To DESPISE people who intentionally park in m&b spaces!!!!!

[Carys62]

Today I was trying to park my car with my 2 young children outside the supermarket but couldn't get a baby space. I then saw a woman get out of her car from a mum and baby space WITH NO CHILD! She just parked, got out all alone and strolled into the supermarket with a smug look on her face . (OK there was no smug look I just made that part up but I just imagined her smugness) Whilst I huffed and puffed across the whole car park with an unruly 4 yr old and baby in buggy!!!!! IT INFURIATES ME !

I'm always alarmed on these type of threads by the weird people who start banging on about having children being a 'Lifestyle Choice' as if they are a pet or a designer item. There is also a lot of vitriol aimed at parents of young children, accusations of 'entitlement' etc, which I also find bizarre given that this is 'MUMsnet' and ostensibly a parenting website....

TheVillagePost, why be alarmed? OP was on a rant, but she's no idea why the woman parked there. Could she have been disabled, perhaps she was picking up an elderly friend, or maybe she was picking up a relative who had children? But OP just assumes the lady didn't need the space and therefore rants. That's ignorance to me, and as disabled people don't always have wheelchairs the judging by the OP is wrong.

I have a blue badge and parked in a disabled bay at the supermarket today.

When I got back to my car, some fucking cunt person had parked their huge 4x4 tank halfway across the chevrons and half in the bay next to mine. I now could not get my car door open properly (one of the things I struggle with is getting in and out the car). There was no blue badge but did have a baby seat in the back.

I was so incensed I ripped the back off and envelope in my bag and left a note under her windscreen.

The note said:

DUE TO THE LACK OF A BLUE BADGE I ASSUME YOUR INABILITY TO READ SIGNS AND PARK WITHIN A BAY ARE YOU ONLY DISABILITIES!!

I hope she/he felt sufficiently fucking guilty to never ever park there again.

Mycat, I doubt it. I had a someone park a Victoria Beckham designed land rover in a disabled bay next to the one I was using. When questioned she said: 'But I've got a baby, I'm famous and security said I could'. She was a local footballers Mrs. Not particularly famous and a quick call to security resulted in her being moved and calling me a fat bitch.

2nds why not? :)

2nds but I think the premise of the rant was that she hates it when people deliberately abuse the p&c spaces - yes, she used a specific example, but it's not like she accosted the woman. So, if said childless woman did have one of these other reasons for parking there that people keep mentioning, then no harm done. But OP's point about those who do take the piss still stands.

Thank heaven this thread has turned. Merchant very sensible, I agree.

I have in the past politely informed a Pernicious Parker (usually a bloke alone), that "perhaps they have made a mistake and just not realised that they have parked in a space which is reserved for people with young children?" In all cases (so far), cue sheepish sharp exit from said space with apology and mumbled swearing under his breath that I pretend not to hear.

Job done. Politely and without abuse. Pern Parker has the opportunity to say they are parking there because and I get to save face if I've made a huge mistake and accept graciously. Otherwise they are always embarrassed annoyed at being caught out and move their car.

I sound like a busybody but having struggled with a baby/pregnancy and physical limitations myself, it's not just inconsiderate and downright rude, but can cause real physical hardship to take the larger nearer space that is reserved for those who need it more.

Dawn That's brilliant! I've got a baby seems to be the excuse trotted out for everything these days. Yes, you've got a baby but your bloody legs work a lot better than mine so please don't park there!

I hope the driver in question in my case took ages as the envelope was large and I wrote in large letters and left it face up. I hope she's been suitably shamed.

But they aren't technically reserved though are they in theory? BB spaces are.

DawnDonnaAgain that's outrageous but not surprising! Only time I ever remember having a huge tête a tête with someone in a queue (been years) was because she kept saying "don't you know who I am?". No love. Not a sodding clue and I watch a load of crap telly

I'm glad she was escorted off and not given leeway just because of who she was.

Try going to the supermarket on the bus with your unruly children.
Then you will have something to complain about.

God. Mother and baby spaces should be banned or put at the back of supermarkets
To stop the whining

Or people could stop parking in them if they don't need to.

Why would you deliberately behave like a cunt to make someone else's day more difficult?
If they didn't have it in your day or they're closer to the store than you'd like; how is that the problem or fault of the people that use the spaces for genuine reasons.

Stop being a dick and take it up with the stores instead of having a "you can't have it I want it" mentality

Is there an age limit on the child/children?

Depends on the car park portia. It's up to 8 in my local supermarket.

Tescos near me has under 10's as the limit written on the sign, and Morrissons is under 5's!

Taylia yy

They're not M and B spaces. They are parent and child spaces. Dads can park there too. As a mother whose partner is a SAHD I despise them being referred to as M and B spaces.

YANBU it's annoying but the worst thing is there really isn't much you can do. Just give her a big glare, and make sure she notices your kids