to have shouted at the knobhead who parked in a parent and child space?!

[SparklyTinselTits]

(pre-thread warning: I'm a bit of a grumpy arsehole most of the time)

So, about two hours ago, myself, DH and DD (6 months) went to tescos. Headed for the parent and child spaces, but they were all full. I saw a couple, probably in their mid-30's loading their shopping into their car - not a child or car seat in sight. So DH pulled into a space just across the way from them. I made a big show of struggling to get DD out of her car seat in the normal sized space, and as we walked past I said "nice to see you struggling to get all your kids into your car in that massive space"

The man didn't know what to say, and the woman just put her head down and pretended not to have heard me.
Was I BU? Or does everyone else get The Rage when childless people park in parent and child spaces?!

God forsake the day ever came that parking in parent & child spaces were ever a topic of discussion within my group of friends, lachat.

Not worth getting steamed up about.

MN is the only place i hear about P&C spaces! No-one in RL ever talks about them.

Oh I'm a bit twisted today.

I really chuckled seeing you martyring loudly with your big manoeuvres to get the car seat out. I hung my head in shame....to hide my giggles.

We don't have any P&C spaces in my town. Saves a lot of angst.

Here only a few stores offer parent and child spaces, and they're a courtesy. They're also typically for pregnant women. Was the woman pregnant?

I have three kids, two of them were small at the same time, and I managed to get them out of the car by myself all the time. Is it really a big deal?

But sparkling how does any parent manage to leave the house if you have no P and C spaces?

People are selfish.

However it's far more annoying not to be able to park in a disabled space because they are full of people without blue badges parking in them to go to the gym (people of Edinburgh I am looking at you)

Well we all had to do our very best to get by Sirzy.

sparklytinseltits you sound too nice. Apparently you need tits of steel on mumsnet these days. It would annoy me too, and I'd be passive aggressive too, (because I'm not built like a brick shithouse , I don't have tits of steel and I'm not Jeremy Kyle material).

Have a cup of tea and in the words of the song.
Let it go.

Ohhhhh try having a disabled kid.... Park in a disabled space and people tell me I don't look very disabled.

Who even notices. seriously?

Op's DH pulled into a space just across the way anyway, OP could have got out and left her DH with the baby in the car and done the shopping.

I can't believe you're getting roasted on pitchfork over this, but then. This is mumsnet.
Ynbu. It particularly states they are for parents and children. Would they have reacted like this if heaven forbid you had a disability and were on here complaining that an able bodied person had parked in a disabled space, leaving you no room. I hope not.

FFS !!

Crikey! Are they really only for pregnant women?

I shall take my little notebook and shame all of those lazy cows with kids who can walk, what a bleedin' liberty!

Seriously, does it matter much? The childless couple were taking advantage of the supermarket's provision, OP was pissed off as she better fit the brief.

In the grand scheme of things they got an easier shop, self confessed grumpy OP got a good grumble, many MNers got their daily moan, all done and dusted, everyone's happy!

I have parked in those spaces when I didn't have children with me. Not often but it has happened for a few different reasons.

If you made a dig like that to me like that I would have laughed at you.

At least actually have the guts to say something properly

I don't see it as a big deal; probably because when mine were tiny we didn't have them and everyone managed, so now I see them as a nice thing to have but no big deal if you don't get a big space.

They may have needed the extra width or closeness to store more than you did.

P&c places are nice if they are available but making a big old fuss about getting your kid out and then being snide probably wasn't worth it .

Have a relax. It's Sunday. Watch the rugby. Let it go.

I am suprised it took so long for someone to compare a p and c space to disabled spaces.

Let's clarify - p and c spaces are nice if they are their but if not you can park elsewhere easily,

Disabled spaces are needed. Without them many disabled people wouldn't be able to get out of the house. They are also a legal requirement.

Would they have reacted like this if heaven forbid you had a disability and were on here complaining that an able bodied person had parked in a disabled space, leaving you no room. I hope not.

Please do not compared parent and child spaces with disabled spaces.

Two completely different things and quite offensive to compare the two.

I have a theory that some people only have children so they get to rant about P&C spaces.

People should not be such sticky beaks about usage of P&C parking spaces.

Yep
p&c places are nothing at all like disabled places.

I hope you looked to see if they had a disabled badge before having a dig at them. Although if you are disabled, do you even have to display your blue badge when you're in P&C parking?

Anyway, complete non-issue. You could have got the car-seat out before your husband parked if it was that much of a problem, or one of you could have stayed in the car with the baby. We never take the kids into the supermarket if we're both available - it's just unnecessary hassle and one of us can do the shopping about ten times faster on our own.