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AIBU- parent and child space parking related.

39 replies

Ohnonotagen · 12/05/2014 19:02

I know these don't usually go well but wondering if IABU to think person parking in this space was abit off.

Our local co-op has a car park next to it but its owned by the council rather than the co-op so you don't have to be shopping there to park in it.

I parked there to go to a toddler group and i tend to park in a normal space to leave the child spaces (there are only 2) free for people with kids and shopping.

Anyway when i was walking out of car park i noticed that a lady with a co-op uniform on was getting out of a car she'd just parked in the child space. she had no kids with her.

When i came back a couple of hours later her car was still in the space and she was actually at work in the co-op.

AIBU to think that staff should at least leave these spaces for the convinience of shoppers

OP posts:
DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 12/05/2014 19:04

Seriously, you need to get out a bit more and myobGrin

maddening · 12/05/2014 19:05

Yanbu on this one imp

LaurieFairyCake · 12/05/2014 19:05

But you just said it's not just for co OP folk Confused

So she's as much a member of the public requiring a space as you are

you're the same

How do you not get that?

Why does your toddler group trump her work ?

Eh ?

AgaPanthers · 12/05/2014 19:06

That is pretty shitty, if only because she's doing it in uniform.

Original poster
Ohnonotagen · 12/05/2014 19:07

i didn't say my toddler trumped her work i said i tend to park in a normal space if i'm not shopping and i have toddler. She's not shopping either

OP posts:
CloverHeart · 12/05/2014 19:07

Lol. This is my que....

Parent and child spaces are not legally binding - they are advisory only and enforced through common courtesy, not fines and tickets.

She has as much right as every other driver to use them, staff or not.

Biscuit
TeenageMutantNinjaTurtle · 12/05/2014 19:13

Surely it's not about having the right to something. It's about just being plain nice and considerate...

I don't understand why someone would use a special bay of any type if they didn't need to. It baffles me. These threads baffle me. Why can't people just be nice. Everyone knows it's easier to negotiate buggy/car seat/toddler in one of those bays with extra space.

Sigh.

cantbelievethisishppening · 12/05/2014 19:13

I have never understood all the hoo ha about parent and child parking spaces.

Sirzy · 12/05/2014 19:17

Where there other spaces in the car park?

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 12/05/2014 19:19

YAnBU. Even if they arent legally binding it would be nice if she parked elsewhere.

CoffeeTea103 · 12/05/2014 19:19

Mind your own business then throngs like this won't bother you. Biscuit

Original poster
Ohnonotagen · 12/05/2014 19:19

sirzy- yes the car park was virtually empty

OP posts:
BikeRunSki · 12/05/2014 19:21

She might be pregnant/ill/injured and benefit from parking close to the shop.

Casmama · 12/05/2014 19:22

Yabu - you know how common threads are about parent and child spaces but you thought you would start another one that was different to all the others in one minuscule detail. Thanks for that.

Joules68 · 12/05/2014 19:25

So you went in the co op? Why not ask her if you are concerned?

Stupidgrl · 12/05/2014 19:25

I had always imagined that staff would be discouraged from parking in the spaces closest to the shop, as these are "premium" spots. Suppose it's different in a council car park.

Smitten1981 · 12/05/2014 19:26

I think they should put the parent and baby spaces right at the back of the car park. That way if you need the extra room for a buggy you can have it, and it's not a massive deal to walk further if you're using a buggy. It would stop people who don't need the extra space to get a car seat/flailing toddler out of the car and safely assemble a buggy using them unnecessarily.

whattimeisitanyway · 12/05/2014 19:34

YANBU.

I don't see why it's relevant whether there is any legal basis. That's the case with lots of things in society. It is just common courtesy and good manners to not use spaces which have been designated for parents of young children when you have no young children and no other need of them and there are plenty of other spaces available.

I doubt the Co-op would be happy with a member of staff taking one of these spaces either.

Doingakatereddy · 12/05/2014 19:43

So let me get his straight.

You feel more entitled to use a parent & child parking space (probably convienient to pop into shop) for duration of toddler group than an employee?

Right. Do you. Insider yourself superior to an employee? Does she have any hidden illnesses or dependants she may need to have close space for?

Does your entitled boring view of life permeate into everything or is it just parking?

Get a life

CloverHeart · 12/05/2014 19:46

I did mention about it being common courtesy - of course I agree that people should consider it good manners to park elsewhere if they have no children and I never consider it when without DS.

The fact is thoug that they don't and they don't have to either.

ipswichwitch · 12/05/2014 19:50

What Smitten1981 said

Nanny0gg · 12/05/2014 19:52

You feel more entitled to use a parent & child parking space (probably convenient to pop into shop) for duration of toddler group than an employee?

Did you actually read the OP's posts?

She deliberately parked in an 'ordinary' spot. She wasn't going to use the P&C space as she thought it would be better if someone who was shopping could use it.

You might want to read the posts properly before being quite so rude as no, you didn't get it straight.

And I don't think the employee should have used it either...

ballinacup · 12/05/2014 19:52

Doing, do you struggle with reading?

The OP parked in a regular bay, not a P&C.

I don't think YABU OP, there's a private car park near my office that has signs up saying anyone can park in the disabled bays. Would I? No. Because I'm not an asshat and don't wish to make someone else's life more difficult.

ForalltheSaints · 12/05/2014 19:54

You still have a local co-op?

Nanny0gg · 12/05/2014 19:56

BTW I used a P&C space for the first time today. They hadn't been invented when I had my children, and I braved the supermarket with one of my DGC this morning.

I did head to an ordinary space first, when I suddenly realised that I could use the P&C space so that I could open my door properly to get her out and not dint either my door or my NDN.

So it's not just so that you can get a buggy out. Wouldn't be much fun if you had a small baby to get inside from the back of the carpark in the rain though.