Tesco - Parent/Child + disabled car spaces

poet123

Hey, I have a masters too, and drive 4x4 (on occasion) but still shop online, and send back any produce which is not up to scratch, so what does that prove!!!

angle

FatAndy wrote: »

How did you guess that :think:.

Know it well. It's a beautiful place.

FatAndy

poet123 wrote: »

Don't you? you havent been a member very long have you?:eek:

Sorry, I've only got a 1st Class BA rather than a Masters but I'm not sure what this has got to do with the price of fish?

melorablack

The Asda in Queensferry has normal parking spaces so wide that if you park in them properly (as in in the middle of the white lines) you can fit a trolley between the cars easily (and we did today :beer:) maybe all car parks should be like that?

trisontana

melorablack wrote: »

The Asda in Queensferry has normal parking spaces so wide that if you park in them properly (as in in the middle of the white lines) you can fit a trolley between the cars easily (and we did today :beer:) maybe all car parks should be like that?

I think the only car-parks where you would not be able to do that economically is in the older design of multi-stories. Here the size of the spaces seem to be determined by the distance between the concrete pillars. If you widen the spaces and have only two parking slots between each pillar instead of three then you are effectively reducing the capacity by a third. I have seen drivers with wide cars struggling to open their doors in these types of car-parks, as they were designed years ago when most people had smaller cars.

poet123

FatAndy wrote: »

Sorry, I've only got a 1st Class BA rather than a Masters but I'm not sure what this has got to do with the price of fish?

Nor do I but the poster below clearly thinks that those who shop online are morons, and that his degree confers the ability to shop more discerningly in person. :rolleyes:

Jez_Wolf wrote: »

Duuhhh, for a moment I thought you were the Halle Berry.

But as a 4x4 driving moron (with a Masters Degree), I am quite clearly wrong.

Shopping online is for morons - instore you get the choice of produce, dear.

biscit

redstararnie76 wrote: »

I have a young child and I sometimes park in these spots - when there is one free!
Speaking for myself, I certainly don't see these as 'a right', however I normally sigh with relief if there is a space available. Why? Well, although I only drive a little nissan, so many times now when I've parked I come back to my car to find someone has parked badly, right up against my car door, or they've parked a vehicle that is too big for the parking space and I really struggle to get my daughter in her carseat without hitting the other car with my door.
It can also be difficult (although I admit, not impossible )to get a young child safely out of the car and into a pushchair without having a bit of space.
The extra space between cars can make a lot of difference to someone - male or female, trying to cope with a young child. It isn't a right, but it is something that can make life a little bit easier.
I certainly don't think anyone has the right to expect these spaces, but I would hope that when they exist that people could try not to park there if they don't need them.
Why not try and make someone else's life a bit easier if you can? That is the same reason why I never park in disabled spaces. I'm not disabled and if it helps someone to park there, then it won't hurt me to walk a bit further.

Indeed.

I don't see it as a right either, but if supermarkets have put conditions on the use of certain spaces then it is sheer rudeness not to comply with those instructions. It is their land, if you are using it you should play by thier rules or shop elsewhere.

The fact these spaces are not legally enforcable through fines does not alter the selfisness of those using the spaces without a child of car-seat using age in the car.

When on Holiday I dropped my wife off a couple of times to rush in and get a couple of items. Both times I parked in a normal space, but saw cars in the drop-off zone, with no driver waiting, unoccupied for extended periods. These weren't people who rushed in for 60 seconds to get one item.

Beligernece and selfishness.

The fact that something is not illegal does not mean it is not wrong.

biscit

FatAndy wrote: »

It's the other way round in my local Asda. Every aisle blocked my mobs of OAPs catching up on the latest gossip or wandering aimlessly or abandoning trolleys. Perhaps it's got something to do with living in a popular retirement area which means we have more OAPs per head than most places. I rarely see large family groups and certainly never see young kids running wild in the shop or car park.

True but it's not just OAPs that behave this inconsiderately, I think it is you living in a popular retirement area. I hate shopping on Saturday when people think because they have all the time in the world, you should have too.

It's simply rude to just stop at an intersection on a supermarket and have a chat beyond a simple one lined "Oh, hello, fancy seeing you here!"

And while I'm grumbling, the trolly park says "Collect and return your trolly here".

SusieWinwood

Our local Tesco has the massive amount of 6 parent and child spaces!

We called there the other week and for once managed to get a spot. We had just parked up and this middle aged woman and her Mother parked up and got out next to us! Now I'm sure they were parent and child but consideraing the ages of them I'm sure this is taking it to the extreme!

Also ASDA has too few spaces either and you end up squeezing the car seat of out a tiny normal spot as some eejit has parked his works van there minus child! :mad:

Susie

BFG_2

SusieWinwood wrote: »

...and you end up squeezing the car seat of out a tiny normal spot :mad:

Don't be totally conformist; stand up for yourself and your child.

Do not lie down and simply accept a 'tiny normal spot' - simply park in the middle of two 'normal' bays.

Loads of space that way. I do it all the time...it's brill! Easy to open doors fully and loading the bags is a doddle.