Tesco - Parent/Child + disabled car spaces

trisontana

Morganna wrote: »

How pedantic :rolleyes:

I sincerely apologise. Whichever company owns the ASDA carpark fined the man. Although it was the ASDA car park attendant who wrote the ticket out, so that is ASDA as far as I am concerned

It's not a "fine" (only the police and councils can issue them.) It's an invoice. The company would have to sue the driver in the civil courts if they want to get the money. And then they would have to prove they have suffered a material loss if they have any hope of winning the case. There was no material loss suffered by somebody parking in the "wrong" space.

Jaffa.

scrimping_student wrote: »

So why should they have to walk any further

Why? Because if they can manage to walk the good mile round a shopping mall then it won't hurt to walk the small distance to the door of the shopping mall.

Anyway, the idea is that the space is bigger, not that it's closer to the shop door!

Jaffa.

Morganna wrote: »

You can tell it is mainly men responding to this in a derogatory manner :rolleyes:

How exactly can you tell it's men?

melorablack

My mum did perfectly fine with 3 kids under the age of 4 and no parent and child spaces.........why are the normal spaces too small all of a sudden? I don't think babies are that much bigger than they used to be...or do people just need to buy smaller cars?

Tigsteroonie

ever_the_optimist wrote: »

Personally I think there should also be 'pregnant lady' spaces too ... I remember having to pull back out of a narrow space after I couldn't open the door wide enough to get my bump out !

There are at some Asda stores

Morganna wrote: »

You can use Parent and Child spaces if you are pregnant - if you join Tesco Baby Club, they give you a special badge to put in your windscreen which enables you to park in the spaces.

I've got this, though I'm still not terribly happy about using it with only a bump, I tend to go and park in the Parent & Child space furthest away from the entrance (and if it's not the last one free)! But having parked really well in a tight space at a service station - and discovered I couldn't manouvre my bump out of the car - I am now aware of the extra width needed!

advent1122 wrote: »

That is why god gave you 2 hands. One for Johnie and one for Daisy.

So in which hand do I clutch my Bags-for-Life that I am to re-use?!!

DCFC79

The retailer doesnt have to do anything about it, yes you would think they would try and deter shoppers from doing it,

sarahg1969

Morganna wrote: »

How pedantic :rolleyes:

I sincerely apologise. Whichever company owns the ASDA carpark fined the man. Although it was the ASDA car park attendant who wrote the ticket out, so that is ASDA as far as I am concerned

You've not got it, have you?

No fine was issued - the whole point about private parking is that the companies do not have the power to issue fines. Only a court can issue a fine. A local authority or the police or other authority can issue a penalty. A private company issues an invoice.

scrimping_student

Jaffa. wrote: »

Why? Because if they can manage to walk the good mile round a shopping mall then it won't hurt to walk the small distance to the door of the shopping mall.

Anyway, the idea is that the space is bigger, not that it's closer to the shop door!

So why should people with children be closer to the door than people with a disabled badge? Personally I think if you want to have a child that's up to you just don't expect a special car parking spot

notafan

This gets me, in what warped world do some parents actually think they have a right to a space over someone with disability.
My local asda, sainsburys and tesco all have parent and child parking closer then disabled bays and i think its disgusting.
On a sainsburys forum one woman complained that the parent and child section should have a covered walkway.
Firstly the only spaces that should have extra wide spaces are disabled bays, and they should be as easily accessible to the store as possible so if that’s at the front so be it.
I don’t agree with all this rubbish of needing wider bays for buggies and everything else, people seemed to manage before the introduction of such spaces. If you cant get your kids into a buggy and stop them running all over then they should be with you or you should be going with someone else to help.
A few points from Jaffa
Neglect is not taking your child to a supermarket? – Its funny you should say that because some ‘parents’ i see leave screaming brats running all around, getting in everyone else’s way or leaving them to break stuff, more like neglecting their duty to look after them – I’m not saying this is all parents but your silly view that its neglect not taking them shopping?
As you state the idea is that the space is bigger, what twisted comparison are you making between a wheel chair and a buggy, fact is one group has a choice the other doesn’t. I must have missed something but since when did having a kid entitle people to believe they are actually equally entitled or more needy of a wide space nearer to the door.
Its plain lazy or being a totally inadequate parent if you cant control a child in a car park to keep it safe.

notafan

kernewek wrote: »

My wife went to Tesco in Helston, Cornwall today with our 8 week old son. Was pouring with rain. She waited for a parent child space and when one came available was promptly barged out of the way by some moron in a big truck 4x4 thing. She confronted the guy and got a load of abuse. He didn't even have a child and so was forced to struggle with a normal space and walk much further with a young baby in pouring rain. On complaining at customer services was met with the response "What do you expect us to do". This is not the first time. We often have problems with people who take these spaces but it is a nightmare trying to get a baby out of a cramped space especially when it is raining. Asda a few miles down the road have a £60 penalty policy, and Sainsburys also have deterrents and it doesn't seem to happen at either. Tesco suggest we use disabled spaces, but don't disabled people need those? There are also plenty of people who abuse these. However, what is the point of having special spaces for people who need them if Tesco aren't prepared to enforce it. Its sad that people are so inconsiderate and such selfish b*St*rds but just as sad that Tesco appear to condone it. :mad:

Just seen this too!

'forced to struggle in a standard space'

i have sympathy for anyone needing to use a disabled space, not for a parent and child.

Its not society's job to look after you and your child, its your own. It was your choice to have one nobody promised a big parking space now did they so why expect one.