Rather than "parents with pram" parking closer to entrances, providing parking for the Elderly with limited mobility who don't qualify for disabled parking would be fairer. I've often seen these people shuffling along with some effort to distant car parking spots at my local shopping centre. Alot of them have raised kids without all the special consideration that seems to be demanded today and they somehow survived. Maybe its their turn for some special consideration? They've earned it.
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Just bemused how some people think that they're the first to have gone through it and need special consideration. If their own parents hadn't managed without all the special needs then they wouldn't be here. Suck that up "mate".Originally posted by Dragunov21 View PostPrivate carpark, proprietor's rules, suck it up.
Back your grinder off a bit mate, you're a little bitter there...
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While we're all going "PC nuts" there are probably at least half a dozen different groups that would justify a car park close to the entrance. Vehicles with prams certainly do need a wider parking space and you would prefer not to push a pram too far in a supermarket parking lot. Having said that, the vast majority of pram-pushers I see ARE young and fit.
I would be more concerned about the elderly who don't qualify for a 'Disabled' pass but are clearly at risk walking in the parking lot.
Most people have been in the 'pram-pusher' category at some time in their lives - I certainly have - and I never for a moment considered I justified any special treatment.
Yes - it is challenging managing your kids in a supermarket parking lot - bit like keeping them under control in a cafe.
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Sorry, should have quoted the OP, that wasn't directed at you.Originally posted by CafeLotta View PostJust bemused how some people think that they're the first to have gone through it and need special consideration. If their own parents hadn't managed without all the special needs then they wouldn't be here. Suck that up "mate".
My 2c is that it's not a right, but by the same token, bitching that other are given the privilege of special consideration by a private entity is just as bad as expecting to be given it.
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I said I was willing to be educated, and I thank all the contributors who have made me aware of matters which I was not.
Dragunov.... there's much I could say about your two posts... but I won't waste the time. :-)
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If character can be hinted at by one's chosen username, I would wonder what it means when one selects the name of a sniper rifle (Dragunov)?Originally posted by robusto View PostI said I was willing to be educated, and I thank all the contributors who have made me aware of matters which I was not.
Dragunov.... there's much I could say about your two posts... but I won't waste the time. :-)
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I don't even know how I came up with my nickname, but I just searched it and apparently I named myself after a drug.... see belowOriginally posted by Vinitasse View PostIf character can be hinted at by one's chosen username,
1. Yabba - A slang nickname for the drug methamphetamine, aka crystal meth. The name is thought to originate in Thailand, where pills are sold containing caffeine and methamphetamine. 'Yaba' is Thai for "crazy medicine".
Sorry I digressed.
Cheers the candy man
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not so much on topic but about parking, i swear like 50-60% of people have no idea what they're doing when trying to park a car, let alone drive.
reverse parallel? yeah no worries, have some gutter rash with that and 5 minutes wasted trying to fit the car in. forward into a parking bay? let me see just how close i can get to the line denoting the edge of my space and see how much of an angle i can get the car at. reverse 45 degree? more like reverse 90 degree.
then combine that with the large percentage of ridiculous SUV's nowadays that for some reason a lot of families seem to need and that multiplies the problem out tenfold, combining poor skills with a large car with poor visibility.
what really grinds my gears is the media and a significant portion of the "mature" and "sensible" members of our communities constantly having a cry about p platers and people in modified cars. "those darn hoons, they'll kill everybody with their fast and loud cars!"
let's not mind the fact that a properly modified car is probably safer than most cars on the street (that is, of cars from a similar period) and if you get hit by, for example, a mazda cx-9 or holden captiva (common family SUV's) you're going to be killed, at the best seriously injured. would you ever hear people complaining about that? hahaha, that's a laugh.
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Kinda defeats the point of not wasting the time if you waste time telling someone they're not worth your time, doesn't it? But go ahead; I took a shot at you for posting a thread I thought was silly, fair's only fair.Originally posted by robusto View PostI said I was willing to be educated, and I thank all the contributors who have made me aware of matters which I was not.
Dragunov.... there's much I could say about your two posts... but I won't waste the time. :-)
It means I used to play Ghost Recon when I was a kid. Had the username for about ten years and it makes it easy to keep track ofOriginally posted by Vinitasse View PostIf character can be hinted at by one's chosen username, I would wonder what it means when one selects the name of a sniper rifle (Dragunov)?
As it happens I also shoot recreationally. Problem?
(Also, completely OT, any good cafes in Mornington? I'm flying in to visit my folks later today)
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No one has mentioned Express parking spots yet.
Why do they have to be so close to the entrance?
If I have a trolly full of groceries I'd like to not have to push it to the other end of the carpark.
If you want to dash in for a carton of milk, you can more easily travel further with your small load.
Besides which, I'm spending more money.
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So that would be the (I'm a more valuable than you car park) guess we could have a (having a haircut park) (picking up fast food park) and using the toilet park.Originally posted by Thundergod View PostIf I have a trolly full of groceries I'd like to not have to push it to the other end of the carpark.
If you want to dash in for a carton of milk, you can more easily travel further with your small load.
Besides which, I'm spending more money.
I imagine we could all come up with a reason why we deserve a better spot in the local shopping centre car park.
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