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

[IcingOnTheCake]

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.

And that's cos I didn't get round to doing it online!

has anyone ever been to castlepoint shopping center or read about it in the paper etc. about it's carpark?

i think if i had not have wrote 'selfish convienience' which was a bit harsh of me, this thread would be very different.

I hate threads like this. Be thankful you are fit and WALK ffs.

My mum has a blue badge but she'd happily swap it for a pair of legs that worked better.

My granny had 9 children, no car and the shops were a mile and a half away, yet she managed.

Am I missing the point?

my dd1 has just been awarded a blue badge. i agree that m&b spaces are a privilege and disabled places are needed for people who really do need them in order to get to the shops. there aren't enough disabled places anymore as they're making loads of m&b spaces these days. what makes you think this way? i'm not saying that in a nasty way i really want to know why you think you are your child should be more privileged than a disabled person.

Icing, you've admittted some of your comments were a bit harsh, hopefully anyone who was offended will see that...step away from the thread!

Icing - it wouldn't have been different at all actually. You are still saying that you are pissed off with a couple who own a blue bage for parking in M&T. Your 'selfish' comment was pretty bloody gross of you, but your post still has the same nasty meaning without it.

You're the selfish one with your 'how dare a disabled car park in m&T' attitude.

Maybe the disability is shortsightedness so that they could not see it was a mother and baby parking bay

No, Percey cos even without the nasty 'selfish' comment the message remains the same.

Can I ask genuinely, do people do this thread (let's face it, it happens every 21 days when the sun hits aquarius and venus is up Saturn), because they know that it will kick off or because they just haven't read the other threads on it before?

yes that was it littlepin, they closed it because it was falling down. well its all stable now, thats where i was at castlepoint, anyway no one hardly parks downstairs and there is always loads of spaces, i usually park down there and i think i will always in future.

I think people post things like this becasue they are slefish princesses who think the world owes thema favour and have more rights than a disabled person. They had children fgs, give them soem respect hre!

i had never seen a thread on this before.

ucm - this matter is only discussed on threads like this on mn - nowhere else. So if you've missed the previous threads, you won't know exactly how much it's going to kick off.

It is bloody irritating when you are waiting for a parent and child space (which are a bonus, not a right) only to see it nicked at the last second by an executive type who then runs into the shop leaving you with two screaming toddlers and a teensy tiny space to try and shoehorn your car into.

Sometimes you need to vent this irritation and that is, after all, what mn is for as regards every other irritation in the world.

Well then great - park down there, where you know there's loads of spaces and you can stop moaning about disabled drivers! Everyone's happy, whoop de fucking do!

thomcat i am not a selfish little princess, i wish i was though

thomcat i suggest you take a deep breath!

ohhhhhhhhhh

this is a keeper

well you're acting like one with the attitude your portray in the OP.

haven't read all thread but to OP-
you know I was recently told my autistic 7 year old shouldn't use a disbaled toilet because he wasn't a wheelchair user (by a wheelchair user)- that's not the only disability! If he needs access to a disabled loo because he has only about 2 minutes warning of needing it, then he will have it and deservedly so.

Ditto with aprking spaces- the needs of disabilities are wide and varying, and indeed some people need chairs one day, not others. My nan needed a chair, never used one for dignity, couldn't get herself more than about 100 yeards before collasing (had a heart disorder which eventually killed her)

As the tohers said, P&T is a priviledge. We should be glad for the children we chose to have, NOBODY chooses disability,its an evil theif that steals lives and quality.

Why by the ay d you think people get badges (and how easy do you think it is? Coz I have 2 disabled kids and can't get one...)- its of course to be close to the shops. Duh.

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

oh, sorry, forgot to put a sweet, sickly smile after - here you are -