I get so annoyed with going to a store and seeing that the only good, or even sometimes, the ONLY parking spaces that are left are the Handicapped parking spaces. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's fair to make someone with a disability walk, or roll, across an entire parking lot. BUT, what makes me mad, is when the people who already get the best parking spaces in town complain because other handicapped people are using "their" handicapped space. (The nerve of somebody else for having a disability, too!) We actually had one of those people write into our local newspaper complaining. Here is what she wrote (I edited out the un-important stuff so you don't get too bored while reading):
Wheelchair Parking
Recently I went to the movies with my mother and sisters. We went early to get good seats and a wheelchair-accessible handicapped parking space. My sister is confined to a wheelchair and has been most of her life, so we needed a wheelchair accessible handicapped parking space. Unfortunately they were all full. blah blah blah complain blah blah blah We ended up having to stop in traffic and transfer our loved one out of the vehicle, in traffic. So I am asking all of you with your handicapped blue signs to ask yourselves if you really need to park in the wheelchair-accessible parking spaces. I bet most of you don't. blah blah guilt trip about us having two legs to walk on blah blah blah. If you don't need to park in a wheelchair-accesible parking space, please don't take one. If you do park in one of these spaces, but don't really need to, shame on you. Kerri D., I.F. Idaho
Of course, I had to jump on the fact that she let her sister out in traffic!! I'm picturing her stopping her van right in the middle of the street, opening the side door, and pushing her sister out. Of course, we all know that she didn't really do that.. and the whole point of her complaint was that they didn't get a handicapped parking space because the other handicapped people in town had the nerve to take all the spaces. So here is my reply (and yes, our local newspaper actually published it...morons!)
Not in Traffic (nice title the newspaper gave it)
This is for the lady concerned about all of the wheelchair accessible handicapped parking spaces being taken by those who don't really need to use them. You said, "Shame on the people who take them when they don't need them." Well, shame on you for letting your sister out in traffic! I'm sure there are much more appropriate places for you to let your sister out than right in the middle of traffic! That sounds quite dangerous. I understand you wanting to make a point, but I think there are better ways to make your point without endangering your own sister! Maybe you'd better think again about what you're doing to your poor sister - and all because you're upset that other handicapped people have taken all the wheelchair accessible parking spaces. HAL R., I.F. Idaho (I took the liberty of signing my ex husband's name) To make a long story short, Hal is no longer working for this national mortgage company. Let's just say that word got out about how much of an inconsiderate ass he is!
Beast
First of all, let me set everything up a little bit... My ex husband, Hal, was a "big wig" for a very large mortgage and loan company in our town (it's a national company). He is the world's rudest person and thinks he is above EVERYBODY else on this planet. He will call people up and then get upset because they don't tell him exactly what he wants to hear, so he'll yell at them, tell them that they're wasting his time (because he's sooo important), and then hang up on them. He is RUDE!!! (The perfect person to run a loan company...he has no conscience)
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