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Parent and Baby parking!!

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Velma75 · 29/03/2011 10:17

Aaargh!!!

Yet again my partner and I have had a run-in with a person without a baby/child parking in the designated parent and baby spaces.

I do not know why shops bother with them if they do not keep an eye on who parks in them?

We wrote to Asda a while back and they just fobbed us off with 'not enough staff to police the car park'. It makes me furious that we often struggle to get a car park space because the designated spaces are always full of people shopping on their own.

One evening I stuck a hand written note on a van that pulled into a designated space next to me and a lone driver got out!!

I know I sound like I am ranting but it does make me so cross, and I wondered if there was anything that could be done about this subject.

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dickcheeseandthecrackers · 29/03/2011 10:18

Just park somewhere else FGS. It's not worth all the agro.

Pootles2010 · 29/03/2011 10:19

They can't police them. There isn't a 'parent' badge in same way there is a blue badge for disabled bays.

ShortArseFuck · 29/03/2011 10:20
Debs75 · 29/03/2011 10:20

This has been done to death and whilst I agree with you there isn't a lot to be done.
P&B spaces are a courtesy and don't need to be there at all, which is why you don't see them in council car parks or on street parking

mnistooaddictive · 29/03/2011 10:21

They are a privilege, not a right! Do you want to pay extra at the tills for extra staff to police them?

PlasticLentilWeaver · 29/03/2011 10:22

The spaces are provided as a courtesy thing by the shop, not a legal requirement. Get over it, and find something more important to stress about.

bemybebe · 29/03/2011 10:22

I understand your frustration. Simple solution is to designate child parking further from the entrance and there will be no hijackers. Parents/children need more space to take out pushchairs etc, they can walk. People hijack disabled spaces and those are for people who actually have trouble walking.

Pootles2010 · 29/03/2011 10:23

Bemybebe - they would still get abused. One Austin Martin driver near us always uses ones in our sainsburys so his car doesn't get scratched.

OnEdge · 29/03/2011 10:23

What pisses me off is that it isn't because it is nearer to the door, its because they have a safer amount of space around them. I would be happy if the family spaces were furthest away, I just need room to chuck em all in safely without a car pulling in and hitting the trolley while the kids are waiting to be unloaded.

OnEdge · 29/03/2011 10:24

Pootles He is more likely to get it scratched the way hers going Grin

OnEdge · 29/03/2011 10:25

bemybebe Great minds think alike eh !

Pootles2010 · 29/03/2011 10:25

I was tempted onedge

OnEdge · 29/03/2011 10:26

PlasticLentil Weaver stop wasting your special clever time on threads that you think aren't important, go and get your crayons out or something.

blinder · 29/03/2011 10:27

It enrages me too. It's not that I expect them to be there (try are a courtesy) but the utter oblivious selfishness of people who use them.

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Velma75 · 29/03/2011 10:28

Oof I am not saying I expect the right to them, but since they do have them, and they have more room to get car seat etc in and out of car, I wondered why the shops then chose to ignore them. Simple solution is not to have them if the stores do not take them responsibly

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blinder · 29/03/2011 10:28

*they. Thanks autocorrect.

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Velma75 · 29/03/2011 10:29

Yeeees exactly blinder, thank you!

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Pootles2010 · 29/03/2011 10:29

Velma what can they do? They'd have to wait right by the cars to check the people returning to them.

Teaandcakeplease · 29/03/2011 10:34

I just give them a "look" as I walk by if I see no kids in there as they get out. But cannot be bothered to do more than that.

bemybebe · 29/03/2011 10:36

OnEdge Wink

ShowOfHands · 29/03/2011 10:37

They're generally nowt to do with the supermarkets anyway. Most carparks are owned by private companies.

I can't get riled up about it. Stop press. Selfish people do selfish things. I let it wash over me. [zen]

bemybebe · 29/03/2011 10:39

Pootles2010 Scratching is criminal damage. Letting the air out of the tyres will teach the AM driver to be choosier with places he parks.

notpodd · 29/03/2011 10:46

The place it annoys me the most is at my local leisure centre, because the normal parkings are too narrow to get a baby seat out of, so if there are no P and B parkings left I have to hope for a normal parking at the end of a row (unlikely) or park illegally on the curb in order to get DD3 out of the car... We are always late for swimming as a result (nothing to do with me being disorganised of course Wink

OnEdge · 29/03/2011 10:59

Pootles If he parks his car in the family section he is running the risk of getting some very nasty Peppa Pig stickers stuck on the side. They are a bastard to get off I understand. Little monsters tut tut !!

bemybebe · 29/03/2011 17:52

Honestly, if he has AM and regularly goes to a supermarket (yet is afraid for the wellbeing of his beloved vehicle), he can really afford to buy something crappy for supermarket runs.

If letting air out of the tires is a bit frightening, lift the wipes off the screen. No criminal damage (do damage at all), yet can be annoying to "don't touch my car!" people.