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 !

Yes those too. Obviously.

And obviously not those who are not accompanied by children at either end of the journey. Doesn't really need saying but if you require the obvious to be stated ...

Aaah, but what about a PP whose sister got the nasty note?
It should be obvious that things are not always obvious, surely?

I once saw a BMW who took up 2 spaces near the front of the tesco car park.

I returned a little later to see that someone had emptied a jar of pickle all over the windscreen and then sprinkled flour on top. I wish I could have stayed to see the drivers reaction!

Better car does not mean you're better than others and your car does not deserve to be treated like a princess.

Maybe they should create a "BMW W*nker" space in car parks? Next to the p+c and disabled spaces? Perhaps supermarkets could leave the rotten fruit there.

Things have really changed round here.

A few years ago there would have been not a single person agreeing with such an OP.

Now there seem to be several who think that P&C spaces are some sort of divine right.

No, nobodies entitled.
Other people are just 'not nice' apparently...

I use the p&c spaces all the time at the moment. I am waiting for an appointment to see a spinal surgeon and have great difficulty walking at the moment so park as close to shops as possible. I will continue to you these spaces until my spinal op has been done and been a success and don't care what anyone else thinks.
When my son was a toddler -20+ years ago - there were no such spaces, and believe it or not we all managed to get our toddlers and babies in and out of a normal space without any hassle. Often wonder why today's parents claim to be so useless when compared with my generation and older. In the 1960s my mum used to take 3 children under the age of 6 into town to do a shop on the bus - this was pre-supermarkets - and managed gong round different shops without any problems. Don't see why today's parents want everything laid on a plate for them. P&C spaces are not needed.

thecitydoc that sounds incredibly painful, I don't blame you for using the spaces available. I hope your surgery appointment comes through quickly.

I would have said something - I always do if I' searching for a space - be it a parent and child one when i have the littlies or a disabled one when I have my gran - and someone who obviously doesn't need it takes a space (usually blokes in sports cars or single women in flash new range rovers where we live)

I have no objection to someone using, for instance, a parent and baby space if there are no disabled spaces left - Imean, that just makes sense - but people who use them just because they don't want to walk the extra 20 yards toteh shop really wind me up.

I leave notes quite a lot informing people what utter wankers they are.

Leaving notes for people is shit. If you see them get out so you 'know' they are taking the piss then say something. If they are not there then how do you know they didn't have a reason to park closer to the store?

My DH took my elderly mum to her local tescos after she had just got home from hospital. He parked her right next to the entrance. We had a relatively flash car. Someone left a note on his windscreen. My mum was so upset.

Gosh, I'd never leave a note on someone's car for parking in a P&C space without obviously having a child with them.

Can see the temptation when people with bb park in bb spaces though, big time.

*without bb's not with, obviously.

I have no objection to someone using, for instance, a parent and baby space if there are no disabled spaces left - Imean, that just makes sense - but people who use them just because they don't want to walk the extra 20 yards toteh shop really wind me up.
I leave notes quite a lot informing people what utter wankers they are.

And by what psychic powers do you know whether the driver of the car in the p and c space is "an utter wanker" or disabled? Not all disabilities are obvious. When I had cfs no one would have known to look at me.

Can see the temptation when people with bb park in bb spaces though, big time.

I report then to customer services in my local supermarket. They put an announcement out and ask them to move.

Just to note regarding enforceability of parking on private land - it used to be private companies could clamp you or tow you but that was banned a couple of years ago. However, you can still be issued a fine if you ignore signage - so long as it is clear and reasonable - for instance residents only parking and blue badge parking etc and the land owner is well within their rights to do this.

However many places like shopping centres etc simply lack the staff / means to enforce this, but the point is that they CAN - you are parking on THEIR land at THEIR discretion and by using that parking area you are therefore entering into a contract to abide by THEIR rules.

Just sayin'

Here's an easy explanation - www.theaa.com/public_affairs/reports/parking-tickets-private-land.html

I do that instead Purple . I have a couple of relatives who are bb holders and I do find myself looking at cars as I pass them, to see if they have a blue badge or not when in the bb spaces. That probably makes me sound a bit of a dick but I know much they help my relatives/their carers so therefore must help others and think people who park in them when they have no disability are selfish pricks.