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Today I parked in mother & child space

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LoveLetters · 19/06/2015 15:13

I am 8 weeks pregnant with severe morning sickness. I went to Tescos to do a quick shop as I am feeling so horrendous and now I am pregnant I parked in mother AAnd baby as it is closer to the door. I had just got out of the car when a woman about 65 came storming up to me shouting where is your child to which I replied in my tummy. She kept ranting at me and I explained my morning sickness is awful and I just wanted to get in and out. After more ranting I got a bit fed up and told her in future maybe she should mind her own business and think before she attack someone. She then told me to F off and she was going to report me. So she headed off to customer service and reported me, after she had left I went and asked them what was their policy. To which they said there wasn't one and they apologised to me for her behaviour. They were then worried as I felt so ill I nearly passed out. Has anyone had this before?? I am now feeling extremely Ill and Just want to cry.

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ReginaBlitz · 23/06/2015 17:08

Number3 you do know that you can get fined so bragging you parked in a disabled space isn't really clever.

Postchildrenpregranny · 23/06/2015 17:17

I'm assuming you live in the UK where (you should be grateful)thetap water is safe to drink?

Raveismyera · 23/06/2015 18:24

She can't get fined now Regina (even if she told us where she did it )

OP I think your posts come across as quite dim which is irritating. Or at least, I find them irritating

ArcheryAnnie · 23/06/2015 19:02

Regina did you miss the bit where Numbers said she had SPD and a spinal fusion?

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 23/06/2015 19:18

It doesn't matter what she has, she shouldn't park in disabled bay if she doesn't hold a BB and can be fined if she does. BB bays aren't like P and C bays and can be used by anyone. I spent 3 months in a wheelchair before I got my BB I didn't park in a disabled bay once.

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LoveLetters · 23/06/2015 19:46

Feeling is mutual Raveismyera... you seem quite basic.

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LoveLetters · 23/06/2015 19:47

Interesting. Would gp be able to offer limited disabled badge for those with SPD. It really is debilitating.

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Gdydgkyk · 23/06/2015 19:50

Can see some women on this thread have never had bad morning sickness.

I had it bad and could hardly walk. It was much easier once I'd had the baby! Does it really matter if the baby is inside a person rather then outside?

TheFairyCaravan · 23/06/2015 19:56

I parked in a disabled space on Saturday - ooh shoot me now.

I'm 36+2, have nasty SPD and a spinal fusion.

Will you forgive me?

No, I won't because you didn't have a blue badge so you had no right to park there.

I've had very severe SPD for 19 years, have had 2 spinal fusions and 3 pelvic fusions, as well as another major operation on my pelvis. I can not take a step unaided. I am in very severe pain. Had you have parked there and I couldn't I would have had to go home. Had you have parked there and either DH or my DSes had seen you they would have given you a telling off and reported you to customer services. There is never a good reason to park in BB space without a blue badge.

And, no a GP can't give a temporary badge for SPD?

Stinkylinky · 23/06/2015 20:11

Are you Kate Moss OP?

The diva like attitude regarding tap water.... Calling people basic...?

MissDemelzaCarne · 23/06/2015 20:15

I parked in a disabled space on Saturday - ooh shoot me now

I'm 36+2, have nasty SPD and a spinal fusion

Will you forgive me?

No, as you have stated that you do not have a blue badge.

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LoveLetters · 23/06/2015 20:24

Guess everyone has their own opinion. I wouldn't have minded a women with awful SPD parking in a disabled space because IT is horrendous. They definitely should be given a temporary badge for SPD.

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LoveLetters · 23/06/2015 20:25

StinkyLinky just being a bit of a wind up. Don't mind me :) better than having a row

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Cheshirehello79 · 23/06/2015 20:32

I just think everyone has to chill and stop going off one non the less she didn't parked disabled parking - she parked mother and child space!!!

It's done ! Just get over it people ...

TheFairyCaravan · 23/06/2015 20:51

. I wouldn't have minded a women with awful SPD parking in a disabled space because IT is horrendous.

Where would you draw the line? Lots of condtions are horrendous, if everyone suffering with one parked in BB space there wouldn't be any available for those of us with permanent disabilities.

Cheshirehello79 · 23/06/2015 20:56

She parked mother and child space and not disabled parking .....

TheFairyCaravan · 23/06/2015 21:02

We're referring to Number, Cheshire who admitted parking in a BB space with no BB because she has SPD.

dementedma · 23/06/2015 21:10

Don't think parent and child spaces existed when DDS were small.(I am old). I seem to remember parking where I could and erm, dealing with getting kids out of car, getting shopping, getting back into car and going home.
Now I use them all the time when taking my elderly mother shopping. She is in her eighties and can't walk far and needs help getting in and out of car. She is parent, I am child. I think we qualify.

SillyStuffBiting · 23/06/2015 21:15

you seem quite basic

What does that even mean?

Number3cometome · 23/06/2015 21:55

Wow didn't realise the post turned in to my disabled parking bay crimes!

I have a full lumbar spinal fusion and a tear in my right hip. I'm 36 weeks pregnant and have spd.

Did I park in the bay 'illegally' - yes.

Do I feel bad? No.

There were two other disabled bays free, not to mention the several bays which were filled with cars which can't say for sure had blue badges.

I went in Tesco for milk and bread.

Would I have felt bad if someone who had a blue badge needed the spot? Yes of course.

saturnvista · 23/06/2015 22:10

I understand that the rules regarding getting a blue badge in pregnancy differ depending on where you live in the UK, but usually, you can't have one for a temporary problem. I have a chronic disability that began in pregnancy so couldn't have one until it had been ongoing for a year. To be honest, if you can simply not reach the shop/clinic unless you use a disabled space and there is a compelling reason why you need to (like something to do with baby) you will park wherever you need to regardless of fines etc. But I say that knowing the agony of trying to provide for a baby in a broken body. Not an experience that can really be imagined. That said it is incredibly saddening, now I have a blue badge, to have to wait half an hour for a disabled parking space. It's the system that is at fault, not only inconsiderate people.

OP, I do not begin to understand why you asked if you were unreasonable, only to spend what must have been an aggravating evening arguing that you weren't. Hope the sickness goes quickly though. Utter hell.

ArcheryAnnie · 23/06/2015 22:14

Newsflash, everyone: a disability does not magically vanish if the person possessing it does not also possess a blue badge. I don't drive, so have never applied for a blue badge, never will, and will also never use a disabled parking space, but seriously, I don't need government permission to call myself disabled when I have a disability.

I can't believe how sanctimonius and hidebound people are in this thread. Do you genuinely need an accessible facility because you have x or y or z condition? Yes? Then use an accessible facility.

ARV1981 · 24/06/2015 07:26

Number3, my 90-year old granny got hit by a car reversing out of a space because all the disabled spaces were taken (my grandad had to drop her off so he could hover until one was available). I don't know if the disabled spaces were taken by blue badge holders or not, but the accident wouldn't have happened if there had been a space available for her.

I know nothing bad happened while you were in the shop, but really, you cannot justify using disabled spaces without having a blue badge, I don't care how much pain you're in!

I had 3 slipped discs two years ago and it never even occurred to me to park in a blue badge space, and believe me I was in incredible pain. I just wouldn't do it! You are not entitled and I don't care if this upsets you - you sound like a cow. The rules are there for a reason, and it's not right or fair to break them.

whatsthatcomingoverthehill · 24/06/2015 07:53

Oh this thread is annoying. There is nothing legally different between P&C and BB spaces on private land. Any enforcement is only through contract law.

Whether there's a moral difference is another question.

lljkk · 24/06/2015 08:05

Tesco provides the spaces as a courtesy to their customers. Tesco was fine with OP. There is no controversy except weird person who took it upon themselves to police a policy they completely misunderstand. Maybe we should debate people who aggressively misunderstand rules & regulations?

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