Aibu To park in a parent and child space?

[Brokenmyankleandfoot]

Just that really.

It’s closer to the shops and it would be handier.

Aibu?

My corner shop deliver my bread and milk and basics like eggs and things - I just ring them with my card number. They’re 2 mins away.

But I NEED to go to this and I just know that there will be nasty horrible people who will judge me. And this thread shows I wasn’t wrong.

I can’t help what happened to me, trust me I’d rather not be stuck like this.

They may be P&C spaces but they aren’t legally mandated like blue badge spaces and I have a need for one, in my opinion.

This is really coming off a horrible thread the other day saying there were too many disabled spaces and there should be more P&C spaces and itnupset me because I’m in a catch 22 - can’t use blue badge spaces and can’t use P&c space and can’t use a normal space.

OP I've only read the first page of replies so forgive if this is a cross post but if you can't stand I would argue that it's probably not very safe for you to be in charge of a vehicle. Personally though I wouldn't have a problem with you using a parent/child space. I have two babies (15 months and 3 months) and I seldom use them myself.

OP I would rather you used it than someone with an older child who is perfectly capable of getting out of the car by themselves

Don't even bother to ring, just use it and ignore anyone who is an arse about it

Hope you heal quickly

I honestly wouldn't put this much thought into it , just do it , as a parent to a 6 m old who uses the p&c spaces I wouldn't care if I saw you. I'd think yeah fair enough. If I see someone who doesn't have children use them (or has a 14 year old child and thinks they should still use them ) I merely just think "fuck sake , that's annoying" and move on with my day not giving it one more thought.

I used one once when I was 12 days over due and could barely walk because every inch of my body was triple it's usual size and I just could not face parking away further and I just kept thinking I DARE someone to question me right now , it still took me about 45 mins to walk from the car to the store

Park there, it’s not illegal, If someone says something then just kick them with your left foot!

notso no! She’ll fall over! Jeez .

Hit them with the crutch? (Joking!!)

Yes, crutch them! Far better than kicking.

I think people are just being silly I very much doubt any normal person in the cold light of day is going to moan when they see someone on crutches struggling out of a car in the P&C space.

I just know that there will be nasty horrible people who will judge me. And this thread shows I wasn’t wrong

Fuck them. What do you care what they think? If they have nothing better to do than judge you for being perfectly reasonable, pity the poor bastards and their empty heads.

Is the car parking area privately owned (by GP or say a retail park) or Council?

Blue Badges only have validity on council property. Whilst privately owned car parks can say that they insist users of disabled bays have a BB, there is no legal basis for insisting; and use of 'disabled' bays is for those who would categorise as disabled whether they hold a BB or not. You'd have to be prepared for a paperwork battle, but then if you park in the P&C with no child you could have a similar battle anyway.

So I guess what I'm saying is that if the car park isn't Council, I'd suggest you use a disabled bay rather than P&C, as you are at least more correctly using the disabled bay because your injury is disabling.

(And before anybody complains, my son is a BB holder. I don't begrudge these spaces being used by non-BB holders if I can see their disability.)

As an aside who are these dickheads that just want to stamp their feet and DEMAND that mnhq take down a thread because they don't agree with it? Entitled twits.

Yabu.
You should park sideways across all 3 of them.

I don’t know who owns it. I was assuming the shops but that might not be right.

Hate people that do this. Trying to manage a baby and a toddler in a pushchair in a narrow space. The parent and child spaces are closer to the store for a reason. So you don't have to try navigate through busy carparks.

Hate people that do this

Use courtesy P&C spaces to visit a doctor with their broken legs? I'm sure they hate you too.

Firsttimer try to manage a walking Zimmer frame, a non weight bearing cast with a broken ankle and metatarsal and the other knee in a support. Unable to stand for more than a few seconds. And shoulders and arms screaming in pain every time you try to move.

I’ll take the baby and toddler any day of the week.

Just use the space if you need it and ignore the idiots.

FWIW I have seen loads of people without kids park in p and c spaces and no one saying anything to them ever

Jeepers thickos unite

don’t be so hard on yourself.

try to manage a walking Zimmer frame, a non weight bearing cast with a broken ankle and metatarsal and the other knee in a support. Unable to stand for more than a few seconds. And shoulders and arms screaming in pain every time you try to move.

This is exactly what home visits are for!

Crack on. You need the space more than me and most parents

Soup ironically I didn’t want to ask for a home visit as that would put the doctor out.

I tried to get the medication over the phone but they insisted that they have to see me.

I get where you are coming from, but you have only posted this to prove a point. That is never really going to go down well and it's not going to change people's mind on the matter.

You could always borrow a wheelchair for use out and about. Obviously that's of no help today, but may help in the future

Soup ironically I didn’t want to ask for a home visit as that would put the doctor out.

Nutter! Yours is exactly the kind of scenario they are meant for :) Surely “walking” is going to do your recovery no favours at all?

The P&C issue is a red herring TBH.