Reserved parking rant

Sweep said:
If you think about it, it's a marketing ploy. These spaces aren't available in many other places, to my knowledge, and the supermarkets know that their bread and butter (pardon the pun) is in the family shop. I am not sure where the safety issue comes in.
I don't have an issue with parking away from the door, I just don't see why people with children get priority over those that don't.
Too many selfish and inconsiderate people about? Very true and could be levelled at those who want to park nearer the door as the world owes them a favour, because they have kids.
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Don't need to think about it, know what it is. They are available in most places now, not just supermarkets.

Rest of your post makes you sound a little bitter.

Sorry for the speed post, missus is in work, got the kids!
 
Papas1982 said:
Yes indeed. Always used to annoy me in the past. But now with a personal attachment to it. Smug gits in BMW etc thinking they can do what they like as always can afford a little ding.
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Then that makes you as bad as the "smug gits" in the BMW and you give people a perfect reason to try and park in places that ensures someone who doesnt care about other peoples property doesnt damage their vehicle.

Guess its too hard these days being the bigger person and just walking away.

Someone used to always park in my second allocated spot behind my old apartment - i just asked him politely to not park their anymore.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Then that makes you as bad as the "smug gits" in the BMW and you give people a perfect reason to try and park in places that ensures someone who doesnt care about other peoples property doesnt damage their vehicle.

Guess its too hard these days being the bigger person and just walking away.

Someone used to always park in my second allocated spot behind my old apartment - i just asked him politely to not park their anymore.
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quite simply if they didn't park there it wouldn't happen.

Ive made my feelings to plenty that park their and aside from the odd snide retort of why should my kids disability make any difference they generally just ignore you and don't care. Asda I believe started clamping people parking in these bays.

Its t's all well and good being the better person when you're not carrying all your shopping and daughter across the car park because someone can't be bothered to walk a bit further themselves.

Yiu our don't like my actions that's fair enough, but they'll never affect you anyway as I'm sure you'd not do it.
 
Papas1982 said:
quite simply if they didn't park there it wouldn't happen.

Ive made my feelings to plenty that park their and aside from the odd snide retort of why should my kids disability make any difference they generally just ignore you and don't care. Asda I believe started clamping people parking in these bays.

Its t's all well and good being the better person when you're not carrying all your shopping and daughter across the car park because someone can't be bothered to walk a bit further themselves.

Yiu our don't like my actions that's fair enough, but they'll never affect you anyway as I'm sure you'd not do it.
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No i dont do it but to deliberatly damage cars because they park in a slot they shouldnt is actually worse than what they are doing

What they are doing isnt "illegal" as such - your act is - its criminal damage.
 
Why is it, that if I park at the far end of the car park, with 50 odd empty spaces near me, by the time I come out of the shop, some idiot has ignored all the empty spaces, and parked so close to me that I can't open the drivers door?
 
murphthemog said:
Why is it, that if I park at the far end of the car park, with 50 odd empty spaces near me, by the time I come out of the shop, some idiot has ignored all the empty spaces, and parked so close to me that I can't open the drivers door?
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Because they are idiots - or have you got a ncie car that would prob be stolen before his :D
 
The ones that get my goat are the ones that park in the "Pick-Up" zone, go in and do a full week's shopping......what's that all about?
Its an area where someone can drive in, stop for a couple of minutes while shopping gets loaded in not so you can park closer to the front door....in fact the other day at our Tesco, some guy parked in the pick up zone, got out and walked to the cash-point - there were 3 or 4 spaces that were at least 30 yards closer...Complete Knumb-Nut!!!
They also park on double yellow lines and dive into the shop for something - when there's parking spaces nearer the door.....Utter Peasants!!!
 
I am concerned that so many chaps know about the car parking slots available by shops. Shops is for the ladies and are best kept well clear off. For those of you single, good shops deliver and parking should be made available for the van prior to delivery.
 
Jealousy is a sad fact when someone spies something they can't have.

I often have my two grandchildren in the car and the extra width is essential to get them in and out safely without causing damage to mine or some-one's doors - if a shop wants my business the one that makes it safe and easy will get it in preference to a store that isn't.

While I am well over pension age I don't care, within reason, how far I walk as I'm pleased I'm not disabled like some unfortunate people.
 
What about the poor Lard Ass folk who have to struggle to get out of their cars in normal parking slots. Just ask G1BB0
 
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With a new born i have to say these spaces are a god send for getting buggy's and seats out of cars. I think as soon as your children are out of prams and baby seats then revert back to normal spaces
 
I have a booster seat and child on board sign in the car. Only ever use them at shops and gym so I can use parent and child space.
 
My son is now 6,me or my partner have never felt the need to use special parking spaces or put signs up in our car declaring that we have a child on board.
If the mrs ever puts a "mums taxi" sign in her car,she's getting traded in!
 
Pin-seeker said:
My son is now 6,me or my partner have never felt the need to use special parking spaces or put signs up in our car declaring that we have a child on board.
If the mrs ever puts a "mums taxi" sign in her car,she's getting traded in!
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Always thought that the "Baby on Board" and other similar signs were there to try to get other drivers to drive more considerately but recently got told they are also for the emergency services in the event of a serious accident. In a crash the fire crews will focus on getting the driver cut out of the car but if they see the sign they will also do a more comprehensive sweep of the area to check for any kids that might have been thrown clear of the vehicle in the crash. Don't know if this is true or not but I'm sure we've got one or more firemen (or women) on here who could confirm or deny it.
 
With the current and potential unsupportable increase in population and the growing number of Obese, surely we should be doing all we can to deter people from having more children or getting fat. Maybe it's time to give more space to thin people without children and banning young fat families from the car park.

Just Saying!
 
NST said:
I have a booster seat and child on board sign in the car. Only ever use them at shops and gym so I can use parent and child space.
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Great tactics. I always look into the back seats of cars as I walk by the P&C spaces yo check if they 'have' kids. I would spot yours as fake because you don't have crisp/bread crumbs everywhere, raisins in the footwell along with a few empty juice bottles, chocolate something smeared into the upholstery, left over crumpled up art 'masterpieces' stuffed into the seat back food trays, snot and finger marks all over the window or the twisted up seatbelt.
 
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