Sainsburys - disabled parking (Lounged)

[????]

Well you seem to 'know' a lot about me based on your 'views' on 'parents' which I'm one, so I suspect my take on you as a spotty little nurd troll is not far wrong and if it isn't? Well, so whats a whole load of stereotyped prejudices between cyber rowers? Anyway go and keep it reel in Bellenden...couple of pints in the Wishing Well with locals, respect, you're the urban man

[lenk]

???? Wrote:

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> Well you seem to 'know' a lot about me based on

> your 'views' on 'parents' which I'm one, so I

> suspect my take on you as a spotty little nurd

> troll is not far wrong and if it isn't? Well, so

> whats a whole load of stereotyped prejudices

> between cyber rowers? Anyway go and keep it reel

> in Bellenden...couple of pints in the Wishing Well

> with locals, respect, you're the urban man

I'm allowed to dislike other peoples' children, in the same way I'm allowed to dislike other peoples' pets / music tastes.

You seem to be persuing some kind of idiot's agenda centred around the belief that I'm pogo-stick riding Barley, obsessed with appearing credible to people on the internet I'll never meet.

Excuse me anyway, I'm off to a 'rap concert' this evening

[Loz]

Children are more likely to be the victims in a car accident, And in London 75% of accidents where there are injuries involve people outside the car. I know when I am trying to park or pull away and there are kids about it is much harder to do safely as you cant see them and they will be unpredictable. Also if I ran over a child I could never forgive myself.

Oh, no. The "Won't Somebody Pleeeeese Think of the Children" line again. There should be some sort of Godwin's Law to tackle this argument.

Anyway, if you are so concerned about children, should you be going around touting as "the E dealer"??!!

[davy watts]

I think they should also have extra wide parking bays allocated for women only. Have you seen them trying to park ?

[giggirl]

taper Wrote:

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> 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.

Rubbish. Lordship Lane is a dangerous place. Should children be banned?

"Minimise the danger to children" my bottom. More like "wrap them in cotton wool".

[cdonline]

With choldhood obesity rates being what they are, wouldn't it be helpful to place these spaces as far away from the shop as possible?

[bon3yard]

Why not go a step further and tether a harness to the little blighters and have them operate a Kiddie-Rickshaw service?

[EDKiwi]

..and then move the supermarket up the top of Dog Kennel Hill, leaving the car park where it is?

[Horsebox]

I suggest that Sainsburys limit the number of children that any family (mother and/or father) are allowed to bring into the store to one at any time.

If you insist on bringing more than the regulated number of children, you must pay a minimum of ?5 tax per child.

The cost per child will increase by ?2 for every 2.5 centimetres each child is taller than the handle of a large sainsburys shopping trolley

Nectar points can be claimed on the child tax.

[lenk]

Horsebox Wrote:

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> I suggest that Sainsburys limit the number of

> children that any family (mother and/or father)

> are allowed to bring into the store to one at any

> time.

>

> If you insist on bringing more than the regulated

> number of children, you must pay a minimum of ?5

> tax per child.

> The cost per child will increase by ?2 for every

> 2.5 centimetres each child is taller than the

> handle of a large sainsburys shopping trolley

>

> Nectar points can be claimed on the child tax.

I like this idea.

When you're submitting this request can you chase my suggestion that they only play DC Hardcore and speed metal over the in-store radio?

[Domitianus]

DaveR Wrote:

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> "And those with children are very accomplished at

> making the world feel that everything should be

> made more convenient for them just because they

> have made a certain lifestyle CHOICE!!!"

>

> A lifestyle choice that brought you into the

> world, Dom......oh well, no going back now.

I can assure you, DaveR, that my parents didn't expect the world to be turned on its head to accomodate that choice. I think they had sufficient grasp on reality to appreciate that, kids or not, they would prolly have to use the same parking spaces as anyone else and, you know what, they raised three sons without any of us getting trapped in cars whose doors they couldn't open fully or having us turned into strawberry jam after having to walk the length of urselves through a car-park. By God, we were sometimes even allowed to cross busy roads by ourselves.

[Domitianus]

the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> The reason they are close to the store is because

> car parks are quite dangerous for people who dont

> actually reach the hight of the windows of cars.

> Also Sainsburys chose a more dangerous layout for

> their car park than they had to.

What is this "more dangerous layout"? Minefields? Snake pits? Swinging floors, carefully positioned on a fulcrum so that once you pass the centre of gravity - down you go? Hot geysers? Chained tigers hidden under trapdoors like in Gladiator And why did Sainsburys choose to design something so perilous when they didnt have to? Was it a frenzy of reklessness by a deranged designer who mollified his guilt by saying "I can always put family parking bays close to the door so at least the ickle children don't get hurt!" I think have a right to know.

[pk]

Domitianus Wrote:

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> I can assure you, DaveR, that my parents didn't

> expect the world to be turned on its head to

> accomodate that choice. I think they had

> sufficient grasp on reality to appreciate that,

> kids or not, they would prolly have to use the

> same parking spaces as anyone else and, you know

> what, they raised three sons without any of us

> getting trapped in cars whose doors they couldn't

> open fully or having us turned into strawberry jam

> after having to walk the length of urselves

> through a car-park. By God, we were sometimes

> even allowed to cross busy roads by ourselves.

what point are you actually making here?

is the world on it's head? and because you can't park in the place closest to the supermarket? what other unreasonable adjustments has society made when trying to be considerate to other that have turned it on it's head? (and when it was on it's feet were those without children rightly the priority?)

was the world a better place when you were a child?

[Msgee]

I don't know why anyone would want to take a poor little innocent nipper into DKH Sainsbury's anyway. Is like the third circle of hell. Have never seen such a bunch of sour faced gets in one place in my life. I make a point of making eye contact with people and SMILING- just to watch the panic flash in their cold hard eyes.

Course New X Sainsbury's is another story. All babies get a free chupa chups lolly and their cheeks pinched by nice old ladies. And you can park right in the bus stop outside for two hours and no-one minds.

[PROSouthwark]

Anyone who shops at the big supermarkets cares nothing for our children, our planet and our collective future.

[bon3yard]

Thats the spirit!

[northlondoner]

PROSouthwark Wrote:

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> Anyone who shops at the big supermarkets cares

> nothing for our children, our planet and our

> collective future.

Hurrah! The 1970s live!

[woofmarkthedog]

Domitianus Wrote:

> And cramped parking, making it difficult to open

> doors, is not a problem for those without

> children???? We just slither through

> keyholes????? This stuff about "safety" is

> claptrap. This is simply a matter of CONVENIENCE,

> not safety. And those with children are very

> accomplished at making the world feel that

> everything should be made more convenient for them

> just because they have made a certain lifestyle

> CHOICE!!!

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Domanatrix

Quite often I park my car with the "booster seat & mandatory scattering of toys inside" in the parent only bays, even though I have no child with me......Ahhh ha ha....

Coz I can , I make that life style choice & it's blinkin brilliant

Really it's so convenient & knowing grown ups like yourselves will bridle......ohh top, top banana

Where do you shop, i'll keep a look out for you

Cheers

W**F

[taper]

Lordy the pediaphobes are out tonight. If you want to park near the store, have a kid. Simple. I had a fabulous experience once in DKH where an enraged parent flamed me thinking I'd parked in a parent-child space without having a child with me (I'd returned to the car to load the boot, and a couple of minutes prior to the mother and sprog). The joy watching the fugger's face drop as the progeny emerged was pure and trembling. I've tried to replicate the experience ever since, without so much as a bite.

[macroban]

So many potential blockleiters in East Dulwich.

[woofmarkthedog]

PROSouthwark Wrote:

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> Anyone who shops at the big supermarkets cares

> nothing for our children, our planet and our

> collective future.

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No, we're a reckless feckless lot, still the booze is cheap !

[Horsebox]

PROSouthwark Wrote:

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> Anyone who shops at the big supermarkets cares

> nothing for our children, our planet and our

> collective future.

Where is your evidence for this nonce-sense?

[Jeremy]

The child and parent bays are obviously designed for parents with babies in pushchairs. If you can't understand why the whole shopping/parking/car loading experience may be a bit more tricky for them, you're a complete tool. Nobody's asking you to bend over backwards to accomodate them, it's just a small measure to make their trip a bit easier, and ultimately to encourage them to come to the shop.

[woofmarkthedog]

Well said Jezzer.....

Some people just don't get it & there is a safety issue like it or not

W**F

[lenk]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> The child and parent bays are obviously designed

> for parents with babies in pushchairs. If you

> can't understand why the whole

> shopping/parking/car loading experience may be a

> bit more tricky for them, you're a complete tool.

> Nobody's asking you to bend over backwards to

> accomodate them, it's just a small measure to make

> their trip a bit easier, and ultimately to

> encourage them to come to the shop.

*worlds smallest violin plays for the self-important parents*