Mini Rant - Please for the love of all that is sacred

[KitchenWitch]

Do not park in the handicapped spots if you do not have a permit to do so.

x(

[matcom]

1. I call the police when I see that

100% of the time

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. What about that time you passed out in a handicapped space in Hoboken,

after a Jagermeister and Apple Schnapps bender with the Home Ec class at the Catholic girl's junior high school? You didn't seem to care that you didn't have a handicapped placard wedged in your naked ass cheeks, then.

[matcom]

8. that was different. it was Hoboken

100% of their parking spaces are handicapped

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Oh, yeah! I forgot about the Supreme Court's landmark 1998 decision

that stupidity is a valid handicap, thus in one fell swoop making the entirety of Hoboken de facto handicapped parking.

[matcom]

16. yes. It was dubbed 'Douchebag Law'

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Fuck 'em - I'm tired.

I love to leave my shopping carts in their spaces, too.

If they're lazy enough to be handicapped, they can maybe burn some calories putting my cart away for me.

[Critters2]

5. You're going to hell. You know that, right? nt

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. I'll be in good company!

:rofl:

[Critters2]

9. I rather dread it. I hate crowds nt

[KitchenWitch]

14. ...

:spank:

:evilfrown:

[terrya]

3. That pisses me off when I see that.

There's really no excuse for doing that. :grr:

[redwitch]

10. I mistakenly parked in a handicapped spot about a month ago.

Got a ticket, felt like the worst person in the world! It was in a small town whose main street I have parked on a gazillion times. They added a handicapped spot and in the freezing cold and blowing snow I did not see the sign. And the painted one on the road was covered in snow. I paid the fine and felt like a jerk. I didn't mean it really! I will never, ever do it again. :-)

[KitchenWitch]

30. I know they say ignorance of the law is no excuse

but I understand, especially since the spot is relatively new, how one could make that mistake.

I, for one, would never hold that against you.

[redwitch]

52. thank you dahling!

I really am a very considerate driver, as a rule.

[Shine]

33. I did that too, a while ago.

see post #29. I didn't get a ticket, thankfully, but I felt pretty terrible when I realized what I had done. In my case, there was no pole identifying it and the only marking was on the ground, which I didn't notice since I had backed into the spot. Ooops. Oh well. Live and learn. We move on. Sorry you got a ticket, though. That sucks.

:hi:

[billyskank]

4. .

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[ScreamingMeemie]

11. I don't even use my permit anymore, it's gotten so horrid trying

to find a spot. Between that and having people "size me up" i.e. trying to determine my worthiness, it wasn't worth it. :(

[KitchenWitch]

13. Oh yeah, the size me up thing!

I just turn around, smile sweetly and ask if they would like to see me drop my drawz to show them the scar and why I have the permit in the first place.

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. I cannot stand it.

I totally cannot.

[Connonym]

19. My dad got a lot of that

People seem to forget that just because someone's disability isn't obvious that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I'm not disagreeing with the OP that people w/o a permit shouldn't use handicap spots but people also shouldn't make snide remarks judging the health of those who do. I've heard people say mean things.

[KitchenWitch]

21. I have a friend who is an amputee - motorcycle accident took his lower leg

He is also extremely handsome. When he had his first prosthesis (basically the metal braces with the foot attached) he put his permit up in a shopping center's parking lot. This woman walked up to him and basically screamed at him about, "How dare you use your grandparent's permit, when it is CLEAR that you are more than able bodied!"

He simply pulled up his pant leg and said, "Lady, look down at my foot!"

She was SO humiliated that she did not even go into the store.

[fudge stripe cookays]

45. I'm just WAITING for some fucktard to do that to me.

I will acquaint them with the medical term "multiple sclerosis" and its effects on the human body.

I haven't had it yet, but I'm just waiting for the day. Nobody messes with me. I become a hysterical pterodactyl-like bitch when annoyed.

[Maddy McCall]

17. I call the cops on that, and on lazy assholes who park in the firelane.

And I also call the cops when I see a car in the middle of the parking lot in July with a baby or toddler in it (I see this several times a year here in bumfuck Mississippi).

Cops here respond to those calls and write tickets--for the firelane and handicap parking violations. One time I called about the kid thing, and the parents, BOTH OF WHOM were in the store, were taken into custody and the children turned over to a relative. There were several angry mothers (me included) who stood by to watch that one--we had watched the children while the parents were in the store to make sure that they were taken care of until the cops arrived.

I have no tolerance for people who break the law to shop. Fuck em.

[KitchenWitch]

18. This was at my daughter's school

Twice in the same week, the same car did it. The school receptionist called the police for me today. I left a note on the car on Monday, when it happened.

I wish they would give those of us with permits, a ticket book.

[Maddy McCall]

27. Or just deputize concerned citizens to write tickets.

A camera and a ticketbook. All you'd need. Photo the car in the spot, and then leave the ticket. No way to fight that in court.

At the universities here, if you park in a handicap space without a permit, your car gets towed. You don't get three chances. Your car gets towed on the first violation, and the fine is, if I remember correctly, a couple hundred dollars (plus the tow fee).

If cities would abide by those standards, the only people parking in those spaces would be people who have the placards or plates to do so.

[KitchenWitch]

37. Ramen, sistah!

I would love to see those that have the placards be deputized. I have no problem carrying a camera and a ticket book.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. My dear KitchenWitch!

I always call the police on those!

They make me so damn angry.......:nuke:

[KitchenWitch]

22. I let the school receptionist do it.

I get too infuriated to be able to speak in a nice way when I see that. (catch more flies with honey...)

:nuke:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. When it involves the school, that is a good move.....

But when I see those cars parked outside restaurants, I call the police...

The restaurant people want nothing to do with calling!

I have no problem talking to the cops........

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

25. Yeah, I rather think, when the school recpetionist calls, the police are more likely to come.

[Maddy McCall]

28. Me neither, Peggy.

:thumbsup:

[SeattleGirl]

23. Hear, hear! I used to work in an office complex where people

who were NOT handicapped used those spaces all the time. The cops wouldn't do anything, because by law (here in Seattle, anyway), the complex grounds were private property, and it was up to the owners to call a tow truck. I got these BIG bright orange stickers, and would slap them on the window, then watch as the car's owners would throw fits when they saw them! BWAHAHAHAHA! I can tell you, the people whose cars I tagged never parked in the handicapped spaces again!

[u4ic]

26. I hate that, too

:nuke:


What's an extra 30 fucking feet to someone who can walk it easily? :grr:

[Shine]

29. I agree.

one time I accidentally parked in a handicapped spot. I had backed into it and walked into the store, without noticing at all. I didn't even notice until I came out and saw that somebody had left a chastising note on my windshield, saying "Shame on you!" :(

I was basically wracked with guilt for the rest of the day b/c it had been an honest mistake. Oops.

Maybe that happened in your case, as well. Bottom line, nobody's perfect...but at the same time, I understand your upset.

[KitchenWitch]

32. In the case today it was not an honest mistake

Since I had left a chastising note on the same car earlier this week.

[Shine]

34. Oh.

did you say "Shame on you!", too? :D

[KitchenWitch]

35. My note said:

Where is your handicapped parking permit? I have a handicapped placard and had to park a block away from the school because you parked in the last handicapped stall ILLEGALLY!

[Shine]

40. Well that was very civil of you.

no curse words. :D :thumbsup:

[KitchenWitch]

43. Well it WAS the school parking lot!

:rofl:

[Shine]

47. Oh, gotcha.

that's funny.

[Midlodemocrat]

31. I used to do that before I got my permit for my dad, but I would

put a sign on the dashboard indicating that the permit had been ordered and tell the restauranteur in case someone complained. And, I only did that if I was alone.

There was NO way I could get a 250 pound 80yo man into a wheelchair from the car without using a handicapped spot.

It took forever to get mailed to me, I want to say it was six weeks.

[KitchenWitch]

36. I still have my Minnesota placard

In Minnesota, you have to have your doctor sign the form, then take it in person to the DMV to order your permit. When you order the permit, they issue you a temporary placard to place on your dashboard.

[Midlodemocrat]

38. Here, too. I had to go to the doctor and mail in the paperwork and they

issue you a hanging tag by mail. Took forever it seemed.

[ohiosmith]

39. HEY! Make bigger spaces for Hummers and I'll park in them. Until then......

[KitchenWitch]

41. ...

:spank:

:evilfrown:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

42. Well that goes without saying.

Now here's a tougher question.

Is it unethical to use the handicapped stalls in the public restrooms?

[ganeshji]

44. Yes!

Just this morning one of my friends almost wet herself waiting for two women to come out of the handicapped stalls. I said something about how rude it was to both of them.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

46. OK...

now what if the non-handicapped stalls are both occupied, and I'm in danger of wetting myself?

[ganeshji]

48. It's a hard one, I agree.

I would not have been so irritated today if lady number one didn't walk out and grin at my friend like she couldn't figure out what she was waiting for. That being said, if you were in danger of wetting yourself, what can you do? I should have clarified that I think it's wrong to choose the handicapped stall when there are other available options. I see people do that frequently and it's rude.

[KitchenWitch]

49. Does that go for those of us who have invisible disabilities?

I need the elevated seat, but one would not know by looking at me.

[hedgehog]

50. My reading on that is that those stalls are handicap accessible,

not handicap reserved. I wouldn't use one if other stalls were empty, but if it was the only one open. The over sized stalls are very useful for mothers with young children. Ever try to close the door in a regular stall on yourself, a toddler and a a baby in a baby carrier?

[Dervill Crow]

51. Not if you do your bidness quickly.

I use the big stalls because I'm big. I also used the big stalls when I was a Young Mom and had a stroller and/or toddler(s) with me. I've never been rousted out of a stall by a genuinely handicapped person, but I would be compliant if that were to happen.