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

stinky but is convenience enough to risk getting your face smashed in if you challenge the local mob leader? You don't know these people from Adam so it's not worth it.

It's ok to be angry about it but best to bite your tongue just in case. What would OP have done if that man had followed her home and gave her a hiding??

That's true though usual and I wouldn't get in any way tutty about someone using one at night. I just think its about consideration - at eg 9pm those considerations just aren't necessary.
I still don't get why people feel the need to boast about how cool they are using them without kids but hey ho

Some people get way too angry at others for merely wanting to use a P and C space to get their child out with a little more ease?

Did you have bad days today and feel like a good barney or something?

Or do you have an irrational hatred of those who take advantage of the spaces?

Can think of plenty more to get all riled up about.

I mean, telling people to 'get off their fat arses'? How bitchy.

Ok mob is a bit OTT but you know what I mean, a 'not very nice peron' and let's face it there are a lot of those about.

I used to have road rage issues a few years ago, had to tone it down when a man tried to pull me out of my car because I gave him the fingers!

Jeez how did we ever manage before these things were invented?

Am I missing something here? Do that many people really think it's perfectly acceptable to park in a parent & child bay if they have no child?! Yes, we all cope if there isn't one but if there are surely it's only common courtesy to save them for someone who would benefit from them more than you? Same mentality as everyone pushing past families with small children when they're allowed to board a plane 1st!

Can't you get fined for parking in these spaces without a child?

So was I working, and managing to look after 4 kids (3 under 3 as you keep trying to point out others can't possibly have the experience of coping in car parks with so many little ones) and I was also constantly running around after my very sick Grandma. I was in and out of the shops more or less on a daily basis and yes, I looked for a P & C space, but if one wasn't available, I wouldn't be pathetic enough to snoop out who was or wasn't using them with a child. I just got on with it, as it isn't a big deal.

How do you know they don't have Lung Cancer and waiting on a blue badge? Or anything else which isn't visible to the eye?

Being a parent isn't a disability.

You do want a medal, clearly.

usual your children should be in bed by then

Late night shopping with The little blighter who never slept aka DS . Poor DH trying desperately to get to sleep.
Sometimes a trip to the 24 hour Tesco was just what the doctor ordered to send DS to sleep and for me to talk to real people

Of course not, Redglow. They are not a legal provision or requirement. They are a marketing tool.

Even if you get a parking ticket in a supermarket carpark, the fine is not enforcable.

There are a lot of people who are taken in by these 'rules', who don't realise they are just a blurb.

Should've put a in there

used to take ds shopping at twillight, he was awak and no chance of him going to sleep may aswell do my shopping then i didn't have to go out the next day...get some good deals that time at night on cooked chicken and sandwiches ect

He overtook me on a really dangerous part of the road so I gave him the fingers and beeped my horn. He waited for me at the junction and stopped me and tried to get me out of the car, yelling and swearing at me.

It's just not worth it honestly, it's ok to be annoyed but FFS these people you are shouting at might actually be pretty nasty people, hence the reason they totally disregard the fact it for parents with kids. They obviously don't give a fixk so what I to say they wouldn't give one about hitting you or following you home and keying your car?

I hate the "we managed without them, why can't you?" argument. It's just not the point. Most of our grandparents/great grandparents managed without washing machines, fridges, freezers, vacuum cleaners at some point in their lives. Does that mean we should not have them, lest they say "tch, you young 'uns, you're just lazy; get the mangle and washboard out."

Of course parents can manage without P&C spaces. They are just provided to make parking in a supermarket that little bit easier. To me, it just shows basic consideration of others to not park in them unless you need to.

Fixk was meant to be fuck :o

People used to manage without lots of things, so what? In the bus queue the other day a mother with a buggy was in the queue in front of me and there were two old biddies behind me, discussing everyone else... "She'll have to fold that buggy... we didn't used to go on the buses with pushchairs, did we?... oh no, we walked everywhere 20 miles into town for a loaf of bread and 20 miles back again " Was one of them a poster on this thread?

P&C spaces are easier as they are wider. If they are there, why should anyone else use them? They are the lazy ones, not the people with babies who need to get them in and out of the car.

Therein lies the problem StinkyPig.

Your last sentence can certainly be applied to the reverse perspective.

IMO, stop supermarkets from using these marketing tools and make all the spaces bigger to pamper to everyone.

I sometimes wonder if I'm the only parent who is capable of getting children out of a parked car in a shock, horrow NORMAL SPACE!

Its seriously not that hard.

That's a really good point tango, my friend beeped a girl who was blocking up the road chatting to a friend through the window and she jumped out and punched her in the face.

If you feel you want to say something really better to mention it in store. You just don't know what your dealing with.