Page 9 | To be fed up of people without a baby/child parking in the baby/child bays

Nicknamegoeshere · 2020-11-27T20:50:58+00:00

It drives me nuts. Totally selfish.

littlejalapeno · 28/11/2020 09:32

You clearly do mind, or you wouldn’t be coming back again and again to see if your goady comments have landed with the OP or now with me...

Let’s agree that there’s not need to say “get the fuck on with it” when “get on with it” works just fine. Unless you’re trying to be nasty that is.

Feministicon · 28/11/2020 09:39

@littlejalapeno

You clearly do mind, or you wouldn’t be coming back again and again to see if your goady comments have landed with the OP or now with me...

Let’s agree that there’s not need to say “get the fuck on with it” when “get on with it” works just fine. Unless you’re trying to be nasty that is.

😂😂 It’s usual to respond to comments made about you. How am I goading you! By not caring what you think? You are entitled to think I’m nasty and I’m entitled not to care or even agree. Have a great day.

madcow88 · 28/11/2020 10:09

Can I just add I look like a "normal" young woman. However I am disabled and have a blue badge and the looks I get for parking in disabled and child and baby is unbelievable.

Somethingsnappy · 28/11/2020 10:53

Few people seem to have pointed out that the wide spaces aren't just there to be able to take a car seat out safely.....they are also there so parents have room to put a pram or pushchair next to their car. There is no space for this in normal bays, so parents would have to put them in the road. They are there for the safety of infants and toddlers. Just because something is not enforceable, doesn't mean people can't use their empathy and common sense. Yes, there will be many disabled/elderly who use them and that's fine, but we all know there are plenty of people who don't need them and don't care, as evidenced by this thread. Personally, I'd prioritise safety for young children and vulnerable adults, whether it's enforceable or not.....

Quaversplease · 28/11/2020 11:32

I had a friend, B, who had a terrible motorway accident and was airlifted to hospital. She nearly died several times and was eventually home after about 9 months of hospital and rehab.

She was in a wheelchair and after 6 months graduated to crutches. She broke almost every bone on her right hand side. The council wouldn't give her a blue badge as they said it wasn't a permanent disability.

She did all her shopping online but once a week I'd take her to a local shopping centre for a coffee and to get her out. I parked in P&C spaces. She wouldn't have been able to get out of the car in a normal space.

I was once accosted by a woman and her 9 or 10 yeat old who told me I had no right parking in that space. When I pointed out their child would find it easier to walk across the car park than B the child swore at me and called me stupid and selfish.

Bogardicia · 28/11/2020 11:43

somethingsnappy I completely agree. The lack of empathy and common sense by some, evidenced by this thread, is unbelievable. I can only assume this attitude is indicative of how they live their lives.

Somethingsnappy · 28/11/2020 11:57

@Bogardicia, yes...it's usually the case, isn't it!

lemonsquashie · 28/11/2020 12:14

Agreed

Also, when the 'child' is about 12

lemonsquashie · 28/11/2020 12:18

I'm crap at parking so I had a child purely to be able to take advantage of these spaces. If they're not available, I drive round and round until I get one 🤣

woodhill · 28/11/2020 12:23

I think it is selfish to park their if you are not disabled or have a small baby or dc under 5 otherwise don't park there. Why be mean

greeneyedlulu · 28/11/2020 12:30

I was looking for a parent child space in the supermarket and a woman got the last one with her 2 Mitchell brother lookalike sons.... it was annoying but it did make me giggle!

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 28/11/2020 14:52

@Somethingsnappy

Few people seem to have pointed out that the wide spaces aren't just there to be able to take a car seat out safely.....they are also there so parents have room to put a pram or pushchair next to their car. There is no space for this in normal bays, so parents would have to put them in the road. They are there for the safety of infants and toddlers. Just because something is not enforceable, doesn't mean people can't use their empathy and common sense. Yes, there will be many disabled/elderly who use them and that's fine, but we all know there are plenty of people who don't need them and don't care, as evidenced by this thread. Personally, I'd prioritise safety for young children and vulnerable adults, whether it's enforceable or not.....

Agreed. Its funny, the people that come on to these threads to say they will park there if they like so people don't scratch their lovelu expensive car....

. Not showing much concern for the people with or without blue badges that might need the space then are they? Just smug that they pissing off a parent and putting a child at greater risk in the car park. They also have the cheek to talk about the "morron parents" that can't park, and should do an advanced driving course, yet they are the ones who park in parent and child bays because they can't park their car in a normal space so they, and other able bodied people can get in and out without hitting their precious car.

TrainspottingWelsh · 28/11/2020 20:03

@Thewithesarehere @SleepingStandingUp

I was responding to the op, where she specifically mentioned people without children.

The type of parent that views p&c as necessary invariably has shit taste in cars, and shit parking skills. I know if I had to drive a wanky new faux 4x4 or similar monstrosity and needed to do an 18 point manoeuvre to get in or out of a space, I certainly wouldn't want to be anywhere near the entrance where a greater number of people would see me making a twat of myself with an embarrassing car and shameful driving skills.

So you see by parking there myself, competently, and in a nice car, I'm inadvertently doing some parents a favour by saving them from themselves.