to expect people shopping at the supermarket without children to NOT park in the mother and baby spaces

[alicet]

Went to Asda this afternoon. As I was parking a lady was also parking next to me in the only other free mother and baby space. She then got out of her car, clearly had no child and walked into the store.

On my way out 2 young lads in a van pulled into the space I had just vacated.

This really p*sses me off. The car park is enormous - its not as though there are not enough spaces and indeed its very rare to have to walk very far anyway. These spaces are here for a reason.

Am I being unreasonable?

Alicet, we agree, but this is a classic MN topic! Here's a recent one

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I park in them when i've got my dd, when i haven't got my dd, when i've got my dog and i parked there the other day because it was raining but i did but my dd's chid seat in view.

ha ha ha ha ha ah

i used one today . i had dd3 with me.

wasnt going to use it, but a car vacated the spot right by the doors, so i took it.

Speccy..my tongue is firmly in (my own) cheek.

well you have made me smile...wryly thinking that i am contemplating qualifying for a parent and child space and an old people one simultaneously

only kidding alicet

{smiles sweetly}

to whoever, with the baby, questioning someone with an assumed 4 and 5 year old using a toddler parking space

you will learn ... mwahahahahahahaaaa... you will learn

a woman did it to me a few months ago, i had dd she had no kids, so we stalked her round Asda, then i was going to accidently scratch her car with my keys, but it was already scratched, wonder how

no your not being unreasonable

You know, I think P&T spaces are a good idea and I have a sort of disabled child. Am I unique

people should just walk to the bloody shops.

Has no one complained about cars that take up 2 parking spaces yet?

I wonder which space folk with achondroplasia should park in? THose little drawings on the floor arent very clear, are they?

Yes, they should. If they can

Alice, I've only read your OP (don't need to read the rest funnily enough)

It's just that this subject has been done over and over and over.

And it's not your thread btw!

ANd lastly but by no means least - hello and welcome

S.O.S

OK so I apologise for posting a thread that has clearly been discussed ad infinitum before. But - I don't spend my whole life monitoring topics that have previously been discussed.

Surely if you think this thread is dull and repetitive you don't read it? thats what I do if I see a title on a thread that doesn't particularly interest me!!!

Have a look here - if you're over 50 in Hillingdon, you have special spaces all to yourself

alicet, its not that its been done to death. Read what coppertop has written

alice, dont worry, i posted a thread like this not so long back, lol - and got the same reactions.

FWIW - I totally agree with you, it does PMO seriously when people park in P&T parking spaces if they dont have kids.

And to add controversy, lmao.. the ones thats REALLY get up my nose are the drivers of those huge-ass 4x4;s (not landrovers, i'm talking the american ones) that park in them because they hopeless at parking them in normal spaces because they're SOOO big.

If I see someone park in a P+T place with no kids I pull them same as if I see someone park in a disabled space who clearly isnt.

Pisses me right off,but then I am a gobby cow

I don't know really. I saw a news feature this morning about 'elderly parking spaces' where the eligibility criteria was from age 50 upwards! - daft. I think we almost have too much differentiation on parking rights.

Might be better to stick to a simple - specific parking spaces dedicated for orange badge holders (surely the really infirm elderly would also qualify for these too on the grounds of disability) and then parking for everyone else.

Do we really need M&T spaces? Although I agree the width of them is helpful for opening the car door wide enough to strap junior in

kaishay - you might spot my 4x4 in a M&T space - but that's because i have 2 small children, not because i can't park. I'll wager my parking is probably rather better than yours . You get pretty good at parking (by necessity) when you have a big vehicle