Do you use parent and child spaces without children?
Discussion
Dr Murdoch said:
It is, but then again how many children below 12 understand how to open a car door appropriately so as not to damage a car parked next to it?
My 9 year old for many years has been able to do this. If she's in any doubt, she waits for someone to let he out from the outside.Edited by Dr Murdoch on Tuesday 28th July 16:45
Monkeylegend said:
BrabusMog said:
Lol, can't believe this but I found out last night that my missus is pregnant, I wonder if this will have an effect on this issue in about 9 months' time 
I hope you find out who the father is and take him for all he's got.Congratulations
Vipers said:
Monkeylegend said:
BrabusMog said:
Lol, can't believe this but I found out last night that my missus is pregnant, I wonder if this will have an effect on this issue in about 9 months' time
I hope you find out who the father is and take him for all he's got.Congratulations
Edited by BrabusMog on Tuesday 28th July 20:10
BrabusMog said:
Lol, can't believe this but I found out last night that my missus is pregnant, I wonder if this will have an effect on this issue in about 9 months' time
Congratulations! In 9 months time your life is going to change beyond all comprehension 
Mrs Devil is expecting number 3 at the moment.
And yes, it will change your view on P&C spaces.
Gandahar said:
Are there any parent and car parking spaces away from Supermarkets / shopping places? Such as railway stations or public places?
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Do Majestic wine have parent and child spaces?
Yes, like the leisure centre, cinema complex (iirc), possibly because people are likely to regularly take children, hence not at Majestic...........
Do Majestic wine have parent and child spaces?
However, at the leisure centre when they're all takem, they use the 3 disabled spaces next. Because they feel they have the right or because it's practical, I don't know.
Gandahar said:
This shows that people think that parent and children spaces are a hallowed space to make life better. If you think that they you are wrong, they are cost counted space to make more money for the shop. If the supermarkets could get more money from young men and could squeeze them in, rather than mums, then guess how many Parent and children spaces there would be?
Just because the incentive of the supermarket is to make money, that doesn't detract from the fact that they make life better for parents with young children.Just like my life is better by being able to buy food, I'm under no illusions that the supermarkets stock food through generosity rather than profit.
Gandahar said:
When I was a lad I had to walk home 1.5 miles behind my mum pulling a trolley with the shop ( yes I am old ). I guess many people who have trouble with kids in cars are not so inconvenienced they would want to swap
Kids in cotton wool and now parents it seems.....
Don't be silly.Kids in cotton wool and now parents it seems.....
Gandahar said:
When I was a lad I had to walk home 1.5 miles behind my mum pulling a trolley with the shop ( yes I am old ). I guess many people who have trouble with kids in cars are not so inconvenienced they would want to swap
Kids in cotton wool and now parents it seems.....
Oh yes - I remember doing that one. It was a time when supermarkets had proper carrier bags. Would still cut your hands to ribbons though. The year my mum got a shopping trolley - it felt like Christmas had come early.Kids in cotton wool and now parents it seems.....
It's no wonder childhood obesity was so much rarer in those days.
Gandahar said:
When I was a lad I had to walk home 1.5 miles behind my mum pulling a trolley with the shop ( yes I am old ). I guess many people who have trouble with kids in cars are not so inconvenienced they would want to swap
Kids in cotton wool and now parents it seems.....
You had it easy - I had to walk 5 miles to the shop and 5 miles back, up hill both ways, back to our hovel with 14 of us crammed into one room and then our dad would thrash us to sleep wi' 'is belt!Kids in cotton wool and now parents it seems.....
Gandahar said:
Are there any parent and car parking spaces away from Supermarkets / shopping places? Such as railway stations or public places?
If not, how do people who have children manage there? Do they drive up, find they cannot get out of their car with the minimum of effort and just drive off again? Er, ....
Or is this parent and children parking just a away to attract part of the general public who spends money, rather than wide parking bays to aide access? So perhaps the wide parking bays are not really really needed but a bit like first class on the Airbus A380 where you feel pampered?
Let's take this for an example, I saw a shortish lady offloading her toddler from the back of the Discovery the other day. All went well as she had lots of width and she took her into the store. She came out later. Put the child back into the car. Have you seen how high you have to lift a toddler into a child seat on top of the rear seat of a Discovery when you are only 5 foot 4? She did a clean and jerk to get it up there. I was impressed.
I was thinking about it then. The kid came out easily as it was "downhill" but putting it back in took over 1000 calories. What would happen if she had a Caterham? Taking the kid out would be worse as you have to lift them up, but putting them in would be simple, you just drop them in. In fact they can probably climb into it themselves. It would save 50p on the Postman Pat ride as well.
Slightly seriously, being a blue badge holder after those infernal motorcycles I once parked in the parent and child section as all the disabled spaces were taken. I put my badge up and got out only to get abuse from a woman and kid who was trollying bye. I pointed out all the disabled spaces were taken and she replied "Well that's not my fault"
This shows that people think that parent and children spaces are a hallowed space to make life better. If you think that they you are wrong, they are cost counted space to make more money for the shop. If the supermarkets could get more money from young men and could squeeze them in, rather than mums, then guess how many Parent and children spaces there would be?
Do Majestic wine have parent and child spaces?
All those points and more have been answered already in this thread??If not, how do people who have children manage there? Do they drive up, find they cannot get out of their car with the minimum of effort and just drive off again? Er, ....
Or is this parent and children parking just a away to attract part of the general public who spends money, rather than wide parking bays to aide access? So perhaps the wide parking bays are not really really needed but a bit like first class on the Airbus A380 where you feel pampered?
Let's take this for an example, I saw a shortish lady offloading her toddler from the back of the Discovery the other day. All went well as she had lots of width and she took her into the store. She came out later. Put the child back into the car. Have you seen how high you have to lift a toddler into a child seat on top of the rear seat of a Discovery when you are only 5 foot 4? She did a clean and jerk to get it up there. I was impressed.
I was thinking about it then. The kid came out easily as it was "downhill" but putting it back in took over 1000 calories. What would happen if she had a Caterham? Taking the kid out would be worse as you have to lift them up, but putting them in would be simple, you just drop them in. In fact they can probably climb into it themselves. It would save 50p on the Postman Pat ride as well.
Slightly seriously, being a blue badge holder after those infernal motorcycles I once parked in the parent and child section as all the disabled spaces were taken. I put my badge up and got out only to get abuse from a woman and kid who was trollying bye. I pointed out all the disabled spaces were taken and she replied "Well that's not my fault"
This shows that people think that parent and children spaces are a hallowed space to make life better. If you think that they you are wrong, they are cost counted space to make more money for the shop. If the supermarkets could get more money from young men and could squeeze them in, rather than mums, then guess how many Parent and children spaces there would be?
Do Majestic wine have parent and child spaces?
If it was purely commercially based, why would they bother with the larger spaces?
They would simply make them all standard sized so they could fit more families into a smaller overall space and make more money.
Why waste the space, if money was the incentive?
Edited by Hol on Wednesday 29th July 08:42
Moonhawk said:
Are most under 12 incompetent morons these days.
My memory may be a bit fuzzy - but i'm pretty sure I was in high school by that age and perfectly aware how to open a car door without damaging somebody else's property.
I refer you to the other bit of my post for one example.My memory may be a bit fuzzy - but i'm pretty sure I was in high school by that age and perfectly aware how to open a car door without damaging somebody else's property.
Also, how many adults can open are car door? Amount of dents / chips my cars have picked up over the years isn't funny. And these adults breed.
Dr Murdoch said:
I refer you to the other bit of my post for one example.
Also, how many adults can open are car door? Amount of dents / chips my cars have picked up over the years isn't funny. And these adults breed.
Dont see an issue both my cars have child locks so I open the doors for them.Also, how many adults can open are car door? Amount of dents / chips my cars have picked up over the years isn't funny. And these adults breed.
BrabusMog said:
Lol, can't believe this but I found out last night that my missus is pregnant, I wonder if this will have an effect on this issue in about 9 months' time
It will. Some massively entitled bellend who doesn't want his mid-range german metal box scratched will be in the P+C spot you want, and you'll be livid.Edit: Congrats by the way, it's a rollercoaster but totally worth it.
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