Sainsburys - disabled parking (Lounged)

[dv1]

At about 7pm this evening, finally managed to park up in Sainsburys and when I was walking up to the store, through the disabled parking section this BMW pulled into a disabled space and a 20 something male got out, in full Sainsbury's uniform and started work collecting up the trolleys. And before you ask, no he wasn't disabled and no, he wasn't displaying a badge in his car.

With all the sensitivities around wrongly parking in these bays, and the sign saying that you will be fined ?50, I thought it was a bit much for an employee to be abusing the bays.

The customer service desk 'apologised' a lot, but didn't ask which car it was etc and when I volunteered I just got one of those grins which said yeah yeah yeah.

[PippaD]

That happens all the time

Also 2 seater sports cars in child and parent bays!!

Must give sainsburys a pat on the back though, as they're the only supermarket that allow parents with children to park in the disabled bays if all the parent bays are full.

[Loz]

A couple of years ago I complained to customer services, having seen something similar. Their response? "Oh, we allow our employees to use the disabled bays at night". It's not on.

PippaD - I think it is wrong to let anyone other than the disabled to use these bays. Parking somewhere else is inconvenient for a parent and child; it's a major issue for the disabled. Sainsburys should be taken to task for that policy, too.

[northlondoner]

Uh, i don;t get the whole children and parent parking thing.Why do they need special parking places? Just asking, like.

[*Bob*]

northlondoner Wrote:

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> Uh, i don;t get the whole children and parent

> parking thing.Why do they need special parking

> places? Just asking, like.

The spaces between the cars are wider, so it's easier to get your anklebiters in and out of car seats etc.

I think they should be further away from the main entrance though, not closer to it.

[reetpetite]

Why cant they just make all the spaces wider and just have Disabled bays ,I'm fed up with people digging my paintwork when opening their doors ,so I just park further away where theres more room.the car park at DKH is so big there is always somewhere to park. Some ablebodied people are just too damn lazy to walk a few yards .Its not as if they got to carry bags of shopping for miles there are trolleys after all.

[????]

northlondoner Wrote:

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> Uh, i don;t get the whole children and parent

> parking thing.Why do they need special parking

> places? Just asking, like.

Nor did I, until I had kids, just telling. Shall we leave it at that?

ps Sorry, hit the wrong button and PMd this by mistake too!

[Loz]

I think they should be further away from the main entrance though, not closer to it.

Yep, that'd sort the problem out PDQ. But I can hear the howls of anguish coming fast...

[likansuk269]

i agree with NORTHLONDONER....i think that just because someone has kids it should not give them them the right to park right by the entrance,sometimes when you go into supermarkets the place is like a nursery with kids runnin riot everywhere and the parents not caring at all..(ON FRIDAY 2 BOYS WERE IN THERE PLAYING WITH RADIO CONTROL CARS)...my personal thoughts are that kids are the parents choice most of the time,so just ge ton with it ,after all most parents dont reall care that thier kids are annoying somone else in the supermarkets..THIS SHOULD GET THE TOPIC MOVIN..

[????]

Go and do your homework

[northlondoner]

Quids, actually I'm a parent too. And when my lad were a nipper (back in the late 1800s) we survived quite well without parent and child parking. But then again, we are talking about a pony and cart. I'm not against p and c parking..I;m sure I'd be the first one in there if my boy were of a portable age.

But Likansuk does have a point (as well as a porny user name). Many ED parents do need to get a grip and realise that not everyone is charmed by their rosy cheeked offspring rampaging around "expressing" themselves.

Pip pip!

[taper]

The Sainsbury's car park is a dangerous place. Parent parking bays are close to the store to minimise the danger to children and wider to give parents more space to get in and out with children. It is a safety provision. And most people with children welcome it.

[*Bob*]

I'm a parent and I think they should be further away.

It just pisses people off. There are never any spaces there anyway, because they're always filled by pissed-off people without children parking in them anyway, leading to even more pissed-off people with children getting pissed-off with people without children parking in them, leading to pissed-off people waiting for spaces, and occasionally tedious shouting matches.

Put them on the other side of the car park, where there's infinite room to spread out, not piss anyone off, and a nice, short, safe walk round the edge on a path to the store door.

[JetSetWilly]

don,t really see the issue with using disabled (or parent and child)spaces at night, i do it all the time, they,re unoccupied and at 2 in the morning the chances of a sudden rush (no pun intended)of disabled users is fairly slim.

[????]

Also Sainsbury's could have manacles and gags by the door, maybe with a ?1 deposit - and maybe hoods with eye slots for ugly people and sacks for the saritorially challenged

[BellendenBear]

I never understood why you need parent and child bays til I had a baby either. You do need more room to open the door fully to get them out of the car. No real reason why they need to be close to the store I guess. In fact, might be better if they were further away so then only the people who really need them would do so.

[Ant]

I'd always assumed they were close to the store so that they were also close to the trollies - v. useful when you're lugging a baby about.

[Fuschia]

Ant Wrote:

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> I'd always assumed they were close to the store so

> that they were also close to the trollies - v.

> useful when you're lugging a baby about.

Essential if you have baby twins.

[reetpetite]

Have a thought for the poor mums who dont even have a car let alone being able to park close.They dont have a choice and with a couple of toddlers and a buggy they dont even have the option of a trolley .

[tommy]

Obviously a trick missed here - maybe "Ryanair style" Sainsburys should charge for premium parking?

[*Bob*]

Considering the amount of running around you have to do as a parent during the average day, an extra fifty yards walk to the entrance of Sainsburys is utterly meaningless, should the parent parking be located further away.

There's nothing 'essential' about it whatsoever.

Parent parking away from the entrance, with a stack of kiddy-trollies laid-on special, makes sense.

Then we can have even more room to accommodate parents who insist on eight foot wide six-wheel-drive cars with pumped-up suspension and bull bars on the front (also essential for urban living, it seems)

[Huguenot]

I don't think parents with children are a recognised disabled group, so Sainsbury's would be under no obligation to provide them with parking spaces.

So logically, it's only a marketing gimmick.

Sainsbury's obviously feel they retain more business from a valuable customer base by having them there.

If they don't police it, then they must feel that the gesture is sufficient to attract these customers, who no doubt lay the blame for misuse at the hands of other customers rather than the management.

Everyone's a winner.

[jenren]

Quite often when I'm parked in regular stalls we get back to the car and someone has parked so close to our car that I can't get my kid into his car seat. That little extra bit of room gets him in and out safely. I know that parents shouldn't get special treatment, but it's also true that life with a toddler is scary enough. If a trip to any business is nightmarish with him than I really do stop going (childless people smiling everywhere). But the wise businesses know this, hence parent stalls.

[????]

Huguenot Wrote:

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> I don't think parents with children are a

> recognised disabled group, so Sainsbury's would be

> under no obligation to provide them with parking

> spaces.

>

> So logically, it's only a marketing gimmick.

>

> Sainsbury's obviously feel they retain more

> business from a valuable customer base by having

> them there.

>

> If they don't police it, then they must feel that

> the gesture is sufficient to attract these

> customers, who no doubt lay the blame for misuse

> at the hands of other customers rather than the

> management.

>

> Everyone's a winner.

Indeed, to stretch the point further, most car drivers aren't disabled either, let's just get rid of the parking at Sainsbury's altogether, pesky marketing gimmick

[macroban]

OTDOGS.