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My Friend has a Blue Badge & went shopping with her Mum,as usual no Disabled spaces-many not displaying Badges so...........
They parked in a Parent & Child Space.Someone got the Manager & my Friends Mum politely pointed out they were Parent & Child & there was no age limit on the sign & maybe he'd like to be more vigilant over Disabled parking?

You know it's mission with me the same as paying for RADAR keys, talk about discrimination.

The PC I spoke with this morning acknowledged that supermarkets really don't enforce their own rules. Why have any then?

If I see a commercial vehicle parked in a disabled bay to make a delivery I am on the phone to their office.

If none of us are proactive it makes a mockery of equal rights.

Sue x

Sue,

how can it be equal rights?
I dont have the right to park virtually where I wish........I have to fit in, where I can.........
and as for reporting delivery drivers........come on,
be reasonable, he has a job to do AND is probably on a time basis as well........

Bob

Get real Bob, if we go into town and can't park and no OH won't park on double yellows because the street is too narrow, I lose my right to shop!!!

Try it and see, it's not damn funny!

It's "the look" you get...................Not all disabilities are visible & gawd help you if you're young,there is an underlying prejudice against people with "invisible" disabilities & the Government doesnt help with its preposterous ad campaign.

GR also should consider changing "Invalid Thread" to "Void"

My hubby has a blue badge,he is often unable to park in a disabled bay too

Bob...........it's not a request to be treated differently it's the need to try & stay normal & live life as near the same as anyone else.
Disabilities steal your life if you let them.

Good for you SueM....I know parking is a nightmare, its an old market town, built WAY before cars.....! you cannot just leave the car at the side of the road for a minute - cos that gridlocks the whole town....

Of course you have as much right to go shopping as anyone else, and need to be able to park - I can park in any of the car parks and walk to wherever shop I want...shove O in a buggy and its easier again, there is limited parking for disabled, how dare others park there.....and delivery drivers....grrrrrrrrrrr!

I do not have a blue badge - therefore i have NO RIGHT to park in a disabled bay. I have a child under 5 - therefore I can park in the parent and child space in t***** cos thats what their rules say (for what they're worth) but often don't cos O is mobile....!

ok....rant over! xxx

maybe I was misunderstood, Sue used the phrase
" Equal Rights"
I just picked up on that, and No I wouldnt deny you the access that badge holding gives you.

Bob

Ihave a theory on that.

You see, the manager of the supermarket, is probably a weasly bloke, who would find it far easier to confront a disabled person for parking in a parent and child space, than to confront an able bodied person for parking in a disabled space. Get the gist?

Bob-sorry I re-read (not having a good day :( )

TW- you're probably right :)

Thanks mamiddau, you know exactly where I live and the problems in town too. Others may not appreciate the road layout..

Sue x

I do! Seems to be worse now than when I was younger! xxx

btw - and totally off topic - am home on friday - for my grans funeral - not going to have time to come and annoy you then, but will be back over in a few weeks.... however, may take the kids out for a walk - so make sure you beep if you see me! (obviously i mean if you're in the cripmobile - unless you have a hooter on your crutch!!!!)

omg - you should....that would be soooooooo cool!

Sorry you are coming home for such a sad event, if I do see you I'll tell OH not to swerve *grin*

Sue xx

Ummmmmm! am not sure how to take that......maybe my dad can be the one to deal with the kids then! lol! Driving past the old rectory etc will be a nightmare friday - cos everyone going back to mum's after!

i often park in the mother and child spaces when the disabled places are full, the guy in the carpark always smiles at me when i put my bluebadge on show. no one has ever complained about me doing this.

Stella there is often no choice is there? If you can't open the door completely you can't get out!!!!!!!!!

x

that is why i do it Sue...to get my legs out....

sorry - posted twice! have decided it GR not me - cos it keeps happening!

I complained about a car once - in a parent and child one - when O was still in a carry car seat thingy - to the customer service desk, she parked and walked off whilst I was circling looking for one! They called the car owner - who said she was disabled and there were no disabled spaces. I suggested that the customer service desk went and checked the cars parked in the disabled spaces and call the owners who were not displaying blue badges (btw - the woman hadn't displayed her badge - although she had it with her!) they didn't....!

I have to say Morrisons here is really good. If you complain, security get someone to move their car, and they give a public telling off!