> I've been seeing similar signs in the parking lot at one mall. I think they say "Families with Children Only," and they are the spaces closest to the doors with the exception of handicapped spaces. They infuriate me so much I park in them anyway, me in my big SUV, all by myself. Making concessions like that to people -- just PEOPLE -- people who do the incredibly normal act of having children -- is utterly ridiculous.
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> Moush

At my local Tesco's (A British supermarket chain), they used to have spaces reserved for, and I quote, "mothers and Children" only. So when my mother and I went shopping there I parked in them. No matter that I was over 30 and driving, the sign said, "Mothers and children". By all strict definition of the words, that is the familial relationship between us.

One time, someone looked at me and mentioned the sign, looking disapprovingly at me. I just said, "Hey, that's my mother and I'm her child." I don't think it went down too well. The signs changed to, "Mother and toddlers" pretty soon after anyway.


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