Mum left feeling 'watched' after vile sticker left on car while she shopped
15.11.2023 - 13:25
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A mum has said she has been left feeling 'watched and targeted' after a vile sticker was slapped on her car while she shopped in B&M.
The 24-year-old, who asked not to be named, parked in a parent and child bay at her local store while she popped in to get some Christmas decorations on Monday (November 13). But when she returned, she was left shocked by what she found on her vehicle.
A professionally made sticker reading: "Not disabled, just a c***" had been placed on her driver-side window in what people have branded a 'disgusting' move, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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Speaking to the ECHO on behalf of the mum, sister-in-law Stephanie Fitzpatrick said: "If this person feels it is appropriate to watch someone get out of their car and apply a sticker with such vulgar language on a child's car then they need to have their head examined. Disabilities aren't always visible, but even so, she was in a parent and child space.
"People around her think it's disgusting. The manager at B&M confirmed she was in a parent and child bay and told her 'don't let it ruin your day'.
"No one has the right to call out any disability or call anyone such disgusting language."
The devastated mum had to drive home with the sticker on her window and "her child looking at it as she couldn't remove it in the car park". Stephanie added the sticker also left a "horrible sticky residue" on the window when the mum finally managed to get it off.
The mum, whose children are aged two and 14 weeks, has parked in the same space before but has never experienced something like the