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.

I park next to the trolley bays set around the car park. Ok so they aren't as close to the store as the parent & child spaces but it means you don't have to leave your child either in the car when you return the trolley, or, in the rain while you unload your shopping before returning the trolley. The spaces next to the trolley bays are usually wider too

lol, she isn't extra wide, but she's getting there. No look, honestly it was one occasion where I simply had no where to park. There were a couple of spaces but none big enough to get seat out.
Just repeating myself now so I will probably give up and attack the Ben and Jerry's, being the wanker that I am

LOL because I felt like this when I had dd on her own, then I started childminding and had 4 children to get in and out! 3 toddlers under 2yrs and a 4yo! That is annoying when you really can't get all doors open to get them all out! With 1 child a top tip is put the seat behind yours and park more to the passenger side of the space!
YABU to expect one- other people have needs too.
YANBU to want one though!

There was no way in the world my nb was going in one of those muck strewn manky seats! And it's mighty difficult to push a buggy AND a trolley!!

she goes in the muck strewn manky trolley now of course, she's totally up to date with her jabs

I'm ducking out now, not much more I can add to this really. I made my choice, and I can live with it. Yes it was the wrong thing to do, I can appreciate that now, so no amount of wanker comments now are going to enlighten me any further. Night folks

It's always a No no to park in a disabled bay, but I do wonder what proportion of the population are disabled to warrant so many bays in some carparks. Of course if just one disabled person couldn't park then there's not enough, but so frequently there are loads untaken.

Yes morrisons does seem to have few, but I'm sure he huge Tesco's at Easton/gate (or ?) is filled with idiots who don't have a badge.

eastville

Thanks

I like to go in the rain and if I spot someone using a disabled space without a badge and/or disability (ie if an elderly person used it fine by me) I like to write a note and stick in on their windscreen! Along with parents who smoke in their cars with children..... these activities I reserve for moments of terrible PMT!

Herbietea I am not moaning, just commenting....like I said if there are too few on one occasion then fine.

It's not fine by me if an elderly person who is not disabled uses the space. They are for disabled people.

best I ever saw was a nun parking in a P&T space - was about to challenge her but couldn't stop laughing at the audacity of it. BTW she had no children with her before anyone tells me a nun might have a secret love child or something! It is something that does bug me - not the number of disabled spaces because I personally think it's great to have so many, but I do get annoyed by people parking in spaces they are not really entitled to. This is not because I'm lazy, not because I'm incompetent and can't control my 3 kids to walk across a busy car park, not beacuse I can't push a buggy (6mo) supervise 2 older ones and pull a trolley (really - I can - I am a super woman!!) , and not even beacause I know that in a perfect world I would leave them at home/shop online (WHEN??)/shop locally etc - simply beacuse it is thoughtless and lazy of people who can, quite framnkly park their any make of car (big, small, sport, huge thing) somewhere else much easier than I can. So there x

and framkly is a much under-used spelling of frankly!

Poor OP. She never came back.

You lot are all too busy chatting amongst yourselves to notice!

Riven PGP varies from being uncomfortable to leaving someone in a wheelchair for life. After three and a bit years I'm waiting to see if my problems are going to be permanent, if I need an operation, if I will ever be able to carry my toddler or take my baby out on my own. I don't have a Blue Badge - yet - and am grateful for P&C spaces to give me the space to get in or out of the car. To get in or out of the car I need the door opened fully and someone to pick my legs up and put them outside the car (to get in I have help to sit down and then my legs put in the car) I then need them to hold my crutches so I can use them to pull myself up on.

Hopefully my PGP won't be lifelong but it certainly is a major mobility problem. I don't even have it as bad as it gets.

Dd is 2 1/2 years old.

I have never ever parked in a parent and child space, because there are never any spaces ever. The proprtion of used space as a ratio to children in the country seems very suspect to me

MillyR, Elderly people, well the very elderly, have earned the right to park in any bay... they are usually frail and should not be expected to traul their shopping accross a car park. I am obviously meaning frail elderly not everyone with a bus pass.

fizzbuzz - if they increased the number of P&T parking to match the ratio of pop with children it would be about half the car park taken up. ! And there still wouldn't be any free spaces.

What a load of nonsense (P&T spaces)