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Topic: my car parking moan Posted: 14 June 2006 at 7:54pm |
Today I went to the supermarket and the carpark was really full with people waiting and then I see an old couple walking towards thier car which was parked in a parents park so I put my indicator on to wait for them and the guy shakes his head at me as if to say no you cant have this park but I stayed and he did it again so I put down my window and said why cant I wait and he goes no you cant and I said well it is a parents park not disabled and I have a child and another on the way so where is your child and he goes they are on thier way out so I said thats fine, Im happy to wait and just stayed there. two minutes later him and his wife jump in the car and drive off! I was so annoyed, for a start there was no reason I couldnt wait, there was no child coming out and what annoyed me the most is if I had of parked in a disabled park just because there were no parent parks available I would get such abuse if not clamped so why should it be any different for elderly! grrr I was so annoyed but feel better now Ive got it off my chest.
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AnnC
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Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:00pm |
we have the same at a local mall - there is 3 expecting mothers car parks and time and time again I see older people or people who don't have kids or pregnant parking in them. I remember when I was in the Uk with my aunty- who has a disable permit because of bad syatic(spelling i am sure is wrong) from child birth we were in the huge mall car park and driving around for ages to get a park we finally spot a disabled and went to go to it - this guy drives just before us and parks in it - so my aunty gets out of the car and challenged him to show her his disable card - he didn't have one so he 'kindly' pulled out of the park so we could have it. I must admit not many people would of probably would of told her to get stuffed...
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Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:21pm |
no offence to older people but they seem to think that by respecting our elders that is an excuse for them to be rude. There is no reason why you couldn't wait for the park, and if there is nothing that annoys me more it is people parking where they shouldn't, followed by people thinking that hazard lights mean they can stop anywhere and park.
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Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:46pm |
A lot of elderly people seem to think that it is their right to do what they like, all the while complaining about the manners of the "youth today". they probably just assumed it was a disabled parkl and were embarresed when they found out they were wrong...but just a q - did THEY have a disabled card?
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Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:47pm |
aaaaarrrgh, I share your annoydness (heheheh new word time!), so rude!!
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Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:56pm |
I didnt see if he had a disabled card or not but he did have a stick, although I dont think he even used it cos it was hanging on the trolley and he walked fine without it. Yeah it annoys me how elderly think we should be so respectful etc and I was nice to him but he was blantantly in the wrong and so rude.
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Posted: 14 June 2006 at 9:47pm |
I hate it when people park in carparks they shouldn't....it is soooooooo rude!!!!!
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Posted: 14 June 2006 at 10:22pm |
Hell yea am agreeing with all of the above. And it is almost always over 50s. I have been known to leave dirty notes on their cars...
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 7:49am |
we dont have mummy parks here. But i pees me off when i see people parking in the diabled carparks I have been known to ask people parking in them if they would like the disability that goes with the car park as well. Usually they are too dumb to understand what im saying, I guess thats why they park there anyway.
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 9:16am |
Oooh this one really annoys me too. We were at a mall the other day and a couple pulled into the parent's park next to us, they didn't have any children with them and were not obviously pregnant or disabled. What really annoyed me though, was that, despite a huge amount of room on the other side of them (and plenty of free general parking spaces), they chose to park right up next to our passenger side over the parking lines!! How the heck was I supposed to squeeze my pregnant self out of the car or get my daughter out? When we politely asked them to move as we needed some more room to get out the guy smugly squeezed himself through the gap in our cars and said "why can't you do it, I can fit fine!" GRRRRRRRR.
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 10:02am |
Ok so i don't drvie so parking for m is not too much of a bother, however the rudeness of old people is. My Hubby's grandmother is a great example she told me at christmas (well she was not talking to me just in front of me) she can't understand why we need to bring our big buggies into to cafe's when she is having anice quiret chat to friend's . We should leave the buggies outside not sure if she ment with or without the children in them. She said it really anoy's her that us Mum's think we have special right's.
Argh she made me so angry oh and for what's its worht us Mum's do have special right's.
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 10:17am |
Can i ask what the rules are for the parents parks? Is it people with kids already or can heavily preggos use it to? Down here there is about 6 carparks all for expectant mums or mums with kids and it confused me with the other parks i have seen around.
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 10:25am |
The general rule is that they are for mums with young kids or mums to be... so heavily preggos can, and those of us with younger kids...
If I'm out with both my kids or just Josiah I'll go for one of those parks (if there's one where I'm going) but if I'm out with just Kiya I normally go for a normal park to leave the parents ones free for those who need them more!
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 11:02am |
Yeah, how long do you think you can get away with parking in them for???
I still park in the parents' parks and carry Hannah (and she's damn heavy, which is why I like to park close!). The reason I carry her still, rather than letting her walk, is that I seriously don't trust cars in parking lots. I find it much more dangerous than a road.
P.S. I get very angry with people who aren't parents who park in parent's spots, with people who aren't disabled who park in disabled parks, and same with non-elderly people parking in elderly parks. Grrrrr.
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 11:18am |
So let me just confirm and get this straight in my blonde preggy head
If there is a picture of a person with a pram in the parking space - I as a "heavily preggo lady" can park there and I won't get a ticket/towed?
I always thought that unless I could prove I had a child in the car (i.e. a car seat) that I couldn't park there
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 11:23am |
I don't know, I've never seen "Expectant Mother" parks?!?
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 11:24am |
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't hiss at you if I saw you and your bump walking to/from the car
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 11:28am |
The ones at Chartwell Square in Hamilton, have signs under the little picture saying "For expectant mums or mums with young kids"
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 11:58am |
There is ONE park in Centre City for "expenting mothers only" i saw it and showed david (fr future refernce!) and ths old dude got out of his car and was in that spot... I nearly started my anger burst but David saw that look in my face and said he was buying me lunch!! (I got APE and ppl like that!)
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 1:49pm |
LMAO Thanks Nikki
This "expectant mothers parking" must be an out of Auckland thing. I've never seen it-unless it's written in tiny letters under the picture of the person with the pram??!??!
Also.. just remembered my pet grieve but instead of hijacking this one I'll start my own
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