"Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
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On Mar 29, 8:20 pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> "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.

Babies R Us always had spots near the door for expectant mothers.
That was nice. The children thing at the grocer is stupid.

I think the expectant mother spots are just wrong. My doctor always
told me to get lots of exercise and walking is the best for pregnant women.
Of course that was more than 40 years ago. Our store has one for parents
with small children and caregivers. It's farther away than the handicapped
spots. I have a handicap sticker, so can park there legally, but at lots of
stores there aren't enough. Oddly enough the worst place is our local
hospital. ..Sharon