[walker]

green angel, on 10 December 2011 - 15:33 PM, said:

Baby spaces wouldn't be a problem if I owned a store, I wouldn't let babies in pushchairs in my shop or children under 10, the chairs make it difficult to get around them especially when two stop side by side to have a natter oblivious to any one around them trying to get past, and young children have a capacity to screen the shop down if they carn have what they want.

And my shop would not have music either.

No Pushchairs, no screaming rug rats, no music, no 10 for the price 9 items special offers, just lots of helpful staff to help you find what you are looking for, pack your bag and take it to your car for you and every one would have a double width space for their car so no getting doored by the next car.

I have a dream, but better duck before I get shot

Hate to admit it but I quite like your dream.

[miseryguts]

quite like the dream too - but i think social services would take my little one away if I failed to enter a shop before he reached 10 lol

and nattering in the aisles, i hate that too - I'm not a socail shopper - i rush in , zoom round and get out asap - do most of it online these days but as a fussy one that likes some from sainsburys and some from tesco, I always end up in one.

[oldbean]

miseryguts, on 10 December 2011 - 13:31 PM, said:

the same gets me with parent and child spaces - the amount of people that park there despite having no children in the car drives me mad - they obviously haven't tried getting a baby out of a car seat in a standard width space gggrrr
i wouldnt mind if parent spaces were at the other end of the car park - its the width to get the door fully open thats important - but because they put them at the front of the store its a free for all for the lazy buggers that don't want to walk far!

It's nice to hear a parent saying this.

Why on earth do shops put these spaces so close to the entrance? Sometimes even closer to the door than disabled bays and more of them too.

[Fangio]

Privileged parking spaces are a marketing tool on behalf of the business.
There may be some legal requirement for disabled spaces but that is about it.
Given that some 'pushchairs' are more akin to all terrain vehicles it is hard to imagine anywhere that can provide sufficient space for them.
There are two standards for parking spaces and the one most commonly seen is based on the size of the average car in the 1960s. A modern Mini is the width of a large car of that era.
Some more enlightened businesses provide the wider spaces introduced a few years ago. You won't get so many cars in of cours so they haven't been taken up by everyone

[Fangio]

green angel, on 10 December 2011 - 16:33 PM, said:

Baby spaces wouldn't be a problem if I owned a store, I wouldn't let babies in pushchairs in my shop or children under 10, the chairs make it difficult to get around them especially when two stop side by side to have a natter oblivious to any one around them trying to get past, and young children have a capacity to screen the shop down if they carn have what they want.

And my shop would not have music either.

No Pushchairs, no screaming rug rats, no music, no 10 for the price 9 items special offers, just lots of helpful staff to help you find what you are looking for, pack your bag and take it to your car for you and every one would have a double width space for their car so no getting doored by the next car.

I have a dream, but better duck before I get shot

I think I've fallen in love with you

[Cheese Rolls]

oldbean, on 11 December 2011 - 01:07 AM, said:

It's nice to hear a parent saying this.

Why on earth do shops put these spaces so close to the entrance? Sometimes even closer to the door than disabled bays and more of them too.

Some of these users are the hardest ones to spot, when you are reversing out of a parking space. Not only are they not tall enough to appear in the back window, they also tend not to be the most aware of other car park users. It is quite a good idea not to have them wandering all around the car park, don't you think ?

[oldbean]

Cheese Rolls, on 11 December 2011 - 15:51 PM, said:

Some of these users are the hardest ones to spot, when you are reversing out of a parking space. Not only are they not tall enough to appear in the back window, they also tend not to be the most aware of other car park users. It is quite a good idea not to have them wandering all around the car park, don't you think ?

Not really. People do have brains, though admittedly it seems a lot of parents do seem to lack sense when it comes to their childrens safety (the greatest thing they can love and care for).

Why do you see so many parents shoving their childs buggy/pushchair out in to the road before they look to see if it's even safe?!

They could have these spaces not right over the other side of the car park but further along, say at the far end of the store. That was they could walk in safety along the outside of the store.

[thermo]

Cheese Rolls, on 11 December 2011 - 15:51 PM, said:

Some of these users are the hardest ones to spot, when you are reversing out of a parking space. Not only are they not tall enough to appear in the back window, they also tend not to be the most aware of other car park users. It is quite a good idea not to have them wandering all around the car park, don't you think ?

we could always put them to work back up the chimneys then we wouldnt have the problem with them.
It doesnt matter what age people are they all wander around the car parks oblivious to what is going on as they are intent on their shopping and nothing else. It comes down to having to take extra care as some idiot always walks behind you when your reversing. But its a car park not a road, where pedestrians and cars meet

[oldbean]

thermo, on 11 December 2011 - 17:20 PM, said:

we could always put them to work back up the chimneys then we wouldnt have the problem with them.
It doesnt matter what age people are they all wander around the car parks oblivious to what is going on as they are intent on their shopping and nothing else. It comes down to having to take extra care as some idiot always walks behind you when your reversing. But its a car park not a road, where pedestrians and cars meet

Well said.

[Fangio]

oldbean, on 11 December 2011 - 18:26 PM, said:

Well said.

And pedestrians by simple logic if not by law have priority.

[Tricky Dicky]

oldbean, on 11 December 2011 - 18:03 PM, said:

Not really. People do have brains,

I think that's highly debatable a lot of the time.

[Cheese Rolls]

oldbean, on 11 December 2011 - 18:03 PM, said:

Not really. People do have brains, though admittedly it seems a lot of parents do seem to lack sense when it comes to their childrens safety (the greatest thing they can love and care for).

Why do you see so many parents shoving their childs buggy/pushchair out in to the road before they look to see if it's even safe?!

They could have these spaces not right over the other side of the car park but further along, say at the far end of the store. That was they could walk in safety along the outside of the store.

Ok, how about an economic argument. Which do you think supermarkets value more, busy families with pestering kids, who end up filling their trolleys with high margin pester power products, or OAPs with plenty of time on their hands to sift through the bargain bins and save a few pennies ?

Incidentally my own little delights are far too big to take advantage of these convenient spaces, so either way I have to find my own space.

[oldbean]

Tricky Dicky, on 12 December 2011 - 11:57 AM, said:

I think that's highly debatable a lot of the time.

May have to agrre with you there.

Cheese Rolls, on 12 December 2011 - 13:34 PM, said:

Ok, how about an economic argument. Which do you think supermarkets value more, busy families with pestering kids, who end up filling their trolleys with high margin pester power products, or OAPs with plenty of time on their hands to sift through the bargain bins and save a few pennies ?

Incidentally my own little delights are far too big to take advantage of these convenient spaces, so either way I have to find my own space.

If that's true, is there anything they don't think of to make more money?!


On a different note, what the hell's going on out on the roads today? People pootling along and hesitating and generally driving like morons left right and centre!!

That feels better

[PaulOckenden]

oldbean, on 12 December 2011 - 17:42 PM, said:

On a different note, what the hell's going on out on the roads today?

Funny you should say that. I noticed loads more hooting, aggressive driving, etc. than normal on my way home tonight.

Is it a full moon today or something?

P.

[Suzanne]

Currently 95% full moon waning gibous.

[sonictomb]

shorehambeach, on 28 November 2011 - 17:04 PM, said:

TOTAL Garage has changed hands and is becoming a SHELL garage.

Wonder if the fuel will be cheaper or even taste any different ....

Well it has only taken them almost a year. The Total garage will be closing next week (25th October) for three weeks and re-opening as a Shell Deli-To-Go (whatever one of those is).

[Bluecrush]

sonictomb, on 18 October 2012 - 11:36 AM, said:

Well it has only taken them almost a year. The Total garage will be closing next week (25th October) for three weeks and re-opening as a Shell Deli-To-Go (whatever one of those is).

Shell Deli to Go sounds like there own brand name ie a Garage that sells petrol and with Food items as well. Might you what garages dont sell food items these days.

[PaulOckenden]

http://www.deli2go.co.uk/index.html
http://www.deli2go.c...eli2go_menu.pdf

[Fangio]

Bluecrush, on 18 October 2012 - 18:10 PM, said:

Shell Deli to Go sounds like there own brand name ie a Garage that sells petrol and with Food items as well. Might you what garages dont sell food items these days.

I know one:

It's on the A29 between Whiteways roundabout and Pulborough and I believe called Turners.
They have attended service and repair cars and do MOTs....and all with a smile.
It's on my favourite live up to my username route and refreshing to use.

Ok a tad out of the way from SbS but these jewels still exist...

[sonictomb]

Does Shell petrol still have all the extra additives that it used to have in it? From what I remember my car doesn't like it