Someone parked next to me

[nonsequitur]

Rawwr said:

Pig benis said:

There is a perfect solution for this problem. Buy a old Land Rover Defender

The flaw in your plan would be having to buy an old Defender.

Any one of the back four in my local team would do.

[rallycross]

Rawwr said:

The flaw in your plan would be having to buy an old Defender.

The real flaw would be to have to drive such a useless piece of automotive ste.

[jdmave]

rallycross said:

Rawwr said:

The flaw in your plan would be having to buy an old Defender.

The real flaw would be to have to drive such a useless piece of automotive ste.

Each to thier own..................

[Johnnytheboy]

Slightly off topic but I work out of a garden centre that runs coach trips from their car park too.

I once watched an old couple park up, open their boot and get two suitcases out which they then put on the bonnet of the car next to them.

As it belonged to one of my colleagues, I went over, picked them up and put them on the ground, saying "please don't do that to our cars".

They didn't say anything to me, just gave me an angry glare.

Still annoyed writing it ten plus years later!

[21st Century Man]

I've seen similar quite a few times over the years, putting something on the boot of an adjacent vehicle whilst they open the boot of their own. Makes me wince when they even drag/slide the item.

[HealeyV8]

I remember being at a breakfast meet and the owner of a rat look american pickup going ballistic because a gentleman decided his car was obviously rusty so he could put his plastic coffee cup on it.

[Davie]

CardinalBlue said:

At the supermarket this morning, I watched someone after (presumably) unload his trolley just push it away, it was taken by the wind and smashed into a 18 plate X-Trail. He saw me looking at him, shrugged his shoulders and got in his car.

Before Christmas, I was leaving a fairly quiet supermarket car park (Asda, I'm poor) and noted a trolley off on its travels courtesy of the wind, merrily rolling down the car park towards a new Merc estate. I figured I couldn't stop, get out and grab it before impact so took one for the team using the side of the front bumper of mine then parked the trolley. Shed motoring has its advantages. I also don't park tight to any cars in quiet car parks nor do I use the parent and child spaces when said child isn't with me. I'd like to think I'm not a c**t.

[markyb_lcy]

I’d use parent and child spaces if there were plenty of them unoccupied and the rest of the car park was full.

What I don’t get though, although I see it almost every time I go to the supermarket, is the many single occupied vehicles that drive right passed unoccupied “normal” spaces to park in a parent and child one (without child in car) just to get all of 5m closer to an exit. That’s the height of laziness to me. Happens a lot with blue badge spaces too. Lazy, inconsiderate tts.

[nonsequitur]

markyb_lcy said:

I’d use parent and child spaces if there were plenty of them unoccupied and the rest of the car park was full.

What I don’t get though, although I see it almost every time I go to the supermarket, is the many single occupied vehicles that drive right passed unoccupied “normal” spaces to park in a parent and child one (without child in car) just to get all of 5m closer to an exit. That’s the height of laziness to me. Happens a lot with blue badge spaces too. Lazy, inconsiderate tts.

Ironic. (at best).

[markyb_lcy]

nonsequitur said:

Ironic. (at best).

How so?

I wouldn't use a parent and child space if there were "normal" ones available, and I wouldn't use one if there was only 1 or 2 unused.

The parent and child spaces exist so that people with kids can park closer to the entrance, not because a parent and child has any more right to use a car park than an adult without.

It's the same concept (more-or-less) of getting on the train and sitting in the priority seats if they're the only ones that are free.

If a parent and child turned up and wanted the space, I would yield it to them, but as I only use them if there's plenty of them free, that's quite unlikely to happen.

Seems to me pretty stupid that I should forego a supermarket trip (and the supermarket should forego my business) when all the normal spaces are used and there are a two whole rows of unused parent and child spaces.

A little common sense here and there really does help matters (for those that are able). Clearly, my local supermarket have well over-specced the requirement for parent and child spaces. I'm not harming anyone, denying anyone a space or indeed a parent-and-child space.

Edited by markyb_lcy on Friday 21st February 12:30

[ro250]

markyb_lcy said:

The parent and child spaces exist so that people with kids can park closer to the entrance, not because a parent and child has any more right to use a car park than an adult without.

Edited by markyb_lcy on Friday 21st February 12:30

I think they predominantly exist because they have wider spaces between them to allow car seats, buggies, children, to be more easily removed from cars.

[Davie]

markyb_lcy said:

The parent and child spaces exist so that people with kids can park closer to the entrance, not because a parent and child has any more right to use a car park than an adult without.

In the context of the thread and others on the matter, disabled bays and patent snd child spaces generally exist for the reason you give plus users of said space usually need extra space to fully open a car door without ttting the car parked beside.

On the same vein as the original post, I've parked miles away only to find somebody has parked alongside. No biggie until you're trying to wrestle a 2yr old into a rear facing seat through a gap barely big enough because you can't open the door fully. Going in the other side and climbing over wasn't easy as the seat behind the drivers was full of stuff and to remove it would mean leaving said 2yr old standing, hoping he'd not do a runner.

In the end, input him on my knee and drive forward... probably illegal and the do-gooders would report me to Esther Rantzen and set up a crowd funding page for my neglected child, but there was no other option available.

Hence, the wider parent and child spaces are pretty handy. Though I've also been subjected to a foul mouthed rant by one character having parked, got out and been told I'm an inconsiderate bd for parking there... said 2yr old was in the car and I was just about to lift him out... but some people just can't help themselves sadly.

[nonsequitur]

markyb_lcy said:

nonsequitur said:

Ironic. (at best).

How so?

I wouldn't use a parent and child space if there were "normal" ones available, and I wouldn't use one if there was only 1 or 2 unused.

The parent and child spaces exist so that people with kids can park closer to the entrance, not because a parent and child has any more right to use a car park than an adult without.

It's the same concept (more-or-less) of getting on the train and sitting in the priority seats if they're the only ones that are free.

If a parent and child turned up and wanted the space, I would yield it to them, but as I only use them if there's plenty of them free, that's quite unlikely to happen.

Seems to me pretty stupid that I should forego a supermarket trip (and the supermarket should forego my business) when all the normal spaces are used and there are a two whole rows of unused parent and child spaces.

A little common sense here and there really does help matters (for those that are able). Clearly, my local supermarket have well over-specced the requirement for parent and child spaces. I'm not harming anyone, denying anyone a space or indeed a parent-and-child space.

Edited by markyb_lcy on Friday 21st February 12:30

You would use them. You criticise drivers who use them.
I think your details of how and why pale into insignificence.

[markyb_lcy]

nonsequitur said:

You would use them. You criticise drivers who use them.
I think your details of how and why pale into insignificence.

Fancy that ... yet another moral absolutist on PH. Who'da thunk it.

Honestly, I don't really give two fks what you think, you don't run the supermarket, you're not the police. You're just a narrow-minded person on a forum that can't appreciate a bit of common sense. Just another robot member of the public.

[Benmac]

Davie said:

Before Christmas, I was leaving a fairly quiet supermarket car park (Asda, I'm poor) and noted a trolley off on its travels courtesy of the wind, merrily rolling down the car park towards a new Merc estate. I figured I couldn't stop, get out and grab it before impact so took one for the team using the side of the front bumper of mine then parked the trolley. Shed motoring has its advantages. I also don't park tight to any cars in quiet car parks nor do I use the parent and child spaces when said child isn't with me. I'd like to think I'm not a c**t.

Not all heroes wear capes, that deserves some recognition.

[nonsequitur]

markyb_lcy said:

nonsequitur said:

You would use them. You criticise drivers who use them.
I think your details of how and why pale into insignificence.

Fancy that ... yet another moral absolutist on PH. Who'da thunk it.

Honestly, I don't really give two fks what you think, you don't run the supermarket, you're not the police. You're just a narrow-minded person on a forum that can't appreciate a bit of common sense. Just another robot member of the public.

When rational thought and ideas diminish, insults fly.
The easy way out.

[Alextodrive]

nonsequitur said:

markyb_lcy said:

nonsequitur said:

Ironic. (at best).

How so?

I wouldn't use a parent and child space if there were "normal" ones available, and I wouldn't use one if there was only 1 or 2 unused.

The parent and child spaces exist so that people with kids can park closer to the entrance, not because a parent and child has any more right to use a car park than an adult without.

It's the same concept (more-or-less) of getting on the train and sitting in the priority seats if they're the only ones that are free.

If a parent and child turned up and wanted the space, I would yield it to them, but as I only use them if there's plenty of them free, that's quite unlikely to happen.

Seems to me pretty stupid that I should forego a supermarket trip (and the supermarket should forego my business) when all the normal spaces are used and there are a two whole rows of unused parent and child spaces.

A little common sense here and there really does help matters (for those that are able). Clearly, my local supermarket have well over-specced the requirement for parent and child spaces. I'm not harming anyone, denying anyone a space or indeed a parent-and-child space.

Edited by markyb_lcy on Friday 21st February 12:30

You would use them. You criticise drivers who use them.
I think your details of how and why pale into insignificence.

This doesn’t make sense.

If you sit in a priority seat on a train, and someone gets on that needs it, you can see them and move.

But if you park in a family or priority space and leave your car there, you’ll have no idea if someone needed it.

Even if there are tonnes of spaces and it’s very unlikely they’ll fill, anyone thinking it’s fine for them to use a space designed to help someone else tells us all they have a high sense self importance and entitlement that is laughable.

Use the ability to walk easily you were gifted by not being a self entitled twit and park a little further away.

[Woody John]

Alextodrive said:

nonsequitur said:

markyb_lcy said:

nonsequitur said:

Ironic. (at best).

How so?

I wouldn't use a parent and child space if there were "normal" ones available, and I wouldn't use one if there was only 1 or 2 unused.

The parent and child spaces exist so that people with kids can park closer to the entrance, not because a parent and child has any more right to use a car park than an adult without.

It's the same concept (more-or-less) of getting on the train and sitting in the priority seats if they're the only ones that are free.

If a parent and child turned up and wanted the space, I would yield it to them, but as I only use them if there's plenty of them free, that's quite unlikely to happen.

Seems to me pretty stupid that I should forego a supermarket trip (and the supermarket should forego my business) when all the normal spaces are used and there are a two whole rows of unused parent and child spaces.

A little common sense here and there really does help matters (for those that are able). Clearly, my local supermarket have well over-specced the requirement for parent and child spaces. I'm not harming anyone, denying anyone a space or indeed a parent-and-child space.

Edited by markyb_lcy on Friday 21st February 12:30

You would use them. You criticise drivers who use them.
I think your details of how and why pale into insignificence.

This doesn’t make sense.

If you sit in a priority seat on a train, and someone gets on that needs it, you can see them and move.

But if you park in a family or priority space and leave your car there, you’ll have no idea if someone needed it.

Even if there are tonnes of spaces and it’s very unlikely they’ll fill, anyone thinking it’s fine for them to use a space designed to help someone else tells us all they have a high sense self importance and entitlement that is laughable.

Use the ability to walk easily you were gifted by not being a self entitled twit and park a little further away.

tt dog walkers do that near me. Park in the child spaces. Entitled idiots. I do enjoy meeting them on my run

[Monkeylegend]

nonsequitur said:

markyb_lcy said:

nonsequitur said:

You would use them. You criticise drivers who use them.
I think your details of how and why pale into insignificence.

Fancy that ... yet another moral absolutist on PH. Who'da thunk it.

Honestly, I don't really give two fks what you think, you don't run the supermarket, you're not the police. You're just a narrow-minded person on a forum that can't appreciate a bit of common sense. Just another robot member of the public.

When rational thought and ideas diminish, insults fly.
The easy way out.

With age comes wisdom WD

[anonymous-user]

Davie said:

CardinalBlue said:

At the supermarket this morning, I watched someone after (presumably) unload his trolley just push it away, it was taken by the wind and smashed into a 18 plate X-Trail. He saw me looking at him, shrugged his shoulders and got in his car.

Before Christmas, I was leaving a fairly quiet supermarket car park (Asda, I'm poor) and noted a trolley off on its travels courtesy of the wind, merrily rolling down the car park towards a new Merc estate. I figured I couldn't stop, get out and grab it before impact so took one for the team using the side of the front bumper of mine then parked the trolley. Shed motoring has its advantages. I also don't park tight to any cars in quiet car parks nor do I use the parent and child spaces when said child isn't with me. I'd like to think I'm not a c**t.

I wish for more people like you.