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A new mum was slapped with a £70 parking fine in an Asda car park because she was breastfeeding her baby.

Rosie Hayes, 34, was shocked to receive the charge after spending more than £150 on food, petrol, homewares and baby items.

After struggling to find anywhere to breastfeed daughter Ella, two months, she resorted to doing so in the passenger seat of her car.

This meant she overstayed the car park’s three hour limit by 26 minutes – but after appealing the fine and explaining the situation, she was still told to pay up.

A spokesman for Smart Parking said: "The car park at the marina is very busy, so is only available for Asda customers who receive 3 hours of free parking.

" At the car park there are 24 signs that clearly highlight its terms and conditions of use."

"In the case of Ms Hayes she overstayed the free parking period, so correctly received a charge.

 

" However, as an act of goodwill we have now decided to cancel her charge.”

 

A spokesman for Asda said: "We're sorry for any upset caused and the charge has been cancelled."

 

She appealed to Smart with the same mitigating circumstance and they told her to pay.

 

 

A complaint to the principle who hired the [problem] gets the charge cancelled....

 

 

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2015-09-23/mother-fined-70-because-she-stayed-in-asda-car-park-after-doing-her-shopping-to-breastfeed-baby-daughter/?ref=yfp

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GRRRR! 'Act of goodwill' NO! Bad publicity and the fact these tickets are a con is why they cancelled it.

 

Any company with common sense would cancel these charges but of course, some of the parking industry has none.

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Its disgraceful, but I kind of agree with the Parking Comp...

Now before you go at me with Razors, You overstay 3 hours etc then I think that a penalty is due.

 

BUT.... for what its worth, she shoukdnt be penalized for something like that.

 

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Its disgraceful, but I kind of agree with the Parking Comp...

Now before you go at me with Razors, You overstay 3 hours etc then I think that a penaltyis due.

 

BUT.... for what its worth, she shoukdnt be penalizedfor something like that.

 

And what law allows that then?

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I meant if you abuse staying over it :) You deserve it :p

 

However thats just my opinion...

 

Quite true as the charge is mostly generated by anpr these days, but they should actually read the appeals and make a common sense decision.

"Should"... What a wonderful word!

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but the 3 hour limit is an arbitrary time set by the parking co, not the store. If the problem was really parking spaces being occupied then there are better solutions than a camera systemthat only acts after the event and doesnt differentiate between someone in this situation and a commuter parking all day and I dont just mean the time spent there..

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It's very rare I disagree with you fkofilee but on this occasion, I do.

 

Most Asdas have a baby changing facility but there is nowhere for mum to sit comfortably to breast feed properly and it is fairly unhygienic at the best of times so where does she d do so to protect her modesty. Not every woman wants to feed in public.

 

I must admit that spending 3 hours in Asda is strange but then I am a man and I never browse. I get what I want and get out.

 

I do know however how long it takes to feed new borns. My youngest two were breast fed (not by me!) and my ex had to set aside at least an hour per feed. As they get older, it gets easier to feed quicker. The parking company should have excercised common sense but of course, all they care about is the bottom line.

 

In my opinion, they should have cancelled the ticket but then we know they are a bunch of tits anyway.

 

 

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Its disgraceful, but I kind of agree with the Parking Comp...

Now before you go at me with Razors, You overstay 3 hours etc then I think that a penalty is due.

 

BUT.... for what its worth, she shoukdnt be penalized for something like that.

quote "Penalty is due ???. what penalty?.

we have no problem with a charge being made !,it's the amount that's in despute.

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Remember that a lot of large stores also have full sized cafes in them.

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Remember that a lot of large stores also have full sized cafes in them.

 

OK, I'm lost. What's that got to do with anything?

Please note that my posts are my opinion only and should not be taken as any kind of legal advice.
In fact, they're probably just waffling and can be quite safely and completely ignored as you wish.

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Well a new mother with a baby in tow will probably want to take the weight off her feet after doing the weekly shop. Even though there is nothing stopping her she decided to feed the baby in the car rather than the cafeteria

 

Typical male point of view, and i thought both parents shared parental responsiblity now equally?

 

Obviously not, gone are the days when the little women stayed at home, cooked the old mans dinner and looked after the home and kids

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Well a new mother with a baby in tow will probably want to take the weight off her feet after doing the weekly shop. Even though there is nothing stopping her she decided to feed the baby in the car rather than the cafeteria

 

Nope, still lost. It matters not where the mother chose to feed the baby. The feed would have taken exactly the same amount of time to complete, and therefore the vehicle would have still been 26 minutes "late" leaving the car park. (And that's "late" according only to Not So Smart Parking, not anyone with an ounce of common sense or compassion)

 

Perhaps the mother also felt that her car would give her slightly more privacy than a (potentially) crowded cafeteria. Not every mother (who breastfeeds) wants to get her boobs out in public for some to stare at.

 

 

Typical male point of view, and i thought both parents shared parental responsiblity now equally?

 

Difficult for any male to take an active role in breastfeeding a baby though, wouldn't you say?

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Fathers do the weekly shop with the baby, it is not unique that responsibility for just the female of the species

 

And what is wrong with a woman getting her boobs out in public to feed a baby??

 

That is her choice and should never be made to feel uncomfortable

 

It is a natural bodily function and a protected characterictic under the Equality Act, not unless you are content on contravening those protected characteristics

 

A private companies own terms and conditions do not take precedent over statutory duty

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Fathers do the weekly shop with the baby, it is not unique that responsibility for just the female of the species

 

And what is wrong with a woman getting her boobs out in public to feed a baby??

 

That is her choice and should never be made to feel uncomfortable

 

It is a natural bodily function and a protected characterictic under the Equality Act, not unless you are content on contravening those protected characteristics

 

A private companies own terms and conditions do not take precedent over statutory duty

 

 

Easy tiger.

 

I'd suggest that you read my post again. Properly this time.

Please note that my posts are my opinion only and should not be taken as any kind of legal advice.
In fact, they're probably just waffling and can be quite safely and completely ignored as you wish.

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Oxymoron

 

In what way? I have not, at all, attempted to juxtapose the position. It is you that is reading between the lines and jumping to your own, incorrect, conclusion about what I have said.

 

 

I'll try to make it a little clearer for you.

 

THE MOTHER CHOSE to feed the baby in her car. That was her choice and she made it for whatever reason.

 

As far as (Not So) Smart Parking are concerned, it would matter not where THE MOTHER CHOSE to feed the baby, the act of feeding would have taken the same amount of time regardless to its location, so the cafe, car or sat on the "Thomas the Tank Engine" ride outside the door would have made no difference to the amount of time that it took.

 

For the record, I think that (Not So) Smart Parking are a bunch of money grabbing morons that only see the bottom line and don't care a jot about the reasons for an overstay in one of "their" carparks, and that the charge has rightly been cancelled, although only after approaching the principle it would seem.

 

 

 

Please don't try to read between the lines and attempt to put words into my mouth. If I require your assistance in making my meaning clear, I shall ask you for it.

Please note that my posts are my opinion only and should not be taken as any kind of legal advice.
In fact, they're probably just waffling and can be quite safely and completely ignored as you wish.

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