to park in the parent and toddler spaces when I'm on my own

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if it's 9 o clock at night. I mean, surely, they won't be needed late evening?

Or should I not?

we hired a hummer for ds1's last birthday my god he loved it.

I have a toddler and a blue badge (for ds1) and I park in them after about erm 8.30pm with no kids in tow. Toddlers should be in bed by them

wouldn't it be easier if you had drive through supermarket?

I like a sausage roll (shame faced emotion)

I've done worse.....

I've parked in the disabled bays at ASDA after work.

I should point out though that I get out of work at about quarter to one in the morning, there's normally only about 5 other cars there, and ninty trillion bays. It's a bit scary otherwise.

Am I going to regret posting this now I'd never ever do it during sensible shopping hours obviously.

I won't have time to go to Greggs, I have to meet all my mates in Weatherspoons for a four hour liquid lunch, the kids really enjoy it

Well iv just got my 3 year old ds employed as bar staff by Wetherspoons. So I can sit and get pissed all day in there, an have my son wait on me!
Of course, he needs a Nutella, and Fruit Shoot break every now and then.

SERENITY - You need pelting with tomatoes

I like what my local Sainsburys did. Lots of signs for the "extra wide spaces" with a picture of a 4x4 on them. Said spaces are at the far end of the car park.

no way!!! are you joking?
that's brilliant!!

meh i park in them any time i never have children with me. it's no big deal.

theBOD, you park in mother and child spaces at any time of day, without children?

if there's no other spaces i will.

I like the incendiary tone of some of these messages; great for a heated discussion!! Surely its a courtesy issue. I am disabled following cancer treatment and have a 12 year old on asd but I dont park in parent and child bays because I remember trying to get out of car with baby in rain miles from store entrance. If I cant find a disabled bay I find a non disabled one rather than the childrens bays. Yes, it does cheese me off to see people with older kids abusing it put, hey, that always happens. Most people observe it, except my Sister in Law, who hates it and says it discriminates against her becauser she is single. There is always one............................

I know that tots are in bed, but when DD was newborn, we used to go late at night all the time. Too stressful shopping at "normal" times!

tbh joking aside. iw ould only park in them if dd was with me and there were no disabled bays(she has a blue badge) if the car park was empty i would be ablee to park anywhere so no reason to use them. and if it is raining i would just remember that i am not made of sugar.

I wouldn't at ours, because they are miles from the door and not actually convenient. I only use them with the kids so we can get round the sides better.

If I was a woman on my own I would for my own personal safety as P&T spaces tend to be closer to the shop and well lit.

I parked in one with ds1 last week (8 years old, has a blue badge, disabled bays were full) because the car park was heaving and I wouldn't have physically been able to manage to get him to the back of the car park had he been kicking off (which actually he kind of did- my arm still aches and is still bruised so I'm glad I didn't have to drag him further).

Don't do that often because the last place you'll find me is Tesco when its busy (misjudged last week).

I once parked in a disabled bay when I had a tiny baby and it was pouring down and blowing a gale. There were no P&T spaces anywhere near the shops (they were sited across metres of rain and wind-soaked tarmac.

It was a quiet day and there were still about 10 empty disabled spaces left. We were only in the shop for about 25 minutes. When we left, most of the car park was still empty and none of the other disabled spaces was full, so we obviously hadn't deprived anyone 'genuine' of the space.

I used to know a lady who parked in the parent and child with her elederly mother, she used to say shes the parent and im the child!

HAR! lottie.

"Most people observe it, except my Sister in Law, who hates it and says it discriminates against her becauser she is single. There is always one"

completely agree with her.