Parent & Child Parking

[Richie]

Thanks for deciding what’s on my mind.
I could post my own thoughts but I’ve got you to do that for me. On a car parking thread.

What's on your mind is fighting the urge to vandalise someone's car for parking in a manner you don't like.... You decided that, not me

 

[peterwalkley]

How would you know if these "selfish ****" were not with their children?

Two possibilities:

A) you didn't and just assumed they were not "entitled" to use the bay and you were a **** and let your daughters do the same

B) you seen them park up without kids but, instead of addressing it with them directly, you not only took the cowards way but proxied it off to your daughters.... Even more cowardly.

You didn't read the last sentence, I've underlined it for you. My post wasn't entirely serious either. It was actually very rare the wife needed to use them at all as I am lucky enough to work from home and could do the childcare for that 90 minutes of the Sainsburys run.

 

[cjgardens]

I sometimes park in them if it's late on and the car park is pretty empty. I wouldn't park in a disabled parking area tho. I think that's worse than taking a parent and kind spot

 

[NVP]

I sometimes park in them if it's late on and the car park is pretty empty.

I always park in them if the car park's dead, mostly sideways across 3 of them.

 

[cjgardens]

I always park in them if the car park's dead, mostly sideways across 3 of them.

Might as well make use of the space

 

[-Ad-]

When my girls were younger, letting them push the trolley of shopping past any selfish **** who parked in those forcing us to have to use a normal space was just karma should there have been a scrape I was obviously having to check for traffic and totally not able to supervise their steering. No child seats, no need to be there imo.

Teaching your children to damage cars because you solely have decided that a child seat is the only allowed reason to park in said spaces....... Wow.

Simple way to describe you right there, starts with a "bell" and finishes with an "end"

 

[Joxeon]

I'll try and park in them them when my kids are with me but I'll also sometimes use them without.

 

[BUDFORCE]

Parking spaces need to get bigger.

Cars are getting bigger, drivers are getting more retarded. More people with these horrendous status symbol SUVs or Fail Rovers and can't park them anyway.

But even small cars are bigger.

 

[Haggisman]

You have to be pretty simple not to realise the extra space is there to make it easier to manoeuvre a baby/toddler into their seat and avoid kids opening their doors into adjacent cars. Personally, I'd rather they were as far away from the door as possible so lazy people don't use them and they are left for those who actually need* the space.





* obviously it's not strictly a "need", but it's a lot easier to sort the kids out in the back seat when the door is open rather than doing keyhole surgery through a 2 inch gap

 

[azazl187]

No because that's illegal. Parent and child spaces are make belief things for woke parents.

I think it's more likely to be a result of precious car owners moaning about cars being damaged by 5 year olds opening car doors into them.

These spaces are pretty crucial to making a car park work for all people that need to use it. I personally would be complaining about how tight the standard spaces are

 

[Hawk Tuah]

It amazes me how intolerant you all can be. It's a space to help parents with young children.

It's like someone has insulted the incels.

 

[peterwalkley]

Teaching your children to damage cars because you solely have decided that a child seat is the only allowed reason to park in said spaces....... Wow.

Simple way to describe you right there, starts with a "bell" and finishes with an "end"

You seem to have not read the post properly. Where did it say I taught them to damage cars ? I suggest you get yourself down to specsavers and then take an english comprehension class before calling me a bell end.

i've also updated the original post. Once you've done the above, go back and re-read the amendment.

 

[tom_e]

It amazes me how intolerant you all can be. It's a space to help parents with young children.

It's like someone has insulted the incels.

Hi, you must be new around here...

 

[Chris Wilson]

What are the idiots thought processes when parking in a parent and child bay when they have no children?

I can’t comprehend it.

I do it all the time, on the rare occasions I am challenged I just pat my very ample stomach and say it's due any moment.

 

[floatindolphin]

Why do people think parent and child spaces are necessary? Stop being lazy, fatties.

It's not about being close to the shop, it's about having more space to open your doors to get kids in/out. I'd have been happy with Parent parking right out of the way TBH, so long as there was a designated walkway to the shop front

 

[Mekrel]

You seem to have not read the post properly. Where did it say I taught them to damage cars ? I suggest you get yourself down to specsavers and then take an english comprehension class before calling me a bell end.

i've also updated the original post. Once you've done the above, go back and re-read the amendment.

Regardless of what you wrote, your post was to imply that you allowed your children to push a trolley past any car you deemed to have unacceptably parked in a designated bay. I don't have children, but I've shopped enough to see that children have less control of a shopping trolley versus an adult.

So the only thing to take from your post, because it's exactly what you were implying, is you're happy to increase the risk of damaging other people's property.

In the 36 years of being on this planet, I've also never had the need to push a trolley between parked cars either. Last time I checked, it's much easier and safer to push a trolley down the designated walk way until you get to the row your car is parked.

 

[bainbridge]

I did it once but got challenged by a dad with kids who parked alongside, so I just played dumb and haven't done it since.

Nice big spaces though, with those hatchings separating each space.

I once came out of a supermarket to find a mum had opened a rear door against my car and when I challenged her she said it was just "resting" there. Yeah, resting against my car while it saws up and down while your troop of kids clamber in!

I just park at the opposite end now and walk for longer.

 

[koolpc]

I still use those spaces if my 16 yr old is with me and i am in s rush!

 

[Haggisman]

I once came out of a supermarket to find a mum had opened a rear door against my car and when I challenged her she said it was just "resting" there. Yeah, resting against my car while it saws up and down while your troop of kids clamber in!

Wouldn't have happened if she'd been able to park in a parent and child space

Anyone complaining about kids bashing doors into their car, whilst also using parent and child parking spaces when they don't need to, should maybe take pause for a moment and consider how their own actions are directly contributing to that outcome.

I'm not for a moment condoning deliberate damage, or saying it's acceptable, but even with the best will in the world, and the best behaved kids in the world, accidents do happen.

 

[bainbridge]

Wouldn't have happened if she'd been able to park in a parent and child space

Anyone complaining about kids bashing doors into their car, whilst also using parent and child parking spaces when they don't need to, should maybe take pause for a moment and consider how their own actions are directly contributing to that outcome.

I'm not for a moment condoning deliberate damage, or saying it's acceptable, but even with the best will in the world, and the best behaved kids in the world, accidents do happen.

It wasn't an accident, she was just "resting" it there!