessing the lovely moan was a bit too strident!

My DC are too old for P&C parking now, but I had the nightmares of cars parking right up to my door and having to struggle to get the seat in (especially annoying if I parked close to the Trolley Park in order to give me enough room, then being blocked in on the other side)

I just ignore them now if they park in P&C. My DD is not so reticent "Mum, they've parked in a Child Place and they haven't got a child with them".
It has been enough to make people move before . They can see I'm not after the space for myself, maybe hearing it from a 10 yo makes them
On the other hand, if don't challenge behaviour then you are condoning it.

I do the same mellie.

To be honest if supermarket parking makes people angry I think it's better to shop online. Life's too short.

I sometimes think why do we have P + C spaces - they end up causing so many issues ? Didn't have them when DT's were little.

Oh dear, this was not a good thread to start on a Saturday night.

I don't think YABU to he annoyed about but you shouldn't have said anything, what if he had been a violent person and hit you? Silly risk for something pretty trivial, supermarket car parks tend to be big enough that there are spaces with spaces free either side, why didn't you park there?

He was a dick, you were a bit silly, nobody wins.

YABU. You are not entitled to that space.

YABU

Just desist

Please

Thank you

OP - i find it frustrating too, as do a lot of people I know in RL. it's only certain MNers who think it's ok to throw around phrases like "hideously entitled" in response to this partic moan. have a nice evening and good like finding decent parking spots in future

I just love these threads.
I don't even drive, but when ds was little we didn't have P and C either, ex just parked wherever there was a space.
AIBU to think that there are far to many mothers these days who feel entitled as soon as they've given birth?

Why the hell is it entitled and PFB to want to park in a P&C space because you have a child with you? It's no biggie and not worth having a go at someone (as if they're selfish enough to take the space, they're not going to move are they?) but YADNBU. I have fumed on occasion (esp when I had newborn dts) but you've got to let it go.

Oh and to the cow bags on here who park in them without a child and are happy to brag about it, get over yourselves you sad,entitled twunts.

LadyBeagleEyes YANBU

It's so not worth starting an argument with a stranger in the supermarket over.

And so not worth calling people twunts over.

blimey how did we ever cope before mummies were pandered to :)

oh i remember, we just got on with it

If you have DCs and there's a free P&C space, park in it.

If there's not, park somewhere else.

And then get over yourself.

I park in a P and C space sometimes when I don't have DS with me, I have a lot of trouble with my knee and when it is bad I need to be able to open the car door fully to get in and out the car with ease.