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

Really Tango?

You don't see the irony in that sentence?

I can't do it.

I can't stay away.

I have sat on my hands too many times when these come up over and over a fucking gain

YANBU. People who park in P&C without children are rude, ignorant arseholes.

You are not being unreasonable to be annoyed but life is too short to have a row about it.

Why is it such a big deal though? Can't these people park 20 seconds further walk away? What about the places without them?

We are going to get all these comments about danger now.

Gah!

tidy I wasn't being ironic, I do think those who make a song and dance about it are entitled too don't get me wrong, I couldn't give a shit if I don't get a p&c space because I drive a heap of junk and don't care about opening my door on people who park too close :o

Just think that to actually do it on purpose to piss people off and to subsequently brag on here is just as entitled.

What supermarket? My husband parked in one a Tesco with our 4 year old - this was mid morning, they'd been out little one was desperate for the toilet so he parked in a P&C space as it was near the shop for a quick run in. When he came out, the shop parking attendant approached my husband and told him not to use the space as it is meant for people with young children, not school age kids. My OH was not best pleased and pointed out that 11ish in the morning most school age kids are at school and that our son was only just 4. So obviously Tesco feel they can enforce P&C parking (even if the didn't get it right).

Whether it is enforceable or not, I don't park in them as a courtesy and that is what reasonable people in society do. Exception would be late at night on my own and wanting to be near the store entrance for safety.

Supermarkets have P&T spaces as it ticks the 'we care about parents and children' marketing box and if you feel you have preferential treatment you may spend more.

And those who say "We never had them when I was a child"...

I'm 46 yo.
We did have a car when I was a baby- but in a road of 40 houses there were 3 cars.
Now I live in a road of 42 houses- there are only 2 houses without a car.And they always have someone elses car parked outside.
Cars now are much bigger (as you find out if you try to park in drives of houses built in the 30s/40s)

There were supermarkets but not like the ones we have now.
My mother went to the corner shop- they'd deliver in a van or she'd bring shopping home in the Silver Cross pram.
There was the milkman, breadman, fishman.

So it's all different.
And it's changed even in the last 10 years since I had DC2. Before people wouldn't have dreamed of using P&C spaces without DC in the car. Or even if their DC was older than a 3 yo.
Now they do

I give up.
I'm too old for this, my son is 17, I've survived.
As will you, young ladies, you can cross a car park with small children.
I'ts a challenge but it is possible

I couldn't care less who parks in P & C places. I never take any notice TBH.

Of course YANBU!!

Some really nasty posts on this thread

I always say something if I see people without DCs parking in a P&C place.

I would complain about the attendant if I were you!

I would say the majority of cars in these spaces don't have kids in them.

It's a losing battle for those who confront them, they can't be enforced, so why waste your breath.

I'm a strong believer in karma so I just shrug and walk on, deep breath it's not the end of the world type of stuff.

Well I think having to park slightly further away from the door is not worth arguing with a total stranger about.

If they insist on providing P&C places they should put them right at the back of the car park.

CakeBump why are you on this site exactly?

YANBU, but I find it's easier just to find yourself another space further away than get into a row with someone who is clearly a bit ignorant - there is no way you can win. I remember pulling up next to my neighbour in a p&c space - she was eating a baked potato - I started to get my 3dc out of the car and she got out and offered to help me as she was on her own (her 3yr old ds at pre-school) was a bit of an odd being lovely/being a bit ignorant moment! Not worth falling out with my neighbour over though. I used to get angry with people in supermarkets, I stopped bothering and feel much better for it!

YANBU, I regularly have a go at people who use them when they don't have kids (or indeed do have older children who are clearly old enough to be sensible in traffic) and point out that I now have to negotiate the traffic with my young children because of their selfishness. I would have complained in the shop about the carpark attendant, he should have backed you up.

at CakeBump

Karma has bigger fish to fry than minor unenforceable parking issues.

usual I wish they would.

If negotiating the traffic in a supermarket car park is such an issue how on earth do people cope out and about normally?