"So you don't take a buggy into the supermarket, there are trolley bays all over the car parks so no need for your child to walk at all.If your going to make a point of what I said then please copy ALL the relevant bits into it you twat. I said my daughter walks from the car to the trolly bay, from there she is sat in the trolly while we do the shopping! my point & I believe it to be a meaningful and valid one is why the F*ck should you have preferential treatment just because you have young children? Why not? From your origional comment you said why not put the parent and child spaces towards the back of the carpark. Whys that? Why should you get the preferentioal treatment. You can walk, so why shouldnt YOU park at the back of the car park? Ask yurself another question, why was these spaces created in the first place? Public need. Public wanted 'em cos who, (Without being sexist), does most of the shopping? Mums. All be it single or married, the mums do the shopping often with kids in tow.
Oh and FWIW my wife is unable to work due to an as yet undiagnosed ailment with her legs, some days she finds walking very difficult, she has been like this for four years, but she doesn't claim disability and she doesn't park in disabled spaces." Without wanting to sound callouse, And??? My mother is the same. In fact my mother has been wheelchair bound for 10 years now. They have a disabled badge but they chose not to use it. This has what relevant point to the conversation Derek? I belive that you are trying to pick a row over parent and child spaces NOT the physical well being of your wife and my mother.
I still say why shouldnt parents with babies/small children be catered for? Most of here are parents/have been parents, (Though I am really not sure with one or two in here), most of us can remeber what its like to be in charge of the trolly with a monthly shop and a wee one. It aint easy so these nearer spaces are a godsend. For the record I do drive a 4x4, I also have a company car and a bike. I am considerate with parking bays and I will always straighten the car up before leaving it. I get really annoyed when some one parks inconsideratly in bays and have been known to take retallitory action against other cars who have bashed doors into mine. What really annoys me and I beleive these are the people that give us parents who use the parent and baby spaces a bad name are the people who will park there with their teenage kids OR with their 87 year old mother!!!!! THEY are the people that abuse it!
FWIW This is the exact reason I am now begining to think that this forum is a total waste of my ?10 per year, most people in here do nothing but moan and whinge. From what I can remeber derek you had a pop at mums with buggies in shops last year, now its parent and baby spaces. Do you have anything else better to do? Are you the one writing in to points of view signing "Annoyed from Barnsely"? FFS Derek, all this has come about because of your moan against someone that was parked in the motorcycle bay. Wanna know the reason people like that WILL park wereever they damwell want? Cos the Supermarkets are too frightened to do anything about it. The carparks are on private land, 9 times outta 10 so the supermarkets CAN clamp but they chose not to because it will put people off shopping with them.
