M&S culverhouse parking???

pookienoodle

Kittie didn't you become a Gran recently?
I can only imagine you have not yet tried going shopping with the baby in a car seat? add another couple of kids and see if you will need a mother and baby car parking space.
well done M & S for creating more disabled spaces also.
my husband is a non wheelchairbound disabled person,if we are unlucky enough not to get a disabled parking space and the person next to our car parks a little too close my husband cannot get in the car.
my husband would gladly swap a long walk to our car in return for a fully functional spine.
Kittie, please wake up and realise how lucky you are.
Disabled people are not getting "extra benefits" just things to make there life just a little bit easier.

s@sha

I'm both disabled AND have a toddler in a card seat (though luckily I'm not disabled enough to qualify for a blue badge) so I'm really pleased to see that M&S are providing more 'special' spaces. with my disability I simply cannot get my child in and out of his seat unless I'm in a wide 'parent and toddler' space.
My only gripe is that lots of shops don't have enough parent & toddler spaces compared to disabled spaces....often the disabled spaces are half empty, yet people are queueing for the parent and baby spaces! So Well Done M&S.

Incidentally, I also get very annoyed when I see these spaces being abused...I must admit much more so since I've experienced how invaluable they are. So now I find it very stress-relieving to note the 'perpetrator's' number on my way in, then have quick word with customer services, who usually request (very loudly) over the tannoy that the owner move their car. A bit sad perhaps, but it feels soooo goood!

s@sha

lisa76 wrote: »

i have a 2 year old and i found child spaces invaluable when dd was in her first baby seat. i tend not to use them now as i feel i'm taking the spaces away from people with younger children who need it more than me.

Don't feel guilty at all lisa! If you need to lift a small child in and out of a car seat, then you need that extra space to swing the door open. It's people with kids aged about 10 who park in them that should feel guilty.

grannybroon

I think it is wonderful that the likes of M&S are creating more disabled/parent & child spaces. I regularly look after two of my grandchildren (4 and 2) and I use a parent & child space when they are in the car as it is so much easier to heave them in and out of their car seats. I never use these spaces if I am on my own. As for disabled spaces I am appalled at the number of people who are so obviously able bodied that use them. I feel I am lucky that I am fit enough to walk a couple of extra yards from a standard parking space.

GB

cpauljones

Well it was good while it lasted.

All the additional spaces for disabled/parent & child have now been changed back to regular spaces. So there are now just 9 Disabled spaces - obviously inadequate for a car park of this size.

I have written to M & S for an explanation and am waiting for a reply.

[Deleted User]

oh for goodness sake I never ever park in a disabled or a mother and child space because I know they are needed. This was even when my dh had his hip done.

The original post was only because m and s seemed to have gone over the top re the original number and there were always dozens of empty ones. I used to notice the abuse of them simply because the workers, rushing to and from work, had no-where to park

TJ27

I think stores know full well that several of their disabled spaces will be taken by able bodied people. So if they've got half a dozen places, they know that sometimes they might all be taken by these idiots. However if they've got two dozen places, even if the idiots take six of them there are still plenty left for those who really need them. So I think there's a good reason for having what seems to be too many.

As for parking in disabled spots because you're in a rush for work. How much of a rush would you need to be in to not be able to walk an extra fifty feet or so? I reckon I'd need to be on fire and dashing to the disabled spots near Cosmeston Lakes or something. Is M&S really that busy at around 8.30am and 5.30pm that there is no space elsewhere in the car park? (Can't say I go there very often myself.)