Be honest, who has or has been tempted to scratch a badly parked car?!

[tigwig]

I was very tempted today at my local shopping centre. This idiot had reversed in right next to me over onto my line so there was a tiny space to get my baby in his seat. I had to force his mirror to open the door and just had enough room to get him in. Thankfully I hadn't taken him out in the actual car seat unless I would have had no chance. Of course the driver of the other car had made sure there was plenty of room at his/her side for them to get out easily. Why are some people such thoughtless morons when you can clearly see child seats in the back? I so could have scratched the car in annoyance but couldn't bring myself to do it after someone did it to me (and not because I was badly parked). Have you ever done it to someone?

[sara3]

no!

it was probably a man, tigwig.. they could generally do with some parking lessons ;o)

[sara3]

and they think that this <-----------------> is 6 inches.

are you seeing the problem?

[mightyWBA]

Ahem!

[Mick-Talbot]

i never park over the line, but i bet joeluke does.

[craft1948]

No but I have kicked the sh!t out of a wheel arch on a badly parked E type Jag......

[joeluke]

Sh!t stirring again MT?

[sara3]

no one said to cough, mightyWBA :o)

[Mick-Talbot]

;0)

[trt]

I would have accidentally scraped the metal part of my buggy along the paintwork of his door and wing, then left a note on his windscreen to apologies, leaving a false telephone number.

[cazzz1975]

crap parkers come in both genders and ages, personally I dont look into other vehicles when I park so not everyone is going to look in your window and assume you need extra space.

didnt the shopping centre have any mother and baby areas?

my tip for parking is to park further away as people seemed to dislike the extra few yards walk so you are always guarenteed a good spot

[tigwig]

Couldn't fit the buggy in the space, could barely fit myself unless that would have been a good idea!

[tigwig]

You don't need to look right inside to see I have kids. I'm a childminder and have bright coloured sun shades all over the window and a back seat with 3 child seats on it lol! Unfortunately no parent and child spaces at all here and the car park was rammed everywhere, I wasn't particularly near the door. Anyway its not extra space I need but if he/she wasn't parked over my line it wouldn't have been a problem.

[cazzz1975]

its just bad luck really, some people should not have licenses!

[dothawkes31]

That's why I enjoy working on a weekend, as the centre car park is so busy lots of ignorant people park in disabled bays when they shouldn't or park on the pedestrian area or overlap the lines, so as we have a radio system we are able to radio central ticketing and the bloke comes with his book and gives them a lovely little yellow and black sticker for their windscreen with a little note inside. They never appreciate the effort though : (

[Andyvon]

No - but I do enjoy parking correctly in the neighbouring bay. My car is then parked squarely and evenly - but my passenger side is so close to their driver's door they can't possibly open it. They would then either have to clamber across from their passenger seat or climb in the tailgate.

[karenmac60]

Couldn't you have put baby in the car using the door on the other side?

[mrs_overall]

The last altercation I had in a car park was with a grumpy pensioner. I wont bore you with the details, but I whipped the keys out of his ignition and tossed them down a drain.

[Barmaid]

Oh crap parkers drive me mad. I have a lovely car and don't want to get it doored so I will park it in the furthest corner from the supermarket in a space all on its own. So why is it when I return there is a car parked SOOOOO close to the driver's side that I either have to enter through the passenger side or squeeze in gently - despite oodles of space on the side of the newly parked car. I've never keyed a car (personally I could not do that) however I have left a *** note about "learning to park" or "leave me a Fluffing tin opener next time" on more than one occasion. Childish I know, but made me feel better in a bout of fury.

[sherrardk]

I always park in the over flow car park at the supermarket and I get really annoyed when some git parks in the space next to my car rather than one of the hundred empty ones!!

[Hopkirk]

Was it a black BMW?

If I am wrong, then it was a black Range Rover.