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To be annoyed when disable badge holders use parent and toddler spaces

354 replies

IcingOnTheCake · 08/05/2007 14:34

Well i probably am being unreasonable but i find this more of a cheak than anything. Me and my dp and dd luckily found a parent and toddler parking space (quite rare that happens) so i was happy about that. When i was loading dd into pushchair, someone went leaving an empty space and straight in was a couple with a disabled badge even though there were normal spaces free too. When they got out of the car i said to them 'you know these spaces are for parents with babies and pushchairs'. They said to me all grumy 'there isn't any disabled spaces'. I asked if they had been downstairs as there is always spaces and they said no we haven't, we are fine here'.

I felt very annoyed because if i can't find a mother and child space, i find a normal space and wouldn't even consider parking in a disable spot for obvious reasons plus they all kick off at people who do so why should it be different here. This couple walked straight into the shop we were next to and thats when i realised it wasn't about finding a disabled spot for them, they just wanted to park right outside the store for their own selfish convinience meanwhile some parent is struggling in a normal space to get her kids out the car with a tiny gap.

OP posts:
expatinscotland · 08/05/2007 16:18

I wish I never had to fill out a DLA form.

I wish my daughter would one day potty train.

I wish she didn't have dyspraxia.

I wish people would stop telling me, 'She's so tall and pretty, it's such a shame' or 'What's wrong with her?'

I wish, oh, I love her, but sometimes I wish she were NT.

That's never, ever going to happen.

sniff · 08/05/2007 16:19

UCM I have never read this AIBU topic before so I was shocked, I usually dont read them at all but I thought at first it must be a wind up,

I have hardly ever got involved in the arguments either

to the lady who wrote the OP it could have been my dad!! he has cancer which has killed of the nerve ending in his left leg you cant really tell when he walks he is just slow but if you look carefully he has what might be mistaken for a "beer belly" but unfortunatly its a growth

and he parks where he wants!!

ThomCat · 08/05/2007 16:19

oh right - ok - well you said that "i have never said i SHOULD have priority and i HAVE said that if i don't get a m&t space, i happily park elsewhere AND i have said i don't have a problem with disabled people in general" so exactly what is the problem here? You're jst a bit peeved at someone with a disabled badge who parked in a M&T spot, even though you had been able to park in one as well?

lulumama · 08/05/2007 16:19

look, icing has retracted some of what she said. i think the message is loud and clear.

lou33 · 08/05/2007 16:19

i have to go and get the standing frame and gaiters that ds2 gets for free in a minute

IcingOnTheCake · 08/05/2007 16:20

lizyline i that message was for TC because by calling me a little princess she was stereotyping me. i forgot to write it was for tc

OP posts:
lou33 · 08/05/2007 16:21

i think you stereotyped yourself in your opening post

LittleSarah · 08/05/2007 16:21

Ooh, look, Poirot is on!

lou33 · 08/05/2007 16:22

i'm eating dirty cake

LittleSarah · 08/05/2007 16:22

Christopher Eccleston is in it...

ThomCat · 08/05/2007 16:23

By ThomCat on Tue 08-May-07 16:00:38

And I suggest you stop acting like a spoilt princess and have a word with yourself love!

Blandmum · 08/05/2007 16:23

Lulumama, I'm glad she has retracted some of it, I think she should retract all of it, and then carry on posting.

I'm a bear of tiny brain, and will find it impossible to remember who started this thread by day after tomorrow.

But she asked a question and got an answer. Wish that was the toughest thming I have to cope with today.

percypig · 08/05/2007 16:24

Like your efforts to distract LittleSarah. I tried the 'reasonable' approach, didn't really work.

I'll try the distraction too...

Would anyone like to eat a nice percypig? Very tasty, and full of 'natural fruit'.

lou33 · 08/05/2007 16:25

want some cake anyone?

SoupDragon · 08/05/2007 16:25

Yes, you are being unreasonable.

Move on.

PeachyChocolateEClair · 08/05/2007 16:26

No thanks Lou, I prefer mine minus the gravel

thanks for the offer though

LittleSarah · 08/05/2007 16:26

I'll swap you a piece for a goats cheese and chive scone... have already eaten two.

lou33 · 08/05/2007 16:27

i scraped it off and resmoothed the topping

honest

percypig · 08/05/2007 16:27

Goat's cheese scone sounds yummy - post the recipe please!

lou33 · 08/05/2007 16:27

cor i love cheese scones

misdee · 08/05/2007 16:28

oh i go oput and you lot carry on without me. tsk.

had to leave dh at home as its a PITA having him around small children who arent his own. oh that sounds wrong, but i know what i mean.

PeachyChocolateEClair · 08/05/2007 16:29

Ooh i'd love thatr ecipe, DS1 can eat Goats Cheese but not cows cheese.

IcingOnTheCake · 08/05/2007 16:29

By ThomCat on Tue 08-May-07 15:56:05
I think people post things like this becasue they are slefish princesses.

Thats why i said you stereo typed me

OP posts:
Blu · 08/05/2007 16:29

Icing...to be fair, you are not the only person who has complained about disabled people using P&C places, and those have all received the same response, whether they used the 'selfish convenience' phrase (or similiar) or not.
Also - the response has been a mega-avalanche of critical posts, usually unecessary after the first few all saying 'yes, YABU' - but continuing to fight your corner without taking points made in the posts into account has fuelled the onslaught.

Has your view changed at all, or are you still annoyed by Blue badge holders parking in P&C or on yellow lines where they are entitled?

misdee · 08/05/2007 16:30

gess, everytime i pulled into m+t spaces i have a little chuckle to myself. dh says i am mad as well.