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!???

[Tiredmumno1]

[TheFallenNinja]

Why risk getting a slap? Life's too short.

[Ameybee]

Maybe they should scrap p&c spaces and just make normal spaces wider than they are so everyone can manage peace and harmony!!

[gordyslovesheep]

how do you know they didn't have kids with them when they parked - I had some idiot give me filthy looks the other day for daring to return childless

thing is I did have all 3 with me - one had an opticians apt and it ran late which meant my ex came to meet us and took them home with him ...leaving me to return to a C+P space ALONE

[Bakingtins]

YANBU to be annoyed. The supermarkets should site the spaces further away from the shop then lazy buggers wouldn't take them. I use a P+C space, I don't need it near the door, I just need to be able to open the doors properly to strap kids into seats. I normally do just park far away from the shop where it's quiet, but there's always the risk someone will park right next to me and when I get back I won't be able to get the kids back in.

[MeSoFunny]

I don't have a car and shop online. No danger of mingling with the world's irritants that way.

[VikingLady]

Put a dog poo in their hood?

[AmIGoingMad]

Amey I would say YANBU at all!
This is something that really winds me up too. I'm not bothered by the proximity to the shop, more by the space. If there isn't one available, fair enough and I'll park further away to get more space. I do think its unreasonable of others without children to use them just because it makes life easier and for no real need. It's just really inconsiderate in my opinion as very often these people just don't want to walk another few yards and couldn't care less about the inconvenience they cause to those who are entitled to use the space.

[Ameybee]

And I didn't say I couldn't get the kids out of the car if I didn't use a p&c space I said it makes it much harder & why should I struggle when there are spaces designed for making this easier?? But people using them who don't necessarily need to??

[ApplyYourself]

I use them all the time.

After all, they don't specify that you have to have your children with you do they?

[TarkaTheOtter]

To those saying "we didn't have them in my day and coped fine" - my nan used to say that about electricity and indoor toilets.

[Iwantmybed]

Online shopping!!!!!

[whiteflame]

It's not a god given right Sirzy, but they do have a right if they are designated dP&C spaces!

[Ameybee]

I need a glass of

[xigris]

Apply the P&C spaces in my local Tesco and sainsburys do specify that they are for people shopping with a child. In sainsburys there's the threat of a £50 if they're misused

[Possiblyoutedled]

These threads always go the same way but the thing is they are there and are to make life a bit easier for people with a young child and no it's not the end if the world if you don't get one but it is selfish and lazy to use one if you are able bodied and without a child.
I had sections and it was a bit uncomfortable for me to carry the car seat for a while after. I didn't freak out if I didn't get a space but its just a tiny bit easier and what's so wrong with that?
I don't use them now as dd is two so can walk but I stil think its a bit knobish to use them if you don't need to.
I don't think it's entitled for someone to make use of something which is specifically for them.

[Sirzy]

. In sainsburys there's the threat of a £50 if they're misused

such fines aren't legally enforceable though

[chubbychipmonk]

No you ANBU, struggled the other day to squeeze 3 year old out a his car seat ( being 37 weeks pregnant not helping) then hobbled to the other end of the car park where the shops were while some idiot woman sauntered back to her car right next to the door to the parent & child space with not a child in sight! Grrrrrrrrrrrr

[dummad]

The spaces are near to the store because it prevents small children having to walk behind cars as they are reversing etc (think blind spots and a toddler not visible in your rear view mirror) In short P&C spaces are not for convenience they are for child safety. YANBU. I might challenge someone myself if I was in the mood for a fight.

[NayFindus]

This is a fascinating insight into human nature - no wonder the MPs filled their boots. 'Well there's nothing in the rules saying I shouldn't screw other people over. I can get away with it '

[usualsuspect]

It's broken Britain.

[Sirzy]

think blind spots and a toddler not visible in your rear view mirror surely toddlers in a car park are being held by an adult so why would that matter?

[Possiblyoutedled]

Carefull if you challenge though. I got shouted at by a bloke in asda car park "git a kid have ya?" He bellowed.
"Yes thankyou she's 8 months would you like to see her?"
He screeched off. I saw him and his wife in the shop later with their SCHOOL AGED chikdren. Gish how they must have needed that space.

[Possiblyoutedled]

My os have become is

[usualsuspect]

They are for school aged children

Not just babies.