Dimitri wrote:
>
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> And her excuse: "I have
>>> children in the car!" I was thinking of the wonderful
>>> example she set for those children....
>>
>> And going even farther away from the OP:
>>
>> Our grocery chain has not only handicap parking spots (required by
>> law, of course), but about 8 spaces near the front of the store for
>> "Customers With Children".
>>
>> Those spaces should be a free for all, IMO. It's discriminatory,
>> for one. OTOH, it's nice to have right at th thoroughfare to the
>> store so that kids can open up their cars doors and bolt right into
>> traffic before their parents can walk around to the other side of
>> thew store to grab their hands.
>>
>> Second of all, my mother has children. What's to keep her from
>> parking there? They may be 40+ years old and live in other states,
>> but she is a customer with children.
>>
>> Third: It's a waste of 8 perfectly prime parking spaces weekdays
>> from 8AM to 3PM.
>>
>> And for some reason, even the parents with children don't park
>> there. Weird.
>>
>> -sw
>
> The next time you think its a weird idea - borrow 3 toddlers and march
> them through a parking lot safely.
>
> LOL
>
> Dimitri

That's why toddler leashes were invented. Harness the little rascals and
put them on a tether. I despise the Mom's who bring all their little
demons to the store with them and then let them run free range. I tend
to growl at them and they go running back to mommy. If they're well
behaved it's okay but few are.