To think this woman was taking the piss?

[AngeloMysterioso]

In a supermarket car park with two DS’s, 2yrs and 11 months. It’s pretty busy (half term round here) and the car in front of me takes the last parent and baby space, leaving me to park in a regular space opposite and squeeze baby and toddler out of the car and into the trolley which outs had to put in the road.

Fair enough I guess, first come first served and all that, until I see the woman getting out of the car with a girl who looks about ready to sit her GCSE’s, who both saunter into the shop.

As it happened, we were both getting back to our cars at the same time, and I asked her if she was aware that she had parked in a parent and baby space. She said she was, but her car is too big for a regular space and she didn’t want it to get scratched. The car in question was a shiny black Jaguar 4x4.

AIBU to think this woman was entitlement personified?

There’s a chance I reminded her that the space is for parents with children, not parents with children and people with big cars, and if she’s so concerned about scratches she needs to learn to park her ridiculous car properly or get something smaller.

You may find other ways of life ridiculous, but you're way is not the only way, open your mind a little

"Maybe she had more DC at home"

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So?

That wouldn't bother me at all xx

But the woman and the teenager - yeah, that's cheeky

They're normally for kids under 12

People saying about her being a parent with a child are just being ridiculous for the sake of it. The extra space in these spots are for those eith car seats, but they're also right near paths and crossings to make it safer by not having to cross the car park. As soon as your child can go out and about by themselves, crossing busy roads etc, they can be deemed safe enough to cross over a car park.

Was the car of someone you know a business vehicle? Dash cam users for personal use are exempt from GDPR rules

I was quite clearly referring to your comment not a way of life.

The fact that you are suggesting you can get everything you ever need from an online food delivery & can avoid ever taking a toddler to a supermarket suggests that you’re the one lacking open mindedness 😊

I glared at a women who parked in the last space, she said is something the matter? I pointed out where she’d parked and she huffed back in her car and parked elsewhere.

I don’t have a particularly furious glare so she must have felt guilty.

Not everyone wants or can afford to have their food delivered.

Not really the issue.

Why would you park in parent and child if he wasn’t getting out the car?
They don’t specify the parent has to be driving but if you read the small print they do usually have an age on there, usually up to 12. If your dad was getting out then fair enough I wouldn’t bat an eye but if he’s sitting in the car it’s quite selfish to take up a space which a parent could use to give them more room getting children in and out

There are bigger issues than parent and child spaces imo. When my kids were little we had a 7 seater and 5 kids 10 and under. There are never enough p&c spaces so I'd just park further away so we could be safe and have enough space. Imo these spaces are a nice to have but not essential and certainly not worth starting drama about with strangers.

Yanbu to be annoyed, clearly the other party was but yabu in letting this wind you up so much. I doubt your confrontation will make her change her behaviour, unless supermarkets start enforcing the rules / issuing fines this issue will remain because some people are just selfish. Let it go.

I go shopping with my preschooler and baby. They both enjoy it (not so me, but hey) and it sometimes fills a morning and tick a box off my to-do list. 💁‍♀️

The one parking in the space not meant for her? Or her shiny new car

Why not read the OP's posts?

Ok so I’m 47 and my mum is in her 70s (no mobility issues). Shall we park in one because technically we are a parent and child?
Don’t be a dick. We all know what they are for.

Why would you pay Tesco to deliver a cake?

Oh try not to be quite so disingenuous.

You know exactly who they're for

Because some things you want aren't available everywhere?

I just google street viewed it and (assuming it’s still there as the streetview is from a while back) it would appear that the woman parked literally right in front of a sign that reads…

Parent & Child Parking
We’ve made more room for buggies, so please only park here with children under 5

Would have been such a shame if your raging toddler had thrown the car door open mid tantrum right into the side of her car

There’s a chance I reminded her that the space is for parents with children, not parents with children and people with big cars, and if she’s so concerned about scratches she needs to learn to park her ridiculous car properly or get something smaller.

😂

Did she reply to you?

Well, good that you have that information to hand now lest she come back for round 2.

I’d forgotten how much this behaviour annoyed me until I had a new baby in September!

I think parent and child spaces are ridiculous, there should be stricter legal limits on the maximum size of cars and, if car parking spaces are too small to get children out of a car, then car parking spaces are too small, and people without children shouldn't be expected to shimmy awkwardly out of their car just because everyone seems to have an absurdly huge SUV that doesn't fit into tiny parking spaces.

This behaviour used to really annoy me when I had small children
maybe p+c spaces should be at the far end of the carpark- surely that would encourage ‘better’ use of them
Disabled spaces near the door and plenty more of them of course
(obviously you can be pg and disabled)