31 thoughts on “What The L?

    1. ReproBertie

      Yes, anyone’s allowed to park there but simple manners would be enough to keep most people from taking advantage of the spaces set aside for parents having to haul car seats in and out of cars.

    2. Ahh Feck

      Anyone’s allowed park in the parent and child spaces?

      The woman in that same car opened her door banging it into my car twice in the process in The Beacon Dunnes a few weeks back. When I asked her to be more careful she replied “mind your own business”. A lovely woman.

        1. Spaghetti Hoop

          From what I see, sanctaMommys extend this privilege to general driving, parking and indicating.

      1. smoothlikemurphys

        “The woman in that same car opened her door banging it into my car twice”

        I’m normally pretty live and let live about things, but having been the victim of this recently when I returned to my new (to me) car a few months ago and realised someone had dinged both the front and back doors, I can safely say that if I was actually witness to this, and the person gave me lip when confronted, I would go postal*

        *The extent of postal would be to perhaps take the air out of their tyres while they were shopping – I’m not a monster.

    3. x&y

      If by allowed you mean not illegal then since it’s a privately owned car park anyone’s allowed park in the wheelchair spaces as well. I suppose that’s alright with you?

      1. barry

        Being in a wheel chair is not by choice but by necessity, having children is by choice. Two very separate things.

        I always park in those parent car spots due to the fact they keep nearby cars parked further away are close to the shops. Parents should shop online if they have difficulty bringing children to the shops.

  1. Martin C

    Id have no problem parking there. Id be between the lines at least. Just because you popped out a sprog isnt a reason for the rest of us not to park there. Having kids isnt a disability.

    1. Mikeyfex

      No it’s not Martin, you’re dead right. These aren’t disabled spots though, they’re parent and child spots, there’s a distinction. Just like there’s a distinction between able-bodied people without kids in tow who park in those spots and those who don’t.

      1. John Cassidy

        I wish I was able to have kids Mikey, but radiation treatment has left me infertile. Does my infertility mean I am not allowed park in superior parking places? You breeders are so self righteous!

        1. Mikeyfex

          Sorry to hear it, John but quite the opposite. Don’t have kids myself either, not even close. I park in the regular spots.

          Now, I’m not liking the way my issue with those who think they’re so superior to everyone else that they can take the convenient spots designated for others is making me seem the self righteous one, so I’ll leave it there. It’s not that big a deal. I like rules.

  2. aoh

    Saw a mother who parked in a “parent and child” spot hopping out of the car with her teenage son. Her response to another mother with a baby saying “you shouldn’t park there” was “he’s my child”!?! Obeying the words, not the spirit.

  3. Caroline

    I use these spaces all the time with my kids, and the only thing going through my mind when I roll up to see a bank of lovely free big-ass spaces nice and close to the door of the shop with lots of room is just how trusting humans are of a bit of paint and a sign, how easy it is to dupe most of these idiots into giving up these juicy juicy spaces, and just, I guess, utter contempt really for anyone without the balls to park there regardless. It replenishes my stores of sanctimony, I can breathe deeply with my child-owning privilege reaffirmed for the rest of the evening.

    So I personally have nothing but respect for this barren hero.

      1. Caroline

        It’s true, there are some who will insist that the abnegation of any small acknowledgement of one of life’s mundane challenges on account of it being a de facto personal slight to everyone else, representing not an opportunity for solidarity but for cute-hoorism and shrugs of ah-shur-what-about-it is a sign not of healthy self-esteem but of a cringing resentment and spiritual dysfunction.

        But I sir call it what it is. The possession of big swinging balls with the intent to use them.

        1. Mikeyfex

          Haha. Grand

          I wonder what they would paint on the ground if there were spaces for people in possession of big swinging balls…

  4. Tee McGee

    There seems to be some kind of aberration on the image, right over the offender’s registration plate. What bum luck.

  5. Ahh feck

    As a parent it is very difficult to get a baby out of a rear car door while in its car seat. Being able to open your door fully is a huge help.

    1. SB

      Yes, there are a lot of sanctimonious childless people on here with no experience of trying to control little monsters. I wonder have they ever tried herding sheep across a busy car park without one of them getting hit by a speeding car? Just an analogy. It’s not just about the “convenience”, it’s safety too.

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