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I have tried shaming T****s and they only care about their profit margins. When they were having our ;ocal store refitted all the builders' vehicles were in the disabled bays. When I complained I just got a shrug of the shoulders and the reply that it was easier for them to carry the fittings in parked closer to the shop entrance!



We do park on double yellows in the high street if there are no spaces at all. We can do so quite safely and not impede the traffic. The alternative is going home!

Caz I really would have parked right behind her and boxed her in, and gone and done my shopping. She would have felt an idiot trying to report you for doing so...and wouldn't have done that again.

You have hit the nail on the head Jean, it's the space we need in the disabled spaces. It is dangerous for me when we have to park in a normal spot, oh has to get my wheelchair out and put it on the road then somehow get me to it and in it. We were just about to pull in to the last empty space when a young girl shot into it, got out and ran into the shop, she must have known we were going into it by the way our car was pointed and indicator going. I don't think there is enough disabled spaces as they are always full and yes they do have the blue badge showing.

Caz

My disabilities dont show, apart from walking badly, if at all at the moment. Ihave had arguments with drivers who park in a disabled bay, just for a moment, and then are gone for an hour. Its not neccisarily the cheap parking, but the space to get in and out of a car, and nearness to the shops. Never had that problem in Tesco's car park, but Coucil car parks yes, though me have a good warden who books them as soon as he sees them.Spot the spelling mistake!

My badge is for 2 of my grandchildren, when they are riding with me.. Too young to drive, and allowing someone with severe autism behind the wheel is incongruous anyway!!
I have had many disgusted looks from others, I only use the disabled parking when one of them is with me. Other people do not realise that if we park far from the doors, it could be life-or-death if one ot hem bolts across a parking lot. The badge is in their name and can be transferred from my vehicle to their mother's vehicle.
One man was furious when he saw me re-enter my vehicle, told me that if I was going to park in the disabled parking spot, "at least you should limp", more ignorance about unseen disabilities.

My badge is for 2 of my grandchildren, when they are riding with me.. Too young to drive, and allowing someone with severe autism behind the wheel is incongruous anyway!!
I have had many disgusted looks from others, I only use the disabled parking when one of them is with me. Other people do not realise that if we park far from the doors, it could be life-or-death if one ot hem bolts across a parking lot. The badge is in their name and can be transferred from my vehicle to their mother's vehicle.
One man was furious when he saw me re-enter my vehicle, told me that if I was going to park in the disabled parking spot, "at least you should limp", more ignorance about unseen disabilities.

Craft name and shame the Tesco's in the local paper im sure then some big wig may get off their fat behind and have a word in a few peoples ears.



Rob

I have reported Tesco staff to their head office. They park elsewhere for a week or so then they're back. Today I see that about six bays are shut off to accommodate a large cabin to advertise eco awareness.Perhaps the every little helps only applies to them and their staff.

crafting cockney I would be inclined to send a letter to tesco head office pointing out that the staff of that particular Tesco are infringing the rights of disabled people. Maybe the manager would not be so cocky then.

Over here in France, our disability spaces have a sign saying''If you take this space will you take my disability as well?" seems to work well with stopping able bodied drivers using spaces meant for people that need them.
x Jill

Do you lot have the same sticker we have here in Oz. As well as the permit there is another sticker which reads, "Check out the permit, not the driver" or words to that effect.

This alerts people to the fact that the disability might not be obvious.

And yes we do have abuses of the system. Not everyone follows the rules.

I am also a blue badge holder and my biggest gripe is Tescos staff thinking they have the right to park in disabled bays. I was told by one manager in the Cotswolds that its a perk of the job. Nowadays anyone who has a four wheel drive, a works van or is just plain ignorant parks in the bays and no one dares tell them not to. Lidls and Waitrose employ parking attendants so why can't all big supermarkets.

Hi Sue,
Many people just don't realise (or want to realise) that one small slip could leave them disabled!!
This may be because of genetics, trauma at birth, a plethora of things /syndromes/illnesses cascading upon a person through their life, like MS, or an accident., or even old age.

They certainly seem to lack empathy.

Don't they realise that one small accident in their 'oh so safe and cosy' car could lead to a disability? Getting older results in weakness and disability, and, to be honest, being overweight from the age of 16 could lead to a person being essentially disabled by the time they're 40.

Would they then like to be shunned in 'normal - there's a joke - society?

Peoples selfishness, lack of empathy and imagination beggars belief.

These are the people who should be locked away from 'normal' society. - they're too thick for the majority to put up with!!!

Hi Maggie,

I was disgusted at some of the comments today, a few actually inferring that the disabled shouldn't be in normal society. That really pushed my buttons.

I expect James is like the majority of us we laugh at our problems (as much as we can), it's a coping mechanism. My friends all take the mick and I much prefer it that way.

One site I am on about people abusing disabled parking spaces there is a quote by a member:

DISABILITY IS FOR LIFE NOT FOR PARKING

Some folks just cannot get it! It's not exactly a life choice is it? They seem to think we got ourselves a disability so we could have a car and a blue badge.

I like the stickers 'thanks for taking my parking space - would you like my disability too?'

Sue

line em up and shoot em....tis the only way



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Supercrutch, these people on AOL are probably the morons who park in disabled bays/mother & baby bays 'cos they don't see why they should walk further than necessary!!!!

Weren't the old 'disabled' cars considered too dangerous?

My daughter studied geography/geology at uni. Not long after they started, they went on a field trip to Wales. James was allocated a top bunk - no-one had realised he had a prosthetic leg!!

When they all piled into a small car - James would remove his leg and place it on the back shelf
He has a blue badge, but only used it in times of emergency - like when they they couldn't get a 'normal' parking space near the pub



maggie

One of these twerps reckons the choice of car should be a Ka or Fiesta, try getting a wheelchair into one of those :-( I couldn't even get my crutch in the front!

Just talking with a friend who said 'they are winding you up', well they succeeded, sadly the majority of replies seem to be in earnest.

I think the irony of my reply to one that 'we used to hide the disabled away in hospitals too, good eh?' went right over their head, even though I added YOU IDIOT!.

On my FB page (basic information) I have 'crips rule so remember that when you cross me' that is so appropriate today

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Edit: yep TW you are right about prosthetic limbs, how damn ridiculous.

Hope this isnt too irrelevant, but I fear the ignorance of the government (and the last one) regarding disability. I am hearing time and again of people without limbs being refused DLA (therefore blue badges and everything else that goes with it), because they use prosthetic limbs, therefore can walk.

What is the difference between a prosthetic leg and a walking stick. If you have to use a walking stick to enable you to walk, you get DLA (and rightly so, not complaining about that), but if you need to use a prosthetic leg to enable you to walk you are deemed no longer disabled, even though you can't walk without it, (and probably still need a walking stick).

As for the original point in question, there's no accounting for ignorance, and lack of understanding that disability is not exclusive to people in wheelchairs.

I find it hard to believe that people can be so cruel. I am aware that occasionally some people do abuse systems, in fact someone who was in my family by marriage, did this and I made damm sure that I took photos etc and sent them in. The person is no longer in the family thank God!

There is no accounting for ignorance. And I am sure that they have done away with those 3 wheeled disability cars now anyway.