to have confronted this woman?

[AKMD]

Usual story: in Sainsbury's carpark, loading up my shopping, some woman in a massive people carrier pulls into the parent & child space infront of me, jumps out of the car, locks it and walks off. There were clearly no children in the car so I called after her, "You do realise that's a family space, right?" She carried on walking so I called again, at which point she turned around, strode up to me and started berating me for shouting at her because I already had a space and there were other spaces free so why shouldn't she park there. I told her that she was being incredibly selfish and that she shouldn't park in a parent & child space just because she couldn't be bothered to walk a few extra metres to the store (ok, I was getting a bit het up at this point). She walked off so I took her registration down and reported her to the customer service desk, who really didn't care either. WIBU?

[ShadeofViolet]

[PeedOffWithNits]

oh no, not again.............

[fanjoforthemammaries7850]

yANBU, I don't think what she did was the worst thing in the world, but it is annoying, I bet she will think twice before doing it again.

[fanjoforthemammaries7850]

am i going to be the only non biscuit waving person now?

[HowsTheSerenity]

THis has been done to death.
You will get support form some on here and none from others.
Shit happens.
They are not 'legal' spaces like disabled ones.
Think of the karma that will come back and get her evenutally.

[chocolatefroggie]

no YANBU we live in a retirement area and I can't tell you the number of times I've seen pensioners parking in mother and baby spaces at the supermarket and our local garden centre - it drives me bonkers and I am inspired by your assertiveness and will definately say something next time!

[AKMD]

so sorry that I don't know which threads have already been done

[DetectivePotato]

YANBU, it pisses me off when people do this and I see it every sodding time I go to the supermarket. I'm too much of a wimp to say anything though as I did hear of someone who said something and when they came out, their tyres were slashed.

[ticklebug74]

It is so annoying and inconsiderate and we have all seen it done so many many times, but until they are monitored in the same way disabled spaces are, I don't think there is much that can we can do about it. Have a go if it makes you feel better but we just have to live with it and get on with our day!

[lorelilee]

Lordy AKMD, you mean you don't search your every utterance to ensure it hasn't been covered before? Get with the program!

[BuzzingNoise]

YANBU. I can't resist challenging people that park there with no kids in the car.

[mosschops30]

YANBU its usually rich, fat middle aged women who could do with the extra walk, oe rich, fat men with small penises!

Pisses me off big time!

[AKMD]

lore, no, I really need to work on that

[LostArt]

YANBU to be a bit miffed
YABU at shouting at her - she may have become aggressive too.

You should just have just tutted and p'haps given her a paddington bear stare.

Someday, someone is going to get hurt over one of these bloody parking space - they are not that important.

[cantthinkofagoodname]

I got told off in morrisons for using one of these spaces and I had my baby with me!

[AKMD]

I didn't shout at her, just called after her. I obviously didn't care about getting a space because I already had one and had done my shopping, what I cared about was the poor harrassed person with screaming children in the back of their car who wasn't going to be able to get a space after me. (School ending time)

[cfc]

People get pissed with pensioners parking in these spaces?!

Madness.

[PandaEis]

i dont think YABU myself but i wouldnt have confronted the woman if i were you. you never know in this day and age which respectable looking person to berate just in case they are a psycho in disguise

i ALWAYS tell DH off if he is about to park in a P&C space if DD isnt with us as we can walk those extra few feet to the supermarket where a parent with a small/difficult child may struggle with parking further away. my mum insists on parking in P&C even though she has a disability badge and can park in disabled access spaces it really pisses me off!!

[lottiejenkins]

I reported the security guard who was working at the supermarket to the manager because he parked his car in a P&C space!!

[mosschops30]

yep cfc that person is me!!! Apparently old people think that we get those spaces because we 'cant be bothered to walk further' or so some old gripper told me.

If youve got a disabled badge, park where you like. If you havent dont use P&C spaces as a second best even if you are 90 (this also applies to not having to queue anywhere)

[StainlessSteelCat]

I once asked at the customer service desk if they could enforce these spaces better and was told that they had stopped confronting people who parked in them because of the abuse and threatened violence they received. I wish they would just use spaces further away from the store entrance - I don't use them to save on walking, I use them so I can open the doors wide enough to get at the child seats better.

[2shoes]

yabu
oh and need to get a life

[cfc]

This reminds me of the Peter Kay joke..."so I go with my mum to Sainsbury's to do the big shop...park in mother and child...well, I'm with me mam!"....hee hee.

I thought the whole point of P&C spaces was that you had a little more space to get a baby out of the side of the car. Not necessarily that it was closer to the store. God knows I could do with the exercise myself...

[ArseHolio]

I think you need to get a life

[EldritchCleavage]

My DH made us all wait in the car for 5 minutes until some woman with no kids in the car with her got bored with waiting and drove off, muttering. We then left and the family behind her got the space. She was furious.