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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:05:19 -0500 (EST),
(Christine) wrote: do you all have those? The closest I have seen are Pram Parking Places for parents with children. Yes, we do park in those spots when they are available. It makes it easier getting my 2.5 year old in and out of the car. -- Daye Momma to Jayan "Boy" EDD 11 Jan 2004 See Jayan: http://jayan.topcities.com/ |
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 12:39:35 GMT, Buzzy Bee
wrote: I think they are a good idea though - just that they shouldn't be the *closest* spaces, just the second closest. The pram parks are close to the entrance, but the disable parks are the closest to the entrance. I have to say that I would complain if my pram parks were closer than the disabled parking. Sure, it is nice that I don't have walk that far as I am hugely pregnant and in a lot of pain these days, but I won't want to take away parking places from a disabled person. -- Daye Momma to Jayan "Boy" EDD 11 Jan 2004 See Jayan: http://jayan.topcities.com/ |
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 07:39:36 +1100, Daye wrote:
but then again I might just have mucked up the snipping as usual! On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:05:19 -0500 (EST), (Christine) wrote: do you all have those? The closest I have seen are Pram Parking Places for parents with children. Yes, we do park in those spots when they are available. It makes it easier getting my 2.5 year old in and out of the car. I would actually be happy to see them interchangable - the real need is for the extra space, in my case because I cannot sidle out of the car (need to firmly plant both feet if I don't want to keep over both sides) and parents of young children need to manouvre prams/pull kids out of their carseats etc. The need is roughly equivalent. Megan -- Seoras David Montgomery, 7 May 2003, 17 hours: sunrise to sunset (homebirth) To e-mail use: megan at farr-montgomery dot com |
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Nan wibbled
Buzzy Bee wrote: Well, I'm not a new and expectant mother, but I didn't when I was. Mind you, that is because I have a disabled badge so can park there. I do on occasion park in the parent and child spaces when they are closer, because IMO the need to be close to the entrance is not as great. I also usually complain to the management about that one as well. Its usually a result of people assuming that disabled=in a wheelchair and forgetting all of us who walk but have difficulty doing so. I think they are a good idea though - just that they shouldn't be the *closest* spaces, just the second closest. I've never seen any that were closer than the disabled spots. If there are, I'd definitely complain to management about it... I don't blame you. Our local Tesco has a couple of Parent & Child spaces that are closer to the entrance than the disabled ones, as the disabled ones run in a line away from the entrance and the parent ones run down the side of the store. The furthest P&C is further than the nearest disabled, but the furthest disabled is further than the P&C. However there are about twice as many disabled as P&C spaces, so it kind of works out. ;-) rant I wish I had some form of disabled badge when on the bus (I don't drive), since the buggy spaces are also some of the disabled seats (they fold) and I sometimes get glared at for sitting on the seats there. I would love a way of pointing out that I'm qualified to sit there on *both* grounds. When I had the crutches (SPD) in pregnancy it was more obvious but pushing the pram and using them now is just impossible. The pram rarely takes up more than one seat, and there are fixed accessible seats about 3 feet further down the bus, incidentally. I have taken to getting a bit militant about these spaces, lately, when people sit in them so that buggies have to be placed sideways, front- facing, or sticking out into the gangway. They are intended to be rear- facing, there are signs that say so, and there are usually seats further down the bus, they're just too lazy/stupid/whatever to take half a dozen more steps and go and sit in one. /rant Oh, and we did use a Stork Parking slot in North Carolina in May, when I was 29 weeks, and my SPD was just kicking in. We thought they were a bit gimmicky (especially since I still had to cross half the lot to get to the Motherhood Maternity store, which has to be where most expectant mothers would be heading, there were no Stork slots outside it, just regular ones which were all full...). Jac |
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Nan wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 12:39:35 GMT, Buzzy Bee wrote: Well, I'm not a new and expectant mother, but I didn't when I was. Mind you, that is because I have a disabled badge so can park there. I do on occasion park in the parent and child spaces when they are closer, because IMO the need to be close to the entrance is not as great. I also usually complain to the management about that one as well. Its usually a result of people assuming that disabled=in a wheelchair and forgetting all of us who walk but have difficulty doing so. I think they are a good idea though - just that they shouldn't be the *closest* spaces, just the second closest. Megan I've never seen any that were closer than the disabled spots. If there are, I'd definitely complain to management about it... I don't blame you. Nan I've seen some that were closer than disabled spots, but that was because the disabled spots were near the ramp, which sometimes leads quite a bit away from the door. (you would think that they might expect people with carriages to want to be near the ramp, too, though...) |
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Our local Tesco has a couple of Parent & Child spaces that are closer
to the entrance than the disabled ones, as the disabled ones run in a line away from the entrance and the parent ones run down the side of the store. The furthest P&C is further than the nearest disabled, but the furthest disabled is further than the P&C. However there are about twice as many disabled as P&C spaces, so it kind of works out. ;-) I was just about to post about our local tescos, but it fits the same description of yours, the way our store is designed it means the parent and child ones are under then overhang of the roof, very handy for avoiding getting children wet. It doesn't cater for being pregnant at all, I had SPD and an irritable uterus, I'd park in the closest space I could find and waddle over to the store, plot the shortest route round and waddle back to the car. I also wish it was easier to get a temporary disabled badge, I had knee surgery and it ended up being more complex than expected and the result was instead of being mobile quite quickly I wasn't. I had to reply on friends for lifts to the shops etc and they dropped me off outside the doors then parked the car which seemed a bit silly when there was empty disabled spaces. |
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Oh dear God... I had to see "Tesco" on here. Guess who craved HobNobs the
entire first trimester??? Susanne in Memphis, TN ps I always told them in Ayrshire that yes, he was alive and he worked at Tesco. :-) |
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I just had to reply when Christine wrote:
park in the '' new and expectant '' mothers parking spots yet? I do, because we have tons of snow here and i dont want to risk falling so a short walk to the door is much nicer...;-)) do you all have those? I know,here in Pa. we just got them a few years ago,,,,there right beside the handicaped spaces.... We don't have those in Southern Illinois. I was wondering, how would a store be sure that they weren't being taken advantage of? I've seen so many people who weren't disabled park in disabled places and it makes me so mad! People who are disabled normally have a sign hung on their rearview mirror, would a pregnant woman or new mother have the same? -- -Crystal Dreamer Missing Mariam since 09/10/03 Some people only dream of angels. I held one in my arms. http://www.memoriesofmariam.com (take out the trash to reply) |
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