The BAD PARKING thread [vol4]

[Hackney]

Driver in the car with the engine running having deposited two school-age children to do the shopping. Disabled bay, 1 of 2 for this store. Other spaces available just a little bit further away. And they wonder while children are becoming ever more obese.

[MartG]

[Europa1]

Greshamst said:

MartG said:

This isn’t stopping anyone else from parking, or obstructing anyone. I don’t call foul play on this.

It may not be stopping anyone else, but it is symptomatic of the whole "that doesn't apply to me" selfish mentality that seems to be more prevalent these days.

[carboy2017]

Not a car but saw this at the local Tesco Extra yday evening where they have stacked the trolleys which was overshooting the trolley park and obstructing the lanes ,sorry the pic quality is not great hence does not show it properly

Just cant believe what was on the mind of the person who did this

[DoubleD]

Hackney said:

Driver in the car with the engine running having deposited two school-age children to do the shopping. Disabled bay, 1 of 2 for this store. Other spaces available just a little bit further away. And they wonder while children are becoming ever more obese.

How do you know that the person in the car wasnt disabled? Maybe thats why they sent their kids in? Do you know what clubs those kids do? Football, swimming, gymnastics? Its very fashionable on ph to moan about kids getting fat, but unless you know all about their lifestyle how do you know that they are getting fat? Saying that, even I enjoy a good moan.

[PaulD86]

Does this count? Not sure the Zafira driver applied the handbrake very well. Why leaving cars in gear is a good plan.

[Mac-5]

[SmoothCriminal]

DoubleD said:

Hackney said:

Driver in the car with the engine running having deposited two school-age children to do the shopping. Disabled bay, 1 of 2 for this store. Other spaces available just a little bit further away. And they wonder while children are becoming ever more obese.

How do you know that the person in the car wasnt disabled? Maybe thats why they sent their kids in? Do you know what clubs those kids do? Football, swimming, gymnastics? Its very fashionable on ph to moan about kids getting fat, but unless you know all about their lifestyle how do you know that they are getting fat? Saying that, even I enjoy a good moan.

If the person in the car was disabled why would they they need to occupy a disabled space to wait in? Does this disability include not parking in normal spaces?

Then a disabled person who actually wanted to enter the store could have 1 of only 2 spaces.

[kowalski655]

AIUI the disabled person has to get OUT of the car to enable the Blue Badge use to be valid,they cant just sit in the car while a passenger or their driver does shopping etc

[Hackney]

DoubleD said:

How do you know that the person in the car wasnt disabled? Maybe thats why they sent their kids in? Do you know what clubs those kids do? Football, swimming, gymnastics? Its very fashionable on ph to moan about kids getting fat, but unless you know all about their lifestyle how do you know that they are getting fat? Saying that, even I enjoy a good moan.

Does it matter if the person driving is disabled when they don't get out of the car?
Kids, I wasn't saying the kids are obese, although I saw them inside, I'd say they were big-boned. It was more a comment on the parent / driver, instiling their laziness in the kids.

[DoubleD]

Hackney said:

DoubleD said:

How do you know that the person in the car wasnt disabled? Maybe thats why they sent their kids in? Do you know what clubs those kids do? Football, swimming, gymnastics? Its very fashionable on ph to moan about kids getting fat, but unless you know all about their lifestyle how do you know that they are getting fat? Saying that, even I enjoy a good moan.

Does it matter if the person driving is disabled when they don't get out of the car?
Kids, I wasn't saying the kids are obese, although I saw them inside, I'd say they were big-boned. It was more a comment on the parent / driver, instiling their laziness in the kids.

But you know nothing about the family or the situation that they were in at the time, so how do you know that they were being lazy? Maybe the driver is disabled, maybe they arent. Maybe the driver is just lazy, or maybe they arent. You just dont know.

All you do know is that they have parked in a disabled space and some kids got out and went into the shop.

Its wrong to jump to conclusions.

[Sticks.]

kowalski655 said:

AIUI the disabled person has to get OUT of the car to enable the Blue Badge use to be valid,they cant just sit in the car while a passenger or their driver does shopping etc

Out of curiosity I just had a look in the booklet. It doesn't specifically say that. But it does say that it shouldn't be used for someone else doing something for you, or for someone else's benefit, while you sit in the car.

I'm sure it is used as you say though. I've often seen what I'd think was the disabled person in the car while the other passenger goes shopping, although you can never be sure.

[nonsequitur]

carboy2017 said:

Not a car but saw this at the local Tesco Extra yday evening where they have stacked the trolleys which was overshooting the trolley park and obstructing the lanes ,sorry the pic quality is not great hence does not show it properly

Just cant believe what was on the mind of the person who did this

Off his trolley?

[Mandalore]

DoubleD said:

Hackney said:

DoubleD said:

How do you know that the person in the car wasnt disabled? Maybe thats why they sent their kids in? Do you know what clubs those kids do? Football, swimming, gymnastics? Its very fashionable on ph to moan about kids getting fat, but unless you know all about their lifestyle how do you know that they are getting fat? Saying that, even I enjoy a good moan.

Does it matter if the person driving is disabled when they don't get out of the car?
Kids, I wasn't saying the kids are obese, although I saw them inside, I'd say they were big-boned. It was more a comment on the parent / driver, instiling their laziness in the kids.

But you know nothing about the family or the situation that they were in at the time, so how do you know that they were being lazy? Maybe the driver is disabled, maybe they arent. Maybe the driver is just lazy, or maybe they arent. You just dont know.

All you do know is that they have parked in a disabled space and some kids got out and went into the shop.

Its wrong to jump to conclusions.

It’s wrong for them to jump to conclusions , but ok for you to do it??

Have a word with yourself!!

Unless you know the family personally, don’t make your own story up about them and expect us to accept it.

Edited by Mandalore on Wednesday 7th November 18:39

[Vipers]

carboy2017 said:

Not a car but saw this at the local Tesco Extra yday evening where they have stacked the trolleys which was overshooting the trolley park and obstructing the lanes ,sorry the pic quality is not great hence does not show it properly

Just cant believe what was on the mind of the person who did this

See what you mean, tweeked it a bit.

[DoubleD]

Mandalore said:

DoubleD said:

Hackney said:

DoubleD said:

How do you know that the person in the car wasnt disabled? Maybe thats why they sent their kids in? Do you know what clubs those kids do? Football, swimming, gymnastics? Its very fashionable on ph to moan about kids getting fat, but unless you know all about their lifestyle how do you know that they are getting fat? Saying that, even I enjoy a good moan.

Does it matter if the person driving is disabled when they don't get out of the car?
Kids, I wasn't saying the kids are obese, although I saw them inside, I'd say they were big-boned. It was more a comment on the parent / driver, instiling their laziness in the kids.

But you know nothing about the family or the situation that they were in at the time, so how do you know that they were being lazy? Maybe the driver is disabled, maybe they arent. Maybe the driver is just lazy, or maybe they arent. You just dont know.

All you do know is that they have parked in a disabled space and some kids got out and went into the shop.

Its wrong to jump to conclusions.

It’s wrong for them to jump to conclusions , but ok for you to do it??

Have a word with yourself!!

Unless you know the family personally, don’t make your own story up about them and expect us to accept it.

Edited by Mandalore on Wednesday 7th November 18:39

Which bit of what I wrote is me jumping to conclusions?

[r250]

Hackney said:

Driver in the car with the engine running having deposited two school-age children to do the shopping. Disabled bay, 1 of 2 for this store. Other spaces available just a little bit further away. And they wonder while children are becoming ever more obese.

Everyone knows you’re allowed to park in the disabled and parent with child spaces as long as one of you stays in the car...

[SilverHarrier]

[WarrenB]

Sticks. said:

Out of curiosity I just had a look in the booklet. It doesn't specifically say that. But it does say that it shouldn't be used for someone else doing something for you, or for someone else's benefit, while you sit in the car.

I'm sure it is used as you say though. I've often seen what I'd think was the disabled person in the car while the other passenger goes shopping, although you can never be sure.

An office I used to work in overlooked a Morrisons car park. Every couple of days a car would stop in the drop off bay, and old lady would slowly climb out and hobble into the store. The driver would then drive round the car park and wait right next to the closest disabled space to the front door of the supermarket, waiting for it to become empty. When it was he'd just reverse in and sit in the car for 30-40 minutes until his wife would come back out. Then he'd go and drive round to the drop off bay and jump out to put all the shopping in the boot.

Considering his ability to run around the car and lift the bags I'm sure he wasn't the blue badge holder.

Always used to annoy me, despite it not affecting me in the slightest!

[Hackney]

DoubleD said:

Hackney said:

DoubleD said:

How do you know that the person in the car wasnt disabled? Maybe thats why they sent their kids in? Do you know what clubs those kids do? Football, swimming, gymnastics? Its very fashionable on ph to moan about kids getting fat, but unless you know all about their lifestyle how do you know that they are getting fat? Saying that, even I enjoy a good moan.

Does it matter if the person driving is disabled when they don't get out of the car?
Kids, I wasn't saying the kids are obese, although I saw them inside, I'd say they were big-boned. It was more a comment on the parent / driver, instiling their laziness in the kids.

But you know nothing about the family or the situation that they were in at the time, so how do you know that they were being lazy? Maybe the driver is disabled, maybe they arent. Maybe the driver is just lazy, or maybe they arent. You just dont know.

All you do know is that they have parked in a disabled space and some kids got out and went into the shop.

Its wrong to jump to conclusions.

Well that’s the last time I delete the argumentative response and retype something more conciliatory.

To be perfectly honest I should’ve just put “saw a fat lazy unemployed biffer waiting in the car smoking and with the engine running at full throttle while her fat stupid hopeless kids went into the shop to buy pies, cake, wotsits and the daily mail. I did ask her if she needed the disabled space but she wound the window down to spit and let the dog out to st on the pavement before gunning the engine some more shouting “MBGA” and screeching off in a plume of tyre and diesel smoke back to the house next to the car park where she’s come from”

Satisfied?

• MBGA = Making Bedfordshire Great Again. If I’m honest it could’ve been Nadine Dorries herself

Edited by Hackney on Thursday 8th November 09:42