to be a bit irked about disabled badge holders using mum and baby spaces

[mousemole]

I am not sure why I am irked because clearly having a disabled badge means you have a need to park near a supermarket. But when all the mum and child spaces are gone, and I am struggligng with baby and toddler, and see a man with a blue badge RUN from his car in the pouring rain to Sainsburys whilst I can't get a space I have to admit to feeling P*ssed off. Oh and I also dont understand why totally able bodied senior citizens feel they have the right to park in them either.
Rant over.

sorry should say that man with blue badge running from car was parked in mother and child space

oh dear
did your baby melt in the rain
I assume you have xray eyes and could tell what his disability was just by looking at him

Oh surely you know by now this topic will cause a riot on MN!?!?!?

i know, I know, but it really GOT MY GOAT today. PMT.

but if you can run why do you need to be parked near the store ?

YABU

i cannot believe you would feel irked about this - the cheek of the man

Oi

Did you know that some disablilties are Not Visible?

[rolls eyes]

Oh, and P T parking is a privelige, not a right.

Tut tut, a lady with a baby or a disabled person........who has the greater need?? Do we really need to ask?

The elderly have greater need too. People with children older than pushchair age wind me up though.

Although when you know it's not the disabled person using the badge it is annoying.

[rolls eyes]

none of your farking business what his disability is and whether he can run or not

this winds me up - my poor FIL has a blue badge and probably looks ok - i bet people judge him

mousemole ask Jimjams/ PC/ fio and all the other sn posters they will enlighten you

disclaimer.....I'm talking about the wheelchair user badge on the back of the car and the able bodied person running accross the car park or the people you actually know...................
Although to be fair why do I care? I am not disabled.

i agree with lots of your points, hence the AIBU post. Maybe the supermarkets should just do away with the Mother and child spaces altogether as they definitely generate a lot of irritation !

YABU, my mother can barely walk 10 steps, can you?

I will be your human shield SGMom
(love the name by the way - have a Lois pic as my facebook icon!)

oh here we go again

yabu.

he probably had to park there because lots of able-bodied poeple have parked in the disabled spaces (my dp does it all the time which I hate)

they need to change the 'Disabled' badge from a person in a wheelchair to something else then. I have a chronic autoimmune condition with ME type symptomswhich leaves me exhausted everyday. I would like some kind of badge.

ooohh I have popcorn and a hard hat on. Waiting for this to kick off.

you can have dd's badge if you like.......and her wheelchair

2Shoes - leave my hobnobs alone or I will be forced to eat your blue badge!