People who park in Handicapped parking spaces...

[Namaste]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 2:45am

... who aren't handicapped.

Rebels or jerks?

[tazber]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 2:47am

total assholes. No question about it.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 2:49am

Updated On: 1/23/09 at 02:49 AM

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 2:50am

deserve to die

[Namaste]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 2:54am

I see a lot of this at pharmacies.

People will park "temporarily" in the Handicapped parking spot and leave their car running either while they run in to pick something up or if they send someone in. It's still... parking.

[tazber]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 2:55am

Oooh, here's one:

people who park in "for people with children" spots at the grocery store?

btw, did you have another incident today namaste?

[Namaste]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 2:57am

TAWANDA!!!!!!!!!

No. I didn't drive today. Gas prices be too expensives.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 3:00am

tazber, my response to that is, I should be stripped of my parking privileges because other people are married and have children and I don't? Sod them

I was on the subway today, and this middle aged woman gave up her seat to a child. Whats up with that? It's the children who's supposed to give their seats up.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 3:00am

Children are overrated.

[Namaste]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 3:02am

Maybe she's teaching the child good manners.

It seems many people 25 and under should take a crash course in manners.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 3:08am

I have plenty of manners. I give my seat up for most people.

[tazber]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 3:09am

I actually agree VCNY. But just to clarify, it's usually one designated spot next to the handicapped spots. It's a little bigger so parents can get their kids in and out of the car seats and SUVs.

[Namaste]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 3:13am

I wasn't saying you don't have manners.

Hell, most people over 25 could afford a quick refresher.

I started this thread title because I was watching Parking Wars on A&E and some lady had a $312 ticket for parking in a handicapped spot.

[tazber]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 3:35am

Good.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 4:09am

Updated On: 1/23/09 at 04:09 AM

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 6:08am

I should be stripped of my parking privileges because other people are married and have children and I don't? Sod them

I should be stripped of my parking privileges because other people are handicapped and I'm not? Sod them.

[wexy]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 6:31am

I once yelled at a handicapped man with crutches near the local supermarket where there's a Dunkin' Donuts. He parked in the handicapped space.
"Where are all the lazy f##ks going to park?"

I think that they are mentally handicapped.

[Mistress Overdone]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 7:56am

So, let me get this straight--

He was handicapped. He parked in handicapped parking. And you yelled at him... why?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 8:07am

I think people who park in handicapped spots should be handicapped.

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 8:24am

Ooooh, that would be a good modern-day Twilight Zone episode:

Non-handicapped, smug, sneaky people parking in handicapped spots, who suddenlhy BECOME handicapped after they do it. That'll teach 'em!

[madbrian]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 8:33am

My wife is handicapped, and has a placard that she uses for parking. However, when she is not with me, I NEVER take use a handicapped space. It enrages me that healthy people abuse handicapped parking privileges.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 9:42am

Wow! You have a wife with a disability and you refer to her as "handicapped"? Get with the 21st Century, man!

[madbrian]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 9:57am

I was referring to handicapped parking, though in rereading my post it was worded poorly. I guess I don't do my best writing at 8:30 on a Sunday morning. Now that it's 10AM, I should do better.

[KelRel]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 10:08am

I hate when people park in handicapped spots when they are perfectly healthy. People should be grateful that they are able to walk that extra distance and not be disabled.

Right now I am pretty pissy about the expectant mom's only spots that I see idiot dads parked in while they wait for their wives to go in and out of stores. Guess what buddy, you're not 9 and a half months pregnant and waddling from the back of the parking lot, you're sitting in your car taking up space that women who are in pain and swollen and just plain miserable at this point could really use and appreciate. Not to mention hormonal as heck and will gladly pull a TWANDA on your butt if you don't move...

Sorry, some idiot guy was idling in a Expectant Mom's Only spot at Babies R US yesterday and I was having some mild contractions and had to walk from the back of the parking lot to the store and thought that I was going to kill him. Not nearly as serious an offense as parking in a handicapped spot, but still rude as can be.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 10:11am

I had a placard for a long time due to an orthopedic disaster and it felt like a slap in the face when I'd see people misusing the accommodation. Handicapped parking is one of the precious few silver linings that comes with being disabled (especially during the holiday shopping season), and it shouldn't be used casually.