Parent and child space - disabled driver

neverdespairgirl

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

There you go, OP, you and your child should have WALKED to the supermarket, that would have been soooo much easier.

(Thinking about how I might stagger 10 miles home with 4 huge bags of shopping.)

I have a child, too. And I sometimes take him to the supermarket, and did when he was in a pushchair, too.

magenta22

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I have a child, too. And I sometimes take him to the supermarket, and did when he was in a pushchair, too.

I suppose that depends more on the distance and the amount of shopping you have to get. Sometimes that would not be feasible for some people, but if just getting a couple of bits and store is 10-15 minute walk it would be.

nearlyrich

I was going into Tesco yesterday when a big black jeepie think pulled into a parent and child space and young exec type jumped out, I said "have you left your child alone in the car ? " he went back and moved it LOL.

elvis86

nearlyrich wrote: »

I was going into Tesco yesterday when a big black jeepie think pulled into a parent and child space and young exec type jumped out, I said "have you left your child alone in the car ? " he went back and moved it LOL.

You can't be sure that would always work. Depending on my mood, I might've been tempted to reply, "Yeah, she's bound and gagged in the boot.." and carried on my way, leaving the busybody to get into a tizz over something other than playing at parking attendants.

nearlyrich

elvis86 wrote: »

You can't be sure that would always work. Depending on my mood, I might've been tempted to reply, "Yeah, she's bound and gagged in the boot.." and carried on my way, leaving the busybody to get into a tizz over something other than playing at parking attendants.

Wouldn't bother me if he was rude as well as ignorant to be honest,
he took the last parent and child space and there were spaces in the row 6 foot away. Plain ignorant in my view.

custardy

nearlyrich wrote: »

Wouldn't bother me if he was rude as well as ignorant to be honest,
he took the last parent and child space and there were spaces in the row 6 foot away. Plain ignorant in my view.

I think whats probably worse are the parents (kids seats in car,people carriers etc) who park in the P&C spaces without their kids

annie12

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

Today i went to the local supermarket and went to find a parent and child space ! was tipping with rain (i have a 2 door car) so have to climb in back to get my special needs child out into a buggy. There was 1 empty space before I could get into it an old lady parked in there with no child. She then displayed her blue badge and walked off towards the store. There were several disabled spaces free in front of the store less for her to walk.. I tried to reason with her but she ignored me. So I was left with no where to park.

On seeing the car park attendant I did ask him the etiquette of a blue badge. He told me with a blue badger you can park anywhere inc parent and child spaces. Dont get me wrong I have nothing against disabled people being able to park but somehow think she could have been more considerate. However he did say he was going to speak to her, as she was out of order. Has anyone else come across this.

I have a blue badge & understand where you're coming from.
I have parked in a parent & child spot once & felt really guilty for doing it.

Why would she park in a parent and child spot if the disabled spots were closer?
In my Tesco the disabled spots are a free for all because there isn't a car park attendant.

annie12

nearlyrich wrote: »

Wouldn't bother me if he was rude as well as ignorant to be honest,
he took the last parent and child space and there were spaces in the row 6 foot away. Plain ignorant in my view.

If it was a wider space, that's probably why, they don't want their nice car damaged! :mad:

londonsurrey

One possibility is that she simply thought that a blue badge allowed her to park anywhere, and she is a grumpy soul who doesn't care about others, who happens to have a blue badge.

I remember this little old lady who was barging straight down the street with her elbows stuck outwards. No one was challenging her because of her age and relatively dimunitive stature.

Unfortunately, she barged into OH, who was a rugby player. He was standing there, oblivious, and only became aware of her when she barged into him and bounced off him. She didn't expect that. He barely felt anything and was very surprised to see a staggering old lady suddenly appear out of nowhere. Lol.

londonsurrey

annie12 wrote: »

If it was a wider space, that's probably why, they don't want their nice car damaged! :mad:

People with nice cars do have that problem. I remember one acquaintance complaining that she tried to park her car in a quiet corner of car parks, to avoid being near other cars.

She'd then come back to find it surrounded by other cars.

It was pointed out to her that people probably thought it safer to park near her nice shiny car than an old scratched banger where the owner didn't care if they scraped it. Lol.