To get infuriated by people mis using parent and child spaces?

[nothingbyhalves]

It's all in the title really. A woman just told me she had parked in one because she had a dog in her car. Aibu to think she is inconsiderate?

I went to make dinner.

I have no idea what's been said since things were pulled out of my ass.

So let's just assume you're all being UR and I can go about my day.

You could all just leave the car at home and get a taxi.

What was that farrow? You need to shout so everyone can hear .

I park in P&C spaces when I can't park in a blue badge space because it's full up with mostly BB holders but also a good few cunts have parked in there without one. I don't really give a shit if it offends anyone.

I don't feel entitled. I do however think common curtesy is important. I had no dc with me today so I wasn't parked in p&c space. I just felt for other parents with dc. The woman in question with dog was the one with a sense of entitlement. She could park there because she had a dog!?! I didn't go into it earlier because I do realise I should have possibly said nothing. But when I asked if she realised it was a p&c space she replied "yes, would you like to discuss it?" That really wound me up. I know I should have shared this earlier. It was the attitude of bugger anyone else! To hell with the mother with newborn twins struggling .....

Apart from disabled parking spaces which i would never use, i park wherever i like, p&c parking spaces included!
I would love someone to challenge me about it
oh and yabu op, find another space. You'll survive.

I park in a p&c if I feel like it (even without dc) because I think they are a bullshit marketing ploy and frankly if you cannot manage a shopping trip then do it online. Its not that big a deal.

I was 5 foot when my children were babies. I never struggled.

Oh wait I did.

I couldn't see over the top of the special carseat trolley. That was fun.

I must be missing something here. Why would fellow mothers take a space which would make life easier for another parent? I am genuinely asking for some serious reasons?

My mum's 4 foot 11 & I don't think she's used a P&T spot in her life. Never noticed her particularly struggling with a trolley - she even manages to drag 5 foot 7 severely autistic up the street with her (AND make him behave). There are some cars she can't drive though as she can't reach the peddles.

Because plenty of those other parents agree with those of us on this thread that they are daft and unnecessary and why should someone with a child with them get to park closer just because they have a child with them?

Also, they are called Parent and Child spaces. I am a parent even if my child isn't with me. Therefore I am entitled to park in that space.

Although I still do not have a car.

I can't see over the special car seat trolley Lionel & I'm 5 foot 6 - they are made for giants

I would like supermarkets to provide FuckwitFree spaces.

I came back to my car in Lidl car park last weekend and the bashed up Zafira in the next bay had all it's doors wide open, the man was pushing them back to get boxes in, the kids were charging about and swinging off his car doors - so 2 doors were bashing into my car and 2 into the car in the bay the other side. He had caused 2 big marks in my car and 2 dings in the other.

He rubbed at the marks on my car saying 'oh, they'll rub off' but they haven't, not completely. He obviously always does this.

All car parks zoned:

Disabled
P&C
Fuckwit Free
People who like to screech round car parks at 25mph
Dog owners.

Not this again. You always get the same people posting about how THEY park in the spaces even when they have no children. Ooh good for you. How inconsiderate.

The P and C spaces ARE useful for when you are trying to get a baby and toddler out of a car seat as they give you the space you need. However selfish, entitled people who don't want their cars scratched or can't be arsed to walk far or just want to prove a point always use them.

I don't think they need to be right next to the store but the extra space is useful.

I used them until my DCs were old enough to climb in and out of the car themselves and it was helpful.

My Dad parks in P&C spaces when he takes his 80year old Mother shopping.

Well, she's a parent and he's her child.

Right?

Yy lagoonblue

The most predictable responses/ responders of all subjects.
Have we had the "I just love to see the pweshus entitled mummies get irritated" ones yet?

I used to park in a disabled space when I took my 98 year old grandmother shopping . She had a badge! She would have been furious if we'd used a p&c space!

Actually the p&c spaces have a sign explaining their use, which is usually worded as being for people with small children/ toddlers.
But it's easier to ignore that if one is small minded/ inconsiderate or generally bitter.
Still. These threads always make for a jolly good read.

But my biggest beef is the "I'm entitled to a P&C space" attitude, because it leads to the "there isn't a P&C space, so I neeeeeeeeeeed the wider space and there are dooooooooozzzzzzzzzzzeeeeeeeeennnns of disabled spaces and I'm only going to be there a minute and most of the people with blue badges are acting anyway" attitude angry

I think that's a bit of a sweeping statement.

I suppose extreme stupidity would also be an excuse for misunderstanding the point of them too.

IME it's usually other parents who abuse P&C spaces. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen people with teenage children use them or people with empty car seats but no children. I find it annoying that other parents take the piss when they themselves had/have the privilege of using them.

Because the P+C spaces at my local supermarket are some of the first ones you come to - they're at the side of the car park - and save sitting near the entrance thereby blocking the way of the drivers behind waiting to get into one of the other rows of spaces while someone in an enormous car spends five minutes doing a twenty-point turn to drive their car away. It means I don't have to dry past the busy entrance. Instead of creating a queue while letting the shoppers coming out cross over to the car park I nip into the P+C. Five or ten minutes later I'm driving away. In and out instead of causing congestion.