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OldmanMondeo

CarMuppet wrote: »

Here's one.......

I've seen the owner of a local supermarket use two parking spots in HIS carpark to park his S-Class Mercedes. Discuss.....

Sounds like the guy down our way, usually in the disabled spots as well. Glad to see Tesco building a new shop....

Alun

The manager of our local Tesco parks his Merc on an area of yellow cross hatches outside the main fire exit ... discuss that !!:eek:

Atlantic Dawn

Alun wrote: »

The manager of our local Tesco parks his Merc on an area of yellow cross hatches outside the main fire exit ... discuss that !!:eek:

A photo of that sent to Mr Tesco in the UK would get a nice response.

a_v525

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

A photo of that sent to Mr Tesco in the UK would get a nice response.

It sure as hell would. Im a trainee assistant manager for a large retailer & if any of us was reported for parking like that we'd have a very 'pleasant' conversation with our District Manager or SOM.

Even call in & ask to speak to the manager & say parking like that is disgraceful. Or call the county council fire marshall....Those lads dont muck about.

Alun

a_v525 wrote: »

It sure as hell would. Im a trainee assistant manager for a large retailer & if any of us was reported for parking like that we'd have a very 'pleasant' conversation with our District Manager or SOM.

Even call in & ask to speak to the manager & say parking like that is disgraceful. Or call the county council fire marshall....Those lads dont muck about.

I've mentioned it a few times to the customer service desk ... it's one of those stores where mysteriously there's never a manager about, but no one has ever got back to me. Anyway I've stopped going there now, the place is a kip, and any complaints are just shrugged off ... I'm guessing if the manager is enough of a pr1ck to do what he's doing, he isn't going to be worried about what his customers think.

a_v525

Ah, trust me, I know the type of manager youre talkin about :rolleyes:

Still though, Fire Marshall would sort him out fairly lively

Alun

a_v525 wrote: »

Still though, Fire Marshall would sort him out fairly lively

I might get a photo if I'm up that way in the near future and get in touch with Wicklow CoCo , but as I said, I avoid the place like the plague these days.

slimjimmc

a_v525 wrote: »

Ah, trust me, I know the type of manager youre talkin about :rolleyes:

Still though, Fire Marshall would sort him out fairly lively

I believe you mean the Chief Fire Officer, in this part of the world fire marshals are civies who assist with an evacuation. That manager may even be a fire marshal for his own business.
http://www.irishfireservices.ie/pages/fireauthorites.htm

a_v525

Sorry, from US, they have proper Fire Marshalls... :rolleyes:

MunsterCycling

Another for the hit parade, this twat has even been reported and nothing has been done.

CarMuppet

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Another for the hit parade, this twat has even been reported and nothing has been done.

Ah but "you can with a Nissan". See below for the younger viewers.....

http://www.nowsell.com/marketing-guide/list-of-advertising-slogans.html#Automobiles

Guy:Incognito

That ended up rather big but in fairness parking across 2 disabled spots deserves it

It's outside atlantic in Liffey Valley and it's 4 disabled spots in a row. The two cars behind him are takign up the other 2. None had blue badges.

Top Dog

Stekelly wrote: »

It's outside atlantic in Liffey Valley and it's 4 disabled spots in a row. The two cars behind him are takign up the other 2. None had blue badges.

Nice catch but - is that not a blue disabled badge on the dash of the Hyundai behind the Megane? Just above where the speedo is positioned?

Guy:Incognito

Top Dog wrote: »

Nice catch but - is that not a blue disabled badge on the dash of the Hyundai behind the Megane? Just above where the speedo is positioned?

I dont think so tbh. I made a point of looking at the windscreen as I walked past. It is possible I could have missed it I suppose. the car behind the Hyundai definately didnt have one.

I'm nearly sure the spot in the backround that the Laguna is in is a disabled spot too and when I came out of Atlantic there was a taxi there too.

EDIT just checke dgoogle earth. The are all disabled spots.

In fact if you look at Google earth theres a car where the Megane is too. although not as blatantly but still crossign the line of 2 spots. Theres also another car back from it that must agree that cisabled spots are not to be parked in so parked in the drivign lane parallel to the spot, blocking it.

vectra

Top Dog wrote: »

Nice catch but - is that not a blue disabled badge on the dash of the Hyundai behind the Megane? Just above where the speedo is positioned?

Looks exactly like one

robbie_998

Top Dog wrote: »

Nice catch but - is that not a blue disabled badge on the dash of the Hyundai behind the Megane? Just above where the speedo is positioned?

it is.... i can even see the white wheelchair with man to symbolize its a disabled parking permit... definitely is !

OldmanMondeo

Stekelly wrote: »

[That ended up rather big but in fairness parking across 2 disabled spots deserves it

It's outside atlantic in Liffey Valley and it's 4 disabled spots in a row. The two cars behind him are takign up the other 2. None had blue badges.

The disabled spots on that part of the Liffey Valley retail park are always taken up by plebs. Anything I need to go their, I always get plenty of parking in the main carpark. The problem is the design of the carpark, most spaces are quite near some shop or another, so the tools have problems finding the ones nearest all the shops....

SerialComplaint

Double whammy - Double-parked on double-yellow lines - just off Upr Leeson St, opposite the Leeson Lounge a few minutes ago. There were at least five on-street metered bays visible near that spot.

markpb

I don't have a pic of this sorry. I was passing by Dawson St on Monday evening when I spotted a car parked (and duly clamped) on the footpath outside the DHG entrance to Trinity. This was no 2 wheels on, 2 wheels off, half-hearted attempt at parking - they'd driven right up onto the footpath and parked about 3 feet away from the road, completely blocking one of the exits. I only wish the clampers had removed and crushed the car instead of just clamping it.

a_v525

markpb wrote: »

I don't have a pic of this sorry. I was passing by Dawson St on Monday evening when I spotted a car parked (and duly clamped) on the footpath outside the DHG entrance to Trinity. This was no 2 wheels on, 2 wheels off, half-hearted attempt at parking - they'd driven right up onto the footpath and parked about 3 feet away from the road, completely blocking one of the exits. I only wish the clampers had removed and crushed the car instead of just clamping it.

Saw it.

Silver Ford Ka, broken side windows, probably stolen & abandoned.

Plus noone parks that bad!

sentient_6

Dunlo st in Ballinasloe today. Note the angle of the spaces & the rest of the cars.

E39MSport

Armin_Tamzarian

V6MAT

My dad told me about this topic, so here is one from two nights ago in mallow

limklad

My contribution to this thread

I got two pair.

One at retail park yesterday, just poor parking but identical in two rows one near and one far.

Today at Crescent shopping centre. Two poorly parked cars that push a disabled car right to the line of her own space.

Armin_Tamzarian

In fairness I'd park like this myself, although I'd have the car a bit straighter.
The car isn't taking up more than one space and it's not causing an obstruction.
I always look for end spaces like this where I can park without having to worry about idiots banging there doors into me.
I never park between two spaces.

limklad

Armin_Tamzarian wrote: »

In fairness I'd park like this myself, although I'd have the car a bit straighter.
The car isn't taking up more than one space and it's not causing an obstruction.
I always look for end spaces like this where I can park without having to worry about idiots banging there doors into me.
I never park between two spaces.

Why not park the other way round with the driver side facing the free space. i.e reverse into the space.

Armin_Tamzarian

limklad wrote: »

Why not park the other way round with the driver side facing the free space. i.e reverse into the space.

The point is to leave space between you and whoever might park in the next space.
Most parking spaces these days are ridiculously tight.
I'll generally only park in end spaces or spaces like that where you can park out of the space without making a nuisance of yourself.
A lot of the bad parking you see is the result of people parking in 2 spaces to avoid damage, i.e. the white Supra above.
I wouldn't do it myself mind, you're asking for trouble plus it's ignorant.

blastman

It appears there is a parking space there after alll, we just aren't sure about the orientation yet... :rolleyes:

TJJP

blastman wrote: »

It appears there is a parking space there after alll, we just aren't sure about the orientation yet... :rolleyes:

One presumes the wing mirrors were obscured by the dazzling reflection from the wheel arches on the car in that photo from the late 1980’s.