AIBU to expect to find a "Parent and Child" space when I go to the supermarket?

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I tend to shop at a huge Asda. We live in the countryside and it is our nearest supermarket.

Since DS was born 19 weeks ago, I guess I have been about 10 times. I always check out the Parent spaces and, so far, have never found one free. So I end up parking at the very far end of the car park where I can find two or three spaces together so I can open the car doors to get DS's car seat out and carry him miles to the shop. A lot of the time there have been cars in the P&C spaces that I suspect are not actually P&S cars (two seaters, sports cars with luggage all over the back seat).

On about half my visits there have not been any of those trolleys that I can put his car seat in either.

I have asked customer services if they could consider adding more P&C spaces or policing the existing ones. They have not been interested and have suggested that I shop at different times of day, although all my vists have been at different times of day! (well morning or afternoon, DS hasn't really got into 24hr shopping yet).

I would shop online, but they won't come to us.

The flip side is that our local economy is thriving as I can't be bothered with the big supermarkets any more. But they are handy for things like cans and breakfast cereal.

Are you know to MN

it is okay.it will not hurt.it is raher annoying but its a parking space.

oh dear ....

P & T places are not compulsary, just a courtesy

the trolleys are a seperate issue ... that must be a PITA

dont do this discussion on MN - you will get shot down in flames by people who will tell you that walking across the carpark wont kill you and that p&c spaces are a luxury rather than a right.

i personally agree it a pain in the backside traipsing one 4month old and one 15month old to the supermarket door dodging traffic etc and think there should be more p&c spaces.

(also i thought asda fined people who parked in the spaces when they didnt have children in carseats - ours certainly do)

Oh you are brave

YABU to expect a parent and child space. Did you not realise that they are for the convenience of any lazy arse who wishes to park there?

Do what I do (also a bit rural here) - use the local shops for meat, veggies, etc, then once a month I get a 'big shop' delivered. (Washing powder, nappies, tins, dog food, toilet paper etc). For the £5 the delivery costs it is soooooo worth it.

P&T threads are a bit of a regular occurrence on MN, so you might want to brace yourself...

Sorrysorrysorry - just saw that you can't shop online. Have you tried alternative supermarkets?

With a 19 week old it is your job to stay in the warm and be a 'mother' and it's DP's job to do the weekly shopping. Those are the rules - have you forgotten everything you learned at AN classes?

(ooh you must be feeling brave tonight...)

There is a P&C parking space law - they are only free if you haven't got DC in tow!

Occupied usually by a single bloke in a Transit Van on a mobile phone smoking a cigarette!

i am selling tin hats for a fiver each here...

oh good, we've not had one of these for aaaaaages

starlight, I do that too!

Have you not been keeping up with threads - probably occupied by someone who's TTC and feeling a bit like a lie-down.

of course you should have the space over someone who isn't entitled to it - its a no brainer, not sure what the popcorn and hats are for

is it becuase someone will turn it into a disabled space conversation? that always pissed me off.

throw an egg at it

yes, MrsBD. Someone will turn it into a P & T v disabled space conversation and it will all get very ugly

wanna piece of popcorn?

oh yes, Starlight, trollies can be soooo heavy, especially when going past sports cars in the parent and child bays! I must remember that one.

so what if the argument conversation has been had before - I could have it a thousand times.

'Throw an egg at it'

That is excellent advice and I'm going to use it at every available opportunity from now on

wotulookinat - I wasn't complaining! I was settling down for a good 'un

(fwiw, I can't stand it when perfectly able bodied childless folk nick the p & t spaces either)