To be fed up of people without a baby/child parking in the baby/child bays

[Nicknamegoeshere]

It drives me nuts.

Totally selfish.

Mumsnet 2003 and I claim my £5.

Do you know what really grinds my gears? People parking in the marked ATM space to go and do their big food shop.

I get more pissed of with the twats that park in disabled spaces when they don’t need to

Oh this had come around agsin

Yup, people in the disabled spaces without a blue badge.

Agree with the above.

@ghostyslovesheets must have been at least a week 😁

I’d much rather the baby/child parking was at the back of the car park. I need the extra space to get the baby/buggy/miscellaneous in and out of the car, but I don’t mind then walking further to the shop as that isn’t the difficult bit! Hopefully that way selfish people would avoid parking there 🤷‍♀️

Couldn’t give a shit about parent and child bays especially when they park in the disabled bays (without a badge) saying “we both get designated parking, you must learn to share”

@ChristmasSlayRide

Mumsnet 2003 and I claim my £5.

@Nicknamegoeshere

It drives me nuts.

Totally selfish.

Having children is fundamentally selfish, so the spaces will be occupied by selfish people either way.

Agree with PP. Put the parent and child spaces on the far side of the car park and make them double wide. It will give parents more space and stop other people using them. The extra distance walked to the shop is negligible compared to the distance walked up and down the supermarket aisles.

@CupcakesK

I’d much rather the baby/child parking was at the back of the car park. I need the extra space to get the baby/buggy/miscellaneous in and out of the car, but I don’t mind then walking further to the shop as that isn’t the difficult bit! Hopefully that way selfish people would avoid parking there 🤷‍♀️

You might not feel like that when your baby is a toddler. I have a 3yo and 2yo. Trying to push a trolly and avoid them being run over is not fun

It also pissed me off. Seems to happen at Tesco more than other shops in my experience. Usually selfish lazy pricks on their own.

First priority for parent and child bays goes to disabled people with a blue badge, then it’s disabled people without a blue badge, then it’s parents with babies / toddlers etc etc. That’s why supermarkets often do nothing when you complain.

How do you know they don't have dc? If dc are secondary age, at university, independent adults etc they are unlikely to accompany the parent to a supermarket.

HTH

SOUND THE WHISTLE

DIG OUT YOUR BINGO CARDS

ITS ON!

I agree with others about putting them further away, just wider. If I’m in a foul mood and catch someone clearly able-bodied and child free coming back to one I say a jolly “Oh dear, you seem to have forgotten your child in the shop! How silly of you!”

legalseagull
How do you push a trolley and walk a 2yr old and a 3yr old round the supermarket anyway?

@lifestooshort123

legalseagull How do you push a trolley and walk a 2yr old and a 3yr old round the supermarket anyway?

Youngest in the trolly and 3 yo walking - try to pick up every bloody item. Big tantrum when time to leave. Running whilst trying to strap youngest in the car

@AdobeWanKenobi

Walk
In the old days
Park better
Twins
Wild toddler v cars
Shop on line
Old people
Banging car doors
Car seat
Leave a note
Report to customer service
My DH shouted

Oh and sports cars!

It would all be solved if they just made parking spaces a decent size, rather than cramming in as many as possible.

You might not feel like that when your baby is a toddler. I have a 3yo and 2yo. Trying to push a trolly and avoid them being run over is not fun

Reins are your friend here.

Ah, I haven't seen one of these for ages...its actually made me feel all nostalgic for pre Covid rants that don't require an in depth knowledge of epidemiology, herd immunity and the economy of Sweden.