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Originally posted by gocatgo:
I’m surprised at the number of posts here where people routinely park in spots designated for something else.

Discrimination of any sort is an abomination! It shan't be tolerated!

That’s a far stretch to call it discrimination. It’s about someone’s freedom to control their own private property. Nowhere near discrimination. Don’t like it, shop somewhere else. Just like the call for boycotting a business for posting proper signage to restrict carrying on premises. Just don’t patronize, but don’t be rude. It’s called having class.

I was making a light-hearted joke.

Nevertheless, I will continue to park in EV Vehicle only spaces if none other are available. Same for "Fuel Efficient Vehicle" only spaces. Particularly when they're located in front of government buildings like the ones around my local DMV. And I'll continue to do it with abandon.

The online/pick-up spots I don't make a habit of parking in actually.

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Originally posted by gocatgo:
That’s a far stretch to call it discrimination. It’s about someone’s freedom to control their own private property. Nowhere near discrimination. Don’t like it, shop somewhere else. Just like the call for boycotting a business for posting proper signage to restrict carrying on premises. Just don’t patronize, but don’t be rude. It’s called having class.

Handicapped Parking is required by state and Federal law for any parking that is accessible to the public .

This thread isn’t about handicapped parking.

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Originally posted by gocatgo:
This thread isn’t about handicapped parking.

I'm bouncing back and forth between two threads . Forgive my transgression .

I imagine if a lot was otherwise full and all that was available was an on-line pickup only or similar spot: I'd probably use it. Dunno. It's never happened to me.

TBH: I rarely use the Veterans spots near the front of Lowe's, despite the fact I'm a veteran. I prefer to park well away from the door--far from other vehicles and shopping carts.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
I imagine if a lot was otherwise full and all that was available was an on-line pickup only or similar spot: I'd probably use it. Dunno. It's never happened to me.

TBH: I rarely use the Veterans spots near the front of Lowe's, despite the fact I'm a veteran. I prefer to park well away from the door--far from other vehicles and shopping carts.

I always use the veterans spots as around my local Lowe's they're even closer to the door than the handicapped spots.

Almost nobody else seems to use them though.

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:

I always use the veterans spots as around my local Lowe's they're even closer to the door than the handicapped spots.

At the Lowe's in Apopka FL, there are some veteran parking spaces adjacent to handicapped spaces. I'm eligible for either, and I'm never sure which to use. Probably not a good idea to straddle the line and use both at the same time.

If you're driving to the store to pick up your items, I'm curious as to why one wouldn't just walk in and buy them?

Have we really gotten that lazy?

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
If you're driving to the store to pick up your items, I'm curious as to why one wouldn't just walk in and buy them?

Have we really gotten that lazy?

I'm glad you asked.

I've only done it once and that was at Sam's Club. I wanted something, don't remember what it was, and found the cheapest price in the area by far was at Sam's Club. The hitch was that it was pick up only. I would've been happy to go in the store and get it but they didn't allow that.

So, you got a receipt with your name on it by purchasing online, then drove to the pickup area and called them and told them what spot you were in.

I don't think it was more than 2 or 3 minutes before they wheeled it out and I got it.

I'm still shaking my head.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
If you're driving to the store to pick up your items, I'm curious as to why one wouldn't just walk in and buy them?

Have we really gotten that lazy?

If it gives me the ability to avoid facing the hordes at Walmart or Costco et al I'm all for it.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
If you're driving to the store to pick up your items, I'm curious as to why one wouldn't just walk in and buy them?

Have we really gotten that lazy?

For my wife, it's been a godsend at times. Doing a week's worth or more of grocery shopping with a toddler and an infant in tow just ain't any fun. And with me being away from home for weeks and sometimes over a month at a time, she has no choice. The ability to pull up and not have to take the kids out of their car seats and then drive away with all her groceries really does make a huge difference in her day.

I've parked in the pick-up parking spaces at WalMart while waiting for my wife. I think there's at least 6 or 8 spaces and there were never more than 3 cars.

I've had employees ask me if they could help me; all I said was, "I'm good."

I hate those emplyee of the month parking spaces at retail stores. I can understand non-retail businesses doing this but taking away a prime spot from customers doesn't seem iike a good idea.

Walmart is getting ridiculous with the taking spaces away for Pickup orders and they SUCK at it. They've now taken another 25 or spaces out front at our local Walmart and made them pickup only. Add in the seemingly 400 handicapped spaces and you can forget about parking anywhere near the front of the building anymore. We've pretty much given up on even bothering with it anymore after sitting...and sitting...and sitting waiting for some kid to bring the GD order out. I've tried to call and the phone just rings and rings and rings, once I actually tailgated into the door where they come and go and asked WTF was the holdup and got a bunch of deer in the headlight looks from a bunch of no-sense-of-urgency-whatsoever grabasstic teens.

Target on the other hand has it down to a science, my wife loves them because she doesn't have to unload three little kids to go pick up a few items. You give them your spot number online when you pull in and might wait 1-2 minutes at most. Walmart could learn something from them.

Our Wawa convenience stores have taken all the spots that face the stores and designated them as pickup/mobile order only but it seems like everyone ignores them and just parks there anyway.

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Originally posted by gocatgo:
I’m surprised at the number of posts here where people routinely park in spots designated for something else. It is private property, and the business can do what they choose with their parking. If I don’t like it, I can choose to go someplace else to shop. IMHO it is just rude to come onto someone else’s property and not respect their signage, stupid or not. Their business, their rules. Your freedom to choose. Too much self centered entitlement behavior out there already.

I’ve reread the thread and still can’t find one post saying they routinely park in those spots. But sometimes, yeah. Because it’s honestly getting ridiculous to the point that there are no spots close to the doors anymore. Electric vehicle, green vehicle, online pickup, pro parking, expectant mother, parent with toddler, good grief. I’m just sick of seeing a good spot only to find one of these signs as I pull in.

AFAIK, the only parking space restrictions that have legal backing are handicapped parking. The rest are courtesy restrictions from the store management. So anyone ignoring the restrictions will not get any sort of governmental punishment. I guess if the store management wants to be pissy about it, they could have someone using a restricted spot against their rules towed. I really doubt they'd do that.

I had to laugh when I observed the following exchange:

Karen: "That space is reserved for pregnant women parking only."

Customer-who-parked-there: "So call a cop, bitch."

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
I had to laugh when I observed the following exchange:

Karen: "That space is reserved for pregnant women parking only."

Customer-who-parked-there: "So call a cop, bitch."

I have never understood those spaces. Every time the ex was pregnant the first she was told was to walk. Pregnant wimmin's parking should be in the south 40

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:

I hate those emplyee of the month parking spaces at retail stores. I can understand non-retail businesses doing this but taking away a prime spot from customers doesn't seem iike a good idea.

Yes, that is the stupidest thing ever. Give the closest spots to someone who is going to be walking to/from it just twice in 8 hours. And how dumb does the employee have to be to "want" to park in the very spot that is going to have the most adjacent in and outs with the greatest chance of damage from adjacent cars, just so they can save a few steps twice in an 8 hour shift.