Should have put his foot in his mouth

[Twayzeekrissy]

So tonight my husband and I go to the store to exchange something and print some pictures. Park the suv in a spot that has a sign for expectant mothers or parent with child. Use the spot because I'm way to sore to walk far. Walk inside without what we wanted to exchange. So I suggest to my husband that he goes to grab what we left in the suv. While he's digging in the trunk an employee walks past and rudly says " that spots for expectant mothers or parent with child..." so my husband responded with " my wife is inside waiting. At the end of her pregnancy and will be pretty pissed if you make me got get her to prove that we can park here".... Guy walks away

 

[MissIntrigue]

To be honest, I am glad the employee had the nerve to say something... too many times people use that spot when they are not with kids or pregnant... I have a sister in law who is a real bitch (she is childfree) and will park there to spite pregnant women... that and a few other things she says and does has her blacklisted from my life.

 

[Avalanche]

It's not rude, he was doing his job. Well done him for saying something. You may be ok to park there, but he didn't know you were inside waiting. far too many people abuse Mother and disabled spaces.

 

[MommyJaan]

Omg maybe i am taking the topic off-track but some people are so inconsiderate of pregnant women. So i was shopping at a supermarket yesterday and was picking out laundry soap and my trolley was a short distance away so i stacked my arms and dropped most of what i was holding on the floor there were atleast 5 people immediately near me 2 of .whom were definately staff and not 1 person even asked me if i need help picking them up. Also on monday at the bank, i needed to get a form from enquiries and there was one person ahead of me so the lady at the reception came up and requested the guy to let me move ahead of him and he says "why should i?" so the lady says "because of her condition" and he rudely replies "so?".
Its so bad, because i always used to help expectant moms, giving them my seat, letting them get ahead in line, but when its my turn people just feel you arent that special....

 

[Ashlee B x]

Haha that made me chuckle lol i bet u wud have been pissed too if u had to walk out. Gd on that guy for sayin something tho does annoy me but obvs u was preg n able to use it

n as for the AP ^ why should we jump ahead in a queue?? We're only pregnant, we're not disabled, i dont expect to be treated any different jus becoz im carryin a baby im the same as everyone else. But i do expect help if i drop loads of things tho as bending - not easy haha. so that wasnt polite at all!!

 

[Twayzeekrissy]

Wow! Never thought people were so rude to use the spot when not needed. I can't believe so many people wouldnt help you when you dropped sone stuff! What is wrong with people!?!?

 

[Kaede351]

It really bugs me how rude some people are... I agree with the supermarket thing! I was in my local supermarket the other day and was putting stuff in my trolley. I stepped back without looking round properly and this woman full on barged me from behind with her trolley. I apologised because I hadn't looked properly, but the ignorant cow didn't even acknowledge that she had even touched me. I was so angry I had to go home without the rest of my shopping! I mean really! I don't expect special treatment or anything, but that was just too rude!

I'm glad that guy said something too. It really irks me when people use spaces they're not supposed to... Especially disabled spots! I go out with my grandparents alot and my grandad is disabled... I get SO angry when I see people parked in the disabled spaces and there is clearly nothing wrong with them. Half of them don't even have badges... And I've actually started to report people I see parked with no badge. My poor grandad can hardly walk and yet he ends up having to park miles away because of idiots who are too lazy to use the legs god gave them!

Sorry for the rant there! XD

XxX

 

[lintu]

Good on the lad for checking, really pee's me off when people park there who don't need to

My pet hate about inconsiderate peopl is they don't move for you, some can clearly see you need that bit of extra room and just don't accommodate you others for example if they are talking or looking at something and you say excuse me look at the gap and then you before moving!!! People just don't make any attempt to try and help you out they are all to self contained in their own little worlds

 

[lalitas charm]

Definitely good on the guy for saying something!! I reported a car at my local supermarket as this woman parked in the last parent and child spot and jumped out and went to the cash machine. So after DD and I hobbled to the doors I spotted a parking attendant and he went and had a word with her. She tried to tell him that her baby was already in the shop but she had no car seat or anything to suggest she had a child. She also told him she would put a complaint in about him and immediately drove away from the supermarket so that also says she didn't have a child!!

I can imagine how impressed you would have been had you had to come out to the car to prove that you had a right to use the space!

To the person who said that we are just pregnant and shouldn't be given any special treatment....... I have terrible SPD which is a pregnancy related issue and I can barely walk, I know disabled people with better mobility than me!! Why shouldn't I be given assistance at this time??? When I'm not pregnant I wouldn't dream of asking for it but right now I need it and deserve it!! As it stands if I don't have DD with me I don't use the parent and child spot but I would LOVE to!!

 

[Ashlee B x]

Definitely good on the guy for saying something!! I reported a car at my local supermarket as this woman parked in the last parent and child spot and jumped out and went to the cash machine. So after DD and I hobbled to the doors I spotted a parking attendant and he went and had a word with her. She tried to tell him that her baby was already in the shop but she had no car seat or anything to suggest she had a child. She also told him she would put a complaint in about him and immediately drove away from the supermarket so that also says she didn't have a child!!

I can imagine how impressed you would have been had you had to come out to the car to prove that you had a right to use the space!

To the person who said that we are just pregnant and shouldn't be given any special treatment....... I have terrible SPD which is a pregnancy related issue and I can barely walk, I know disabled people with better mobility than me!! Why shouldn't I be given assistance at this time??? When I'm not pregnant I wouldn't dream of asking for it but right now I need it and deserve it!! As it stands if I don't have DD with me I don't use the parent and child spot but I would LOVE to!!

In regards to the man who was asked to move to allow the pregnant past, as far as he was concerned she was just pregnant, SPD (which i also have) isnt visible to anyone so as far as he was concerned she didnt deserve special treatment. I have no problems with women wanting special treatment for valid reasons, but as a pregnant woman myself, we are just pregnant!! Its not an illness or a disease, we are not disabled and shud stand in line like the other people have to. But thats my opinion

 

[mum2beagain]

I too have severe SPD but would not expect someone to move so i could go ahead if them in a queu like the guy said why should he ???

 

[waitandsee]

I've been getting rude comments from elderly people because I sit down in one of the designated spots in the bus now, that i should get up for them when they come. Note that most of these are way more mobile than me at the moment. And I don't think anyone could confuse my bump with a beer gut anymore at 9 month
Just because the respective sign shows a person with a walking cane doesn't mean that people with other health problems can't use those seats

 

[ReReKitty]

About the jumping ahead in line thing... I find the man's reaction to be just a little tiny bit rude, but only because he sounded so harsh. I wait in lines and I wouldn't expect anyone to let me go ahead or anything, its not like I'm gonna be shopping or going to the bank or post office in active labor and really need to skidaddle haha. But I think it was mostly the bank receptionist's fault because it kind of put the man on the spot, as well as MommyJann. I would feel extremely uncomfortable, too, if that happened to me. From the way it sounds, he was just outwardly trying to prove a point- pregnant women are exactly that. Women who are pregnant. We don't need special treatment and we know that. I would have felt embarrassed. The bank teller should have minded her own business. If the man had wanted to let her go ahead of him, he would have offered himself, and she caused an awkward situation. Probably with the best of intentions, but I really can see how this situation would be upsetting.

 

[readytotry]

I've been getting rude comments from elderly people because I sit down in one of the designated spots in the bus now, that i should get up for them when they come. Note that most of these are way more mobile than me at the moment. And I don't think anyone could confuse my bump with a beer gut anymore at 9 month
Just because the respective sign shows a person with a walking cane doesn't mean that people with other health problems can't use those seats

This really annoys me! I feel bad because I do think hey should get free bus travel but it makes me want to point out that I have had to pay for my ticket and theirs (in the UK anyway).

 

[judge12]

I've been getting rude comments from elderly people because I sit down in one of the designated spots in the bus now, that i should get up for them when they come. Note that most of these are way more mobile than me at the moment. And I don't think anyone could confuse my bump with a beer gut anymore at 9 month
Just because the respective sign shows a person with a walking cane doesn't mean that people with other health problems can't use those seats

This really annoys me! I feel bad because I do think hey should get free bus travel but it makes me want to point out that I have had to pay for my ticket and theirs (in the UK anyway).

Yeah I agree!

Old people also I notice refuse to get up when a buggy comes on the bus, they do not move to another seat but stay sat down and the poor woman has to edge her buggy into a space and that really annoys me!

I say good on the tesco man, I would have said something too

 

[blamesydney]

Oh, I looove these expectant mothers parking places. We have one at the babies r us, and I always make my FOB park there when we go. It makes me feel so special.

 

[MaybBaby]

I've been getting rude comments from elderly people because I sit down in one of the designated spots in the bus now, that i should get up for them when they come. Note that most of these are way more mobile than me at the moment. And I don't think anyone could confuse my bump with a beer gut anymore at 9 month
Just because the respective sign shows a person with a walking cane doesn't mean that people with other health problems can't use those seats

This really annoys me! I feel bad because I do think hey should get free bus travel but it makes me want to point out that I have had to pay for my ticket and theirs (in the UK anyway).

Yeah I agree!

Old people also I notice refuse to get up when a buggy comes on the bus, they do not move to another seat but stay sat down and the poor woman has to edge her buggy into a space and that really annoys me!

I say good on the tesco man, I would have said something too

THIS annoys me too the other day i was sat at the stop waiting for my bus and old people were gawping at my bump coo-ing (but not to my face) and i just sat there waiting...i was first in the queue and they ALL pushed infront of me, they also assume the buggy seats are for them - they even made my friend cry and move last month saying how dare she take extra room on the bus when they needed to go shopping! i told her 'next time point at the sign that deliberately says 'FOR PARENTS WITH BUGGYS' this winds me up. Also the notices on the front seats have now since changed, theres no 'elderly' on there just 'disabled' which is odd,but it does wind me up that an old person will gladly and enjoy picking on a pregnant woman to move rather than a school child hanging their bag/legs over the second seat because they are scared of them...but obviously its ok to stress and upset a pregnant woman,thats fine if pregnancy has taught me anything, its that i should end up being as ignorant as them,which isnt how i was bought up,im a kind person ill gladly chat to anyone but never in my life have i encountered such rude,selfish and arrogant people!


also to add i was in my local aldi the other day when an old lady with an empty shopping trolley decided to smack into my bump and i had to literally at last min avert my bump into the bread section to avoid a nasty smack, a fair amount of people tutted and were disgusted...she carried on as normal. Which was nice.