On Jul 16, 5:08*pm, "John" wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
John wrote:

The problem is that the OP was a customer of Lidl for a few minutes
and then went off doing general shopping, leaving his car occupying
a Lidl parking space when he wasn't a customer of Lidl.

I think he did it the other way round, i.e. parked, went elsewhere,
came back to shop at lidl, quite likely to get caught if the sharks
are on the look-out.

If he'd parked, gone to lidl then walked elsewhere (without dropping
stuff into the car) they'd be far less likely to notice ...

Does it matter? End result is that he was using a Lidl parking space when
not a customer of Lidl

When do you become a customer? By your logic everyone is using a
parking space when not a customer when they first arrive.

What if a cripple takes 10mins to walk from the car to the shop,
should he be penalised for parking whilst not a customer?

What if an able-bodied person takes 10mins to buy stamps from the PO
over the road for posting the gift they are going to buy in Lidl,
should they be penalised?

Where do you draw the line, and why?

MBQ