Dunnes stores disabled parking

bonzos

Just wondering what is the story with the disabled parking spaces in dunnes car par in cranmore be used by able bodied drivers . I inquiried in the store during the week and was told by a girl on the till that "what can we do ,the minks just park where ever they want!":mad: surely a clamping system would help to prevent this problem...i wouldnt mind but the car park is free of charge ,these people sickin me!

fozzle

They're just too lazy to walk the distance. Clamping won't free the spaces immediately - I say they should be towed and a big release fine smacked on them. They'll feel a lot better about having to walk with their shopping to the other end of the very small carpark if it means they'll have a car to walk to!

cormie

As it's on private property, the same laws don't apply to the spaces and they also wouldn't be allowed to detain any vehicle if they towed it away. That would also mean they'd have to enter a contract with a parking and tow company.

Richard571

I think it's disgusting - challeneged a 30ish year old woman in perfect health and she said she had a badge for her father so it was ok and besides there was another free space!! Despite the fact there where regular free spots not 10 metres away......

Xiney

I think there must be a special place in hell for people who use disabled parking spaces without needing them.

manta356

If someone has a disabled badge,they should park behind them and block them in.They might think twice about it next time

bonzos

its also a non stop problem in wine st car park , but the traffic wardens just seem to have a chat with the owners rather than writing a ticket on the spot. if they showed as much interest in doing their job as watchin football in the belfry on saturday while on duty the tax payers of sligo might be better served!!!

MoonDancer

Thats something I hate seeing, someone parking in the disabled space when there is nothing wrong with them. I know a few people that have the disabled sticker in their car, nothing wrong with them but they still use the disabled spaces. Then some person who actually needs a close spot just can't get one. It's a disgrace I think!

rio-rose

saying that also for the spaces allocated to parent parking spaces in dunnes too..

several times i go their with the 2 kids on my own and saving having to litterly drag one and carry the other from the multy story carpark to get the trolley with the baby seat on it at the front door..

it totally sickens me:mad: seeing young/and not so young but able bodied pulling into the spots and walking into the store without even any knowledge of what their at..

anyone reading this who has done it to either disabled or parent spaces
please think of others who really need the spaces

Fighting Irish

Theres an easy solution to this problem. Put all the handicapped spots at the back of the car park. The knowbody wil park in them.

starbelgrade

Fighting Irish wrote: »

Theres an easy solution to this problem. Put all the handicapped spots at the back of the car park. The knowbody wil park in them.

Covered yourself in glory there.

darealtulip

Fighting Irish wrote: »

Theres an easy solution to this problem. Put all the handicapped spots at the back of the car park. The knowbody wil park in them.

Yeah they are in wheel chairs anyway, so it's not like they have to walk!!!

Fighting Irish

darealtulip wrote: »

Yeah they are in wheel chairs anyway, so it's not like they have to walk!!!

Spot on my friend

Xiney

darealtulip wrote: »

Yeah they are in wheel chairs anyway, so it's not like they have to walk!!!

I figure you're joking.


But just in case, there are plenty of people with disabilities who are not in wheel chairs. Some have canes. Some people with breathing disabilities (such as COPD, emphysema) don't have canes at all because it's not a problem with their legs.

darealtulip

Xiney wrote: »

I figure you're joking.


But just in case, there are plenty of people with disabilities who are not in wheel chairs. Some have canes. Some people with breathing disabilities (such as COPD, emphysema) don't have canes at all because it's not a problem with their legs.

I was! and mates girl friend looks good but has disabled parking permit, she has crohns disease.

lunasa_lady

Minks?????? Absolute disgrace that the staff of Dunnes stores are referring to anyone in this way!!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Mint Sauce

bonzos wrote: »

Just wondering what is the story with the disabled parking spaces in dunnes car par in cranmore be used by able bodied drivers . I inquiried in the store during the week and was told by a girl on the till that "what can we do ,the minks just park where ever they want!":mad: surely a clamping system would help to prevent this problem...i wouldnt mind but the car park is free of charge ,these people sickin me!

a what?

take it its not a nice term

TequilaMockingBird

irish-stew wrote: »

a what?

take it its not a nice term

"Mink" is used as a derogatory term for itinerants by some Sligo people.

hopalong_ie

darealtulip wrote: »

I was! and mates girl friend looks good but has disabled parking permit, she has crohns disease.

How does having crohns disease permit her to a disability badge... How does that qualify her for disability parking...

As for parent and child, well there fair game,

Mrs.T

hopalong_ie wrote: »

How does having crohns disease permit her to a disability badge... How does that qualify her for disability parking...

As for parent and child, well there fair game,

Because she is in constant pain, not sure how much you know about Crohn's Disease?

I'll just ignore your comment about the parent and child and spelling. :P

the groutch

hopalong_ie wrote: »

How does having crohns disease permit her to a disability badge... How does that qualify her for disability parking...

you should do your homework before making comments like that

bonzos

lunasa_lady wrote: »

Minks?????? Absolute disgrace that the staff of Dunnes stores are referring to anyone in this way!!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

your right it is an absolute disgrace !!!!!!!im sure these people treat the staff of dunnes (and public in general) with total respect,we need more people like you to stand up for these people and defend their right to break the law . sure what harm if some person who is disabled can not access the parking space provided for them.....

tuppence

bonzos wrote: »

your right it is an absolute disgrace !!!!!!!im sure these people treat the staff of dunnes (and public in general) with total respect,we need more people like you to stand up for these people and defend their right to break the law . sure what harm if some person who is disabled can not access the parking space provided for them.....

:mad:

bobcar61

bonzos wrote: »

sure what harm if some person who is disabled can not access the parking space provided for them.....

What do you mean what harm? That's an awful thing to say,these people are disabled after all and there are certain places designated for them.It's a joke that they can't access a spot reserved for them. How would you feel if you had very limited mobility and needed a wheelchair and you arrived in Dunnes Stores just to find that the disable space was been used by a non-disabled person. You now have to drive to the end of the car park to find a space which isn't even wide enough to get a wheelchair down the side of the car.

Xiney

As bonzos is the OP, I assume he was being sarcastic.

bobcar61

Oops,yes I'd forgotten that.

Unless he had a change of heart though but I guess your right Xiney, my bad:cool:

hairyprincess

People who park in disabled spots without the permit can be fined by the Gardai :cool: I have seen it happen. And the parker in question was a staff member of the establishment

bobcar61

I've recently learned that a disabled parking place isn't officially a disabled space until the blue and white plaque I think it is has been placed on the bollard in front of the space.
We were commenting on the disabled spaces up in the retail park and then Fozzle said they were not officially disabled parking spaces because they hadn't the plaque drilled onto the bollard:eek:

A disabled man came into the shop complaining that there were no disabled parking spaces,I said it to the store manager but as it is not our Carpark there s nothing we could do except forward the complain to the security company of the retail park and the management company of the retail park.
Still though it's a disgrace that there were no disabled spaces. I've said it to countless people while outside and if I see they are not disabled I go over to them and tell them these spaces are designated for disabled people...so many people have said to me that they would only be five minutes:mad: The cheek of them:mad:

bonzos

Xiney wrote: »

As bonzos is the OP, I assume he was being sarcastic.

correct!!!it is still no surprise to me that their are still people who find an angle to defend these people"minks" . it would be interesting to find out how many of these people have got parking ticket or fines over the years

hairyprincess

bobcar61 wrote: »

I've said it to countless people while outside and if I see they are not disabled I go over to them and tell them these spaces are designated for disabled people

But in fairness bobcar, a lot of disabled people do not 'look' disabled. My sister has has the badge and she doesn't 'look' disabled but unfortunately she is...................so be careful, you could get an earful!!
And as a previous poster said, someone they know with Crohns disease has a disabled badge.........I never seen a person with Crohns 'looking' disabled

bobcar61

hairyprincess wrote: »

But in fairness bobcar, a lot of disabled people do not 'look' disabled. My sister has has the badge and she doesn't 'look' disabled but unfortunately she is...................so be careful, you could get an earful!!
And as a previous poster said, someone they know with Crohns disease has a disabled badge.........I never seen a person with Crohns 'looking' disabled

I'm not judging on the fact whether they look disabled or not. Simply the fact if they have a disabled parking permit thing. If they don't have one of those permits,then they have no right to park in the space.

tuppence

bonzos wrote: »

correct!!!it is still no surprise to me that their are still people who find an angle to defend these people"minks" . it would be interesting to find out how many of these people have got parking ticket or fines over the years

What is your interpratation of "minks" who the Dunnes stores staff were referring to? I dont think that lunasa lady was defending the actions of anyone who would park in a disabled spot, just the use of the term.
In my understanding "minks" is a very derogatory term for the travelling population?

hairyprincess

bobcar61 wrote: »

I'm not judging on the fact whether they look disabled or not. Simply the fact if they have a disabled parking permit thing. If they don't have one of those permits,then they have no right to park in the space.

Oh bobcar..........................you divil..................you edited your post!!!! :eek: Your'e gas!!!!! AND YES YOU ARE JUDGING............do you go and look in their windscreens before you ear bash them? :rolleyes: Unreal. LOL

bobcar61

hairyprincess wrote: »

Oh bobcar..........................you divil..................you edited your post!!!! :eek: Your'e gas!!!!! AND YES YOU ARE JUDGING............do you go and look in their windscreens before you ear bash them? :rolleyes: Unreal. LOL

I'm not going to argue with you but where did I edit my own post. I'm pretty sure I didn't and I had to check again incase I had without known but I didn't edit it.
I think your seeing things:P

bonzos

tuppence wrote: »

What is your interpratation of "minks" who the Dunnes stores staff were referring to? I dont think that lunasa lady was defending the actions of anyone who would park in a disabled spot, just the use of the term.
In my understanding "minks" is a very derogatory term for the travelling population?

lady lunasa added nothing to the discussion other than to complain about the staff member who used this term..im sure the staff are sick of dealing with this problem use the term as a just to show what they think of these people ,this was not a offical statement from dunnes but im sure if it was it would be worded by a legal person so not to offend people like lady lunasa....PS. "mink" is a term used to discrible scumbags (settled&traveller)

hairyprincess

bobcar61 wrote: »

I'm not going to argue with you but where did I edit my own post. I'm pretty sure I didn't and I had to check again incase I had without known but I didn't edit it.
I think your seeing things:P

Didn't like what I had to say bobcar????? :rolleyes: The perks of being a mod :eek:
Abusing your position like the non disabled people parking in the disabled spots. Makes you worse than any one of them. Tut tut tut........hang your head in shame

bobcar61

Seriously like are you taking the p1*s. Where do you see that I ever edited a post of mine in here.
And who doesn't get annoyed when a non disabled person parks in a disabled space? If the person doesn't have a badge thing and park in the space I have no problem going up to them and letting them know they have parked in a disable space. If they have one of those badges then fire away..let them parks there,after all that's what the space is there for.

hairyprincess

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Like i said, TUT TUT TUT :eek:

tuppence

bonzos wrote: »

lady lunasa added nothing to the discussion other than to complain about the staff member who used this term..im sure the staff are sick of dealing with this problem use the term as a just to show what they think of these people ,this was not a offical statement from dunnes but im sure if it was it would be worded by a legal person so not to offend people like lady lunasa....PS. "mink" is a term used to discrible scumbags (settled&traveller)

Oh I am glad you cleared that one up! :rolleyes:
Whether this is a court of law which is not, the fact that the Dunnes Stores staff member used a derogatory term should be offensive. (and probably a disciplinary issue) They are there representing the organisation they work for. If they are really emotive about the subject of equal opportunities I would get them to to be proactive about their organisations' disability policy. If it is tokenistic, perhaps get the union involved etc.

Xiney

hairyprincess:

bobcar did not edit his post, and he is not abusing his moderator status.

complain about it in this forum again and you'll be taking a short holiday. capisce?

To all other members: if indeed "minks" is a derogatory term, it will not be tolerated on this forum as a means to refer to people.

bobcar61

Xiney wrote: »

hairyprincess:

bobcar did not edit his post, and he is not abusing his moderator status.

complain about it in this forum again and you'll be taking a short holiday. capisce?

Turning in Wibbs there Xiney by typing in bold?

Xiney

I can only aspire to be Wibbs

Mr. Presentable

OP, while being ignorant and disrepectful are disabilities, I agree they should not allow use of priviledge spaces

bonzos

tuppence wrote: »

Oh I am glad you cleared that one up! :rolleyes:
Whether this is a court of law which is not, the fact that the Dunnes Stores staff member used a derogatory term should be offensive. (and probably a disciplinary issue) They are there representing the organisation they work for. If they are really emotive about the subject of equal opportunities I would get them to to be proactive about their organisations' disability policy. If it is tokenistic, perhaps get the union involved etc.

so now we have gone from the issue of people who have no respect for the law and park in disabled spaces to taking disciplinary action on some member of staff who made an effort to do a bit of work and pays their taxes....."tokenistic&unions"..give me a break and let us all know when you wake up from your PC dream and rejoin the real world !

TequilaMockingBird

bonzos wrote: »

so now we have gone from the issue of people who have no respect for the law and park in disabled spaces to taking disciplinary action on some member of staff who made an effort to do a bit of work and pays their taxes....."tokenistic&unions"..give me a break and let us all know when you wake up from your PC dream and rejoin the real world !

Are you the Dunnes employee that refers to people as "minks", whilst dealing with a customer complaint? You know you could be sacked for that right?

icanchange49

tuppence wrote: »

What is your interpratation of "minks" who the Dunnes stores staff were referring to? I dont think that lunasa lady was defending the actions of anyone who would park in a disabled spot, just the use of the term.
In my understanding "minks" is a very derogatory term for the travelling population?

In my understanding "minks" is a very derogatory term for knackers.

TequilaMockingBird

icanchange49 wrote: »

In my understanding "minks" is a very derogatory term for knackers.

I see what you did there.

Xiney

Let's drop the minks thing, guys.

tuppence

bonzos wrote: »

so now we have gone from the issue of people who have no respect for the law and park in disabled spaces to taking disciplinary action on some member of staff who made an effort to do a bit of work and pays their taxes....."tokenistic&unions"..give me a break and let us all know when you wake up from your PC dream and rejoin the real world !

Resorting to slander does not help anyones case. The Dunnes stores worker distracted from what everyone will agree is the main issue here which is people parking in disabled parking who shouldnt be allowed to do so. Everyones getting passionate about the injustice of this situation rightfully so, but don't need to throw around terms like "scumbags" and "minks" as a way to prove it. I am not going to get into the right and wrongs of labelling people especially lets face it, when no one really knows who the offenders are. (one persons word does'nt amount to a hill of beans) As far as the argueing in terms of slandering goes, it just aint constructive.
Simple....no hidden PC agenda (as bad as that label seems to be at the moment) sorry to say!! :rolleyes:

Xiney

Topic is misuse of disabled parking - last warning.



Then, the beatings start.

rio-rose

getting back to disable parking :rolleyes:

well in my opion disable parking in dunnes is in many ways the same as the parent/toddler parking.. their their for a reason.

last week i was driving into dunnes (with my 2yr old) and the car in front of me got a parking spot on the left hand side it was my turn next to get the next vacent spot and i spotted one of the parent/toddler area vacent.

i was about to drive into it when a man came from the area beside the trolleys and took the spot, i noticed he has a newspaper lying up against the steeringwheel.

i pulled up in front of him and pointed into the back of my car as worded to him has he a child ( because clearly i cud see he has no carseats or child in the car) he worded back to me while pointing their inside...

now in my opion he cud have stayed where he was at the side of the building and read his newspaper their and left the area clear for someone who really needed it.

i got a spot straight away in the multi story and litterly 2 min later i was walking up to the door and no sign of him.. he moved out of the spot and yes in his place someother (hopefully parent) got the spot

CRAZY:mad: