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... to expect people who use parent & baby car parking spaces to have children with them?

465 replies

fryalot · 05/02/2007 15:11

Or am I the only who gets fed up of waiting for a space because they are all filled with lazy b***ds who can't be bothered to walk an extra yard?

OP posts:
handlemecarefully · 07/02/2007 15:48

That's slightly outrageous winestein. I am genuinely shocked re the criminal damage.

hitchcock · 07/02/2007 16:10

at christmas dp and family went to supermarket (the one jamie oliver recomends) and there was 2 spaces left in child parking we took 1 and a woman took the other she had no kids and dp pointed that out to her.
she replied that as it was 6 pm she could park where she liked dp sais no that was not the case and that caould she please move to another p.space. she said no she wouldn't and that we should not been shopping with our children aat that time of night.

my dp said what did you say
she walked off

we were queing in the check out where this older man came up shouting at dp and trying to punch dp

in turns out that woman had phone husband and told him that a man had shouted at her and made threats to her

super market said nothing

the fact that we had 2 children there under 3 made no diff to any one he was swaring and tring to punch dp and no one tried to stop him even when i said call the police

now we say nothing as it is no worth it
this stanger could have rally hurt my dp for what?????/a parking space that his wife should not have been using

charleymouse · 07/02/2007 16:24

\petition{http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/pcspaces/index.html}

Jimjams2 · 07/02/2007 16:25

You can't moan about winestein on a parking thread, she'll start talking about square metres and centimetres soon.

Winestein I emailed you at last(!) (but my email account was playing up). Did you get it? If not I can resend.

TheEmeraldCityTourGuide · 07/02/2007 16:26

Exactly, Hitchcock - it's just not worth the hassle.
Sorry to hear about your parking incident - it sounds dreadful.

Jimjams2 · 07/02/2007 16:26

pmsl at that petition. There has got to be more important things to start petitions about than that!

charleymouse · 07/02/2007 16:27

Trying again
petition re pc spaces

hitchcock · 07/02/2007 16:28

thanxs ectg it was horrible left us shaking and my 3yr old in tears

never again not worth it

TheEmeraldCityTourGuide · 07/02/2007 16:28

I demand a separate check out in post offices for red headed people born under the sign of Taurus!

misdee · 07/02/2007 16:29

are you serious?

ItsMeMellowma · 07/02/2007 16:30

A PETITION LOLOLOL, nice one.....

Jimjams2 · 07/02/2007 16:32

you'll need a petition emerald- although I will get more on mine he he he (separate PO counter for brunettes born under the sign of capricorn)

TheEmeraldCityTourGuide · 07/02/2007 16:36

Darn you, Jimjams, with your vastly more commonly occurring hair colour!

bumblebeee · 07/02/2007 16:47

I'm with jimjams, brunette Capricorn!

TheEmeraldCityTourGuide · 07/02/2007 16:52

Hmmm... but could a red-headed Taurean use the Brunette capricorn line if wearing a brown hat and making goat-like noises?

bumblebeee · 07/02/2007 16:55

LOL, I'm sure that's another debate altogether! I don't think the Capricorns would be too happy....

ti · 07/02/2007 17:17

its a sinple fact that both P&C spaces along with Disabled spaces are there for the simple reason that people falling into these 2 categories generally need a little more space getting in and out of their cars and its too difficult squeezing in & out of the normal spaces. You circle round trying to find them in the first place and often wait for them because you dont want to scratch the cars adjacent to you. Those people who use them and dont need them are usually crappy drivers with cars that they THINK look great but are completely impractical as they can't actually park them! OR ignorant, selfish people who cant bear the thought that someone else is getting 'a perk' they're not. Odds on these are the same people who you would find with plates piled ludicrouly high at an 'all you can eat' place. Knobs.

nannynickers · 07/02/2007 17:23

In the town where I work the shopping centre has a floor dedicated to mother and child parking unfortunately to get in OR out you have to negotiate TWO flights of stairs with no lifts! Then when you return to the car and drag your buggy up TWO flights of stairs you have to walk across the level bump down ANOTHER TWO flights to pay for your ticket before draging BACK up the afore mentioned stairs!

The sentiment is great in view of the mother and child parking but surely anyone with more than 2 brain cells could have worked out that this might have proved to be a problem!

Spoo · 07/02/2007 17:25

I have a toddler and a baby so I can appreciate why people get so annoyed. It is bad enough trying to shop with two kids let alone struggling to get car doors open. and negotiating idiots driving at the rate of knots across the car park. My question is this - at what age does a child stop being a child. I see parents with 9 / 10 year olds parking in these spaces and wonder they whether they really feel that they need the extra space or to be closer to the shop. What is the right age to stop?

3andnomore · 07/02/2007 17:36

Spoo, I think common sense would tell one that the right age to stop using them is, when a child has some roadsense, is not likely to run off or anything (so, age isn't the only factor)...most children will probably be ready for this around 4, but in a child with sn this could off course be later, if ever.
It really depends on teh child I suppose...my 2 1/2 year old is pretty good and it's safe enough to walk across a carpark with him, now that my ms is 4....now, the 4 year old was a complete nightmare at 2 1/2 and it wouldn't have been safe.

ItsMeMellowma · 07/02/2007 18:13

Right Thats IT!!!!

We know ..... Its Naughty.... Its Not Good... Please please please.... can we all stop this whining on about bloody well parking spaces...pretty please

Smellen · 07/02/2007 19:18

Haven't had time to read all this thread, but earlier this week I went to the supermarket...

The car in front was waiting for the last Parent & Child space, and I was about to drive past when I noticed that there was no kid or child seat in the car. So, feeling righteous about it, I waited until the guy had parked, then as he got out, started with "Excuse me, you do know that's for cars with children..."

I was stopped in my tracks as he got out, turned round, and clearly had only one arm. So the rest of the sentence sort of died in my throat.

Of course he totally blanked me, and I wanted the earth to swallow me up.

I have no problem with a driver with a mobility problem using the parent & child spaces if the disabled spaces are all taken, but having seen friends with toddlers & new babies struggling to get toddler into trolley, baby in sling etc., anyone without a genuine reason for using them should be a bit less selfish.

ItsMeMellowma · 07/02/2007 19:34

hello....sorry this thread is finished now....empty......gone.....nothing more to be said......

margo1974 · 07/02/2007 19:45

kaboom!

winestein · 07/02/2007 20:17

I know HMC ... but in my defence Mi Lud, I didn't intend to knock it off and I think that is the point in law as to whether it is criminal damage or not... plus I could have got murder reduced to manslaughter with my hormones, possibly even institutionalised due to diminished responsibility, so in fact he got off really lightly...... (I believe the dimensions you seek JimJams are 2400mm by 4800mm).

Additionally, can I sign your petition please JJ as I am also a brunette born under the sign of Capricorn