Baby parking

[Deleted member 1147]

Next time why not catch a bus, that way you won't need to bother with special parking spaces

 

[PJ87]

Next time why not catch a bus, that way you won't need to bother with special parking spaces

Ever tried to get a bus with toddler, swim kit, shopping, baby bag and buggy?

Free travel or not I’ll stick with the car thanks.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Ever tried to get a bus with toddler, swim kit, shopping, baby bag and buggy?

Free travel or not I’ll stick with the car thanks.

Not me, I'm not daft enough to have kids, but people have been doing it for years - my mum certainly managed to take me & my sister all over the place by bus, when my Dad was at work with the car.

Talk about first world problems

 

[PJ87]

Not me, I'm not daft enough to have kids, but people have been doing it for years - my mum certainly managed to take me & my sister all over the place by bus, when my Dad was at work with the car.

Talk about first world problems

Oh Jesus another in the old days

Fact is it isn’t the old days..

I choose not the use the bus and tbh I don’t get a rats arse what anyone thinks of that

Considerate parking in a car park costs nothing

Would you tell a disabled person oh mate you know it’s just as easy to get a bus? Which infact it is.. and bus drivers can refuse buggies on a bus to fit wheelchairs on (which makes sense) so why would I risk leaving my daughter out in cold when she can go in a nice warm car?

Unless you have kids you have no real world experience in how things actually work when you have them so kindly keep your little opinions firmly to yourself

👍👌

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Oh Jesus another in the old days

Fact is it isn’t the old days..

I choose not the use the bus and tbh I don’t get a rats arse what anyone thinks of that

Considerate parking in a car park costs nothing

Would you tell a disabled person oh mate you know it’s just as easy to get a bus? Which infact it is.. and bus drivers can refuse buggies on a bus to fit wheelchairs on (which makes sense) so why would I risk leaving my daughter out in cold when she can go in a nice warm car?

Unless you have kids you have no real world experience in how things actually work when you have them so kindly keep your little opinions firmly to yourself

👍👌

I have a child - we have to take loads of stuff with us plus buggy etc and she is very mobile - I don’t seem to have many problems when I go shopping etc - have no issues if the P&C parking is gone and find myself a sensible spot somewhere and just organise myself.

You appear to have a self entitlement about these spots that give the whole idea a bad name - it’s not that hard to get everything sorted with a child - and people are right , there are mothers that have been doing this for decades and survived without the need for slots outside the door

 

[PJ87]

I have a child - we have to take loads of stuff with us plus buggy etc and she is very mobile - I don’t seem to have many problems when I go shopping etc - have no issues if the P&C parking is gone and find myself a sensible spot somewhere and just organise myself.

You appear to have a self entitlement about these spots that give the whole idea a bad name - it’s not that hard to get everything sorted with a child - and people are right , there are mothers that have been doing this for decades and survived without the need for slots outside the door

No Phil not at all. I only wanted the space because I saw a van that looked ready to leave. So we asked the question and got rude reply
Otherwise we would have driven to another park and squeezed in. Done before

If a space is gone it’s gone

People may have been doing this for decades but if I choose to use my car instead of a bus that’s my choice. A bus takes 30 mins each way to town or a 5 min drive

I’d rather my daughter be comfortable. She comes first

Also people seem to be under some impression that the space was right outside it wasn’t it was in the middle of the car park.. it’s not right outside that’s where the disable parking rightly is

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Oh Jesus another in the old days

Fact is it isn’t the old days..

I choose not the use the bus and tbh I don’t get a rats arse what anyone thinks of that

Considerate parking in a car park costs nothing

Would you tell a disabled person oh mate you know it’s just as easy to get a bus? Which infact it is.. and bus drivers can refuse buggies on a bus to fit wheelchairs on (which makes sense) so why would I risk leaving my daughter out in cold when she can go in a nice warm car?

Unless you have kids you have no real world experience in how things actually work when you have them so kindly keep your little opinions firmly to yourself

👍👌

True, the buses didn;t used to lower down to kerb height to make it easier to get on, and there weren't these nice big spaces for you to put the buggy - times were 'ard back then

 

[PJ87]

True, the buses didn;t used to lower down to kerb height to make it easier to get on, and there weren't these nice big spaces for you to put the buggy - times were 'ard back then

There is one buggy space which if a wheelchair user comes along you have to rightly give up

Don’t try and be clever because it’s clearly beyond your capability 👍

 

[Pin-seeker]

We had a similar discussion on the Random irritation thread

https://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/threads/random-irritations-of-the-day.97913/page-121#post-1923572

 

[Deleted member 15344]

No Phil not at all. I only wanted the space because I saw a van that looked ready to leave. So we asked the question and got rude reply
Otherwise we would have driven to another park and squeezed in. Done before

If a space is gone it’s gone

People may have been doing this for decades but if I choose to use my car instead of a bus that’s my choice. A bus takes 30 mins each way to town or a 5 min drive

I’d rather my daughter be comfortable. She comes first

Also people seem to be under some impression that the space was right outside it wasn’t it was in the middle of the car park.. it’s not right outside that’s where the disable parking rightly is

You are going to get that attitude from many people in all walks of life - people expect to do whatever they want - I have seen over the year that the local supermarket spots end up being full of the “Irish traveller” vans - so I end up parking in a spot near the trolley store so that can get everything organised. You do see kids running off from parents in the car park but it seems to be the same sort of parent who is too busy on their phone or getting their fag lit etc - I am surprised that more kids don’t get run over but then more drivers prob know what the local car park in Tescos etc is like.

 

[Don Barzini]

How did the world cope before baby parking became available in car parks.

This argument always gets trotted out when debating this subject!

I guess the world coped the same as it did before the invention of washing machines, the internal combustion engine, fridge freezers, mobile phones, computers, the internet etc etc

i.e. the world coped fine, but life was made a little bit easier when they were introduced.

 

[PJ87]

You are going to get that attitude from many people in all walks of life - people expect to do whatever they want - I have seen over the year that the local supermarket spots end up being full of the “Irish traveller” vans - so I end up parking in a spot near the trolley store so that can get everything organised. You do see kids running off from parents in the car park but it seems to be the same sort of parent who is too busy on their phone or getting their fag lit etc - I am surprised that more kids don’t get run over but then more drivers prob know what the local car park in Tescos etc is like.

Yes the trolly space is one the best normally spaces available agreed. That’s my next port of call

Failing that an end space but don’t like one that opens onto the road not pavement as I don’t like getting her out car side as a, she could wiggle free or b, the door is in everyone’s way

 

[PJ87]

This argument always gets trotted out when debating this subject!

I guess the world coped the same as it did before the invention of washing machines, the internal combustion engine, fridge freezers, mobile phones, computers, the internet etc etc

i.e. the world coped fine, but life was made a little bit easier when they were introduced.

Normally these things come about when people who have an idea to improve stuff that made their life diffcult so someone else doesn’t have to struggle like they did

They are called legends

Then you get the people who say in their day they walked 2 miles to school in the dark and they were just fine we don’t need to drop our kids off etc

Basically if I didn’t have it no1 should people

 

[Slab]

Think the best solution here is to say it with flowers... Or just pop into her shop with a spray bottle of tumbleweed and..........

 

[bobmac]

Such a shame the shop owner isn't here to give her side of the story

 

[PJ87]

Such a shame the shop owner isn't here to give her side of the story

I could post a picture of her van in the baby space if you really want bob? If that’s such a must to the story.. because it shows her in a hashed space.. which her van isn’t allowed in.. would that be fair?

 

[Hobbit]

Having had several rugrats, and can compare it to herding cats, the OP has my sympathy. However, I bet the florist hasn't spent the last few hours raising their blood pressure chomping about it. Might as well get on with enjoying life and give as much thought to the florist as they are giving you.

 

[bobmac]

I never questioned the fact that her van was parked in that space, I just like to hear both sides of a story before I make any judgement

 

[PJ87]

I never questioned the fact that her van was parked in that space, I just like to hear both sides of a story before I make any judgement

Well if you want I’ll post her website you could get in touch? Find out first hand from her

She was a lovely lady I’m sure she would love to be asked

 

[LGC2019]

Next time why not catch a bus, that way you won't need to bother with special parking spaces

What a completely pointless post.