To think that people who use parent and child spaces without children are selfish *****

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I've only started truly noticing how many idiots do this since I had my baby 4 months ago. I can't believe how many people I've seen do it. And yes I always call them out and have had some pretty disturbing abuse thrown back.

I have also always reported to the shop staff to be told it isn't illegal and there's nothing they can do bar having a parking attendant out constantly which isn't possible (I know this isn't the shop staff's fault).

No disabled spaces? Fair enough, crack on. But this isn't the case 99% of the time. People use them because they are close to the entrance. I would rather the spaces be far away from the entrance with a small trolley park nearby with car seat/child seat trolleys.

Yesterday I purposefully parked straight down the middle of two normal spaces because I didn't want to risk having to reverse out just to get my baby's car seat back in. As I was walking in I witnessed 3 separate very able bodied people walk back to their cars without children.

Just really pees me off 😒

It may be a first world problem but when you’re a new mum, knackered, May still be bleeding/leaking and car seats are the size of arm chairs, to really need that extra space only to find someone lazy wanker has chosen to park in one, can be the cherry on top of a really shit day.

it drives me nuts. I have 5 children aged 9 years-6 months,so it can be a pain if we don’t have room to get in and out.

I have a disability but don't qualify for a blue badge. I don't park in disabled spaces but do drive around (and around sometimes!) in order to find/wait for an end space which gives me more space to get in and out of my car. You could do that too.

You are going a bit overboard here it's a space. You sound batshit.

I will be expecting you are giving the OP same crap about parking over two spaces, oh thought not.

I’ve found whenever we do an online shop then things are missing/out of stock or they send unsuitable replacements (we have one with multiple allergies so her stuff is usually quite specific). So, I inevitably end up needing to go to the shops anyway.

No, I’m suggesting they are not disabled (otherwise they would park in a disabled bay) and are parking in the P&C for because they are selfish/lazy.

You only need the baby, not the seat, just leave that in the car and use a sling or put the baby in a trolley with an infant seat. I only had a 0-4 seat that you used rearfacing then turned around later.

But not everyone with a disability (temporary or permanent) qualify for a blue badge so can't park in a 'disabled bay'.

My grandmother has a blue badge but sometimes another space is better for her. She doesn't need much extra space as she can get to her walker if it's at the back of the car, where the space is is more important.

Disabled bays should be near the shop entrance. Parent and child bays should be far from the shop entrance.

In all fairness, not many supermarkets (at least not around here) have those trolleys with the infant seats. There are none in my town at all (only 2 supermarkets) so I'd have to drive to a different town to find one.

When I lived in a city when DS was a baby, we had trolleys with a place to strap the car seat on (sort of where the trolley seat would be) but then it made the trolley too high for me to see over.

I gave up and slinged in the end. Was definitely the better way to do it for me.

I did 🙄 There are lots of dicks in this situation.

@SliceOfCakeCupOfTea
My DD29 has just had a hip replacement and also didn't qualify for a blue badge even though she could barely walk for the last 2 years. I have used P&C when I've had to give her a lift.
If not getting a P&C space is your biggest worry then what an easy life you have eh

Our local Morrisons has loads of parent and child spaces, but they are further away from the entrance.

Parents and children park in normal spaces near the doors and most of the designated P&C spaces are empty🙄

Seems they're not that important then...

I drive a campervan, so routinely park at the far end of any carpark, so no skin in this game.

I gave up and slinged in the end. Was definitely the better way to do it for me.

I always used a sling too. Infant car seats are heavy and awkward to lug about if you do have one. You need a sling to manage a baby and trolley if they need picking up anyway.

😂😂😂😂😂 clearly your spaces are extremely wide or your car is extremely small

MN has always been weird about P&C spaces. There are countless threads about "courtesy" - always bring wine to a dinner party, never play music in your back garden, heaven forbid you'd park across somebody's drive for half a second while you drop something off... But P&C spaces are "just a courtesy" and therefore a free for all. Never did make sense to me!

It annoys me too as I had to carry 2 under 2 across a car park to get into the shop to get a trolley when there were several blokes in vans parked in the parent spaces

Your mum sounds dreadful. My mum has heart failure, she can't walk far without getting breathless and is on a list of medication as long as your arm. She wouldn't dream of parking in a P&C space and despite bring 76 she embraces changes that make things a bit easier for parents these days.

How sad that as a society we think someone struggling like that is something to be applauded rather than her using a closer space which would make life easier for her simply because a parent can’t possibly walk a bit further with there child.

So you've taken no note of the fact that not all disabilities qualify for a blue badge?

Yesterday I purposefully parked straight down the middle of two normal spaces because I didn't want to risk having to reverse out just to get my baby's car seat back in. As I was walking in I witnessed 3 separate very able bodied people walk back to their cars without children.

Aye well, they witnessed YOU parking like a bam so it seems pretty Even Stevens. .

It's really not always possible.
I have 4m old twins and I've literally had to drive off from my local supermarket because the parent child spaces were full and the normal spaces are too small to physically get both the babies out.

After reading this thread I'm actually going to tell her to use them. I've applied for a blue badge for her.

Good. She shouldn’t be left struggling.