Pet Hates

[Susan Watt]

Back to topic....

Mother and toddlers parking in disabled bays "because there are no mother & toddler bays". So what, they aren't disabled.

[barney]

Mother & children bays !!!!

Why should they get priorty because thev'e got a couple of kids with them

Didn't happen in our day and we had no problems

While we're on that subject.
People who open their car door on to yours with total disregard.
I nearly got in a punch up years ago because a guy did it THREE times while I was sitting in the blooming thing
Mrs Barney had to restrain me !!!!!

[jay-ell71]

Hi Barney! I have to disagree about the m & c parking bays. When you are taking a small child out of the car you need to have the car door fully open, thus making it nearly impossible not to open the door onto the car next to yours. With the extra space, everyone is happy and dent free In our day there weren't so many cars

[david63]

Hi Barney! I have to disagree about the m & c parking bays. When you are taking a small child out of the car you need to have the car door fully open, thus making it nearly impossible not to open the door onto the car next to yours. With the extra space, everyone is happy and dent free In our day there weren't so many cars

I think we can accept that point - but why do they have to be right outside the door. If I am correct (and if not I am sure someone will correct me) children can actually walk.

[Dark Knight]

poeple with double prams. buggies, who think they are a battering ram and try to push past in a crowded shop/supermarket etc........bloody menace

[Mo2013]

In our day, there were no super/hypermarkets with hundreds of cars - ever tried shopping with a trolley, two children etc? Who would want to park at the other end of the car park in that situation? The way some drivers zoom round my Tesco car park it's a wonder a child hasn't been knocked down. I would think that is why they are close to the entrance. They might have been had they had to walk quite a way to the car. My Tesco has a walkway running parallel to the mother and child bays. It is easys to condem, but it might help to realise what some people's situation is. A relative has disabled twins and an able-bodied son, so she needs a lot of space. I hate non-disabled drivers parking in disabled bays and the fact that there is no-one to stop them. I hate bullies, whether they be children or adults. There is something wrong with them and they make their victims lives a misery.

[oldbluefox]

Mothers with a buggy AND a mobile phone. Who said women can multi-task? And I agree, mother and child places do not need to be on the supermarket doorstep. Whatever happened to reins to stop children running off?

[jay-ell71]

I bow to your contention, the m & c parking places need not be outside the front door. I actually think they should be next to the trolley park, so mum does not have schlep too far to collect a trolley and leave the kids unattended in the car. You are correct children can walk, when they reach a certain age, but children walking in car parks are very vulnerable, as drivers may not be able to see them.

Shopping with small children in the supermarket is stressful enough, it therefore makes sense if the establishment makes the experience as safe and as comfortable as possible. There were no special parking for me when I had my children, and now that I have grandchildren I am very grateful for this innovation.

[oldbluefox]

It always appears a paradox that the disabled slots have to be close to the front door, presumably to eliminate a long walk, and yet once inside the supermarket everybody is able to walk up and down the aisles with gay abandon. Since some of the hypermarkets are huge it rather negates the need for disabled parking being so close.
Before anybody gets upset let me point out I have no problem with disabled parking as I am fortunate in being fit and well and always park in a quieter part of the car park away from the scrum. It just seems paradoxical to me.
And whilst on the subject, why is it when I park away from everybody else somebody has to park right next to me and so close it's virtually impossible to get into my car. Yet there are loads of empty spaces around. Is it my magnetic personality?

[Manoverboard]

.... Is it my magnetic personality?

Could be

I always tell Mobietta to park next to a moanin' old bugger with a clean car ... that could also be it

Children and the infirm are best parked close to the doors and away from the obvious dangers of a car park full of Sunday drivers but they should also beware some of the suicidal trolley pushers once inside

[oldbluefox]

I always tell Mobietta to park next to a moanin' old bug*er with a clean car ... that could also be it

Best to keep them all together eh?

[Quizzical Bob]

My daughter would be perfectly happy to have a M&C parking space at the most remote spot in the car park. All she wants is space to open the car door and get the kiddies out.

[The Tinker]

Never mind you lot - in a few years time all the supermarkets will be closing down and our shopping will all be ordered online and delivered to your house.

And SS - your remark about us sixty babies being bad at grammar is very contentious - just remember you only had a piece of chalk and a blackboard in your day and a candle to help you see.

[Silver_Shiney]

Oi, Tinks, if you DON'T mind.... we'd progressed to crayons by my time.

[Kendhni]

Mother & children bays !!!!

More to the point why is it some parents think having a teenager with them entitles them to use the space?

A pet hate of mine though are people who use disabled spots when they should not or do not have to .. especially those with blue badges who should know better. For instance a neighbour has a blue card because of her child but she uses disabled spots whether or not the child is with her ... and the worst for it are nurses!

[Susan Watt]

Hubby agrees with you Ken. He has a disabled badge as he cannot walk long distances hence needs to park as near to store as to limit how far he has to walk. Most of our shopping is done on-line but some things he likes either fresh or wants to look at them first.

[Dark Knight]

people on mobiles who do not look where they are going and when they walk into me, seem to think it is my fault they fell on their a*se??

[david63]

people on mobiles who do not look where they are going and when they walk into me, seem to think it is my fault they fell on their a*se??

Of course it is your fault - you shouldn't have been on your mobile then you would have seen them

[Dark Knight]

Smurfy..still their fault

[Not so ancient mariner]

ewe don't say?

Baaa humbug!

[Silver_Shiney]

Okay, you've rammed your point home.

My pet hates are people who think they're funny.........

[towny44]

Mother & children bays !!!!

More to the point why is it some parents think having a teenager with them entitles them to use the space?

A pet hate of mine though are people who use disabled spots when they should not or do not have to .. especially those with blue badges who should know better. For instance a neighbour has a blue card because of her child but she uses disabled spots whether or not the child is with her ... and the worst for it are nurses!

As genuine disabled badge users who need a wide bay so wifey can be be safely transferred to and from her wheelchair we quite often marvel at how well other blue badge holders cope with their infirmity. Some look so fit that we are just waiting for them to do a Dukes of Hazard entry through the open windows of their car.

[Mervyn and Trish]

People who have no awareness of others or what is going on around them.

Examples are people who stop immediately they step off the escalator. Or on a ship the moment they step out of the lift. (Often though not exclusively the older people).* Or block the aisle in the supermarket with two trolleys while they catch up on the year's gossip.**

* And on that point those waiting for the lift who barge in the moment the doors open with no regard for those trying to get out. Tip: If the lift is already/crowded full you can't/will have difficulty getting in. Let others out first and they will leave a vacuum into which you can slip. Seemples.

** And on that point families with multiple children who insist on both parents and all the children going to the supermarket. Note: Supermarket shopping is not a family treat, it is one of the boring necessities of life. It's a lot easier if there are fewer people there. Tip: One parent remains at home looking after the children while the other shops (much more quickly unencoumbered by spouse and multiple offspring). Then you can all go the park for fun after. (Before anyone shouts at me this is specifically about families where both parents go to the supermarket. I appreciate in some cases one has to go alone and may have no choice but to take children - although that is the main purpose for us grandparents.

[oldbluefox]

I can't stand liars and I can't stand people who are arrogant and condescending

I would much rather people were open and honest with me and then I know where I stand. However when people make up cock and bull stories and lame excuses which are later found to be untruths means I lose all respect for them.
As for those who are arrogant and condescending - this is beyond me. Usually it's the 'nouveau -riche' who behave this way. They have either had a windfall from a rich relative, or their business has been lucrative and they lack the social skills of their new found wealth. Initially they irritate me and then I find them rather pathetic and amusing. Those with serious wealth don't behave like that.

Having said that I tend to let most things wash over me. Old ladies (usually) who stop in shop doorways to put away their purse or bodies drifting aimlessly around the supermarket aisles on their mobiles are an irritation but I tell myself life is too short to get annoyed and just wait patiently until they wake up.

And can I add people who display bad manners to my list..................?

[Manoverboard]

Supermarket Tip ... go at 08:15 on a Saturday morning and you'll probably be the only one there but go at 11:30 and it will be as busy as Hell.

WOW