Who do blue badge holders think they are.

moggylover

heretolearn wrote: »

I wonder how the rest of us ever managed then before parent and child spaces were invented.

No, I don't begrudge anyone a special space if they need it. The smarter supermarkets have started putting the parent and child spaces further away as they don't really need to be near, it's the size that matters. Having them further away stops other people wanting to nick them.

OP - you should not have parked there. That couple are probably sick to death of people nicking the disabled spaces. It doesn't really matter if there were empty ones, you just shouldn't park there. Why so rude about them? Like they say, if you want their space, you should try having their disability to go with it.

My mum and dad have just got a blue badge. They are in their 80s but pretty sprightly at first sight as they don't want to give up being active and they have their pride. You wouldn't know from a quick look that my mum is in a lot of pain when she walks and that her balance is shot. You wouldn't know that my dads feet are completely numb from diabetes. Try sitting on one of your feet till it goes dead and walk around on it. Now imagine what it's like if both feet are like that. But I'm sure if you saw them walk over to the supermarket you'd slag them off as well, because they don't 'look' disabled enough for you.

Why is it just because there is a tiny minority who abuse the blue badge scheme people think they can abuse all blue badge holders.

Well, when I was a child, the majority of women would have caught the bus and the nice conductor would have folded the push-chair up and put it in the little cubby hole where they stood, and it would have been perfectly safe there. They would also help you on and off, and you were unlikely to have more than a bag or two of shopping because such things as meat, bread and veg were bought daily at your local shops.

By the time I was an adult and more people had cars, there were still not as many cars as now and the parking spaces were considerably wider: however, it was very common to come back and find dings in your car doors where people had struggled with their car doors, indeed you could buy rubber strips in Halfords and the like to try to prevent this:)

Nowadays, no-one wants to walk any distance at all, the car parking spaces are pretty tight and any concessions made to the needs of either the disabled or the mum/dad struggling to get a car seat or a toddler from a car appear to be grievously contested by the able bodied who would also be most unhappy to have a ding put in their car doors:(

No easy answers then are there:D

moggylover

geordieracer wrote: »

thats fine but why do they also need to be closer to the store?

Why does it actually matter?:) You have legs, you are not disabled, and you are not trying to manage a baby or toddler (or both) AND your shopping whilst trying to avoid the cars that insist on flying around the car park far too quickly or the idiot that reverses out without wondering if there might be a small person (or indeed any person) anywhere near the rear of his/her car:cool:

If your only objection is because it means YOU have to walk further then I find that:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

moggylover

Blitz01 wrote: »

So is your Mrs too fat and/or lazy to walk a little further?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Oh I sooooooooooo wanted to say that:o:o

SHIPSHAPE

Essentially, most people in life are an irritant like the OP who only give a stuff for themselves so, hey-ho, who really cares?

lucylucky

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

Essentially, most people in life are an irritant like the OP who only give a stuff for themselves so, hey-ho, who really cares?

Many people perhaps but I would take issue with the phrase "most people"

Blitz01

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Can you stop being such a tool? Really no need for that or your earlier inflamatory comments. Is this your place? Is that why it won't be pleasant?

Please dont judge everyone by your own standards.
If thats the way your boyfriend likes it then who are we to judge......idiot!

Oopsadaisy

Amazing how the BB scheme causes such arguments....I love it.

adouglasmhor

olias wrote: »

Ok, because I am bored and have time on my hands and because that google earth picture is so clear. I have just counted the P&C and disabled places in that car park.

There are 75!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does that not strike you as being a bit excessive?

Olias

It's a very big store and there are loads more ordinary spaces, the disabled and P&C have a bit to themselves, there is another car park across the road for Macro and a Lidl one at the other end of the Tesco Building and yet another behind the Tesco building for a business centre. anyone who says they can't get a space is a lying vajazzle.

adouglasmhor

lucylucky wrote: »

You mean the bit that taxis and buses are only supposed to enter?

Not that anyone pays a blind bit of notice to that it would appear.

Yes that one, with the unenforceable meaningless sign.

adouglasmhor

Blitz01 wrote: »

Please dont judge everyone by your own standards.
If thats the way your boyfriend likes it then who are we to judge......idiot!

I judged you from your posts, my boyfriend if I had one he would obviously enjoy it, you said it would not be enjoyable.