Retailers must be mugs!

CoreDefect

bargepole wrote: »

I've solved the 'door ding' problem now I've got grandchildren, by keeping a child seat strapped in to the back seat of my Jag. I now park it in the extra wide parent & child spaces.

Sorry, but this angers me somewhat. What gives you the right to park in a parent & child space without your grandchild?

Confusedandneedhelp

Agreed, you have no right to park in the child parking bay, it's designed for parents with child(ren) and to keep them safe. Absolute fool.

Why dont you park in the disabled bay too?

fisherjim

Confusedandneedhelp wrote: »

Agreed, you have no right to park in the child parking bay, it's designed for parents with child(ren) and to keep them safe. Absolute fool.

Why dont you park in the disabled bay too?

Sorry, I avoid these like the plague but I don't understand how parent and child parking bays keep them safe?

bargepole

So-called 'parent and child' spaces have absolutely no basis in law, which is why you never see them in Council run car parks.


Supermarkets tend to have them in their car parks as a convenience for customers who need extra room to open the doors.


But if they really cared for their customers, they wouldn't make the bays in the ordinary spaces so narrow, that anyone with a large vehicle can't open the doors fully, or risks getting the paintwork dinged by the occupants of the car in the adjacent bay.


Not everyone drives around in nasty little Kia Picantos.

Confusedandneedhelp

fisherjim wrote: »

Sorry, I avoid these like the plague but I don't understand how parent and child parking bays keep them safe?

They are usually placed near the pavement, entrance, so that children are not walking through the car park and (being short) are hit by cars who cannot see them when reversing.

It also helps when kids open doors and ding other cars.

Confusedandneedhelp

bargepole wrote: »

So-called 'parent and child' spaces have absolutely no basis in law, which is why you never see them in Council run car parks. - so why do u bother with the child seat then? Since you can beat PCNs quite easily. Is it so other customer's dont key your car for being a P___k?


Supermarkets tend to have them in their car parks as a convenience for customers who need extra room to open the doors. - a convenience for customers with children so they dont have to walk through the car park when drivers reverse and dont see the child.


But if they really cared for their customers, they wouldn't make the bays in the ordinary spaces so narrow, that anyone with a large vehicle can't open the doors fully, or risks getting the paintwork dinged by the occupants of the car in the adjacent bay. - A jaguar (any jaguar) is not a large vehicle, if you cant open the door without hitting another car, it's because you have put on weight and cant fit through a healthy sized gap.
And if you are not going to be considerate of other people, why do you expect a corporation to be considerate of you. If i saw you park in a bay without a child, id tell you what i thought in person (like i have other many times)


Not everyone drives around in nasty little Kia Picantos. - I drive a gran scenic, bigger than the average saloon and when my kids arent with me i park normally in the normal spaces and have no problem opening the door

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CoreDefect

bargepole wrote: »

Supermarkets tend to have them in their car parks as a convenience for customers who need extra room to open the doors.

No, they're intended as a convenience for those with children.

Whether they have a basis in law or not, I still believe it to be incredibly selfish to park in one of these bays if you don't have a child with you.

If I need the extra space when I don't have my child with me, or I'm scared of others dinging my car, I just park a little further away from the entrance where there tends to be more empty spaces and a smaller chance of someone parking next to me.

fisherjim

Confusedandneedhelp wrote: »

They are usually placed near the pavement, entrance, so that children are not walking through the car park and (being short) are hit by cars who cannot see them when reversing.

It also helps when kids open doors and ding other cars.

OK fair comment!

esmerobbo

CoreDefect wrote: »

Sorry, but this angers me somewhat. What gives you the right to park in a parent & child space without your grandchild?

Confusedandneedhelp wrote: »

Agreed, you have no right to park in the child parking bay, it's designed for parents with child(ren) and to keep them safe. Absolute fool.

Why don't you park in the disabled bay too?

He is saving the NHS thousands giving the little mites some exercise!
I have always found that teaching children the right way to walk in a car park or near a road, is much better then parking next to the door so the children learn how to deal with traffic.

Parking in a disabled bay is a different matter, a disability is not chosen, yet some P&C bays are nearer to an entrance then the disabled bays.

bargepole

Confusedandneedhelp wrote: »

If i saw you park in a bay without a child, id tell you what i thought in person (like i have other many times)

And my response would be "Eff off and mind your own business", as it has been on other occasions.


Although in your case, I might add "And while you're at it, learn how to capitalise and punctuate properly".


Your username says it all.