To cause a massive scene in Sainsbury's car park

[momma1701]

Earlier today I went to Sainsbury's with both my DD's (7&1) I was just about about to pull in to the last mother and baby space when someone cuts me up to park there, ok annoying as fuck but whatever.
I find another non baby space which is a very tight squeeze with my car (it's quite big) not to mention the whole faf off youngest DD and her car seat palava, so we've finally got out just about and set out to go in store, this is when I notice the guy who cuts me up is on his own, not only that I recognise he's the same guy who done this to me last week!
So I flipped out!
I asked him where his kids were and does he think it's acceptable to be able bodied (I know this now I've recognised him as I actually went to school with him and he lives near me) and watch someone else struggle whilst he doesn't actually need the space.
So what I got back was him shouting to me 'you don't have to have kids to park here' and 'I'll park where the fuck I want'
By this time my oldest DD was very upset with our shouting and his swearing so I started to walk away, he proceeded to shout abuse behind me and it was all just very embarrassing really!
All in all I'm glad I called him out in front of lots of tutting and clapping people but I wish I hadn't upset my DD, I just hate disrespectful people! And I went in and reported him

Blimey. That's not a car, it's a juggernaut.

momma1701 no idea why you think fairy is taking the piss out of m|h as they're prob one of the last people that would.
the link is to page about managing anger, if you'd actually looked at the page and not just the link.
She may have been rather blunt in her responses, but she hasn't taken the mick, or insinuated you have m/h issues.

Unbelievable

Clearly this man lacks common courtesy and manners. I have been tempted to do the same before when people without kids who need car seats or pushchairs etc use the spaces. Regardless of whether you have a big car or not those spaces are allocated to help families. He was a dick. I can't believe people on here are slagging you off???!!!

Clearly this man lacks common courtesy and manners

Clearly so does the OP. But the main problem is her upsetting her own child by causing a massive scene over a parking space, of all things.

Exactly I post a link to help you all of a sudden it's bullying of sorts. It shows how you're in a world of your own. I don't need to backtrack as I've done nothing.

Speak to my children, speak to my eldest, when you see others arguing or fighting with or without children what do you think. I know his reply, glad I've got a nice Mum & Dad. As my 6 year old would say.

2000 FB friends isn't a benchmark of popularity, it just means someone sends a request you accept.

Yes age does have bearing on how you deal with things.

Good luck to you and your family.

Hopefully you'll grow up & stop playing the victim card. Oh I'm so hard done to.

Try Asda next time.

It all sounds very infra dig.

Has anyone nominated the thread for classics yet?

He was cheeky, the OP started a slanging match in front of her children and the entire car park.

Classy.

He was cheeky, the OP started a slanging match in front of her children and the entire car park.

That's a v good summary of the situation.

If they had parking wardens then why would you decide to pile in and kick off? Presumably you aren't one of them?

You lost your shit to the point of apparently getting a round of applause from some customers and yet you didn't raise your voice in front of your child?

They could solve this problem by putting the P&C spaces at the far end of the car park. I appreciate a wide space to get my toddler out of her car seat, I don't need to be close to the store. The Sainsbury's near me P&C spaces are not close to the store but have a pavement between the two parking rows then a zebra crossing to get you safely to the door. Problem solved. the lazy gits probably just park in a blue badge space instead

Blimey!

I go to bed, get up, come onto MN and there's skins nd hair all over the walls!

I'm going to have a cuppa tea. I want you all sitting quietly colouring in when I come back.

Happy!!!

You are your child's role model.

Well done for screwing that's one up

Woken up to the responses on this thread of which some are vile.

It reminds me of school playground stuff when one person picks on someone and then other people start chiming in.

Horrible behaviour and it's not a river anything

Yanbu- I'd have clapped if I was there!

So many of you seem to be pulling the OPs nature to pieces yet some of you are just coming across as vicious and nasty. What a strange thread.

Vile responses should be reported-obviously.

London

It's just a set of 'mean girls' cheering each other on, you know when you wasn't a popular one in school now someone behind a screen agrees with a comment you make and you get that 'warm feeling of happiness' inside,
No o don't get it either but some lonely people scrape the dregs for it.

And once again why does what fairy has gone through in her past life got to do with me and my car parking situation!? Yeah she's been through a shit time, other people have for all you know I have, not really what my threads about, is it

God. Mn is like a parallel universe sometimes.

A parent has an arguement with someone who uses a space that is designed to make parents lives just slightly easier. The parent is in the wrong because she should just accept that her car is inappropriate and in 1903 we didn't have p and c spaces and just had to suck it up.

I have a pickup and 2 dcs. I use it for the school run too. I don't need it for work. I just like pick ups. And it's useful for a hobby we so. I offer no apology for that. As long as it's legal I can drive whatever I like.

And pickups are actually easier to park than small cars. I find them easier anyway. Could never reverse park the focus but I can get the truck in the smallest of spaces.

But even if the OP had been in a micra it's still easier to park in the spaces designated for p and c. Someone used it who didn't have need of the extra space and he got called on it and reacted by verbally and physically intimidating a woman with her dcs. And the woman is in the wrong?

Up the patriarchy.

Hang on. OP you said: "on this car park when people are in spaces they shouldn't, on yellow boxes, zebra crossings etc"

I don't think I have ever seen a car park that has yellow boxes and zebra crossings. Especially not a small one that doesn't have sufficient spaces to cope with the standard number of visitors.

Where is this car park, I'd like to go and have a look so I can provide a diagram for the thread as we all like a diagram on parking threads (and I count this as one)?

Let's be serious here, you have never been to a store car park that has a zebra crossing!?
Now that is total bullshit! All my local stores have at least one outside!