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.