Asda....parking Fine..

iwanttosave_2

kittykat100 wrote:

This is a great thread, and have spent an amusing 10 mins reading it.

Just a question to parents..... Why take your children to Supermarkets, its not fun for anyone! Why not have someone babysit them.
Sorry but I get a bit fed up with the 'poor me I have children syndrome' and I as a childless person who works full time has to pay for the perks, is the last in line for any assistance.grrrrrr

awaits the barrage of abuse.....:)

because not everyone has someone that they can [STRIKE]dump[/STRIKE] leave their child with.

My mother lives in Spain, surly you dont expect me to drop them off there? My dad lives about 15 miles away. My grandad could not cope with a 6 year old and a baby. My friends all have children of their own to deal with. My partner works 13 a day except sunday, and I am not going shopping then. Unfortunatly, I do not have countless amounts of money to throw away on a nanny.


If you can think of a way that I can go shopping on my own, then please tell me, I would love to have half an hour to myself all week.

burbs_2

kittykat100 wrote:

This is a great thread, and have spent an amusing 10 mins reading it.

Just a question to parents..... Why take your children to Supermarkets, its not fun for anyone! Why not have someone babysit them.
Sorry but I get a bit fed up with the 'poor me I have children syndrome' and I as a childless person who works full time has to pay for the perks, is the last in line for any assistance.grrrrrr

awaits the barrage of abuse.....:)

No abuse for you, however i can take my child wherever i please.

Weggy

burbs wrote:

No abuse for you, however i can take my child wherever i please.

As long as they've provided an extra wide parking space for you eh.....

burbs_2

Weggy wrote:

As long as they've provided an extra wide parking space for you eh.....

Yes please, thats the main reason i had a kid!!!

Instead of worrying about parent and toddler parking spaces and telling people where they can and cant take their children why dont you spend all that time on a hobby or getting a life.

Its a bit tedious that people still moan on and on about this. The supermarkets put the spaces their for a reason and if you dont like it tough. As they say, thats life.

catkins

hammy_the_hammer wrote:

i doubt if the !!!!!! actually get it ....if supermarkets didn't have these bays for disabled people and people with toddlers and they were just 'normal' parking bays the likelihood is they would be full and the 'super !!!!!!' would have the same chance as everyone else of getting the spare place.
" i parked there cause it was the only place in the shade for my dog"
well what the heck would you have done if that space had already been taken?
the best way of all is to licence these bays and have them under local authority (warden) control ...as the only thing that stops the supermarkets acting really tough on the issue is the chance of losing trade.
oh for those worried about getting the car scratched a good tip ...park a bit further away from the store where all the lazy 'Bs' can't be bothered to walk from...works wonders

Well if the space had been taken I would not have bothered shopping there. I don't see why my dog should have to boil in the sun so someone with children can park in an extra large space. By the way there were quite a few empty spaces - I did not take the last one and even if I had - tough. Why do people with children think the whole world revolves around them? As I said I never usually park in a parent and child space but I am sick of getting my car dented from the mindless morons who can't park or open a car door properly and yes I do usually park as far away from the store as possible but maybe where I live the supermarkets are busier because ALL the car parking is usually pretty full.

I spoke to my friend who is a solicitor and she says that supermarkets can fine you for parking in a disabled bay but not a parent and child bay. They may try to but they cannot enforce it

astonsmummy

kittykat100 wrote:

This is a great thread, and have spent an amusing 10 mins reading it.

Just a question to parents..... Why take your children to Supermarkets, its not fun for anyone! Why not have someone babysit them.
Sorry but I get a bit fed up with the 'poor me I have children syndrome' and I as a childless person who works full time has to pay for the perks, is the last in line for any assistance.grrrrrr

awaits the barrage of abuse.....:)

''childless person'' Please when/if you ever have the pleasure of having children come back and have this same argument (am sure you views would change with parenthood):D
Shopping with children is a good thing, it can teach them alot, as for parking, i personally hardly ever get use of P&B spaces as they are always in use, probably by lazy people who cant be bothered to park elswhere.:rolleyes:
And sorry what 'perks' do you pay for?

astonsmummy

Weggy wrote:

As long as they've provided an extra wide parking space for you eh.....

You are missing the point, none of us are demanding p&b parking spaces, but when people park there whn the obvioulsy have no children in the car, or for those 'smart alecs' out there, children who cant manage to get in and out the car and seat themselves it gets a bit annoying.

Weggy

burbs wrote:

Its a bit tedious that people still moan on and on about this. The supermarkets put the spaces their for a reason and if you dont like it tough. As they say, thats life.

Correct, so take your own advice and quit moaning about others parking in P&C spaces........

iwanttosave_2

catkins wrote:

Well if the space had been taken I would not have bothered shopping there. I don't see why my dog should have to boil in the sun so someone with children can park in an extra large space.

Why bring your dog shopping? Leave it at home.

People seem to see it fit to tell us to leave our kids at home.

burbs_2

Weggy wrote:

Correct, so take your own advice and quit moaning about others parking in P&C spaces........

Erm... Never moaned about anyone parking in Parent and Toddler. I was mearly telling someone that i can take my child where i please. Never mentioned the parking spaces.