I hate people who park in handicap spaces!!

[Breeze54]

I was at the grocery store tonight and a guy parked in a handicap spot and I told him off.

He gave me a blank stare, as if he didn't understand English.

But I know he did speak English. When he got out of the car, I made a comment.

I said, "Where's your wheel chair?" And he retorted, "Go F**k yourself!!"

So then I said, "You're an A**H*le!" He stopped and stared at me.

Then he walked away from his new Mercedes and sauntered into the liquor store.

I waited. :rofl:

He came out with a six pack of Molson's Ale and looked nervously at me.

Maybe because I was still sitting there in my car? :P

He pulled out quick in a hurry and sped off through the parking lot. :P

I hate people who park in handicap spaces that don't need them!! :grr:

On edit:

He was very young, in extremely good health and had no handicap
license plate or emblem or placard hanging from the rear view mirror.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. You and me both, my dear Breeze54!

I've seen this happen over and over...

We just get out the cell phone, and call the cops!

I haven't seen anyone getting out of their car, though...

Your sort of confrontation takes courage!

Good for you...

:yourock:

[Breeze54]

2. Courage or stupidity...lmao!

I'm just so sick of the 'rich little kids' in my town who pull this shit. They're the same one's (spawns of) who have parents that park in the fire lane, near the door of the store and block all the two way traffic. Everyone has to wait to go around them and the parking is like 10 feet from the door!! It's just infuriates me! :grr: Probably because my Dad was legally blind and I was his chauffeur and I always had a hard time trying to find a place near the door to let him off at the bank or the drug store, etc. due to no places to park and the handicap spots were mostly taken by those who didn't need them.

[The Animator]

3. I can't stand the pricks who will take up two spaces

especially when parking is difficult to find anyway. My revenge is driving a small car. If I can manage it, I park there anyway... Just to make getting back into their car very difficult or impossible for them. If they have to crawl in through the passenger side... that's sweet, sweet, justice. If I'm on my way out, and they're still parked there.. Oops, I opened my car door just a little too far, and little hard, and now there BMW Roadster has a huge honking dent on the side... sucks to be them.

[Breeze54]

4. I hear that! LOL!

I drive a tiny sports car too and I had a 'guy' in a huge SUV the other day
squeeze that behemoth into the 'small car parking' right next to my driver's side,
so when I came out of the store, I couldn't get in my car! Not only that but he
parked at an angle! Who does that? I mean, who the hell is in that much of a hurry
not to at least park it between the lines? What is their problem?!

His car: \| My car. :crazy: parking, if you ask me!

[latebloomer]

43. next time give them a citation

www.youparklikeanasshole.com

[Richard Steele]

22. Once, about 25 years ago...

We were in a crowded shopping-mall parking lot; every space was full
and we had to park at an adjacent tire store.
(It was Sunday; the tire place was closed)

After walking 200 yards across the lot, we came across an EXTREMELY
annoying example of asshattish douchebaggery: 20 feet from the entrance,
someone had parked an immaculately restored 427 Chevelle at a 45º angle
across TWO frickin SPACES.

The car was perfect- too perfect to be original. It was buffed and polished
to perfection. Clearly, it was some inconsiderate asshole's pride and joy.

I lit a cigarette, and carefully laid it in the gap where the trunk lid met
the fender, where I knew it would burn all the way down without going out,
charring paint along the way.

An old lady leaving the mall watched me place the cigarette.
She smiled, nodded, and walked on.

[Jamastiene]

5. Shit, you already edited.

I was going to say, "Why don't you like handicapped people?" as a joke response. :evilgrin:

You are absolutely right though. There are people who actually need those parking spaces. Sometimes, they can walk, but walking too far could cause them to fall and break a hip. That's always the end too when they do that. So, some poor family will be without their loved one because some asshole who didn't need the parking space used it without thinking about what they will be putting someone else through. It's a shame, really.

[youthere]

11. I was going to say the same thing..

:blush:

[SeattleGirl]

6. Me too, and I used to work at a place where I could exact revenge.

I work from home now, but I used to work in a company office. I work with disabled people, so I'm keenly aware of when a non-handicapped person parks in a handicapped place. The property manager of the building gave me a bunch of BIG, BRIGHT ORANGE STICKERS, and when I would see someone not disabled (i.e. no placard or license plate to show that they were) park in a handicapped spot, I'd slap one of those stickers on their driver's side window, then watch as they threw fits when they came back to their cars. They either had to try and pry them off right there, or drive home with the window rolled down so they could see the side view mirror and out the window.

Asshats! I loved pissin' 'em off! :rofl:

[krispos42]

7. Next time take a pic...

... and tell him "I'll be blogging about his, believe me."


Or...

While he's in the store, pull a pair of needle-nose pliers out and just lean against your car. Cross your arms while holding the pliers in one hand, and put a self-satisfied smug smile on your face.

[Indi Guy]

8. Be careful of your choice of words (we hear what we say)...

Do you actually "hate people" who do this kind of thing; or do you "hate it" when people do these things?

[Breeze54]

50. I hate the people who are selfish and self centered enough to do this! n/t

[DarkTirade]

9. Hey, I park in handicapped spaces all the time...

when I'm driving my grandpa around. :P

[Midlodemocrat]

10. At the risk of being contrary, I parked in handicapped spaces

prior to getting my placard when I was caring for my dad who was in a wheelchair.

[DarkTirade]

44. Yeah, I can't condone vandalising someone's car just because they don't have the tag.

We have two cars here and one tag for my grandpa... it doesn't always end up in the car I use to drive him around in.

[Breeze54]

53. This was a young guy, in obvious good health. He didn't need the space. n/t

[raccoon]

12. Wonder if The Dick is his dad? nt

[Deep13]

13. What about someone borrowing a disabled relative's car?

The owner may be blind or something, but that person isn't in the car.

[MrsMatt]

16. If the person for whom the handicapped plate, sticker or

card is not a passenger in the car, I don't think the able-bodied driver should park in the handicapped spots. It's a question of ethics.

[Deep13]

19. I think it is actually illegal, but hard to enforce. nt

[Breeze54]

55. I used to use my Dad's car to run errands but I didn't use the placard at those times.

We only used the placard when I took drove my Dad in his car on errands.

I think it's unethical to use those spaces and the card if you don't need it!

This guy didn't need the space and he didn't have a placard either.

He was just a jerk! ;)

[qb]

14. Good job of confronting an a**hole.

People who aren't disabled should be thankful. A faraway parking spot as an opportunity to get some exercise. Most of us need it!
:hi:

[quadriga]

15. Why do you hate handicapped people?

[Hangingon]

17. IT should be illegal to issue a handicaped hanging tag valid

for longer than three months. I saw one the other day good thru March 2012. Texas issues handicapped license plates for those with lasting disabilities.

[Deep13]

20. What if the person has an incurable, permanent disability?

Missing a leg, for example.

[Hangingon]

25. You get a state handicapped license plate.

I live in a retirement community and the handicapped tags are passed out like lollypops at the doctors' offices. They are good for years. I'm a senior and was offered a tag because of high blood pressure - not uncommon. I refused. There is a rush for the handicapped space at the golf course and the exerscise trail. I regularly write the city elders, my state reps and Congressman/Senators about the abuse of handicapped tags.

[LeftyMom]

27. Handicapped plates only work when you're in your own car.

My mother's had a handicapped placard since I was a kid. She has several debilitating health problems, none of them obvious by looking.

Why not get a plate? Because sometimes she takes her husband's car, and that doesn't magically improve her ability to walk. Because I drive her back and forth to doctor's appointments and outpatient surgical procedures, and she can't swap plates with me or magically walk better when I drive her someplace.

So she has a placard, because it better meets her needs. Temporary placards, at least in California, are a different color (red, the regular ones are blue) to allow them to be easily distinguished.

[Hangingon]

34. Cool! A family handicapped tag.

Sounds really handy. I love it.

[LeftyMom]

35. No, it's my mother's tag. It goes with my mother and makes her life a little easier.

Like many people with significant health issues, she sometimes needs to be driven someplace, and I can't drive her car (I'm not on her insurance, and anyhow I can't drive a manual) so if I take her to the doctor I do it in my car, and she uses her placard because she can't walk very far. I can't imagine what the point would be of driving clear over to her house just to borrow her parking pass would be, nor why her husband, a healthy guy who works in construction, would borrow her pass and leave her stuck at home in order to park a few feet closer at Safeway.

I certainly don't see the point of limiting her ability to travel in order to satisfy some twit on the internet that she's not somehow abusing a minor benefit that does not in any way negate the significant drawbacks of having a spine held together mostly by bone grafts and pins, three different autoimmune diseases and a blood clotting problem that's already almost killed her once this year.

Think before you type.

[harmonicon]

40. I disagree about their being a limit

My grandmother was handicapped (in a wheelchair or on crutches) the whole time I knew her. She lived on a farm and they had several vehicles. Sure, she usually just drove one, but it was good to have the thing that hangs from the mirror when she had to take a different car. Cars also have to go into the shop sometimes, etc. These sorts of things are for those who really need them, and though some people abuse them, they should still be geared towards being as easy to manage for those who really need them.

[colinmom71]

37. We use the hanging tag because our child is physically disabled...

So I only use handicapped parking spaces when he accompanies me along on trips, errands, family outings, etc. Since the vehicle's primary user is not the person with the disability (me), the state gives us a hanging tag version in my son's name that's good for four years upon renewal. It is also legal to use the tag ONLY when my son is in the vehicle with me and that is how it has always been used.

Much like how LeftyMom explained above, having the hanging style tag also helps if another party is transporting my son in their own personal vehicle, such as my husband, grandparents, etc., because it allows them to use a handicapped space legitimately due to my son's need for a wheelchair.

[dembotoz]

39. hanging tags go with the handicapped person

my mother who is 87 and has 2 fake hips rates one.
I drive her wherever she wants to go.
Also legally blind.
If she had handi plates, they would be on my car and I am not disabled.

[Digit]

47. Let me tell you how fun it is standing in line on the last day of the month

to pick up your new temporary handicap placard. For one, I had to take off from work to do it every three months, you could not to it EARLIER than the last day of the month, which is the busiest day, and it hurt like hell standing in line when I need a total knee replacement.

Finally, the doctor gave me a placard which lasts years. I have used this in other people's cars when they are driving and I need a short distance to walk. I am always conscientious to take my placard back with me.

I would love to go ahead and get it replaced, but I am pretty positive I would be fired for taking off from work.

[Inchworm]

18. Me too, but be careful not to jump too quick

Maybe the guy has a disease where he just feints if he is standing up or something. Was he wearing shorts? He could be an amputee. He could have had a lot of stuff wrong that you can't see.

I doubt it and he probably was an ass, but ya never know.

I cussed a cop for doing it at a McDonald's once in his patrol car. I was a little nervous about it but hec someone had to do it. I didnt goto jail that time either. :P

:hi:

[Deep13]

21. Reminds me of a story about my step-brother.

A dude, stopped in thick traffic to let my step-brother out of the gas station and onto the street. He saw that the response for this courtesy was to be flipped-off. A short drive down the road, they both had occassion to stop. The dude damanded to know why my step-brother showed his middle finger to him. I'm sure you have guessed the explanation. Step-brother lost the other three fingers to an industrial accident.

My father in law has a HC tag because of a heart condition. That would not be obvious either.

[BarenakedLady]

30. What did the cop say?

You are lucky he didn't take you in, Troublemaker!

:hi:

[Inchworm]

45. He said- "it was like 1 minute"

then drove off.

x(

[Breeze54]

54. He was not hanicapped at all and if he had a fainting disease,

then he'd probably be restricted from driving without a doctor's note and if he
was allowed to drive; he'd have a sticker, placard or license plate indicting that.
He didn't have any of those things allowing him to park there. He was just lazy.

[guitar man]

23. I do too

My mom has been in a wheelchair since '96, stroke victim. It is a lot of work to take her out in her lift equipped van and get her in and out. Invaribly, some asshole, without a handicap permit usually, not only parks in the handicapped spot next to the van, but they pull up so close to the side door where the lift comes out that we have to back the van out into the parking lot to get mom in. :grr:

My Dad was in very poor health for a long time before he passed, he was sporting a prosthetic lower leg himself and had a very bad heart,but he would load my mom in the van and take her out with him.

I remember one day I was with them when dad pulled into the handicap spot and before we even had a chance to open the door on the van to get mom out, a rather large woman pulled into the handicap spot next to us rather quickly, almost running me over. No handicap parking permit on her car. She throws the door open, hitting the side of the van and proceeds to bulldoze her way toward the store.

Well, my Dad called her out about it, he was in his '70s by then and to say the least "colorful" in what he had to say. When he pointed out the fact that she had no parking permit, she popped back "well, how do you know I'm not handicapped?" Dad's response was "you're not handicapped, you're just fat and lazy!!!"

She muttered something under her breath about him being a "hateful old bastard"
and that's when I stepped in. I asked if she was going to move the car and when she said she wasn't, I told her I was going to call the police to have it ticketed if she didn't. She begrudgingly moved it out into the parking lot and we proceeded to get mom out of the van. By then, I could not contain myself and busted out laughing at Dad, he never failed to say just what was on his mind. :)

[One_Life_To_Give]

24. Add an IAF sticker and you have what really gets me

No handicap plate/placard and advertising your a member of the International Association of Firefighters while parked in a handicap spot!:mad:

[Catbird]

26. It can be hard to tell who is handicapped.

I have a handicapped sticker because of MS. MS symptoms for many of us tend to come and go. Some days I can barely walk a few feet to my building. Most days I can walk ok but may have trouble carrying anything without losing my balance. Some days I feel great and ask myself what am I doing with a handicapped sticker. I use a cane but otherwise don't look handicapped. It is a real roller coaster ride. On days when I am feeling fairly good I will park in an ordinary space. Other days I will use my placard. I do try to avoid wheelchair spaces because I don't use a chair.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. they could have an invisible handicap. like MS or something

something you may not notice

[LeftyMom]

29. Don't assume you know by looking if somebody's disabled.

My mother has been screamed at for parking in disabled parking, and she's got *five* different conditions sufficiently debilitating to qualify her for a handicapped parking permit. Apparently, if you're not in a wheelchair, some graduates of the Doctor Frist School of Parking Lot Medicine seem to think that means you're in perfect health and worthy of scorn and abuse.

[S n o w b a l l]

42. Thank you....

It's so asinine for people to think because someone's not in a wheelchair or limping, they're not disabled. There are all kinds of illnesses and diseases that qualify for handicap status and most you cannot see. I learned from working in Human Resources the many things that qualify. It opened my eyes & I'll never make a judgement again on who's handicapped or not. Just one of many examples...you can't see asthma, but it is a handicap.

I really hope people think twice before they act like an ass and make someone feel worse than they already do. Best to give someone the benefit of the doubt.

[Breeze54]

48. He was not disabled and he had no placard, plate or anything indicating he needed that space.

In MA, you can NOT park in a handicap spot, PERIOD, with out one of those items.

[Breeze54]

52. dupe

[texas1928]

31. Hell, I am in a wheelchair and do not park in handicapped spaces.

If they are not convenient, or there is no shade.

[Fleshdancer]

33. I never noticed before but....

it does seem like the majority of handicap spaces are never shaded. Not good in Texas. :(

[Fleshdancer]

32. fortunately I hardly ever see this

In fact, I can't remember the last time I saw a car parked in a handicapped space without a handicap license plate or rear view mirror tag. Just one more reason to take pride in my city. :)

[applegrove]

36. I'll admit I've done it once. For about 1 minute. I felt horrible.

[Redstone]

38. Best bumpersticker I've ever seen (it was on a car with HP plates):

"I'll trade my parking space for your legs anytime."

Redstone

[DarkTirade]

46. Reminds me of a picture I found online a while back...

of a sign next to a handicapped space. It said something along the lines of, "If you can't understand why a handicapped person needs this space we suggest you break your spine and find out."

[1gobluedem]

41. I have a plate and a hang tag

The plate is on my car, obviously, the hang tag lives in my purse and comes in handy when I rent a car or am being driven by someone else.

I don't "look handicapped." I look hale and hearty and have taken my share of abuse when I park in a handicapped spot. I suppose I could walk over and show the person the curved eight inch scar on my scalp that I got when my head was cracked open to remove my inner ear mechanism and balance nerve, which was necessary since they were blocking the path to my brain tumor, but I don't. I try to ignore the person but if he/she persists in telling me that I don't "look handicapped," I simply reply "Well, appearances are deceiving because you don't look rude." It works.

I need to walk with a cane if there are hills, uneven ground, uneven pavement, steep stairs, or if it's dark, which means I lose the use of one hand. Parking in a handicapped spot puts me close to my destination which means sometimes I don't have to take the cane with me. Having two hands available is a luxury; if you don't believe me, try to go shopping or try to carry more than one light item with only one hand available to use.

If there is only one handicapped spot available and someone else is also trying for it, I will let them have it. I can get around if necessary -- better than those who have more serious disabilities.

[NuttyFluffers]

49. i never do that, because i learned you can never truly know... let me share with you why.

when i was working retail we had disabled patrons park in our handicapped parking spot, naturally. but we've had people park there who don't really look disabled, i.e. with crutches or in a chair, including a motorcycle. but after talking to the customers at the register i learned one can be disabled without having all the "flair" to accompany them.

for example, i've had a motorcyclist patron come to the store and get flak from another patron for parking in the handicap spot. the accuser was thinking themselves so smug as a "Defender of Truth and Righteousness!" but was afterwards shamed utterly -- in an agonizingly laborious process that took place before me at the store. the older motorcyclist was actually a legitimately wounded US war veteran who could still pass the motorcycle requirements for a california license.

he was on a fixed income, so badly injured that he can only walk for short periods of time, but he could still sit and maneuver a cruiser motorcycle. in fact, his fixed income made it that a motorcycle was the only means of real transportation, he could not pedal a bike. so he received one of the rare handicapped motorcycle licenses. his bike's license plate actually has the handicap insignia, his license also attests to this. when he responded to the man, the arrogant jerk scoffed at him and persisted on making a scene. the dumb ass laughed at the guys own motorcycle license and said the plate must be some forgery. the veteran, actually knowing quite a few people in gov't (quite politically active) just called up the head of the DMV and handed the phone over and said, "want to hear it from the CA DMV head yourself?" after some silence the guy looked completely abashed and walked away mumbling apologies.

and i had extremely young people with MS come in. on some good days they can walk fine, on others i found them come to the store with arm braces.

had young and old amputees come in, but they look and seem to walk perfectly normal, until they tell you they have a prosthesis.

had young and old customers come in because they have a disabled relative and came in their vehicle. the disabled relative *can* walk normally, but cannot walk or stand for long periods of time -- apparently either fused spinal disks or inflamed nerves.

had customers that leave their handicap insignia on their plates but due to car detail and plate placement could not easily find it from glancing.

had customers have their placard on the front and rear dashboard where i couldn't see it on their rear view mirror from inside the store.

i've seen all of this and i've come to the conclusion that you truly cannot judge one's disability from one's walk, or vehicle, or appearance, or age. and you truly cannot judge whether the placard or insignia is there unless you truly put real effort scouring for it. and if you end up putting that much effort on trying to judging others for their bad behavior, instead of leaving it up to the authorities whose job it is to do that, you really have too much time on your hands and/or issues of control you need to address.

just another perspective which my help you in the future.

[meegbear]

51. Does that include people who are handicapped?

:shrug:

[RebelOne]

56. One time I was at the grocery store,

and saw a car parked in a handicapped spot. So did a policeman. He started writing a ticket just as the owner of the car came out. He dropped his bags of groceries when he saw he was getting a ticket. The policeman said, "That parking spot just cost you $500."

[Initech]

57. The guy must have taken a page from George Costanza.