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IWBU but by how much?-waiting in a disabled space?

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CrohnicallyAnxious · 07/11/2014 19:59

Mitigating circumstances:
Waiting for a family member who has recently had serious surgery and can't walk far, or stand for long and isn't supposed to be out in the cold/wet to come out of the doctors
I knew she was on her way out so would only be there a few minutes at most
The only other available spaces were on the other side of the car park
There is no designated waiting or pick up area, and narrow lanes/one way round the car park meant nowhere to pull over and wait without blocking any other drivers
There was more than one disabled space so I wasn't depriving anyone of the ability to park
I waited in the car and would have seen if the other spaces became in use and would have moved to allow a bb holder to park in mine if need be

I pulled into the BB space as it seemed the most sensible thing to do at the time, but in the maybe 2 or 3 minutes I was there (same song was still playing on the radio) 3 people came past and gave me dirty looks. So how unreasonable was I to have used the BB space to pick up my family member?

EllenMumsnet · 09/11/2014 16:11

Hi folks.

Thanks for your report BeyondPreparedForHell, we'll have a closer look at this thread and get back to you asap.

EllenMumsnet · 09/11/2014 17:08

Righto. Have RTFT top to bottom and first off, thank you Flowers to all who contributed thought provoking and enlightening insight into the debate.

Tinkly your anecdote was a tonic and your DS sounds like a treasure. Grin

WRT the bunfighty bit - we've tried to keep deletions to a minimum despite the bad karma early this morning. Walking and Beyond please, please fight your corners if you will - but keep our guidelines in mind.

We never want to delete so much of a thread as to render it meaningless. There's a lot on here that might serve to make folk think before they use a BB space when they don't have the badge.

If you think we've made a wrong call, feel free to report any posts you want us to have a second look at. But above all, peace & love people Flowers

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