parent and child bays

[fairy1303]

Our local supermarket is always rammed. I have often had trouble finding a space. There are some parent and child bays and these are great when I have to take the baby - you need the extra space for the buggy and to be close to the supermarket etc etc.

Today when parking in them, the woman next to me sprung out completely childless.

I know I shouldn't get so annoyed sleep deprived and am anticipating biscuits galore - but she was still parked there when I left and I really wanted to let the supermarket know!

There were other spaces btw, just a bit further away.

There in the wrong place thats why they are abused,

put them at the back and less would want to use them.

They are essential to parents with two or more small children, not everyone has big gaps between babies.

Yes and til then a wee bit of humanity is always nice.

When the blue badge places run out the supermarket tells you to use P and C spaces.

People may not look disabled, but may suffer from chronic pain where every step is a chore and mobiiity rationed in the most minute way each day. In fact I imagine most blue badges are given out for pain related conditions - I wouldn't be at all surprised. Chronic pain is depressing and exhausting, and the last thing you need is some nutter bounding up to you giving you a lecture on P and C parking spaces, to add to your woes.

Rules are rules no?

I.e don't tell off an old hobbling person for parking in them

I always use p&c spaces if possible but I do get glares and sometimes rude comments as ds is nine but looks about 12!
He has an invisible disability (invisible to the council but not to all the other shoppers and us).
I would happily use a disabled bay if the council would accept severe autism is a disability.
Until that happens I will use parent parking as he is my child and will always be my child even when he's an adult.
So please judge away.

Are you actually serious MrsB?

I really have trouble believing someone could be such a stickler for rules.

But when there are acres of disabled spaces left and the blue badge chooses the p and c space it royaly pisses lots of mums off.

My heart bleeds for them

Yes I am.

Not going to win this argument. But im not the only one with this vew hence the this thread and many more created in the past.

But our view point is not heard, you get shot down by oooohhhhh, but what about blue badge users. Head against a brick wall comes to mind.

Ok why not make the disabled spaces available to mums too. Evens the field some what.

pyulio Sat 28-Sep-13 00:44:31
My 20yo brother parks in them just for laughs from the looks and verbals he gets from the yummy mummy brigade

Has your brother always been us h a mysoginist?
How odd, my ds's would feel very bad if they did the same and would be more inclined to be helpful than a total cunt.
How worrying for you.

It doesn't even remotely 'even the field' - the two things are not comparable in the least!

You CAN manage without a specified space.

It does not "even the field".

I dont believe childless people should generally use P and C spaces if able bodied but suggesting mums should be allowed to use disabled spaces to make things even is frankly ridiculous.

I said to dh the other day that they should scrap them as all they do is provide convenient parking for selfish wankers

This thread wasnt created because the OP wanted to be able to use disabled spaces MrsB

Thats the issue isn't it - that people would choose the P&C spaces before the disabled spaces. In lots of cases, the supermarkets haven't given enough thought to the placement of where the bays are, but as I said further up the thread, at my supermarket, the P&C and disabled spaces are next to each other with no obvious difference between them.

Well you two are kindred spirits with yout bollocking of disabled pensioners and leaving snarky notes on badge holders cars...a marriage made in heaven

So why mention it then?

I wasn't the one who did. Bit theses threads always end up along those lines.

Marriage with who?

But similarly, although I'm making assumptions, the OP also said that the person using the P&C space "sprung out" and ran into the supermarket, so although I understand everyone says disabilities can be invisible, on the face of it, she wasn't talking about a disabled person using a P&C space either.

Mandy..she leaves notes on badge holders cars if they park in P and C spaces.

Selfish ha,

as I said there is a year between my children a double buggy or trolley left at the back if a car in a normal space is not safe. in normal spaces thats the reality.

Crikey Fanjo thats a bit harsh. If you read the thread, I said I'd never be rude to a blue badge holder nor indeed leave a note.