Parent and child parking

[spiderbear]

It winds me up so much when people without children park in 'parent and child' parking. Is it just me that has a go?? I just can't help it. I find them so ignorant and selfish. Just had to say something to someone at Tesco- she was with her (I'm guessing 20yr old) daughter.. and wouldn't even look me in the face.. I'm heavily pregs and also with a 2 yr old. But her daughter piped up saying they'd just dropped her dad and sister off at the entrance - which was rubbish as we'd been behind them coming into the car park!!
Am I out of order having a go ?? Should I just let it be? Or should supermarkets do more to stop this themselves??

Ffs. I am not talking about people without blue badges parking in those spaces. I don’t understand why you’re talking as if I am.

Again I will repeat I believe that rules are rules, p and c are for carees and children.

It’s a good thing most supermarkets (and posters in these threads) recognise that some people either disabilities and mobility issues require a larger space. You can keep insisting that parents have more of a moral right to them than others but I don’t think many will agree with you. What exactly is your problem with someone with a broken ankle who cannot get out of their car using a p and c space she. Sainsbury’s (the owner of the car park) says it’s ok?

Personally I think being a disablist goady fucker is unacceptable even when staying just this side of the line in being deleted.

No parents shouldn’t have to shop online. Few months for a broken ankle to heal.....approximately four - five years of having a small child lifting in and out car seats. That is slightly different.

Ok, replace the broken ankle with arthritis that’s not technically bad enough to get a blue badge but causes the sufferer chronic pain and difficulty getting into and out of a car.

The supermarket says it’s fine for them to use their p and c spaces.

Ok last post. Purple that was one particular instance. Good for your friend. I don’t have an issue with that one instance, but I think on the whole rules should be followed.
I have always maintained that I think people with blue badges are entitled to Park in p and c if they need.
Otherwise no one else has any right to park there. I’m not disablist. Or predjudiced. Or anything else.
Just my own observation of the rules. Simple as.
There’s plenty others on the thread who agree that p and c is for carer and child, as that is what they are intended for.

Otherwise no one else has any right to park there. I’m not disablist. Or predjudiced. Or anything else.

Begrudging disabled people and those with mobility issues without blue badges the right to park in p and c spaces makes you something else in my book.

No parents shouldn’t have to shop online. Few months for a broken ankle to heal.....approximately four - five years of having a small child lifting in and out car seats. That is slightly different

We are at 8 years now. It’s not going to change any time in the future realistically. He isn’t entitled to a blue badge but by your “logic” when he reaches whatever your magical cut off age is we shouldn’t use p and c spaces? Sod that!

I am angry with the system that means we can’t get a blue badge but because we don’t have one I wouldn’t dream of parking in a disabled space. However beyond that I will park in the space which best allows me to help meet ds needs and if disablist people like You dislike that - tough! Perhaps you should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes before you judge. Although be ready for that to be a painful mile!

I've always thought the p and c spaces should only be used by parents if they have young children with buggies. I don't think you need them if you have older children. My DDs are 9 and 6 and I wouldn't see that we have any need of them at all.

@Justalittlelemondrizzle oh maybe it was you Mum spoke to as I was unloading my wheelchair because a bunch of sports cars without badges were in the blue badge bays.

Yes it's really selfish and it pisses me off constantly. The other day I was at our local shopping centre. Couldn't get a p&c space so really struggled getting 2 children out of car seats in the tiny parking spaces. When I weaved my pram through the cars to the front I saw a space had become available. Lo and behold an older couple without kids parked there and put up a blue badge. I swear there were several disabled spaces in the row in front, directly in front of the shops but they chose to park further away in a p&c space. Can't understand the mentality at all. Some people cant stand to see parents get any sort of help.

@PodgeBod I only ever do it when the blue badge bays are full.

Mind you in a few years you won't need the bigger bay. I still will and it's likely people will still be misusing bb bays to pop to the cash point or only for a few minutes. As I can't wait for people to stop being selfish all the time I'll have to continue to use p&c bays if the bb bays are full of selfish people.

What really annoys me is when my daughter was a baby she qualified for a BB due to having bulky medical equipment that she used at all times. I chose not to apply for one partly because I could just use P&C bays. Thankfully she no longer needs that equipment after surgery but carting her round absolutely buggered my back.

So, if disabled people go somewhere and all the bb bays are full they should go home?

I've had to go home many a time, because I can't get a disabled space.

Hell in a handbasket I tell you, when we all start parking willy nilly.

Am going shopping in a bit. I will be parking in the P&C spaces. I'm in a lot of pain today and they are right by the door. Whereas the BB spaces are across the carpark. They moved them when they refurbished the store a few years ago. Guess which customers Tesco thought were more important!

our asda re did their car park a while back, they removed all the p&c bays that were right next to the shop and made them bb bays(result more BB bays)
they put the P&C bays over the "road" , works as they have a walkway in between and a crossing. much better idea(and I noticed the double trolleys are left near them)
i would always use a P&c bay when I have my bb person with me, if they are nearer than the BB bays.

Managed to get the last bb bay at Asda today. Three cars were parked in them without badges. Car behind me had to use the p&c though, displaying their badge.

Basically OP, people who do this are very selfish. The spaces are there to allow us to mobilise babies and children out of car seats, lift car seats out with baby in and to get the buggy out of the boot. No one else should be using them. Just as no one except a blue badge holder should use a disabled space.
I always approach people and call them up on it, or ask them to move, and tbh they always have. I’m always polite, but one or two have been horribly rude back, but actually moved their car anyway, probably because despite their arrogance, they know they are in the wrong and their rudeness reflects what sort of person they are.
I have a baby and a toddler and am post Caesarian. The regular spaces in my local Waitrose are not big enough to get a baby out at all. When I was heavily pregnant with my first, with severe SPD I was never self entitled enough to park in one of these spaces.
I think if more of us said something, people would eventually feel more embarrassed about doing this.

Also the comments about online shopping and waiting for DH to get home are making big generalisations. Some people don’t have partners, or they work away from home. And even with online shopping, sometimes you run out of milk and bread and have to pop to the shops. It’s impossible to avoid supermarkets altogether.