AIBU to tell people off who park in parent & child spaces but have no children with them?

[Ameybee]

This does my head in when I'm struggling to get 2 kids out the car in a normal space yet some idiot without kids is parked in the child space!!

I told a lady off today! I said 'do you know this is a parent & child space?' She said 'yeah' I replied 'so you're just being inconsiderate then?' She thought about it then made up some bullshit about her child being 'down there, in that shop!!' - she had just driven in!!! Clearly lying. So, would you say something to someone!???

gimmeanaxe once during an apocalyptic thunderstorm my bus driver detoured all the way to my actual street, so that my sleeping baby would dissolve slightly less as I legged it home.

I think parent and child spaces should be banned, personally.

They give parents a ridiculous sense of entitlement. I have seen people complain about disabled people using them on facebook which is quite unbelievable.

You do not need extra space if you have young children - it's just silly to suggest you do. And I say that as a mum of 3.

If they were banned, we wouldn't have this thread every other week though.

Exactly - which has to be a good thing!

True

Perceptionreality - no, we do need P&C spaces, but they make life a bit easier for parents - why is that a bad thing?

It's a bad thing because parents start to feel that they cannot cope without them and that they are entitled to be angry with a disabled person who needs to use one.

Perception - no one on this thread said they would be mad with a disabled person needing to use them at all!

No, but as I said - I have seen people say it on FB. They cause people to confuse a marketing ploy with something they actually have to have.

I can manage in normal sized parking spaces and so did our parents.

I think this thread is going round in circles :( just because people managed without them back in the day doesn't mean they should be abused now, there's lots of things like that!

FFS if you have to get a maxi cosi or similar car seat out or body slam an 11 month old into his iron maiden car seat, the extra width is really helpful. Some normal spaces are ok, others re not. I will end up knocking the car next to me with my car door.

This was particularly true post c section, when I would lift ds out in car seat straight on to trolley, it was useful to have trolley right next to me so my insides didn't fall out.

'Didn't have them in my day' , no? But then car seats/buckles etc were less complicated in the olden days days gone by too.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PROXIMITY TO THE STORE!!!!

OP YANBU if its no big deal then the annoying fuckers who use them could just park elsewhere. I can park elsewhere & do, but it is annoying.

So park right at the back of the car park then, loads of space there.

Not always usual and you can guarantee someone always parks next to you too close! And that's not the point anyway!

My mum managed without a microwave, or a steam steriliser for bottles for dsis and me - does that make it a bad thing that these are now available to make people's lives a bit easier? She and dad managed not to kill us, despite not even having seat belts, let alone car seats - so should everyone manage the same way?

Parenthood, especially the early years, can be a hard slog - why get all hot under the collar because something is making it a bit easier?

Ad I don't think you can use the existence of idiots, on FB anywhere else, as a reason to deny ordinary parents a bit of help.

Actually that would be possible at tesco & i often did, but our sainsbury is in a retail park & there are literally no quiet areas where you could guarantee space around you. Same at Lidl, tiny car park, 80-90% full all the time.

What's with the need to self flagellate on here?

its to do with safety.

nothing less.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PROXIMITY TO THE STORE!!!!

It seems to for some people who are unable to control their child in a car park and therefore need to be able to park at the door.

Ok, for many/most it isn't. I hadn't ever considered this tbh.

Sirzy, you don't have to have no control over your child for something unexpected to happen, and for you to lose your grip on your child's hand.

park accross 2 bays at right angles ,my fella always does that (no kids) so no one will scratch his vehicle paintwork , he is a nob thou ,he always parks furtherst away from store entrance where there is loads of space anyhow,also ,his beloved vehicle is so old no one parks near it anyhow ,he simply does not "get it"

It's sod all to do with control, there will always be some idiot reversing without looking. Put them at the back of the car park, yes, and put a walkway next to it. And you need space to get young children out the car.

When I get paid my benefits and go shopping I always park in the P&C spaces, my kids may be 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 & 17 years old but I can't get the Transit Mini bus in the other spaces.

Plus, when I'm spending MY hard earned money in a shop I'll park where I like, do you know how heavy two 20kg bags of goat feed weigh? probably about 6stone which is very heavy.

I always INSIST on parking in a p&c space when I go shopping with DD.

She's 23