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MrsM494 · 2023-10-02T21:02:08+00:00

Its really getting on my nerves how people are parking in Parent and Child spots despite not having children. I saw 3 cars like this today and 2 the other week. I watched one woman act sheepishly as she saw me struggle to take my toddler and baby out of my car in a regular parking spot, whilst she (with no children) parked in a parent and child spot. I don't want to be confrontational but would I be in the wrong to ask people to park better?!

Whammyyammy · 03/10/2023 16:48

Just keep a car seat on the back seat, always guarantee yourself a space near the entrance

Purpledaisies4 · 03/10/2023 16:55

I parked in Sainsburys the other day, had my 1 year old & 5 year old with me. I parked in 1 of the 5 parent & child spaces, there 1 was empty one left. While I was getting the kids out 2 women pulled up in the empty parent & child space & put a disabled badge in the window. Now had there been no free disabled spaces then I wouldn't have minded 1 bit but there were at least 3 disabled spaces & they closer to the shop 🤦‍♀️ fortunately for them my husband was with me & ushered me away quickly before I said something very loudly!

Sirzy · 03/10/2023 16:56

Purpledaisies4 · 03/10/2023 16:55

I parked in Sainsburys the other day, had my 1 year old & 5 year old with me. I parked in 1 of the 5 parent & child spaces, there 1 was empty one left. While I was getting the kids out 2 women pulled up in the empty parent & child space & put a disabled badge in the window. Now had there been no free disabled spaces then I wouldn't have minded 1 bit but there were at least 3 disabled spaces & they closer to the shop 🤦‍♀️ fortunately for them my husband was with me & ushered me away quickly before I said something very loudly!

Somebody with a blue badge can park in whichever space they feel is best for them. They don’t have to justify it to you or anyone else.

x2boys · 03/10/2023 17:30

Purpledaisies4 · 03/10/2023 16:55

I parked in Sainsburys the other day, had my 1 year old & 5 year old with me. I parked in 1 of the 5 parent & child spaces, there 1 was empty one left. While I was getting the kids out 2 women pulled up in the empty parent & child space & put a disabled badge in the window. Now had there been no free disabled spaces then I wouldn't have minded 1 bit but there were at least 3 disabled spaces & they closer to the shop 🤦‍♀️ fortunately for them my husband was with me & ushered me away quickly before I said something very loudly!

You realise that people with a blue badge can park wherever they please?
If you had said something very loudly it wouldn't have put you in a good light at all
My severely disabled 13 year old has a blue badge we will park in whatever space suits his needs better.

Kidsfortea · 03/10/2023 18:21

MatthewsMumFromTikTok · 02/10/2023 23:42

See already the lines are blurring....heavily pregnant is fine?

What about mid pregnancy??early pregnancy?

Disabled if all disabled spots are full?

What about the unfortunate parent with an injury....bandage or other accident

How about those recovering from a c section at 6 weeks +? Or earlier for some??

Or ANY operation?

DADS included?

I often park in one if all disabled spaces are gone and I'm taking my very elderly father shopping. He can't walk far so 🤷‍♀️

genesis92 · 03/10/2023 18:28

whatnot929 · 03/10/2023 14:41

People like me? Meaning people who SOMETIMES CAN'T FUCKING WALK PROPERLY? "Selfishly" taking a space that means I can buy food, from an able bodied, able to walk person, who I should priorities just because they have a crotch goblin with them?

do you hear yourself?

Blue badges are actually not that hard to get if you have a genuine disability. Also, have you heard of online food shops? Means you can stay away from all these "crotch goblins" in the supermarkets.

You sound delightful

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BodegaSushi · 03/10/2023 18:32

genesis92 · 03/10/2023 18:28

Blue badges are actually not that hard to get if you have a genuine disability. Also, have you heard of online food shops? Means you can stay away from all these "crotch goblins" in the supermarkets.

You sound delightful

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Blue badges are really not that easy to get, HTH.

genesis92 · 03/10/2023 18:36

Blue badges are really not that easy to get, HTH.

Maybe that's the case, but from my experience I've often been fairly shocked at finding out who has them.

tinytemper66 · 03/10/2023 18:39

The only time I parked in a P&C space without children was when I broke my leg. I didn't feel comfortable with the disabled spot even though I was in a wheelchair and didn't have a blue badge, so used that for the few occasions I was in plaster and was unable to weight bear.

Sirzy · 03/10/2023 18:46

genesis92 · 03/10/2023 18:36

Blue badges are really not that easy to get, HTH.

Maybe that's the case, but from my experience I've often been fairly shocked at finding out who has them.

or maybe people don’t want to share their medical history with someone so judgemental!

BodegaSushi · 03/10/2023 18:47

also, for whoever smartly replied that not all disabilities are permanent, people with non-permanent disabilities do not qualify for a blue badge 🙃

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/881372/advice-note.pdf

Non Parents in Parent and Child parking spots

LakieLady · 03/10/2023 18:50

BodegaSushi · 03/10/2023 18:32

Blue badges are really not that easy to get, HTH.

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I had a client with quite severe disabilities who was turned down for a Blue Badge by the council, because they reckoned she was able to walk 50 metres or whatever the rule is. I was pretty gobsmacked, because she could hardly walk any distance.

A few weeks later, she was awarded the higher rate mobility component of PIP and was automatically entitled to it. Fuck knows what the council was thinking when they turned her down.

FlyingHighFlyingLow · 03/10/2023 18:51

I'm 32 weeks pregnant and massive.

Last week I parked further back to get a space with no one parked each side. When I got back to my car, someone in a big SUV had parked right on the line on my drivers side to give them room to open their huge door and get out on drivers side. I would have struggled not pregnant! I had to climb over from the passenger side, with said huge bump, to get in.

Next week I'm using a parent and child space. I do genuinely need more room to get in the car.

Runnerduck34 · 03/10/2023 19:01

My DC are teens/ early twenties this is nothing new and sadly will always be the same.
Also used to annoy me when they parked in a parent and child space with a parent in car with DC whilst other oarent popped in.

HongKongGarden · 03/10/2023 19:27

Sirzy · 03/10/2023 16:56

Somebody with a blue badge can park in whichever space they feel is best for them. They don’t have to justify it to you or anyone else.

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Anyone can. It doesn’t stop them being an arsehole for doing it though.

HongKongGarden · 03/10/2023 19:28

x2boys · 03/10/2023 17:30

You realise that people with a blue badge can park wherever they please?
If you had said something very loudly it wouldn't have put you in a good light at all
My severely disabled 13 year old has a blue badge we will park in whatever space suits his needs better.

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In the same way of course anyone can use the disabled toilets if they want. Weirdly this seems to go down poorly with the self-righteous though.

HongKongGarden · 03/10/2023 19:29

BodegaSushi · 03/10/2023 18:47

also, for whoever smartly replied that not all disabilities are permanent, people with non-permanent disabilities do not qualify for a blue badge 🙃

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/881372/advice-note.pdf

And that’s supposed to counter the imbecilic claim that all disabilities are permanent is it?

BodegaSushi · 03/10/2023 19:35

HongKongGarden · 03/10/2023 19:29

And that’s supposed to counter the imbecilic claim that all disabilities are permanent is it?

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Yes, it’s a comment I made in context of qualifying for a BB. I don’t have the exact quote to hand, but someone said ‘why are there more disabled spaces than P&C’ and I said you can’t compare a choice to a permanent disability. I’m still right, and you’re still an ass who thinks a disabled person using a P&C space is entitled and selfish.

Yestostructure · 03/10/2023 20:16

foolishone · 03/10/2023 07:15

Parents who let their kids fling the door open piss me off far more than non/parents parking in p&c spaces.

If your child can't open a door with care, open it for them and stop damaging other people's cars.

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Sometimes you can't control every single aspect of your child's actions...children can be clumsy and lack thought, especially when they are young....I'm not "allowing" him to damage cars.
There's always one....

XenoBitch · 03/10/2023 20:35

YANBU to let it get on your nerves, but you would BVU to confront people over it. You are not a parking attendant, and P&C spaces are provided as a courtesy.

Electrictache · 03/10/2023 20:35

@Yestostructure use a child lock and open the door for your child.

Wolvesart · 03/10/2023 20:38

Hmm that’s bad if there’s no child in the car. However, I don’t see them as ‘parent’ and child. The child might be with their grandparents

celticprincess · 03/10/2023 21:58

Goldensunnydays81 · 02/10/2023 22:45

so frustrating for you!
What bothers me is parents parking in the spots but the whole family staying In the car apart from one adult - if the kids are not getting out the car and staying with one parent then you don’t really need to park there,

I came here to say the exact same thing!!

Our Aldi is FIL of pensioners using the parent spaces as I guess they don’t qualify for a blue badge - disabled spaces all empty!! I can see why they do it though as you’ve got to be quite supple and flexible to get out of the car in some regular sized spaces. I’m fairly slim and able bodied but have trapped a nerve trying to get back into a space when someone has parked too close after I’ve got out.

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 03/10/2023 22:00

OnAir · 03/10/2023 07:35

My understanding is that they are close so that they limit the amount of children potentially running through a busy car park.

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This is exactly why they're put there.

I've got an autistic 4 year old with no sense of danger, either faster than Usain Bolt, or legs made of jelly, no in-between neither of which appropriate for walking across busy car parks with.

And sometimes we have to shop past 8pm, to that rather brazen poster further up not in this chain, because that's when it's quieter and bedtime or not, we have to buy food. 🤨

I think the supermarkets themselves are somewhat to blame, we've got a few round here huge car parks and could definitely afford to make more P&C spots and even disabled spots, but we're even less likely to get into a disabled spot and the amount of times I see people without a badge in those is maddening.