Re: Priority Parking at the Grocer


"Jinx Minx" <jinxminx2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"ChattyCathy" <cathy1234@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:

And may you be reincarnated in your next life as the babysitter who
has to take care of them while I go shopping.

<laugh> Would be my pleasure. I happen to like children.

Never had kids, never wanted kids, and I do my best to avoid them at
any opportunity.

Yep, you've made that pretty clear. However, if your Mom had felt the
same way, you wouldn't be here, now would you?

I think it's safe to say that you're in the minority when it comes to
not wanting kids - just look at the world population. And IMHO, getting
annoyed about a few parking spaces offered to pregnant Moms and/or
parents with children by the various stores/supermarkets is only going
to raise your blood pressure - it's not going to make the
stores 'reallocate' them. As Boron pointed out somewhere else in this
thread, the stores do it to 'keep their clientele happy'. It is indeed
an added incentive to shop there - which seems to work.
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Exactly. Those designated parking spots have nothing at all to do with
child safety or looking out for the health and well-being of mom-to-be.
As was pointed out by another poster earlier, it's all about target
marketing--don't fool yourself if you think there is any other reason.
Who's going to spend more on groceries in a year? Older single male or
mom with three growing kids and a husband? I'm not a mom to three kids
(just one infant), but if I were and I had to choose between store A with
a cushy parking spot up front or store B where I may have to walk farther,
in inclement weather, with three kids in tow, uphill both ways, store A
gets my business hands down (prices being more or less equal). Stork
parking at Babies R Us? Duh. Which customer is spending the most money
there? The soon to be new mom that needs the crib, the stroller, the car
seat, the diaper stockpile--all for a total of hundreds if not thousands
of dollars. It's a no brainer. I would (and did) gladly spend a little
more money there for the convenience than fighting the parking lots at
Target for big bulky purchases. I have seen the mommy parking at one
local grocery store here in the past, but I don't shop there anymore so
I've never used it. I am curious to know if the spots are any wider than
regular non-handicapped spots. Nothing is more frustrating than coming
back to your car with an infant seat in tow and having some jackass parked
so close you can't get your door open wide enough to get the baby seat in.
It's happened to me more than enough times to be far more aggravating than
having to walk an extra lazyass 20 feet into the store. Sure, you may
have left *me* enough space to get in, but what am I supposed to do with
the baby? Leave her on the ground behind your vehicle while I back out
far enough to get my passenger door open? Wait for you to lollygag back
to your car and move it? You definitely deserved the door ding I gave
you.

Jinx

Good for you! I'm a very precise driver, I center my car up in a spot with
micrometer precision. But I can't count how many times when I return some
blind *** parked all the way over in their spot to my side that I could
barely walk between to get my key in let alone open the door enough to get
me in. Usta be easy back when cars had bench seats... but now it's a bitch
getting into a car from the passenger side, what with those humongous center
consoles... wtf do vehicles need center consoles the size of a steamer
trunk, literally a pain in the ***, well the hip... those seat belt
fasteners stand up stiff as my *** did fifty years ago when I was sixteen.
And why does the center console have to be six inches higher than the seat,
can't even push that latch over so I don't get black and blues on my hip
everytime I'd make a left. A couple weeks ago I went out looking at new
pick up trucks... didja know that the full size Ford p/u front drivers seat
is only 18" inches wide, I checked with a tape measure. I'm not that big
yet I could barely shoehorn my ass into that seat that is actually like
sitting in a wooden produce crate... how do those big beefy *** building
contractor guys fit comfortably into today's pickups. My Landcruiser is a
much smaller vehicle overall, especially width, yet its drivers seat width
measures 21" (3" extra may not seem like much but it's a lot, yoose gals all
know that (tawkin' wide hips here, get yer minds on topic lol), and the
center console is nearly the same height, and the seat belt latch is
practically faccid. It's no wonder folks ain't buying US vehicles, their
engineers need stringing up. Imagine, skinny assed Orientals are building
wider seats than fat ass Americans. I checked Chevy and Chrysler too, same
skinny seats, and so much crap bulging out from the inner door panel there's
no place to put yer knee... imagine driving hours having to keep my knees
together like a girl... and yoose all know I got a pair makes that
anatomically impossible. LOL



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