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!???

SDTG you are clearly marketing them at a price that's too high. Have you tried throwing extras in like cute puppies and kittens? Every little helps and all that.

StarBuys!

Buy slightly cute, rather noisy 3 year old DD and get a whiny, daft Staffordshire bull terrier free!

It ALL boils down to the fact that some people are fucknuggets.

For example the last P&C space rant that occurred on my local community FB page was posted the very woman who I had witnessed only a week earlier park opposite the school' in front off a residents driveway whilst she was in her car starting the engine to pull out! She strolled over the road totally ignoring my the resident frantically beeping her horn.

Her response on return, i later found out was "I was only gone 5 minutes and not breaking any laws"

I didn't say they were right Everlong, I was just saying that the precious and self entitled behaviour of some parents can dilute people's good will.

Personally, I have no problem with extra wide spaces being provided for parents. It makes sense. I don't think they should be at the door though. Yes, it might be handy for parents, but its also handy for elderly people, people getting over surgery etc.

I also think if the car park is full and a P&T space is the only one that becomes available after driving around searching for a space (as happened to me last Sat) people should not have to turn the car around and go home rather than park in it.

They're a concession but parents don't trump everyone else.

"I used to go up to offenders, smile disarmingly, and say: "You do know there's a man over there clamping people parking in P&C slots who don't have children?"

They used to move their cars pretty sharpish."

I like that!

All I need to see is the thread title and I started laughing!!!
I've clearly been here a long time!

Ooh, thanks, DonderadnBlitzen.

BeCool it's when you see the thread title and you start weeping that's when you know you've been here too long!

:)
I'm too positive by nature to weep, But I hear you ABF

YANBU.

P&C spaces are for parents with children and nobody else is supposed to use them. I wouldn't dream of parking in a P&C space without dd, or if I didn't have kids, just as disabled spaces should be for only disabled people. Yes, if all the spaces are in use, parents are perfectly capable of parking in a normal space, but just because it is physically possible doesn't mean parents should never have the use of P&C spaces, while people without children use the spaces.

For all the people saying 'just park further away from the shop door where there is more space', why shouldn't the people who don't have children with them park further away instead?

We've got P&C spaces whether we like it or not, until some future government removes them; while they exist they should be used properly.

OP - I would definitely have said something to the woman. And if I had been her, and brazenly parked where I wasn't meant to, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have chickened out and made up some story about my kids being just round the corner! If you're going to break rules, at least do it with style!

I am totally with you on this, but what irritates me more is the fact that the car park operator threatens to fine people using these with out children, upto £1000, but never do!

I usually glare and tut!

I usually glare and tut!

again really nice for people who park there to drop off or collect their kids

I laugh at people who give me evils and tut at me when I do this - they are very silly

Dupain - p&c spaces don't exist because of the government, they are generally put there by supermarkets for marketing purposes as someone said above - families with children are going to spend more money aren't they?

When do you ever see parent and child spaces in council pay and display car parks? I don't think I ever have, personally....

The fines aren't legally enforceable anyway.

i don't understand the comments about entitlement? how is the parent with the child "entitled" but the person who has no child and feels they can park where ever they like stuff anyone else, not?? as it were?? Surely the person with child is rightfully entitled to park in a space allocated for this use, anyone else parking there out of a sense of entitlement is therefore not,.. as it were

erm I mean drop off or collect my 3 children - which means I may drive into a space child free or return to one child free - but at some point I will be getting 3 kids in or out of a car ergo I am entitled to use a P+C space should one be free

Perceptiom Worcester have a number of them. although thankfully they have recently redone some car parks making all the bays slightly wider thereby better for everyone

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A) because I may be meeting their father their or I may be meeting their grandmother as we meet half way between our homes sometimes when she has them (200 miles away)

b) because it's not just supermarkets that have them - our local town centre does

Doubletrouble - I don't think people are wrong or 'entitled' to use them, just that, generally I have observed that the existence of them encourages people to think that they have as much right to or need for the kind of parking concessions disabled people have, just because they happen to have children fgs!

In an ideal world they would be a useful thing. But it's not an ideal world and imo they encourage twattish behaviour from some people and fights in car parks over spaces. Therefore we would be better off without them.

there ffs

Do you know me then doubletrouble?! I can't think how else you would know which town I meant. (racks brain for possible mners I could know in RL)

Gordy after accidently tutting at a couple with a new born in the back (Luckily don't think they noticed me) i make very sure there is no doubt. It is usually they same repeat offender is home & garden maintenance truck! (although I don't think he pays much attention to me either[hmmm]