Ok, I get that there are people on here who think Parent&Child spaces are loads of cobblers, but they do exist so let's just leave that debate to one side...
Saw something in the P&C row of parking today that stunned me. I was waiting for a space (2 toddlers, spd is agony today and I needed essentials so happy to wait for an easier time dealing with lifting & strapping them in etc). Another car was waiting too, arrived a bit after me.
Two women, with one toddler, were having a long conversation by one of their cars, aware of the cars waiting but carrying on. After about 5 minutes this was mildly irritating but I was more concerned about my hips than wasting time. Anyway - one walked off with the toddler to her car and sorted the lifting, strapping, packing etc while the other turned to her car, also in a P&C space and started on her trolley.
None of her stuff was bagged up - she had a pile of new carrier bags and proceeded to pack a trolley FULL into the bags and then put them in the car at about half the speed I'd do it! By the time I'd parked in the first space, unpacked 2 toddlers, potty, nappy bag, bag of shopping bags, hand bag, put them all down again because one toddler was trying to wipe copious amounts of snot on me, sorted him and got organised to walk to the trolleys again, she was less than half way through packing up her trolley. No child and no child seat in the car. The face on the man waiting behind me was picturesque - he must have been waiting getting on for 10 minutes by then. I tried to give him a commiseratory smile but it's a hard expression to pull off.
How weird is that? Would you think that was weird? It was drizzling too, heavy enough for us to be really damp by the time we got to the trolleys. There was no lack of parking spaces equally near the store, normal ones and disabled ones. What was she thinking? And why not at least get your bags packed under shelter in in the store? It was very odd. Odd enough that I feel like I must have missed some really obvious explanation.
AIBU?
Parking thread with a difference
Gentleness · 08/10/2012 14:12
and tbh i find your behaviour odder than the woman packing her car in the rain, hth 
mrsK
I'm still 
what the AIBU is about. You got a space, what's the issue?
You could tease them by getting in, turning ignition to light fag then getting out again
Which would pee DH right off as he's a wait for a space person 
Yeah - did the loo on the way in, but yesterday's wee-fest freaked me out a bit. It was unstoppable and unpredictable, sitting on chairs, sitting on my knee, running around with his friends - all lovely stuff! And way more frequent and voluminous than normal. I was worried it was some kind of infection but I think he was probably just upset because his dad has just gone away on business for a week and he really wanted to go with him 
. I didn't know how it was going to play out today but my imagination was running riot!
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Yes! If you are physically able to get them to the toilet in time! If not, I think weeing into a travel potty (with a removable sealable bag) is better than letting the wee cascade out of the trolley all over the floor. Having dealt with fountains all day yesterday (mopping it all up is probably why the spd has flared), the thought of THAT happening in the fruit aisle was just horrifying... Believe me, it was a rock and a hard place! Thanks be, ds1 was back to normal weeing procedure today and the precautionary potty was unnecessary.
Oh, and well done MrsKeith on your potty training! 
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